Product: NHL 21Platform:Sony Playstation 4How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play 3 seasons or sim 3 seasons of Be a Pro.What happens when the bug occurs? At the end of season 3, you currently only receive 1 additional team that is interested in obtaining/drafting you. This is not realistic at all. I simmed twice and got an overall 85 and 87 there should be a half dozen or more teams in interested in signing me. On top of it all, it seems like the default is Arizona since I simmed the game a couple of times and got the same exact results.What do you expect to see? More than 1 team making me an offer after you've played or simmed 3 seasons. Was the issue in online or offline mode? OfflineInsert Game Mode or Feature here Be A Pro What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM)What is your time zone?What is your gamertag/PSN ID?PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here.EASHL issues? Please insert your Club Region.What is your game language? EnglishAt the end of season 3, you currently only receive 1 additional team that is interested in obtaining/drafting you. This is not realistic at all. I simmed twice and got an overall 85 and 87 there should be a half dozen or more teams in interested in signing me. On top of it all, it seems like the default is Arizona since I simmed the game a couple of times and got the same exact results.

No, dude, the trading in Franchise mode *is* that bad. That's why I turn off trades; I'd rather have an unrealistic amount of trades - 0 - than an unrealistic amount of trades that are terrible.As I've said before, we need the ability to veto CPU-CPU trades. Minimum, let us make a protected list for every CPU team, with 2 tiers - untouchable players that they'll do everything they can to keep (including re-signing them, not just trades), and a 2nd tier of guys who they ought to keep to complement their core players (like for the Caps - my team - I'd have Ovie and Backstrom as untouchable... and honestly, I'd probably have Oshie on the 2nd tier - although with that contract, maybe not - and probably Vrana, and Wilson, and Orlov... because I could absolutely see them trading Kuznetsov or Carlson given how expensive they are and what the return could be. But those other guys are really important complementary pieces who are affordable around the core superstars.)Like... the way *we* want to play the game isn't going to be how the programmers want to play the game; the way I want to play the game isn't the way other players want to play the game.It's baffling that they don't allow us more control to play the game in a way we find, you know... fun.I've said it before: I get why programming certain things are so hard. Defense in gameplay is pretty weak, but I get the difficulties of making the character poke how I want him to (for the puck, or to take away a passing lane, or to put it in the shooting lane not to try to poke the puck but to prevent a strong shot when I'm trailing on a semi-break... how could the game know which one I want?) But, like... giving us the ability to make CPU-CPU trades, or change positions (or roles, or names, or even ratings or potential) of drafted players in Be A GM mode, or, you know... a Franchise level young talent coming into the league being able to sign with any team in the league, because he's good enough to help a contender and young enough to help a rebuilding team.I saw Landeskog leave the Avs in the offseason, and I was surprised because I know that's an expensive team, but I didn't realize they were *that* cash-strapped... they weren't. They just didn't re-sign their elite captain. Which... if they were thinking ahead, knowing they had to let one guy walk, even a 1st liner, in order to keep 4-5 guys, like 2 2nd liners and 2 3rd liners and a top-4 defender, then okay. I may disagree with this specific choice, letting *that* player walk, but okay. But nah. The game still doesn't ever plan for that. You still see teams sign 10 NHL level defenders for between $1.5M-$3M a season for multiple seasons, then have to let a player worth $8M walk because that money is tied up in their 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th defenders.

@yarg232 Yup it’s still like that. Not sure why they haven’t updated the contract offerings at all in years and years. Was hoping for a change

@yarg232 Nearly a week and still no answer, or even an acknowledgment

There's no thought/development process behind the AI it's just trade anyone for any amount at any time. However, good luck trying to trade an 81 ranked player for someone's #1 future draft pick. You can't do that but the computer/AI can. The same goes with in coming trade offers. It's just a random algorithm that offers you anything hence why you get multiple trade offers for the same player even though you declined the first time. It's total garbage and makes the game so unrealistic. The same with BAP, after season one the entire NHL was thrown into a bag, shuffled and handed out. Pastrnak with the Devils, McDavid with San Jose, Zibanejad with Calgary, Barkov with Columbus, Ovechkin with Dallas on and on and on. I could possibly handle this stupid reshuffle if it stayed as is after year one, but every single year you see huge superstars move onto other teams. It's like everyone in the NHL has the same 2 year deal you have. Any team can go from dead last one year, to winning the cup the following year. The only reasoning behind wanting to be traded or go to a specific team is for the jersey only. Because the team has been put through a meat grinder several times and all the core players have been dealt elsewhere. The saddest part is that these issues we have are for offline play options so you know EA doesn't care whatsoever.

@Beauts90 wrote:Theres an interview somewhere with the creative director of the mode where he says the only focus for Be a Pro was the rookie season. That explains why the junior league was ignored and pretty much everything after the rookie year seems the same as years before. Now that they have the foundation I can only hope they add to it in future years.For the record I think I got less than an hour into the mode before I realized it wasn't for me and just stopped playing it.That is absolutely sad. What a waste of money. I bought it because i thought this was going to be an actual revamp, not just a literal nearly blank canvas for them to work off of. this game mode is so ludicrously awful, I have been convincing my friends not to buy it. So far saved 12 buddies from wasting their money. they took out so many key features and coded a couple empty broken features that the game isn’t playable. I was really hopeful for this year, the first time I was excited for an EA NHL game in literally years. And just like every other year, it was an absolute let down. Bigger let down than the other years though since they promised a new game mode but didn’t deliver one.

