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Sebmono · 03-13-2013, 08:50 AM

I agree with all said above and would like to add a couple other items:
- with setting lines, would be great to be able to save lines so that after making adjustments due to injuries, for example, it would be easier to put things back where you had them originally.

- related to roster management, when I allow the assistant coach to promote/demote players in order to set lineups and keep the roster going, he also puts players on the trading list. I think this should be removed and made part of the option to allow assistants to handle trading. Annoying as hell when the assistant keeps trying to trade list guys when all you want him to do is manage through injuries, etc.

- Could we change the "back" arrow button so that it takes us to the previous screen and not just the previous thing we were looking at? For instance when I click on a player card from the lineup overview and then flip to Ratings, then Contract, then back to Ratings, and then to Career Stats, I want to be able to just go right back to the lineup overview in one click without having to cycle back through all the parts of the player card I had been looking at. I know I could just go to the top right and click on the team and then lineup overview, but that's A) wasted clicks and B) not always straightforward since I'm not always entirely sure what screen I was on before going into the player card.

- With tactics it would be very nice if we could copy and paste sets of tactics to different lines and situations instead of having to edit each and every one manually. I know this option already exists (or at least used to) in OOTP, would be great to have that here as well.

- On the same tactics note, I think the entries need some tweaking/explaining. The main one that comes to mind is the choice between shoot and pass. I think this should be made into more of a possession tactic along the lines of dump'n'chase versus carry the puck. The question of shot generation should be related to the offensive versus defensive approach. I'm also unclear as to what the settings on forecheck imply, does having an aggressive forecheck mean my backcheck is also aggressive or less so (i.e. is this a tradeoff)? In general I think fleshing out the tactics section would be super valuable, particularly if there can be feedback implemented along the lines of "the aggressive forecheck you are using is resulting in a large number of odd-man rushes against us, our players may not be suited for this" or "our players can't seem to handle carrying the puck through the neutral zone as much as you would like, we should switch to more dump'n'chase or get better puckhandlers". This kind of feedback would be fantastic!

Those are my two cents for now, overall though absolutely loving the game and having a blast! Can't wait for September to see what the final product turns out as and I look forward to see how things develop along the way!

03-13-2013, 08:50 AM	#2
Sebmono Minors (Single A) Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 88	I agree with all said above and would like to add a couple other items: - with setting lines, would be great to be able to save lines so that after making adjustments due to injuries, for example, it would be easier to put things back where you had them originally. - related to roster management, when I allow the assistant coach to promote/demote players in order to set lineups and keep the roster going, he also puts players on the trading list. I think this should be removed and made part of the option to allow assistants to handle trading. Annoying as hell when the assistant keeps trying to trade list guys when all you want him to do is manage through injuries, etc. - Could we change the "back" arrow button so that it takes us to the previous screen and not just the previous thing we were looking at? For instance when I click on a player card from the lineup overview and then flip to Ratings, then Contract, then back to Ratings, and then to Career Stats, I want to be able to just go right back to the lineup overview in one click without having to cycle back through all the parts of the player card I had been looking at. I know I could just go to the top right and click on the team and then lineup overview, but that's A) wasted clicks and B) not always straightforward since I'm not always entirely sure what screen I was on before going into the player card. - With tactics it would be very nice if we could copy and paste sets of tactics to different lines and situations instead of having to edit each and every one manually. I know this option already exists (or at least used to) in OOTP, would be great to have that here as well. - On the same tactics note, I think the entries need some tweaking/explaining. The main one that comes to mind is the choice between shoot and pass. I think this should be made into more of a possession tactic along the lines of dump'n'chase versus carry the puck. The question of shot generation should be related to the offensive versus defensive approach. I'm also unclear as to what the settings on forecheck imply, does having an aggressive forecheck mean my backcheck is also aggressive or less so (i.e. is this a tradeoff)? In general I think fleshing out the tactics section would be super valuable, particularly if there can be feedback implemented along the lines of "the aggressive forecheck you are using is resulting in a large number of odd-man rushes against us, our players may not be suited for this" or "our players can't seem to handle carrying the puck through the neutral zone as much as you would like, we should switch to more dump'n'chase or get better puckhandlers". This kind of feedback would be fantastic! Those are my two cents for now, overall though absolutely loving the game and having a blast! Can't wait for September to see what the final product turns out as and I look forward to see how things develop along the way!