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5 years ago

Franchise Mode player schemes

Product: NHL 21
Platform:Sony Playstation 4
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? During Franchise mode, NHL 20 and NHL 21, it seems very little effort was put into randomly generated players we can draft. For example. I completed 2 full franchise modes in NHL 20 and I can confirm I did not see ONE Defensemen have HOLD LINE in their scheme. 1) In NHL 21, which I am currently playing, I can also so that I am through one franchise mode and working on the second. AGAIN, not once has a Defenseman had Hold line, OR balance balance, which I dont think spawned in NHL 20 either. And yet SO many coaches have Hold line and balance balance in player scheme. 2) Also for forwards, it seems the exact same type of forwards are ALWAYS spawned. For example my offensive coach wants Overload- Carry Cycle Efficient Balance. I am on year 2035 of my second franchise mode and the only people who fit this are actually NHL players. NOT one randomly player has even came CLOSE. Actually, I just scrolled through the 2035 scouted players, and somehow not one forward even had Efficiency in their scheme fit.. ONLY energy or balance.. it has been like this since the FIRST draft pick, since the 2021/2022 draft pick... MAJOR FLAW FOR BOTH... makes drafting certain lines useless. PLEASE tell me someone is looking into fixing generated players?
What happens when the bug occurs? Any time i am scouting EA generated players
What do you expect to see? Add defense that Hold line and players with Balance balance or take them off coaches and make sure forwards will fit ALL coach scheme fits if you're going to add that fit to a coach.. make it existent. I took a video but I couldnt upload it
Was the issue in online or offline mode? Offline
Insert Game Mode or Feature here Franchise Mode
What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) NA
What is your time zone? PST - GMT - 8:00
What is your gamertag/PSN ID? dextersmyhero
PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. no
EASHL issues? Please insert your Club Region. NA
What is your game language? English

Product: NHL 21
Platform:Sony Playstation 4
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? During Franchise mode, NHL 20 and NHL 21, it seems very little effort was put into randomly generated players we can draft. For example. I completed 2 full franchise modes in NHL 20 and I can confirm I did not see ONE Defensemen have HOLD LINE in their scheme. 1) In NHL 21, which I am currently playing, I can also so that I am through one franchise mode and working on the second. AGAIN, not once has a Defenseman had Hold line, OR balance balance, which I dont think spawned in NHL 20 either. And yet SO many coaches have Hold line and balance balance in player scheme. 2) Also for forwards, it seems the exact same type of forwards are ALWAYS spawned. For example my offensive coach wants Overload- Carry Cycle Efficient Balance. I am on year 2035 of my second franchise mode and the only people who fit this are actually NHL players. NOT one randomly player has even came CLOSE. Actually, I just scrolled through the 2035 scouted players, and somehow not one forward even had Efficiency in their scheme fit.. ONLY energy or balance.. it has been like this since the FIRST draft pick, since the 2021/2022 draft pick... MAJOR FLAW FOR BOTH... makes drafting certain lines useless. PLEASE tell me someone is looking into fixing generated players?
What happens when the bug occurs? Any time i am scouting EA generated players
What do you expect to see? Add defense that Hold line and players with Balance balance or take them off coaches and make sure forwards will fit ALL coach scheme fits if you're going to add that fit to a coach.. make it existent.
Was the issue in online or offline mode? Offline
Insert Game Mode or Feature here Franchise Mode
What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) NA
What is your time zone? PST - GMT - 8:00
What is your gamertag/PSN ID? dextersmyhero
PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. no
EASHL issues? Please insert your Club Region. NA
What is your game language? English

