Legitimate concerns for franchise mode
Ok, so I've been posting these exact same issues over the past several years regarding franchise mode. So here is legitimate feedback on various key issues in Franchise mode. 1. PRE-SEASON AND P...
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@jjbyrd04 I agree it should be placed under puck skills for fwds only. I'm not talking about the faceoffs rating for prospects as much as I am the strengths and weaknesses section when faceoffs is listed as a weakness for an elite potential center. Just the same as must bulk up as weakness which the AI doesn't do so that 6-2 164 lb elite potential player will always be 164 lbs and knocked around the rink like a ping pong ball and be injured often. The AHL is where these players bulk up with trainers to be successful and limit injuries. If the AI is unable to make the adjustments then we should be able to do it with the edit player feature we were locked out of.
There are a couple things to unpack here.
1) You can't eliminate "faceoff" from any player, becuase its possible, though highly unlikely you could see a Defenseman act as a Forward.
Prime Example: My 4th Line RW Winger acts as the center for me PP line 2. My healthy scratch and my 4th line RW were both injured. I used my healthy scratch Defensive player as a sub. Low and behold his face off rating was 65, where my 4th line center and left with were only 64 (it was a line of grinders with no one who actually had a center rating) so yeah, I used him as the center in my PP line for three games and he scores 2 power play goals.
2) Centers should be good at faceoffs. Seriously, its a major function of their game play. If I see a Medium Elite center with no secondary position has a weakness for center, I stop scouting him, becuase they sim engine struggles with Rookies leveling up while playing in the wrong positions.
3) Weaknesses aren't always overcome. You might get a Med Elite who needs to bulk up and becuase he gets batter, he amounts to nothing. Case in point, Nolan Patrick. Dude, went 2nd, to the Flyers in 18. He needed to bulk up, he got smashed around and I believe had migraine syndrome. He'll most likely never be anything more then a 3rd line player. So, I get the disappointment in not being able to edit players but it makes sense in this case. Where it doesn't make sense is a Power Forward with 92 Slap Shot power and accuracy 88 worst shot power and accuracy and a 70 in Sterenght, Checking, and Aggression. Or a center, with a faceoff score of 60, but offense stats out the wazoo. He's clearly suited to be a wingers.
