NHL 17 Franchise Mode Trailer and Plenty of Details

[Steve_OS]

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EA Sports has just released their NHL 17 franchise mode trailer, along with plenty of details in their latest blog. The team has re-branded Be A GM mode to Franchise Mode this year. Check them both out and post your thoughts!

Fan-favorite Be a GM mode expands to complete control of an entire franchise with the addition of unique team owners. Control your favorite club as the team president and lead them to Stanley Cup glory by managing the team and the business behind the scenes. Make game changing decisions from player personnel, ticket prices, marketing, arena upgrades, and even relocation – all from under the watchful eye of a demanding owner with challenging goals.

[Nickflyers]

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Color me excited. Hopefully this is fleshed out properly.

[Rubio809]

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I just want better game play. Don't really care about popcorn pricing and bobblehead giveaways.

[Semipro91]

Im in a rush and cant watch this whole thing, sorry if its been answered already, Is there Online GM?

[polyduster]

Re: NHL 17 Franchise Mode Trailer and Plenty of Details

Im in a rush and cant watch this whole thing, sorry if its been answered already, Is there Online GM?

Nope

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[actionhank]

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I just want better game play. Don't really care about popcorn pricing and bobblehead giveaways.

I feel you on that. That said, if the 100 point sliders actually help with the on-ice product, this could be a welcome addition.

It will definitely help add some new flavor to the GM mode, though hopefully it can all be given to an underling if you don't want to bother with it.

Also, I really hope the relocation has predetermined alignment changes. If I move a team from the East coast to the West, I don't want to be in the Metro still...

[Entiae]

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GM FIRING

You can now get fired part way through your existing contract if the owners Patience Attribute is low enough, and his Happiness with your performance is low.

Obviously, the more patient the owner, the leeway he will have when it comes to failure or a ‘long term’ vision, but the low happiness of the owner can cause you to get fired regardless of how patient he may otherwise be.

Furthermore, the happiness of your owner at the time of your last contract (expiry or firing) will dictate the quantity and quality of teams that will vie for your services.

Can this be turned off?

[NYJin2011tm]

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It all sounds interesting but I was hoping to have the option to start franchise mode pre draft again like on PS3.

[spoofrice11]

This Info actually makes me go from thinking of buying my first Hockey game in a few years to leaning towards not.

I want Freedom and Customization, but instead it's controlling everything. Hopefully Franchise mode is just one mode and there is another version that is GM mode. Or there are lots of options to turn off/on.
I don't want to worry about being fired if I am stuggling at first. I don't want to mess with concession prices. And it sounds like you can't create and replace a team, but can only move in the future if approved.

I want it to be like MyLeague in NBA 2K, where I can replace teams, customize what I want, and do what I want in my Offline League.

[actionhank]

Re: NHL 17 Franchise Mode Trailer and Plenty of Details

This Info actually makes me go from thinking of buying my first Hockey game in a few years to leaning towards not.

I want Freedom and Customization, but instead it's controlling everything. Hopefully Franchise mode is just one mode and there is another version that is GM mode. Or there are lots of options to turn off/on.
I don't want to worry about being fired if I am stuggling at first. I don't want to mess with concession prices. And it sounds like you can't create and replace a team, but can only move in the future if approved.

I want it to be like MyLeague in NBA 2K, where I can replace teams, customize what I want, and do what I want in my Offline League.

I would love that level of customization. Maybe they give you a hard cap of team numbers, but allow you to move teams and alignments as you see fit. Say you move a team from Florida to the Midwest (no offense) and then create two more teams, one to replace the Florida team in the East, and a 2nd to balance things in the West...then you could fill their rosters with AHL and Free Agent players, or do a fantasy draft. It would be awesome.

[jboe235]

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It looks interesting....but I'm still more interested in what improvements have been made to the actual hockey related parts of the mode.

[berad88]

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Sounds good. The whole price setting thing seems to actually have an impact unlike in Madden where it does not seem to have much meaning at all.

[TDKing]

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I was holding out hope for the option to play shorter seasons, guess not. I got through one season last year then tried to do the sim thing some of you guys do and i just totally lost interest 20 games into season 2. I wont waste my time again. I have absolutely no interest in any of this other crap they added.

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[mlbshower15]

it's amazing how people have been calling for changes and an overhaul to GM mode and EA delivers. yet people still complain that they don't want this type of immersion and that it is a copy of other games.

this looks awesome and something that we have never really seen from NHL

[Madwolf]

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Does this mean we can have multiple GMs?