Franchise Mode Updates
I guess this is why they never released an actually deep dive schedule this year, at least they have us some info before the game releases. Not a lot of changes, but some that were much needed. ...
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@Beauts90 wrote:I guess this is why they never released an actually deep dive schedule this year, at least they have us some info before the game releases.
Not a lot of changes, but some that were much needed.
Hard pass for the 3rd year in a row...Easiest $70 I ever saved.
- Prospect forward preference templates haven't been fixed to include "Carry" "Efficient" and "Don't Block"
- Prospect defensement preference templates haven't been fixed to include "Balanced/Balanced"
- Roster limit during pre-season and after the trade deadline have not been adjusted to be 50 instead of 23
- Editing capabilities remain locked including players, coaches, schemes, and preferences
- Coaches are pointless and have 0 variety
- All the position snap reset bugs when using triggers to scroll free agency continue to plague the game
- Being forced to start a game over again instead of being able to "Save & Quit" if you have to leave and come back later
- Sloppy UI with menus that take forever to navigate (When it comes to menu speed MLB the Show is at the speed of light compared to the mess that is NHL)
- Not to mention the asinine pressure system with the giant circle in the middle of the screen. I'm astonished that was thought to be a good idea.
These are just the tip of the iceberg that I've been reporting for the past 5 years. Thank God Spider-Man 2 drops in a few weeks b/c this game has become a poverty franchise. See you in '25...maybe.
@jjbyrd04So we still can't edit position, playstyle, hairstyle, hair colour/ pretty much are the player editing options the exact same in franchise mode/ roster creation/? I seriously can't believe that changing a hairstyle from short to long is a problem.
Edit - Found proof of it in a YouTube video, so glad to know this will be a 30$ pickup for me if I'm not skipping a 3rd year instead, WowWee I can create more franchise mode teams/ players made up of clones that I can never edit past a few options like a beard, this neglected, bare minimun/ copy and paste isn't worth 90$CAD for an offline player, we even still have the EXACT SAME STANDARD GOALIE HELMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THESE SINCE LIKE NHL08.
So happy I'm losing interest in these games more and more because EA's budget goes into killing whatever immersion is left in these games (pressure meter on the ice/ boards that we can't remove/ repetitive X-factor dialogue, horrible camera angles/ lack of or removing presentation) instead of simple, long overdue things like opening up the outdated creation options (which use to have way more) fixing the coaching/ strategy systems etc. Also I want to hear one good reason from EA why I can't have a player grow/ cut their hair, there are none.