Be A Pro end of season 3 only 1 additional team is interested in obtaining you?

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SkylerJames13
5 years ago
@yarg232 Yup it’s still like that. Not sure why they haven’t updated the contract offerings at all in years and years. Was hoping for a change
yarg232
5 years ago
@SkylerJames13Glad I'm not the only one. It's sad because you do look forward to becoming a free agent to "test the market" as they say. I'm not even asking for a list of contending teams, just a team or two from each division would have been cool. I'm on my 4th try here and I'm going to see if I can demand a trade in year 2 of playing with the Rangers (you can demand a trade during year 2 and they'll work with you ) and see what team they ship me off to. Then after my contract ends in year 3, see who's offering me a deal. Hopefully it's not Arizona...AGAIN.
I see this as the only way of at least getting 2 options instead of 1.
Beauts90
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
Theres an interview somewhere with the creative director of the mode where he says the only focus for Be a Pro was the rookie season. That explains why the junior league was ignored and pretty much everything after the rookie year seems the same as years before. Now that they have the foundation I can only hope they add to it in future years.
For the record I think I got less than an hour into the mode before I realized it wasn't for me and just stopped playing it.
SkylerJames13
5 years ago
@Beauts90 wrote:
Theres an interview somewhere with the creative director of the mode where he says the only focus for Be a Pro was the rookie season. That explains why the junior league was ignored and pretty much everything after the rookie year seems the same as years before. Now that they have the foundation I can only hope they add to it in future years.
For the record I think I got less than an hour into the mode before I realized it wasn't for me and just stopped playing it.
That is absolutely sad. What a waste of money. I bought it because i thought this was going to be an actual revamp, not just a literal nearly blank canvas for them to work off of.
this game mode is so ludicrously awful, I have been convincing my friends not to buy it. So far saved 12 buddies from wasting their money.

they took out so many key features and coded a couple empty broken features that the game isn’t playable.

I was really hopeful for this year, the first time I was excited for an EA NHL game in literally years. And just like every other year, it was an absolute let down. Bigger let down than the other years though since they promised a new game mode but didn’t deliver one.
SkylerJames13
5 years ago
@yarg232 Nearly a week and still no answer, or even an acknowledgment
yarg232
5 years ago
@SkylerJames13 Nothing, not a peep and we won't get one either. This is small blink on the radar screen. I played a few BAP games last week and over the weekend. I'd love to know who was behind the idea of trading the entire league constantly. I saw Zibanejad go from the Rangers my second year with the team, to San Jose and finally to the Panthers. I also noticed Pastrnak is now with the Stars along with Ovechkin! Max Domi is in Washington along with Nugent-Hopkins and Taylor Hall. It's a never ending rotation of team rosters. I don't think the trading in franchise mode was this bad and frequent.
SkylerJames13
5 years ago
@yarg232 This is just insane. The roster turnover is so unrealistic how could this have been put into the game. Boggles my mind. The trading in franchise mode in nhl 20 wasn’t great by any means. Wasn’t even good. But it wasn’t this bad. And now FM has the trade values for everything all over the place. Okposo worth a first round pick plus more, yeah ok lol. Thread is over a week old too, you’d think that a game that’s been out for a month wouldn’t be this broken still
yarg232
5 years ago
@SkylerJames13Forced trades needs to be put back into FM. Then I see the trade alerts happening from the AI and see players ranked in their low 80's going for 1st round picks. It really stinks EA holds onto this game because they ruin it more and more every year and it's the only NHL game we have. Why can't we upload our own artwork to be used in FM rather than using hotdogs, pizza and unicorns? You have a thousand play-by-play team names to choose from but yet we're stuck with 40 or so horrendous pre-made jersey logos year after year. What pre-made logo goes with The Blizzard or Tornados? There's no balance, just throw us a bunch of garbage against the wall and see what sticks. They don't care about FM or any other mode for that matter unless it has drops.
yarg232
5 years ago
@SkylerJames13 I found a workaround for the one team (and current team) contract ending offer. It seems like the standard offer is two years. I’ve played quite a bit and never received anything larger than a two-year deal from both, my current team and the second team interested. If you win the cup, save right after the Stanley Cup celebration when you’re back at your locker alone. Try to save before you go in front of the media. If you didn’t make it to the cup, save as soon as you’re knocked out of the playoffs or as soon as your season ends (when you're at your locker). I made a “new save” and quit. Simply load that same save file via the load option within the game and go through the motions of being a free agent. If you’re not happy with the team that made you an offer, instantly quit the game (don’t back out or save again) start the game again and reload the same save. The teams change every time you load that save. I got a couple repeat teams and some teams didn’t show up at all, but I did get around 15-16 different teams interested. It's tedious but if you're looking for that specific team, this should work. Again, this should all be done when your contract is up (end of year 2) before you receive the first initial offer regardless how many in game years you've played. This won't work if you receive an offer, save and load that save because you'll just be recycling the same team over and over.
Travisty093
Seasoned Rookie
5 years ago
I wish I had the option to pick who I sign a contract with.
I am coming off a stanley cup win, and instantly being forced into an 8 year deal under 10m. I reload the save a million times but I am forced into signing it. I don't even get to see the conversation that i am being offered an extension.
I sim 1 day and my contract goes from expiring to max term. Like wtf