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I've heard that this bug is still in the new patch. This is the only thing putting me off starting a new game. I like playing long term games, otherwise there is no point in playing the game I think.
I would love it if SI added a 'build' to sort this problem out. They did this with a previous FM because they thought the bug was too big to be delayed until a later patch. There's no doubt about it, it restricts what otherwise is a big improvement on the last version.
Personally, I don't see problems with board confidence in the games that I've played, so I don't see what needs to be fixed. It seems to be a subjective issue. There was a bug in 8.00 whereby people could be sacked for reaching their achievements quickly, which was fixed for 8.01, but people have to remember that some boards are more harsh than others.
There is no massive errors with the Board Confidence. The 8.0.0 - You'll get sacked if you complete your task ahead of schedule has been fixed. I've personally not had a problem with board confidence since the 8.0.1 patch, and I'm currently in 2028 in my game.
So you think getting sacked for not winning the Johnston's Paint Trophy, regardless of whatever else you win, upto and including the League title, is fine?
How can there not be a roblem. If you win the Premier League and Champions League, but fail to win the League Cup you are not offered a renewal to your contract. That would never happen irl. I thought SI were aiming to make FM as realistic as possible?
But they must recognise that there are definite bugs in the confidence system, such as in leagues such as the Irish and Scottish, where there are promotion/relegation play-offs overlapping leagues, if you lose a play-off final where promotion is the prize, the board thinks you have only just avoiding relegation. This is a definite bug and game-stopping.
Besides this, the other glaring issue I can see with it is when you take over a club mid-season but have to deal with the old manager's performance and have to live up to ridiculous expectations or be sacked after losing one game. There have been enough stories of this on the forum for it to surely warrant looking into and I know it has happened to me.
Other than that, the stuff with youngster signings being judged on a few sub appearances and stuff don't bother me as much as they don't have much of an impact but the other two are definitely game stoppers which I remain hopeful SI will look into. I'm currently second in the Scottish Second and I'm seriously thinking that if top spot starts falling out of reach I may need to throw games to finish fifth rather than risking losing in the play-offs and getting the boot because of the bug. It's that ridiculous!
I seriously feel these are the only two real problems with the game (besides Defoe and apparantly the Turkish situation, which I'm sure SI will sort out for re-release next week) and I am really hoping that if enough people group together to try to persuade SI to work into sorting it without just plain moaning, just requesting in as polite a manner as possible, they may look into it and release a final mini-patch.
Originally posted by GeorgieMc:
But they must recognise that there are definite bugs in the confidence system...
Miles doesn't. But then Miles patently doesn't know what he's talking about re: current game issues and certainly has nothing to do with the development or patching process. If he did, he'd not make inflammatory posts like he did on this subject, then sound off about not being condescending elsewhere on the forum.
Sorry Miles, you are wrong. There are very definate legitimate concerns and at least half a dozen people have been on the forum in the last 48 hrs starting or responding to threads relating to the Board Confidence system, specifically stating it is limiting their long term enjoyment of the game and (as above) clearly listing the issue/s.
Its not just about being sacked, its about the expectations and comments aswell. I won Newcastle's first trophy since 1969, the UEFA Cup beating Bayern in the final. The resulting message said they were happy but was basically a ho-hum type response telling me more was expected in future. Next season I won the FA Cup and same sort of message. Then I won the European Super Cup which I think we will agree is a pretty unimportant trophy, they went nuts I was basically a hero they would have had my children if they could!
Later in the game I got to the Final of the Carling Cup and won the Champions League. They were angry at my defeat in the Carling Cup final, no mention of winning the Champions League.
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