Franchise Ready 2024

[stlgamer09]

Quote: Originally Posted by JBlaze78

Yeah I noticed that in last years edition. It took a bit of a time and work to get the 16 teams needed for a 40 team custom league. Fantasy draft sorts some of it but takes away from some of the realistic nature of the setup and leaves every team with 32 players and a randomized assortment of other players. That is another issue with EA and the half baked ideas they come up with and leave for years in offline modes... It was worth it though to get rid of those duplicate players. Took a rebuilt Nashville team on for a few years and was a lot of fun. Using some of the foreign league teams was a bit of fun too given you use that larger ice surfaces in away games. Dont want to rant about how ****e EA is but this is another area that is sorely lacking, customization of everything is so bad in comparisons to what was in the past or what other companies are putting out for similar franchise type simulations

I think the issue is free agents. There isn't enough players to cover all the teams so youd have to create a bigger free agent pool which they don't want to add players to. So like you said 40 teams you would need at least 16 -24 goalies to cover those teams in free agency when you originally set up the teams. I think that we shouldn't have to fill the teams up when created but to fill them in a expansion or fantasty draft.

Yea this has been the worst year for creating players but we are still going and see what happens in the next update and roster update. No matter what the next update my roster will be based off that one.

[stlgamer09]

Hopefully we can see if anything improved on the creation side and what the roster update looks like tomorrow

[JBlaze78]

Quote: Originally Posted by stlgamer09

Hopefully we can see if anything improved on the creation side and what the roster update looks like tomorrow

Well it as I had feared. This new roster is so very underwhelming for how long it took to get out. No new player pics, no fixed players with wrong draft information, a whole lot of missing players in the NHL and AHL. ETC ETC

This dev team is no different than the last. Maybe worse given they say there care about the offline modes. But hey those hundreds of HUT cards are AWESOME!!!

[JBlaze78]

Quote: Originally Posted by stlgamer09

I think the issue is free agents. There isn't enough players to cover all the teams so youd have to create a bigger free agent pool which they don't want to add players to. So like you said 40 teams you would need at least 16 -24 goalies to cover those teams in free agency when you originally set up the teams. I think that we shouldn't have to fill the teams up when created but to fill them in a expansion or fantasty draft. Yea this has been the worst year for creating players but we are still going and see what happens in the next update and roster update. No matter what the next update my roster will be based off that one.

Yeah I moved all players with a 70 plus rating in the SHL, Liiga etc to either the expansion teams or to free agency. Which has the bonus of allowing the younger players in those leagues to get game time and actually develop a little. And since the game does little to nothing with those leagues once franchise is started. Like I said it took a while but it was worth it for that 40 team custom league.

[stlgamer09]

Quote: Originally Posted by JBlaze78

Well it as I had feared. This new roster is so very underwhelming for how long it took to get out. No new player pics, no fixed players with wrong draft information, a whole lot of missing players in the NHL and AHL. ETC ETC This dev team is no different than the last. Maybe worse given they say there care about the offline modes. But hey those hundreds of HUT cards are AWESOME!!!

It helped a little but not as much as I expected. Which is fine since they were in my last years roster. I’ll continue creating the other leagues first then add the AHL players missing.

[SonnyWest]

Quote: Originally Posted by stlgamer09

It helped a little but not as much as I expected. Which is fine since they were in my last years roster. I’ll continue creating the other leagues first then add the AHL players missing.

Has EA fixed the ECHL issue where in franchise the ECHL doesn’t exist?


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[stlgamer09]

Quote: Originally Posted by SonnyWest

Has EA fixed the ECHL issue where in franchise the ECHL doesn’t exist? Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

I don't think they ever had it working that way from what I can remember. Its a feature the community has asked for years.

[JBlaze78]

Looks like you are making great progress. Do you have an eta for your first version?