NHL 21 Roster Share Would Be Huge Win, So Why Does It Remain Absent?

[JayhawkerStL]

Re: NHL 21 Roster Share Would Be Huge Win, So Why Does It Remain Absent?

The reason roster share is a feature that is going away, not returning, is that it is not a winner for publishers. It makes it easier for gamers to skip years and just use shared rosters.

Also, the real trend in sports gaming is bringing back competitiveness. For that you need a common baseline everyone uses. Sliders and custom rosters break the game, and make it hard to move gamers from franchise. Things like HUT and Chel work because your success is compared to everyone else's based on the same settings and rosters.

Tale a look at MLB The Show and look at their downloaded rosters. It's pretty easy to see that even for a game like MLB The Show, the number of people that download custom rosters is just a tiny % of the overall sales. Seriously, they want the roster share guys to just stop playing and pay attention to something else they enjoy more.

This is not a mystery. And EA would much prefer to lose 5-10% of their base than create a feature that will cost them far more money than the dedicated sim franchise guys can pay.

[The EVHL]

Re: NHL 21 Roster Share Would Be Huge Win, So Why Does It Remain Absent?

I haven't owned a hockey game in decades but I have been getting back into hockey the last couple of years. I was actually ready to purchase NHL 21. The biggest problem with the game is no 31 team setting. I hate how the CPU runs the teams and I like to keep it a little realistic and match the current season. I don't understand why this feature has not made it into NHL 21 either.

You can do a 31-team "season mode" with full roster control if you want to just play one season. Unfortunately, no 31-team Franchise Mode which stinks. I'd give EA a stupid amount of money for a hockey title that had a mode like 2k's MyLeague/MyNBA

[Sauce12]

Re: NHL 21 Roster Share Would Be Huge Win, So Why Does It Remain Absent?

You can do a 31-team "season mode" with full roster control if you want to just play one season. Unfortunately, no 31-team Franchise Mode which stinks. I'd give EA a stupid amount of money for a hockey title that had a mode like 2k's MyLeague/MyNBA

I have some questions regarding season mode. Maybe you can answer some of them.

Are there fluctuating attendance numbers depending on how teams are playing?

Are there season/career milestones, which the announcers talk about?

Do they talk about upcoming games, point streaks, and other stuff they mention in franchise mode?

I'm very interested in controlling all 31 teams, but not if every game just feels like a normal play-now game.

[The EVHL]

Re: NHL 21 Roster Share Would Be Huge Win, So Why Does It Remain Absent?

I have some questions regarding season mode. Maybe you can answer some of them.

Are there fluctuating attendance numbers depending on how teams are playing?

Are there season/career milestones, which the announcers talk about?

Do they talk about upcoming games, point streaks, and other stuff they mention in franchise mode?

I'm very interested in controlling all 31 teams, but not if every game just feels like a normal play-now game.

1. Not sure

2. Pretty sure they sort of do this (not very well)

3. Again, I think they have a graphical overlay for upcoming games, but idk if the announcer really "talks about it" because EA presentation is horrible in both NHL and Madden.

I don't use Season Mode, just know that it exists. I run my own league via excel lol.

[Sauce12]

Re: NHL 21 Roster Share Would Be Huge Win, So Why Does It Remain Absent?

1. Not sure

2. Pretty sure they sort of do this (not very well)

3. Again, I think they have a graphical overlay for upcoming games, but idk if the announcer really "talks about it" because EA presentation is horrible in both NHL and Madden.

I don't use Season Mode, just know that it exists. I run my own league via excel lol.

Thanks, mate! I guess, I'll just give it a try and figure it out.

[scagwi]

Re: NHL 21 Roster Share Would Be Huge Win, So Why Does It Remain Absent?

As others have stated, they don't include Roster Share anymore because it allows them to do very little actual work each year and just keep releasing basically the same game over and over again with "updated rosters".

[Detroit Tigers]

Re: NHL 21 Roster Share Would Be Huge Win, So Why Does It Remain Absent?

LOL... I wouldn't hold your breath its NOT going to happen for HOCKEY anyway..



Neither is connected GM.. There in no way for EA to make money by adding those features for offline players.



MICRO TRANSACTIONS are the only revenue stream for any game makers

Ok, you say this, complete with obnoxious capitalization, how bout they just charge for it then.
RosterShare Pack $19.99
Whatever. I wouldn’t even care.

[The EVHL]

Re: NHL 21 Roster Share Would Be Huge Win, So Why Does It Remain Absent?

As others have stated, they don't include Roster Share anymore because it allows them to do very little actual work each year and just keep releasing basically the same game over and over again with "updated rosters".

Madden doesn't do anything either and they have roster sharing. NHL has like 15 leagues in the game, it's pretty dumb on their part to NOT let the community take a load off their shoulders and do roster updates for them.

[Travolterjohn]

Re: NHL 21 Roster Share Would Be Huge Win, So Why Does It Remain Absent?

Bought now NHL 21 from private in used condition Saturday a week ago. Created from my appearance based list exactly 296 CAP‘s ( many new Player which are not in the list too ) with best possible looking appearance, different equipment for Players and Goalies. Changed also many EA Roster Player, some gave beards which should have and also gave different Equipments. EA only use Bauer standard Equipment on the most Player’s . Usualy all CHL Junior Player’s play with CCM equipment. Took me 10 days hard work with 12-14 hours every day to finish. Luckily I was on Holidays.

[shogunofharlem3]

Re: NHL 21 Roster Share Would Be Huge Win, So Why Does It Remain Absent?

If they give us roster sharing, I’m going to throw a proposal out there:

Cycloniac, Alkostopolus, Shanster - what do you say we get together and make the best rosters ever? Maybe we can get Shogun too. I’ll reach out to Puckhead from the Revamped days again too.


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I could dig. I miss the editing and sharing rosters. That was one of my favorite parts of last gen. They offer roster share sign me up!