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I know we have a sticky wishlist of things people would like to see added to FM but alot of the suggestions seem minor and more database/background code related.
This thread is more about major changes and additions you believe are needed to push FM forward because, lets face it, FM seems to be getting a bit stale and feeling too same-ish to previous versions.
Areas I believe need an overhaul are tactics, they've been neglected far too long and need a reworking. It's frustrating to look at each release since CM4 and realise not one change has been made since then. This is a core component of FM and NEEDS to change, the fact it hasn't is worrying for the series.
Match statistics and analysis, this is another area that has been neglected and left unchanged. I only started playing CM/FM when CM 01/02 was released but match stats and team stats have never been modified. We still get the same screens and stats, no additions have been made. Action Zones are still broken into thirds, why can this not be broken down further into possession by position?
It's also time FM included a atlas that can be used to geopgraphically show where each team is located in any chosen competition. It can even be used to to indicate where your next away game will be. For scouting it could show where all your scouts are currently located as they look for players, or even out of interest sake where all your playing staff were born. It might seem like graphical fluff but it would help anchor the game back into the real world instead of feeling like a glorified spreadsheet or accounting package. The data is already in the database, lets make better us of it.
That's the three major areas I believe are needed to propel FM forward instead of it feeling like it is just treading water. What are yours?
What if the clubs can create youth camps via the board room screen, like adding a feeder club. Then the board will reply with possible countries and you have to pick one.
Then throughout the season you can get a message:
'(your assistant) has found a prospect in your (country) youth camp. Do you wish to sign him?'
Then you have the options of view scout report, offer trial and offer contract.
I would like to assign a plamaker role to a position - so any player i put in that position is the playmaker.
More options for players instructions - Passing options etc.
Playing without the keyboard ( especialy going in to full screem ) via mouse would be nice.
Volume control - not like now you can only mute or with sound - i like to hear music from my pc, but i would also would like to hear a bit of game sound.
Originally posted by J. Chaveer Loophole:
...Volume control - not like now you can only mute or with sound - i like to hear music from my pc, but i would also would like to hear a bit of game sound.
You can do that with Vista by changing the volume of each application individually from the Volume Mixer in the taskbar.
I feel the media side need changing/improving. I’m getting a little sick of the same questions.
A press conference type of scenario would be good, where a few questions (3-5) are asked. Each answer giving a affect (depending on the question and answer)
This press conference could happen before or after a game, purchase of a player or to react to something that has happen.
I would like to see more none related football activates that may affect the club, manager or players. For example, Joey Barton brush with the law, ronaldo's loving of professional women, big Sams dodgy dealings etc.
These things would need to be dealt with by a manager, and would make or break certain decisions.
Then this could be linked back to the press conference idea
I know this is a lot to ask, but I feel the media should be a bigger part of the game as it is in life.
CREATIVE PART
-A real training module , i want my defenders to be fast so i only want to rise their speed; only.
-Agents , i really want to sing a potential world star player without having to rely on the stupid scout "find me a CL level right back" should be enough.
-Bullet speed proccessing
-Open/close leagues on the fly (like loading Russian one at 2015, unload Russia at 2017 ans start Belgium )
-Multiple moving arrows on the tactics screens and also move the "special moves" into my tactical screen, i want to tell my winger to hug the line and my full back to go infront when possible.
-Give speciallists a job i would like to see a "give him a brake from the hard training" before i lose my best striker for 4 months.
-Do something with the sponsors , Zenit didn't spent 20m for transfer from their budget, Russian Gass company (their sponsor)did.
-When considering a contruct i want to know club owner ambitions , he wants to become top European club? he wants to make profit? i must know before deciding.
B1TCHING PART (fan boys and others may skip)
-Buying/selling players in part of Manager's job NOT chairmen's.
-Refferes have 2'' to give an offside or faul , after those 2'' all my goals count.
-Regens that have some talent, my ass man travelling to Georgia just to bring a GK with PA 120 is annoying, also those crap players make game slower.Ah and remember, MCs with marking 5 are worthless
-Players that are men and not pussies.
-Option to turn of Media Interaction
-Option to turn off team talks
-Match engine that rewards the team who performs better, no cheap tricks to save AI , also "kill goalkeeper" command to ensure that this will work.
-Remove all gray players from european competitions.If they want to play in them they must buy players . i am and they should.
-Much easier to buy/sell players and always on their displayed price.And i do mean much easier like transfer listing a player valued 10m and selling him next day.
-When a player is "not for sale" it means that I DONT WANT OTHER TEAMS TO BID OR ASK FOR HIS PRICE, I AM NOT SELLING HIM .
FM: Major Changes You Would Like To See 
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