Product: NHL 21
Platform:Sony Playstation 4
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? During Franchise mode, NHL 20 and NHL 21, it seems very little effort was put into randomly generated players we can draft. For example. I completed 2 full franchise modes in NHL 20 and I can confirm I did not see ONE Defensemen have HOLD LINE in their scheme. 1) In NHL 21, which I am currently playing, I can also so that I am through one franchise mode and working on the second. AGAIN, not once has a Defenseman had Hold line, OR balance balance, which I dont think spawned in NHL 20 either. And yet SO many coaches have Hold line and balance balance in player scheme. 2) Also for forwards, it seems the exact same type of forwards are ALWAYS spawned. For example my offensive coach wants Overload- Carry Cycle Efficient Balance. I am on year 2035 of my second franchise mode and the only people who fit this are actually NHL players. NOT one randomly player has even came CLOSE. Actually, I just scrolled through the 2035 scouted players, and somehow not one forward even had Efficiency in their scheme fit.. ONLY energy or balance.. it has been like this since the FIRST draft pick, since the 2021/2022 draft pick... MAJOR FLAW FOR BOTH... makes drafting certain lines useless. PLEASE tell me someone is looking into fixing generated players?
What happens when the bug occurs? Any time i am scouting EA generated players
What do you expect to see? Add defense that Hold line and players with Balance balance or take them off coaches and make sure forwards will fit ALL coach scheme fits if you're going to add that fit to a coach.. make it existent.
Was the issue in online or offline mode? Offline
Insert Game Mode or Feature here Franchise Mode
What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) NA
What is your time zone? PST - GMT - 8:00
What is your gamertag/PSN ID? dextersmyhero
PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. no
EASHL issues? Please insert your Club Region. NA
What is your game language? English

Product: NHL 21
Platform:Sony Playstation 4
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? During Franchise mode, NHL 20 and NHL 21, it seems very little effort was put into randomly generated players we can draft. For example. I completed 2 full franchise modes in NHL 20 and I can confirm I did not see ONE Defensemen have HOLD LINE in their scheme. 1) In NHL 21, which I am currently playing, I can also so that I am through one franchise mode and working on the second. AGAIN, not once has a Defenseman had Hold line, OR balance balance, which I dont think spawned in NHL 20 either. And yet SO many coaches have Hold line and balance balance in player scheme. 2) Also for forwards, it seems the exact same type of forwards are ALWAYS spawned. For example my offensive coach wants Overload- Carry Cycle Efficient Balance. I am on year 2035 of my second franchise mode and the only people who fit this are actually NHL players. NOT one randomly player has even came CLOSE. Actually, I just scrolled through the 2035 scouted players, and somehow not one forward even had Efficiency in their scheme fit.. ONLY energy or balance.. it has been like this since the FIRST draft pick, since the 2021/2022 draft pick... MAJOR FLAW FOR BOTH... makes drafting certain lines useless. PLEASE tell me someone is looking into fixing generated players?
What happens when the bug occurs? Any time i am scouting EA generated players
What do you expect to see? Add defense that Hold line and players with Balance balance or take them off coaches and make sure forwards will fit ALL coach scheme fits if you're going to add that fit to a coach.. make it existent.
Was the issue in online or offline mode? Offline
Insert Game Mode or Feature here Franchise Mode
What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) NA
What is your time zone? PST - GMT - 8:00
What is your gamertag/PSN ID? dextersmyhero
PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. no
EASHL issues? Please insert your Club Region. NA
What is your game language? English

As per my picture, NO players are spawning for line 2.. EVER I can submit photos off random drafts but i feel that would be pointless.. PLEASE fix this.. SUPER annoying and a big reason i wont buy this game new anymore

3 Replies

  • @dextersmyhero Honestly dude, the amount of effort and resources put into BAP and FM compared to hut is massive. HUT gets all the time, effort, money, and development put into it. The least amount of time and effort they can manage to get away with, while calling it an “updated/revamped” game mode, is all that’s afforded to our offline modes.
    Online modes make the bank, and we suffer with half-fleshed out game modes that are empty shells.
    The generated prospects are always whacky. What’s worse this year, is they took away the ability to edit player types and positions. Don’t know why that ridiculously stupid decision was made, but it was. So now we have to deal with generated prospects with nonmatching stats/positions/play styles, coupled with the poorly implemented chemistry/coaching system that hasn’t been touched since its inception.

    We will never get a decent game with the coaching and chemistry system staying the way it is. As well as the generated prospects always being so bland and improperly made, without our ability to edit anything. We just have to shell out our $80 and wait over half a year to see if we can even play it, which so far this year, looks like what we’re gonna have to do.
  • dextersmyhero's avatar
    dextersmyhero
    5 years ago

    Agreed, expect for dishing out.. last year and this year I waited for sale pricing. I will not be buying this game full price again, since they don't actually change anything, at least not 80 worth when the structure of the game is already made

  • SkylerJames13's avatar
    SkylerJames13
    5 years ago
    @dextersmyhero I wish I waited for sale pricing. They misleadingly claimed that BAP was revamped and was playable (it wasn’t and its not) and that they revamped the trade values and made meaningful additions to FM (trade value is still broken, and there are no meaningful additions)

    I was a fool and paid full price. I never will again

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