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trunkfu
Seasoned Veteran
3 months ago

Franchise mode - weird AI logic

(Franchise) - We desperately need to overhaul decision-making in AI-driven teams. For some reason they are not able to call up players to the team when they have two defenders injured for example, so they calmly throw a player into the attack at fullback.

Playing a playoff game against Wsh they have Chychrun and Feherváry injured, and they have Dubois playing on D (which is a total non-sense). And in scratched players they only have one healthy forward...

I know I noted this last year and it's still not fixed.

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  • SanMoteur33's avatar
    SanMoteur33
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 months ago

    Can any of you tell me why the passing button(R2 on ps5) gets so stiff when players are low on stamina and if you can turn it of. Stamina goes down so fast aswell 

  • Yes, I noticed this last year too and created a bug report for it as well. Sadly, that and the trade logic still don't seem to really make sense. 

  • MikeyAU630's avatar
    MikeyAU630
    Seasoned Hotshot
    3 months ago

    Sometimes the AI can't call someone up because they are cap-locked.  Sometimes the AI won't call someone up because that player will need to go through waivers when sent back down.  Other times there's no reason the couldn't call someone up, but they just don't do it.

    I've also noticed that when a goalie gets injured, the AI will call up a 67 overall prospect from the AHL, who won't have to go through waivers when sent back down, instead of calling up a 79 overall veteran from the AHL, who will have to go through waivers.  Why even have the veteran in the AHL, taking playing time away from prospects, if you're not going to use him in the NHL when there's an injury?

    The AI seems way, way, way too afraid of losing players to waivers, even when that player is of very little value.  For that matter, the AI very, very rarely claims players off waivers, so they really shouldn't have much fear of that at all.

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