Franchise Mode Line Chemistry

@SkylerJames13 

No, absolutely they're real archetypes, I just feel like they're way too limited in this implementation (including the questionable value of TWF/TWD), and I can't find any explanation of what "+1" vs. "+3" even gives me when I'm playing out the games.  I think I see benefit when simming (like my AHL team), but can't really even quantify that benefit.  Yes, if they kept what they have, and fixed it, and fixed the interactions with other systems, that would be perfectly fine... it just feels like that's not gonna happen (as you well know from our other conversations).  I felt like throwing this out there as an idea might spark EA to either get to fixing, or to realize that there could be a low-cost option for a revamp by re-using a system they do spend time on.

And that being said, I don't hate HUT, I rather enjoy it, even without paying for anything.  The frustrating part for me (well, there's two) is having to go against all the teams that obviously spend money, and/or follow some "web build" (which happens... I'm not a stranger to online gaming... same reason I eventually quit Hearthstone, actually.  You either played the "accepted" builds, or the counters, and had no freedom to try new things, unless you were a fan of losing).  That's why I don't play NHL online, either, which leads me to the other frustration... no sliders.  I either play a team on All Star and struggle to win like 3-2 (which in FM is great!), or lower to Pro and blow them out 12-0.  There's no benefit to struggling to win in HUT, especially if you actually lose.  In FM, I can tweak those sliders as much as necessary to ensure I'm getting quality, realistic games, and lose as appropriate without losing "benefit".

I've said before in other threads, I'm old, for a gamer.  Old enough that I collected baseball cards religiously as a kid, so the concept of HUT very much appeals to me (and the monetization part very much does not).  The idea of collecting cards and making a team out of them and playing a game... that's all great, to me.  And I think the synergies work pretty well there, actually, plus you immediately see the benefit of what you're getting by matching them up (which we don't see at all in Chemistry).  By no means do I think there's a straight port from HUT to FM here, but the way that it actually works in HUT made me think that perhaps EA could do something similar in FM.  I thought maybe we could see some benefit in FM if they adapted a working system from HUT, rather than just what we have, which we know is not working.

If they stick with the existing archetypes, fix Chemistry, and make the systems (coaching, scouting, etc.) work together, I'm all for that, as well.  Just an idea to get people talking.  We need more people taking up arms with us to get FM fixed.