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dobbles · 10-02-2010, 08:52 PM

question for those that are playing gm mode.

i tried it out after launch to see how all the offseason rfa stuff worked and just the general play. one thing i noticed was that when my players earned xp and applied it to their stats, it would go in clumps to individual attributes. additionally it seemed to be worthless attributes.

i am so sick of my wingers and dmen investing their XP into their faceoff skill. sure for a winger a point here or there wont hurt; but they do it way to much. even in older versions, it would often be the single most upgraded stat through the season. i noticed in my quick glance this year that players seemed to apply all increased to 1 stat. for instance, a player would earn 8 upgrades and 4 would be on fighting and the other 4 on faceoffs. no skating upgrades, shooting upgrades, etc.

anyone else have any experience with this? was it just my game? is it another of the laundry list of changes that must be patched?

maybe someday they will actually allow the gm to manage the player upgrades. for many it might not matter, but i would love the ability to actually appropriately develop my players. (also i know there is the ability to at least guide what area the skater should work on, but in my experience the assistant coach would always change them back. i would tell a guy to work on shooting then go back in a few games later and he was set to work on skating. it was useless. havent tried it in 11 though)

10-02-2010, 08:52 PM	#464
dobbles addition by subtraction Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Exp:	question for those that are playing gm mode. i tried it out after launch to see how all the offseason rfa stuff worked and just the general play. one thing i noticed was that when my players earned xp and applied it to their stats, it would go in clumps to individual attributes. additionally it seemed to be worthless attributes. i am so sick of my wingers and dmen investing their XP into their faceoff skill. sure for a winger a point here or there wont hurt; but they do it way to much. even in older versions, it would often be the single most upgraded stat through the season. i noticed in my quick glance this year that players seemed to apply all increased to 1 stat. for instance, a player would earn 8 upgrades and 4 would be on fighting and the other 4 on faceoffs. no skating upgrades, shooting upgrades, etc. anyone else have any experience with this? was it just my game? is it another of the laundry list of changes that must be patched? maybe someday they will actually allow the gm to manage the player upgrades. for many it might not matter, but i would love the ability to actually appropriately develop my players. (also i know there is the ability to at least guide what area the skater should work on, but in my experience the assistant coach would always change them back. i would tell a guy to work on shooting then go back in a few games later and he was set to work on skating. it was useless. havent tried it in 11 though)