[ajmh]

I am experiencing an issue in FHM8 that I had, and reported, for previous versions of the game.

Basically when starting a new custom game (NHL+AHL+CHL with initial draft) your salaries won't be enough to get to the salary floor. You typically end up around $50-55M for most teams with a salary floor of $60.2M. And unfortunately there is nothing but 1 star minimum contract free agents remaining.

The other problem then is typically the players in the NHL Draft are too good. I had to quit my most recent FHM7 custom game when in Year 3 the entire first round of the NHL draft was players who already had NHL first line ability (3.5 star ability already and 5 star potential). This is what lead me to start a new custom game for FHM8.

These two issues have been around since at least FHM6. I believe I reported them for that version. It unfortunately really destroys the ability to play a custom game for multiple seasons. With OOTP, I have played 13 custom seasons across multiple versions of the game and never experienced this issue, but with FHM it is a consistent problem. It does not seem to produce custom players properly at start.

Which is a shame, because I love the game, but it is a nightmare starting a new custom game, and I have only ever gotten a few years in before players abilities start to skew. I don't know if there is anything you can do in an upcoming patch. I hope so.