11-28-2019, 07:02 PMcaltroit_red_flames Wrote:

11-28-2019, 05:12 PMjRuutu Wrote: What happens if a lot of people retire and recreate when the switch happens? (Quite few might call it a day and start fresh in the new sim) Can the junior teams handle large group of active players joining up at once? What happens to the young players already in juniors?

That'd certainly be a problem, but a lot of people like myself will be happy to finish out their careers with FHM. What I see happening is simply players being called up earlier than they usually are now. Teams will have 3rd lines around 500-700 TPE, maybe some teams with second lines like that as well. I don't see that as a big problem. It's something to think about, but like I said a lot of people will stick it out another season at least with their players since they have to redistribute to the FHM attributes.

11-28-2019, 05:12 PMjRuutu Wrote: In Football Managers you can usually find tactics that just work better than others, they take advantage of the game mechanics etc and in result you can do well with a team that is not perhaps expected to do so - is there potential for similar stuff in FHM? Some tactical combination brings you the results and there is not much the other team can do?

Those GM´s and coaches who play the game obviously have advantage early on, but could be equally game breaking if fairly soon after moving to FHM every single team plays with the same tactical ideas. Aggressive hockey with active forechecking for example = build towards playing that  = every player start to look the same.

Based on testing so far and those who are experienced with FHM this isn't likely to happen. There are definitely going to be some better tactics, but when teams require multiple player types to be successful you can't expect GMs to give all lines the same tactics. If they do they're gonna have a bad time. Teams need to have penalty killers and defensive players to be successful. Think of it like baseball. You can't have all power hitters otherwise you'll just get a bunch of solo home runs. You need your lead batter to get on base, someone else to get them into scoring position and a third person to get a 3 run home run. You can't have all snipers otherwise nobody is going to play defense or distribute the puck.

But what about the TPE redistribution - if we have team like Hamilton who is actively looking to get that edge, maybe they already know thing or two about FHM = if there is a tactic or style of play that just works better, can league stop them from right away going to that direction with the redistribution of TPE? If they have 10-15 actives or more in the team, potential for pretty shitty start to the ´new´ league when one team steamrolls through everyone?