What new features do you want to see in FHM9?

[Zigouigoui]

That the game can be in French

[Yarideki]

I really wish the game had an option for larger text because I have difficulty reading the game screens at times.

[croatian]

Originally Posted by alko

I think, it was mentioned, but international tournaments should be tweeked.

Canada and USA wins too much. At all levels above U18.

I don't have problems with that, but results at international tournaments are just ridicilous. Like Canada - Denmark 15:1...

[Félicette]

Originally Posted by alko

I think, it was mentioned, but international tournaments should be tweeked.

Canada and USA wins too much. At all levels above U18.

I agree, international tournaments could use a nice overhaul, they're not realistic at the moment. The last 20 years IRL in the world championship, team USA did not won once, and Canada won 6 times. They're almost always the winner in the game right now.

[twins_34]

I would LOVE to see the same online league format as OOTP. This should be able to be done easy. Also the ability to add leagues is a must. Would also be great to have Stats+ functionality to make drafting easier then "using a forum or spreadsheet" to draft.

[#4BobbyOrr]

Better special teams. The ability to not have set positions and use 4 (or 5) forwards on the PP and it not have the forward(s) at the points produce far less than those up front. Or if there are set positions have them be bumper, net front, halfwall, point etc.

Also to see AI make better choices with who to use on the PP. So often you see the likes of Kopitar or Barkov not playing on their teams top PP unit because their role is set to two way or backchecking forward and a far lesser centre who has an offensive role gets the ice time over them. Same applies to dmen, I frequently see Hedman on the second unit in Tampa.

Edit: also a way to set awards criteria. McDavid wins the Hart in 3/4 of the seasons in most of my saves.

[snarls200]

Originally Posted by Félicette

I agree, international tournaments could use a nice overhaul, they're not realistic at the moment. The last 20 years IRL in the world championship, team USA did not won once, and Canada won 6 times. They're almost always the winner in the game right now.

To go further the USA has not won the Championship since 1960 though that was when in Olympic years that counted as the world championship. The only traditional world championship the USA won was in 1933. Since the 1960 championship their best finish is bronze 7 times

[redtiger7]

Edit free agency agency rules

[jumpSeat]

Originally Posted by #4BobbyOrr

Better special teams. The ability to not have set positions and use 4 (or 5) forwards on the PP and it not have the forward(s) at the points produce far less than those up front.

Just writing to confirm, this is definitely a thing. Forwards at the point get left out of the play too frequently, and as a result, have a hard time collecting as many assists as their counterparts up front.

[fredbeene]

every stat hockey ref has
everything sortable and filterable

[funmustbealways]

I would love to see more emphasis on career building and team development.

1. Would love the opportunity to start with a team in the bottom of a relegation system like Sweden or Germany and have to grow the program (on and off the ice) from scratch to the SHL or DEL.

2. National Team & Domestic League Development. The ability to take a job with Hockey Canada, USA Hockey, Hockey Sweden, or even the Australian governing body to develop players and domestic leagues in order to produce better national teams, leagues, and the like. I'd love to see nations have more ability to grow and recede as hockey powers.

3. More coaching options. Coaching feels pretty hollow right now. It'd be great to expand coaching.

4. More career development. Starting with job offers to be an assistant coach focusing on the PP and offensive skills (with goals, tasks, and limited ability to make changes solely related to those assignments), assistant GM developing the AHL team and advising the GM, or a GM intern whose job is to send signing/drafting recommendations to the GM etc etc. Would be cool to see roles and player ratings transferring to staff so that we're similarly judged and able to grow through the ranks as managers and coaches.

Thanks so much for all your work. Can't wait to see the game!

[wiggleman83]

Maybe some small tidbits and records you could find about a league like longest playoff game, most wins in a season by a team, etc.

Edit: I also would like to see historically accurate logos for past seasons if I look at a league's history. For example, I relocated a team from Washington to Pittsburgh after a few seasons in my custom save, but when I look back at past playoff brackets, it says Pittsburgh instead of Washington

[ESL_Commish]

Staff signing. I would LOVE to see staff signing be in the control of the player. so I dont have to sign 32 coaches every sim... in my mind it would work the same way as FA players.

