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AutumnSouls
Seasoned Rookie
2 years ago
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Honest Franchise Mode Feedback. (Yikes)

NHL Franchise Mode is broken and basically unenjoyable. Drafted Forwards do not generate with the "Carry", "Efficiency" and "Don't Block" Player line preferences. Drafted Defencemen do not generate ...
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  • jjbyrd04's avatar
    jjbyrd04
    2 years ago
    @AutumnSouls wrote:

    NHL Franchise Mode is broken and basically unenjoyable.

    Drafted Forwards do not generate with the "Efficiency" and "Don't Block" Player line preferences. Drafted Defencemen do not generate with the
    "Hold Line" or "Balanced" Player line preferences.

    The "Franchise | Overview" box in the bottom right corner is extremely useless. There is zero need for it to display the current date. I can view that already in the top right corner, the large "PLAY NEXT GAME" box, or the "CALENDER | SEASON 20XX-20-XX box.
    The "Next Game" again is useless information. I can look at the "PLAY NEXT GAME" box or the "CALENDER | SEASON 20XX-20-XX box.
    "Locker Room Chemistry" will rarely change throughout the season
    "Player Meetings" again will rarely be looked at throughout the season
    "Next Event: x Days" again who cares its unneeded

    What you really need to do is dedicate that box to your teams injury statuses. I should not have to click off the main menu to find the status of my injured players.

    "Team Leader | Points"
    simply needs to show an actual leaderboard so I can see how my players are doing on the main page not just the top player.

    I’ve been beating the drafted forwards not having carry efficient and don’t block for the better part of 5 years. They’re never going to fix it.

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jjbyrd04
Rising Veteran
2 years ago
@AutumnSouls wrote:

NHL Franchise Mode is broken and basically unenjoyable.

Drafted Forwards do not generate with the "Efficiency" and "Don't Block" Player line preferences. Drafted Defencemen do not generate with the
"Hold Line" or "Balanced" Player line preferences.

The "Franchise | Overview" box in the bottom right corner is extremely useless. There is zero need for it to display the current date. I can view that already in the top right corner, the large "PLAY NEXT GAME" box, or the "CALENDER | SEASON 20XX-20-XX box.
The "Next Game" again is useless information. I can look at the "PLAY NEXT GAME" box or the "CALENDER | SEASON 20XX-20-XX box.
"Locker Room Chemistry" will rarely change throughout the season
"Player Meetings" again will rarely be looked at throughout the season
"Next Event: x Days" again who cares its unneeded

What you really need to do is dedicate that box to your teams injury statuses. I should not have to click off the main menu to find the status of my injured players.

"Team Leader | Points"
simply needs to show an actual leaderboard so I can see how my players are doing on the main page not just the top player.

I’ve been beating the drafted forwards not having carry efficient and don’t block for the better part of 5 years. They’re never going to fix it.

  • AutumnSouls's avatar
    AutumnSouls
    Seasoned Rookie
    2 years ago
    @jjbyrd04 The hilarious thing is if you put a forward on D or a D on forward they sometimes have the line preferences that are missing. Not only that but they fixed this bug years ago at the end of nhl 22 and when nhl 23 launched it was missing the fixes
    • jjbyrd04's avatar
      jjbyrd04
      Rising Veteran
      2 years ago
      @AutumnSouls wrote:
      @jjbyrd04The hilarious thing is if you put a forward on D or a D on forward they sometimes have the line preferences that are missing. Not only that but they fixed this bug years ago at the end of nhl 22 and when nhl 23 launched it was missing the fixes

      They didn't actually fix it though. The only forwards that ever got "carry" "efficient" and "don't block" were ONLY AHL-TOP-6 potential forwards...that's it. And yes I noticed that putting a forward as defensemen, or defensemen as forward they would sometimes get those missing templates. You can even put a goalie as a forward or defensemen and they'll have them. The entire mechanic has been broken since it was implemented. Standard EA effort.

      • AutumnSouls's avatar
        AutumnSouls
        Seasoned Rookie
        2 years ago
        @jjbyrd04 Ah.... I just remember loading up a save one day after an update only to find all my player line preferences were reset and some of my d had balanced and hold line. They need to implement a stat for coachability for players to adapt to coaches strategies and for coaches to have an adaptability for how willing they are to flex their strategies to players preferences and that would solve most of their poorly implemented ideas.
        I had a line that all had perfect preferences and the best I got was a +3 like what the fk EA

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