Lack of dual position players
I know not every player plays dual positions but in be a pro you have to select a secondary position when creating your player but in franchise it seems that draft prospects are like 1 in 50 have dua...
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@EA_BlueberryVery colourful explanation.. the chef bit lol.. yes when I go to somewhere like the Keg where I pay lots of money for steak supper and drinks, I expect it to be fairly good.. and if the chef makes it well done or burnt instead of medium, and I want my money back they will gladly refund me..
The ideas and potential behind the Franchise Mode is so good.. the coaches.. scouts.. chemistry.. X factors even.. very good ideas.. but it’s how they work.. which is they don’t work very well.. they get tossed in so that it can be unveiled as a new feature.. but it doesn’t actually get tuned and polished..
it’s like buying a brand new car, but they didn’t tighten the coolant clamps properly so while it runs.. it’s leaking coolant everywhere.. and every time you take it in to get fixed.. they glance over it and instead upgrade your cup holders.. or something you didn’t even need/want..
they’ve removed big things like editing players.. that’s a big one.. still don’t have a reason for it..
They removed the AHL and the juniors in the Be a Pro mode.. which just kills all immersion.. you just get picked in top ten for literally doing nothing.. no reward or satisfaction.. you can’t roleplay anymore.. can’t be an enforcer or stay at home defensive skater.. you’re just the next Gretzky..
there definitely need to be a relationship of trust with the devs… but so far there has been zero reasons to trust them.. I know they are competent at their jobs or they wouldn’t be employed.. so I don’t think they’re dumb or anything.. but something at EA prevents us players and customers from actually getting what we ask for..
being able to edit players again would really help with the lack of dual players.. and it lets us fix players they are incorrectly labeled by EA.. and let’s us fix their height.. weight.. etc etc because there are a lot of NHL players.. and lots of opportunities for EA to make mistakes.. having this unlocked would take the work load OFF the devs and put it onto us.. we are literally asking for them to give us the ability to lighten their load lol…
Exactly this. I'm not sure if the devs are understanding a massive point the community wants bc maybe they are missing the idea of what is behind it. The ability to fully edit players in Franchise will help them so much. Like actually make their lives easier bc it gives Franchise mode so much replayability, longevity and content; and all they are doing is unlocking something which was always unlocked anyways. I reached out to a former dev and was told unlocking editing ability in an offline mode should be a relatively easy patch (and should be in any sports player management mode). I made a post about this in October, was told it was getting relayed, and clearly that went nowhere. It's a feature in literally every sports game in existence... except EA NHL since around 2020. The worst part is that there has been zero communication of why it was even removed despite making so many players unhappy and the community wanting to know bc it affects so much in franchise. Hopefully the dev team finally gets the feedback and fixes this in the near future
- @neums33 Yes I have been asking about that since I joined these forums.. all @EA_Blueberry has told me is that it isn’t coming back this year.. but it would really be nice just to know WHY this feature was taken away… at least have some closure.. it literally doesn’t make sense.. just like you said because all other sports games have this ability…
- @heavydutyrammer my best guess is that they might think it has the ability to give us an unfair advantage (which it could if we choose to us it like that)
But for the most part, we wouldn't use ot for that, we'd make the game more entertaining to ourselves
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