NHL 12 Blog - Be a GM Improvements

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Gurn Sumal, Game Modes Producer at EA Canada, has released a blog detailing some additions to Be A GM Mode in NHL 12.

So along with all the sim engine updates and Retired Jersey’s we have made tweaks to the other systems in Be a GM mode like trading. The trading engine has been reworked so that there is bigger difference between star players and your average NHL player in terms trade value. You’ll also notice the CPU proposing trades that make a lot more hockey sense for both teams (a lot more player for a pick or player and a pick for a player trades). We also added excess trade offer logic that quite simply says if I give the CPU a trade that is too good to be true, it won’t care about its trade block ie. Sidney Crosby for Shawn Horcoff (a really extreme example). This added logic will help with some of the frustrations from last year.

For the full blog, click here.

[letsgopens66]

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A little disappointing to say the least.

[adayinthelife]

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Some good things in there, but overall I can't say that I'm that impressed. Looks likes it's going to be more of the same for another year at this point in BAGM.

[SwinginAs12]

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And they said they spent a lot of time on this mode!? Really???

[BlueNGold]

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I hope this isn't it. I don't think this is, but who knows.

I like the changes/tweaks they listed in the blog, but I am/was expecting a lot more.

[TDKing]

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No custom season length !! Major disappointment... I DON'T WANT TO SIM GAMES !

[DJ]

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That is it? Man, I'm very disappointed. Looks like I will be sticking with NHL 11.

[RealmK]

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While I'm not going to complain about the new features, especially more injuries and players properly retaining their #'s. Really? That's it? Nothing about CPU line logic or trade logic?

you’ll also notice the CPU proposing trades that make a lot more hockey sense for both teams (a lot more player for a pick or player and a pick for a player trades). We also added excess trade offer logic that quite simply says if I give the CPU a trade that is too good to be true, it won’t care about its trade block ie. Sidney Crosby for Shawn Horcoff (a really extreme example). This added logic will help with some of the frustrations from last year.

[BlueNGold]

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The thing is I don't think this is all of it. Either that or I'm in denial.

But my reason for thinking this is on Wednesday when the Community Day guys thought they could post their Be A GM impressions, they said they had to confirm with EA so they don't accidentally leak "everything".

I get the feeling there's still more, but only EA and the CD guys would know if that's the case. I tried asking the EA NHL Twitter account if this blog is all of the improvements, but who knows if I'll get an answer.

[Gagnon39]

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Dang, finally. I'm about to read it.

[IvanCalderon90]

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I was hoping to see that they improved the Free Agency part and the scheduling issues

[Gagnon39]

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I thought it was pretty good news. Of course there are things I would still like to see. The one thing I wish they would have mentioned along with the jersey numbers is that captains retain their captaincies. In NHL 11 and previous years when captain became a restricted or unrestricted free agent he lost his "C". If the team re-signed him he was still stripped of his "C". And the CPU has a very strange way of choosing new captains. Sean Avery was the captain for the Rangers in my Be A GM last year.

[Gagnon39]

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I was hoping to see that they improved the Free Agency part and the scheduling issues

Oh, dang. I forgot about that one. I made mention of it before but that needs some attention severely.

[savoie2006]

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While I was hoping for more from BAGM, if the sim engine is what it's cracked up to be, I'll probably buy the game anyways. Really the sim engine has been my biggest complaint and IMO biggest GM ruiner.

[tyler289]

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Very disappointing (really? Retired jersey #s is a new feature?), but as long as the sim logic is much better as advertised, then it'll at least, hopefully, be playable for multiple seasons.