Community ManagerI mentioned the reasoning behind focusing on online modes in my post on the previous page. TL:DR, we needed to prioritize this due to the majority of the playerbase being in online modes. There are plans to improve offline modes in the future.
@EA_Aljo wrote:I mentioned the reasoning behind focusing on online modes in my post on the previous page. TL:DR, we needed to prioritize this due to the majority of the playerbase being in online modes. There are plans to improve offline modes in the future.
I really appreciate the upfront information; it’s much better than the “wait and see” we had been getting prior to the 24 reveal. It’s a breath of fresh air. That doesn’t mean we’re not gonna be mad about it, though—just less mad than we would have been if we had to find this out for ourselves after buying the game.
I’d personally love if the decision makers could see some of this feedback and maybe look into switching that 3-year plan in to an NHL 25 plan, but I have no control over whether that happens or not so I’m going to need to continue to vent until I get it out of my system.
To add to that, we also have no idea if this 3 year plan includes adding anything we’ve been begging for. For all we know it’s just a lift and shift the whole mode to GM Connected as-is and then calling it a day. Obviously you can’t promise features that could be happening 3 years from now, but there’s still a lot of ambiguity about whether or not we’ve been understood.
Community ManagerIt's way too early to get in to what's coming in the future for offline modes. I think it's a pretty good indicator you all are being heard when the person responsible for these decisions directly addresses it.
@EA_AljoI agree the communication is going in the right direction. As far as I know he’s only directly addressed GM Connected being something a lot of people want (I’m not one of them), and when asked directly in an interview about Be A Pro and Franchise Mode said that neither were a priority for the year and that there’s a 3 year plan for them. Heard is one thing, understood is another. It’s great that there’s a plan in place, we just don’t know if we’ll actually like it.
Throughout the run of 2022 one of the main FM asks was for more freedom of customization. 2023 came out and we had more customization options taken away…
Us in 2022: the game doesn’t improve prospects or regress veterans fast enough and frequently prospects have attributes that don’t match their type/position. We’ll happily fix this on our own if you let us edit players within FM.
NHL 2023: we fixed none of that, didn’t add the ability to edit players, and also took away your ability to edit your own team strategies.
What should be considered is that, yes, a majority of your player base are online-mode players. But it’s been so long since there has been an offline mode that has met expectations that online modes are really the only ones that are seemingly worth playing right now. It’s kind of a catch 22 but I think it’s worth taking into consideration. If online modes are going to remain very much the same year-over-year, the reasoning of ‘focusing on online modes’ doesn’t really make a whole lot of sense from a community perspective. Love the gameplay and looking forward to seeing what the full game offers but that’s just my 2 cents. I do appreciate the engagement.
Well, I'll buy it when hybrid controls and offline options are fixed, see yall then....
just cancelled my pre-order :-( very sad to not be able to play this game after 30 plus years....Good work boys!
Changes to online are bad also
Does anyone know if there will be another deep down trailer drop next week for NHL 24?
I haven’t seen anything announced yet. The last couple of years the deep dives for the offline modes happen just before the release, so beginning of October.
