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grkub's avatar
4 years ago

Trade board - AI making unacceptable changes - Request to disable Scouts

I play franchise mode with no coach changing lines and set my trade board up. Out of nowhere I am getting offers that don't match what I put my trade board at. I look at it only to find  the AI changes it all the time. It's not just at trade deadline it happens. Can we at least have the option to disable the scouts ability to take it upon themselves to make changes to it? It gets quite frustrating to have to keep changing it back to the way I want it set up. I mean why would I want to trade the #1 overall player right after picking him, makes no sense. Maybe have the scouts contact me with info or suggestions but not change it without my saying to do it. Even at trade deadline when I  choose leave the board as it is they still change it.

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  • @grkub I think this has been an issue for quite a few years now. It was for sure present in NHL 20, can’t remember about earlier ones.
    I think it must just be another one of the bugs that carries over through the series and since we are offline players we never get the bug fixes anyways for it
    It’s unfortunate my friend but I think we just have to live with it and periodically check the block to make sure it’s accurate
  • grkub's avatar
    grkub
    4 years ago

    Yes, it has been bugged for several years now which is why I am hoping EA will step up and make a fix of some sort. 

    Also irritating is the line changes, you sub in a player and it asks substitute in all lines? I select yes then have to go fill in all the special teams lines that the player wasn't added to. All lines should mean all lines the previous player was on.

  • kyl_35's avatar
    kyl_35
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @grkub They actually fixed that in 21, but then after the November patch the game would freeze when trying to fill a spot with a scratched player. They released an emergency fix that basically put the line changes back to how they were in 20.
  • the AI changing my trade block is annoying as hell. Also, the AI teams putting guys on the block that they just drafted or signed in FA is dumb also.

  • kyl_35's avatar
    kyl_35
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    I flat out stopped using Trade Block. Any time I was offered a trade I’d go into my trade block and remove everything from it. 

    It’s far too annoying to keep it accurate and I have a hard enough time remembering to to my scouts who to watch. 

  • Nice to see I'm not alone with this frustration. EA it's time to get this fixed in some form. Let us disable that feature or have scouts contact us as to whether we want specific players on the block. I think disable option would be best though. 

  • SilentAssassn25's avatar
    SilentAssassn25
    Seasoned Vanguard
    4 years ago

    the whole scouting system needs a revamp anyway. so does the coaching system. you dont have enough scouting spots to scout all the areas of the amateurs and all the NHL/AHL areas. with fog of war off I shouldnt have to guess if a FA or a player I trade for will fit my system. there are just certain things that should be known.

    for example, I dont need a scout to tell me that Mcdavid is the best player in the world. every attribute in this game should be known without scouting because you can literally see it play out. I shouldnt have to scout Mcdavid to know that he can pass the puck...I know this is a little off topic but it goes hand in hand. my scouts are cluess. set them to "find prospects" for 6 weeks and they scout 1 player in the top 50 and 4 or 5 in the 200 range. and they only figured out what player type they are. even when you manually scout theyre useless. A+ scout and it takes me 3 times to get an accurate scouting report on ONE thing(skills, potential, etc). 

    all this snowballs and effects the trading system. the trade logic is questionable at best and the values are weird. my scouts think that they low elite guy I just drafted in the 5th round should be on the block and the 85 overall player I signed in FA should be available for trade as well... two days after I signed them. whole system from top to bottom needs to be refreshed. I am hoping that 23 will be strictly next gen and franchise will get a complete overhaul

  • Beauts90's avatar
    Beauts90
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    I’ve been saying for years, fog of war is cool, but the thought process needs a ton of work, so for the most part I scout all the 24-32 year olds and leave the others uncovered as it’s the only semi challenging/realistic way I’ve found to use fog of war. I shouldn’t have to scout team lines either as that is public information that can be found anywhere.

    The biggest problem with how trade blocks are setup by the computer is they use the same logic for the AI gm’s, the only difference is they actually trade away those pieces where I can stop the bad trades from happening with my team.

  • grkub's avatar
    grkub
    4 years ago

    I leave fog of war disabled along with coach line changes and do manual scouting of prospects. Nothing we can do stops the trade board from getting changed 

  • To be clear I am not asking to disable scouts as a whole just to disable AI changes to my trade block. The scouts job is to scout players and give me a report on them. It is not their job to decide who goes on the trade block or what type of players/draft picks I need 

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