Product: NHL 21Platform:Microsoft XBOX OneHow often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play the gameWhat happens when the bug occurs? My trade block is handled by the CPU despite settings to the contraryWhat do you expect to see? Manual not automated Franchise mode options Was the issue in online or offline mode? OnlineInsert Game Mode or Feature here Franchise/Be A GMWhat time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) Yesterday, today, tomorrow, alwaysWhat is your time zone? BST - GMT + 6:00What is your gamertag/PSN ID? SchulzenatorPS4 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? EnglishI have to edit my trade block multiple times throughout the season as my "assistants" insist on adding my foundational players to the block, despite my having all those options set to "manual". (Or whatever it is; off.)

@SchulzEricT This has been a problem for many years. I think it has got much worse this year due to the change they made in regards to your team status (buyer, seller, etc..)I'm not sure why they feel like they need to have every team blowup their roster or prospect pool based on the current standings, especially our team. And whatever you do, always select "keep current trade block" before the deadline or it will be really bad.

I don't even do the trade deadline; I make all my trades a day or two before if I feel the need to make a move... which I usually don't. But if I *do* need to address a depth position, or want to add a high pick in the upcoming draft and am willing to move a talented 2nd tier prospect for it, I'll do it the day prior to the deadline.I have CPU trades off because no trades is much more realistic than the trades the AI GMs make. Oh well.

Just to piggyback from another discussion on here, but I think this is exactly why it would be cool if someone involved would come on here for a discussion on franchise mode. Since scouting was introduced a few years ago, there have been a few minor, but very positive changes each year to make it more realistic and give us different options. As far as I can tell there were zero improvements made to coaching and chemistry this year despite it being far from perfect. Is the coaching system then working how the developers envisioned it, and if so why not explain to us the reasoning for it and maybe let us explain our reasoning for why it doesn’t work? The same goes with AI GM’s, there haven’t been any changes over the years to improve how they assemble and run their teams. I can understand that it must be extremely difficult to program these AI GM’s, but this year they have managed to make them worse so it would be cool to know why. Is having more of a fantasy mode where there are countless trades and signings whether they make sense or not what is wanted more out of the player base or people with influence?

@SkylerJames13 I know we will probably never get an answer, but that’s why I ask if all this is by design? The AI GM’s have not really improved over the years (maybe slightly) but they also have never been worse than the previous years. Also, people do play this game for months before release and I would have to guess the deadline acted the same then as it does now, so that tells me this is intended. Again, if that’s the case cool, but like scoring and the draft class quality, give us settings so everybody who buys this game can enjoy it more. I am all for making the game more difficult, but giving us so much randomness with the coaching system and then taking away the edit player feature when you have made TWF’s useless in your Top 6 and countless players with the wrong player types does not make the mode harder, just more frustrating. I cannot recall anytime someone has suggested that as a way to challenge us more when there are so many other ways to cheese the game that have been present for years that could have been improved to add more of a challenge.

@LordDecland I don’t believe any changes will be made to coaching or chemistry this year. No changes were made from NHL 20 and I don’t think it’s something that can be just patched and will need quite a bit of work. I just hope they don’t leave it like this for 22 as it’s become more frustrating this year. I don’t even think giving us the ability to edit our own players will completely solve the problem as it seems to really affect cpu teams as well. This adds to the problem of poor AI GM logic and how they are performing too. Again, without having any input from EA this is just based on my own observations and assumptions. You reference the amount of customization that 2K offers, and while it sounds unreal, I don’t expect it out of this franchise. I’m ok with that as long as they offer enough customization and variation to allow everybody to enjoy the game how they want to or at the very least don’t have the additions/changes negatively affect the mode. I’m one of the few it seems that is actually enjoying the game and try to keep things constructive in hopes of improvement while continuing to give my (probably unwanted) suggestions on how to make the mode better.

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Beauts90
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@SkylerJames13
If you google “EA Ultimate Team Revenue” that should answer pretty much all of your questions.
It sucks for offline modes, but it is what it is.
Scouting is still in need of major work and has been since they introduced in. At least with scouting though they have quite a few options in order to make it a lot more workable. You have a number of things related to fog of war that can be turned off (separately) and having the ability to select the draft class quality is probably the best thing they have added in years.
I bring this up because coaching got no positive changes this year despite being what I can only describe as an unfinished product when introduced last year. This year for coaching they gave us secondary positions (and took away player edit) which is nice, but it honestly doesn’t really have as much of an effect on chemistry as I would have thought. I find coaching is more frustrating than challenging and when you do get your line chemistry perfect they never change which makes building a team get stale very quickly.
In my opinion just making TWF/TWD more useful as well as having line chemistry change (either yearly, based on performance or by our request) and allowing us more control of what type of coach we get would go a long way in making the mode better. Maybe a solution would be to give the players a secondary player type to give us more options to build our team. I can hope for some type of (small) improvement on this and other aspects of the mode (for next year of course)
SkylerJames13
5 years ago
@Beauts90 Coaching is a god awfully implemented feature. It’s so black and white, and gives no leeway for you to bring in a player that doesn’t fit your scheme, and tweak things to make a star player fit.
That, as well as what you brought up, the unwavering mindset your coach has, it makes the coaching system stupid and pointless since you end up having to fire your coach and hire a new one that fits the roster of better players. Sometimes you go through a HC every two years. Or every year, who knows.
Regardless, it was so poorly implemented, and hasn’t even been touched, it’s sad.
Honestly the whole game mode is sad.

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