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Rising Traveler

3 months ago

Franchise Mode is disappointing

EA_Aljo Having played some of the trial of 26, I wanted to give some feedback. I'm quite enjoying the new changes to BAP, and while there are some more changes that I think would make it better (the...

Rising Traveler

3 months ago

EA_Aljo While I understand that, what I'm asking for isn't that demanding right? Enabling the option to change all coach strategies while editing lines and allowing us to play as as many teams as you'd like is already available in Season mode. I understand the staff size is alot smaller for NHL so I'm not going to be one of those people who gets mad because Be a Pro wasn't fixed AND you didn't add GM connected AND this and that and everything else. All I'm asking for is to add an option in franchise mode that already exists in the game. This is something that should be able to be done in a patch I'd hope, so I don't feel like it's asking very much in this case.

Or at minimum, I'd appreciate more communication then just "well I guess wait for the next game, because Franchise mode isn't changing" because that feels lazy. Again I understand the dev team isn't able to do as much as they might want to, but you have to understand how dismissive your response sounds to players who have been waiting for actual sizeable changes to the single player modes.

EA_Aljo

Community Manager

3 months ago

This just isn't the way Franchise Mode is designed. All I can do is relay the feedback. Adding what you're asking for most likely isn't possible for 26 as it would be a pretty significant change and require diverting the team from what their working on for the future.

I'm not trying to be dismissive. The focus this year was on Be a Pro. The Be a Pro players had to wait several years while Franchise Mode received updates previously. We're going to have to wait to see what's in store for Franchise Mode in the future.

Jocularimp85
Rising Traveler
3 months ago
I appreciate the response, but I guess my annoyance comes more from the fact that these changes weren't made in 25, 24, 23 etc. in the case of the multi team control and 25, 26 for coaching strategies. While I liked the changes that were made for Franchise in 25, it wasn't a huge shift or had massive amount of new features, so while it received updates, they weren't exactly anything special. If there was larger steps taken towards these asks in prior games, I don't think I'd be complaining about the lack of additions in 26. I've feel like I'm someone who has been more defensive of the games and have been less angry then most, but I think I'm getting a little tired of the waiting game I have to play with this series every year
- Jocularimp85
  Rising Traveler
  3 months ago
  Also just to add on, while I can believe that multi-team control could take more time to implement and might be harder then I think it is, I don't believe for a second that the same can be said about changing coaching strategies. The options are visible in game, like I can see the sliders and everything all that needs to be done is to unlock them for the player to change. I'm not a professional game designer but knowing the little I know, that really shouldn't take that much resources to make that change in one patch.
  - EA_Aljo
    Community Manager
    3 months ago
    I absolutely appreciate all the feedback on this. Unfortunately, when it comes to making changes, rarely is it something as simple as someone might think. I definitely get how it's easy to make that assumption. I've been guilty of it myself. Hopefully, we'll see the kinds of changes you're looking for in future games.