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sha2un
Seasoned Novice
2 years ago

Franchise Mode

Hi. I have 400 hours in franchise mode in this iteration of NHL 24. While I enjoy the game as a whole, there are quite a few issues that makes the franchise mode experience hard to enjoy in certain scenarios. Here are a list of issues with franchise mode I have encountered, that I believe if fixed or improved on, would make the mode much more enjoyable.

-Teammate and Opponent AI logic has a few issues that I believe need to be addressed. These issues range from being mildly inconvenient to incredibly frustrating to encounter. Suggested fixes and changes for Teammates and Opponent AI logic are below:

*Saved gameplay sliders revert to default when used and don't apply in game.

* Teammate and Opponent AI scoring own goals on themselves. Often times this happens in scenarios where the teammate or opponent AI skates full speed into the net. This happens when the goalie has possession of the puck or in rush situations. There needs to be logic changed or added for this scenario so that this doesn't happen.

*Goalie AI sometimes pass the puck into their own net. Passing angles for goalies need to be improved so as to prevent this from happening. I also believe goalie AI need to become more aware of the puck in relation to where they are in the net. I have seen too many goals where the goalie "loses" the puck and kicks the puck into the net.

*When passing up through the neutral zone on the rush, teammates will not respect where they are supposed to be in relation to their position and skate into the middle of the ice. This is mildly frustrating because sometimes a teammate will skate into you, keeping you from advancing the puck. At worse this allows the opponent to get possession of the puck and have an uneven strength advantage because the two players are stuck on each other.

*Opponent AI will sometimes run away from you when they have the puck. They will skate all the way back into their zone. Sometimes when they have the puck on your side of the ice.

*Fight rarely happen anymore, even with the fights slider at 2/2. They only really ever happen on injuries or when you shoot the puck on net after the whistle. It would be nice if fights happened as often as they did in franchise mode when the game first launched. It gave you incentive to maybe not lay out the teams star players as much. I suggest adding a 3rd level to the fight slider that adds this functionality back. I miss the rage ☹️

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  • BoredJason13's avatar
    BoredJason13
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 years ago
    @sha2un I like all your points. A couple I have

    *- I’ve noticed the out-of-town score bug doesn’t cycle between all the games. Since we have no way of finding out stats from other games (like MLB, NBA 2k, and older versions of Madden used to do) we are just going blind based off of standings. What if I wanted to know how Detroit vs Tampa finished 7-4? Would actually like to see the box score

    *- again for years we’ve been harping on the changing of strategies in edit lines. It’s grayed out in the edit lines menu (because of coach mode), but allowed to change when you select play now. Why can’t we just have the option to turn off coach mode so we don’t have to edit it for every game we want to play??

    *- This is more of a gameplay annoyance but why do the D go up on EVERY rush. Even if I change the strategy to hold line/ shoot the center or winger will cycle into a D spot and never want to move up the ice. Then when a turnover happens the same forwards that are playing D, absolutely do not want to attempt defensively and rather be a traffic cone while the defense wastes all their energy trying to get back to position

    *- I feel like there aren’t enough trades during the regular season. Only when it’s a couple weeks before the trade deadline there’s moves. Meanwhile in real life we get a few trades every now and again

    *- Menu movement is sooooo slow (granted it is everywhere) but you’d think after all these patches there would be a way to make it a little faster

    *- Headshots. I’m tired of looking at blank silhouettes 4 years into the game because you can’t generalize headshots with jerseys on them (even though they do it for your Be A Pro)

    *- Lastly is creation. I understand not every player comes in the get their face modeled for the video game, but let us be able to edit their faces to at least make them look like them. A decade in the league for players like Brock Nelson or Casey Cizikas still have generic faces during gameplay in 2024 is nuts
  • 3ec50663ad3f7e5's avatar
    3ec50663ad3f7e5
    2 years ago

    Just started playing the game and realized only a couple seasons in that the awards aren't always given out correctly. This past season in particular it had the wrong top goal scorer receive the rocket richard trophy even with like a near 10 goal difference between them and the top. As well as for goalies my goalie had the most wins, highest save % among starters, most shutouts, and lowest GAA among starters while being on the team with the fewest total goals against it yet he didn't win the vezina nor the will jennings trophies...

  • 7df81e6108e66429's avatar
    7df81e6108e66429
    Seasoned Vanguard
    2 years ago

    TOTALLY AGREE here!!!>>>

    >>>*When passing up through the neutral zone on the rush, teammates will not respect where they are supposed to be in relation to their position and skate into the middle of the ice. This is mildly frustrating because sometimes a teammate will skate into you, keeping you from advancing the puck. At worse this allows the opponent to get possession of the puck and have an uneven strength advantage because the two players are stuck on each other.

    Excellent Point!

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