etonyx

Looked at this and thought you should add at the end 'let me at'em!'

kelimig

I can do better than that mate:



Needless to say I have broken my desk in anger. How can I enjoy a game that is this flawed? I HAVE tried, believe me, but I'm starting to lose faith. I will wait for the patch, but this is getting ridiculous.

retired_GoBlue31

That has happened since CM/FM was created!

kelimig

With regards to the advisor, how can a "casual gamer" get into a game which won't appear to let the user win a league match with a Newcastle side which, having won two cups the previous season (and before the patch was installed), now boasts Van der Vaart, Riquelme, Breno and Aguero?

Just a thought.

It just feels as though stuff like the advisor is being put into the game at the expense of real gameplay issues, such as the match engine. I've played CM/FM constantly since 96/97, so don't go telling me I'm rubbish or my squad needs time to gel - I just need an outlet for my anger.

kepners

My two biggest issues without beta patches installed:

Nearly every goal from corner kick gets disallowed. I know it's the same for opponent, but still annoying and I feel almost lucky when it's not disallowed.

Hot feet of strikers. When players, even if they'd have plenty of space to move they make silly long ranged attempt eventhough if they just took few steps they'd be in lot better position. And this combined with "one-timers" shots, when they receive pass to empty space and try silly shot right away.

retired_jackrrice

The advisor isn't there to "win the league" for casual gamers, it's there to guide them through the UI and point out features that they might otherwise have missed.

leftfoot

Why do I always have the most wanted squad in the game 43 players and 17 listed as wanted, with Arsenal and Chelsea after 6 of my players alone. Having scouted extensively I know that there are players of comparable quality and potential at other clubs yet no one is sniffing around them. Why the hell not!!!

Same annoying crap as 07.

Step 1: I sign a player with potential to be a good premiership player
Step 2: 1 year later they are wanted by at least 5 clubs including big clubs who just by looking at their squad don't even need the player
Step 3: I reject bids of paltry amounts
Step 4: Player demands transfer
Step 5: Player joins big club at hot prospect despite being a squad player for me
Step 6: Player rots in the reserves of said big club

Repeat ad nauseum year in year out to the point of tearing my hair out.

It even happens when I have turned my club into a title challenging club. It feels like the AI clubs have a choice of 'Scout Human controlled teams' to assign their scouts and that's the first thing they do. So goddamn aggravating

And what's with the ridiculously low bids? I mean FFS the guy is worth 1.9m and has the potential to be a world class player what in the hell makes the AI repeatedly bid 1.8m for him. And why is it when I do the same approach the players never get frustrated at not being allowed to move clubs??

I've said it before and I'll say it again the Human manager is treated differently in the game when it comes to transfers/player behaviour. SI can deny it all they want but it's been like this for years. AI clubs signing players for lower contracts than I offer. AI clubs having lower transfer bids accepted. AI club players not bitching about first team football with the regularity mine do. It's one giant conspiracy I tells ya

It feels good to vent

kelimig

Bodis - read the post mate, I don't want an advisor to "win the league", I don't really give two flying Freemans' Catalogues about the advisor. My point was that it seems quite redundant when casual gamers have virtually no chance of enjoying the game in the state it's in right now.

And besides: "a league match" does not a league title win.

In my ever-so-humble opinion.

retired_jackrrice

Mark it down as a misread :thup:

I see what you mean, but as whoever worked on the advisor wasn't involved in making the match engine and vice versa I think it's "too easy" to blame that feature (or any other) for the issues in the match engine.

As far as I'm aware the advisor is fulfilling it's purpose.

The match engine is a seperate issue imo.

Anyway, didn't mean to interupt your venting It's very healthy I've been told :thup:

kelimig

Fair play mate, no harm done.

Just call it biased, but as a complete and unashamed addict of FM, I just don't see the point. Suppose it's naive of me to assume that anyone who's going to buy FM already knows how to play it.

Ah well, back to the suppressing of the emotions now.