AI Solving Injuries during sim - allow the lineups feature to work with GM controlled tactics in online leagues. I hate having to stop the sim because someone's 4th line winger got hurt.

KHL contract expiration - having to edit players because KHL teams can sign extensions before an NHL team is allowed to even talk to them is annoying... can we do something to make it more friendly?

GM trades - allow GMs to make their own trades. i shouldn't have to do it for them

GMs ask players for NTC/NMC Lists - i would like it if GMs could get the list of teams that NTC/NMC players will go to.

interactive draft - this is a pipe dream, but id love some sort of interactive draft feature. where teams could submit their picks via import/export.

data import - it would be great to be able to create something like stats+ for FHM...however to do that, the data needs to be readable and writable. we can export data but we cant import it.

Stored Lines - this shouldn't be handled via a file (at least for online leagues) this should be attached to the export... I believe OOTP allows you to export tactics and lineups.

Goalie Starts - i would love for GMs to be able to set who starts what game in the calendar view - what this solves is that goalie start settings are...sometimes inconsistent (who is considered "the starter" by the AI etc.)

AHL / ECHL staff control - I would never expect a NHL GM / HC to be able to dictate the lines of an AHL/ECHL club... but they should absolutely be able to hire/fire the staff just like in OOTP.

Staff Limits - you shouldn't be able to hire 20 coaches for a team. there should be a sane limit to coaches. - maybe this is a league / Comish control setting ?

have something similar to the quickstart codes that OOTP has

[wiggleman83]

On the team history page, I'd love to see where the team finished in the playoffs if they make it. We get to name each round of the playoffs in custom games so that can be utilized on this screen.

Edit: More for team history, I'd like to find a team's tournament history on its history page somewhere.

[jilech]

Not really a game feature, but as a mac user, Apple Silicon and HiDPI support would be amazing.

[jilech]

In Historical mode, make game give players, who qualify for it, entry contracts when you start in years with entry level contracts.

Also in Historical mode, remove line chemistry from players that haven't played together enough or at all yet. And also remove favorite team for players not at that team yet or haven't played enough to warrant favorite team.

[GMO123]

Referee ratings.
Different levels of referees - some good, some bad, some call more penalties, some less etc.

[jilech]

Highlight your players on league stats page.

[Mark L]

I don't want to sound all negative. I've been with the game 4 years (and will continue) and have even heard almost all of the livestreams in that time (and love the guys) but:

The 3 big additions to FHM8 are far as I can see were:

1. 2D game graphics - Really? Is this a management simulator or a Star Wars game? You go to all that trouble to produce all those WONDERFUL, thorough ratings for thousands of players from over a 100 years and that is what it was all for??? You will never produce a game that appeals to my 8 year old daughter so please stop trying. I've never in 4 years observed a single game playing FHM and never will. I just SIM them (I've seen examples on your twitch stream).

2. Financial System - I could live with it (if it worked, I can't control with farm teams budget so players are permanently miserable). But there is nothing fun or interesting or hockey related about it. An annoyance. Jersey sales really? Again, is this what all that work was about?

3.Hockey Cards - Tacky. You've added another split second to operations in FHM. Why? To make the game more visually appealing (at any cost)?

[jumpSeat]

Originally Posted by Mark L

1. 2D game graphics - Really? Is this a management simulator or a Star Wars game? You go to all that trouble to produce all those WONDERFUL, thorough ratings for thousands of players from over a 100 years and that is what it was all for??? You will never produce a game that appeals to my 8 year old daughter so please stop trying. I've never in 4 years observed a single game playing FHM and never will. I just SIM them (I've seen examples on your twitch stream).

It sounds like 2D is not your cup of tea, and that's fine, it's just there's a decent segment of the community that happens to enjoy the graphics game. (And no, we're not all 8 year old girls ). The point being, no matter which camp you're in, (like or dislike), there's room for all of us under the big FHM tent.