What would you guys like to see in FHM8?

[finn]

Originally Posted by JMKraus

A bit late to propose features, but I want a full fledged training camp with rookie camp, vets camp, intrateam games, progression during TC and preseason.

seconding this and women's hockey!



would also love to see a setting for automatic inflation, similar to how OOTP does it. it's annoying to have to manually adjust the salary cap every year and more or less ruins challenge mode.

[Colorado]

People have been requesting a more in-depth training camp in the game for as long as I can remember.

[SakuKoivu87]

-A salary cap sandbox. Kind of like a 'What if' machine where you could add or remove players to your roster, place someone on IR, buyout someone, to see what the effects on your cap would be. Would help a lot in planning multiple roster moves ahead of time.

-Trade screen should have updated cap info for both teams if current trade were to go through

-a 'make this work' button on the trade screen

-Customizable Views like in OOTP

-add 'player role' and 'cap hit' to search filter

-Show cap hit in player pop-up window

-don't know what everyone else thinks of this but i find it frustrating that when i click on a player it doesn't automatically go to the ratings screen by default. 90% of the time that's what I'm looking for when I click on a player.

-'Assistant handle tactics' button where AI sets best tactics based on your lines.

-dedicated shortcut to your farm team's roster

-As it is now there are too many players claimed on waivers as well as too many suspensions. It seems like in the game someone gets suspended every night and every player gets claimed on waivers.

[DarthYoda]

Start new leagues att will in Historical Mode.
Edit Minor League affiliations in Historical Mode.
Generelly being able to edit as much as possible in Historical Mode.

[Swedishgamefreak]

Stronger draft classes. I'm on the NHL draft 2027 and there are only 2 star potential players in 2nd round.

And also some improvements on the 2D engine such as better balancing for goal scoring from D-men, more info on screen such as shots, PP, PK and stuff (like EHM has), highlights where you can see only goals or extended highlights like goal scoring chances (been asking for this since the launch of FHM 7), better positioning and movement (having 4 players covering 1 player really looks weird) among a lot of things.

I have faith in Jeff and the team. I have played every FHM since the first one and i definitely see improvements every year.

[sgrondin98]

Hi i already gave my opinion here but i want to give it again.

- First i wish FHM could have something likke OOTP for the exporting data. In the csv i dont have any salary , any contract. Maybe have a mod or something that can create a nice website with everything you need (rating-stats-standings-player data-boxscore etc....) or maybe the ability to export data to html not only in CSV like an html generator. I know OOTP have something like this and for me FHM need it, it would be a great to have this. STHS also have something like this.

- Second I want to have the women division. I think we are there and we need to have the women club - division.

- Third the ability to have more customization on playoff. Even if you have 60 or 90 team only 16 team can be on playoff. But if you can choose a 32 or 40 team in series for bigger league it would be awesome.

Thanx a lot and i hoe to see this in FHM 8 it would be awesome.

[dkloosh]

I would like to be involved in the game play: shoot or pass, dump in or penetrate, check or play the puck


i second this suggestion, to me the game would be more complete in making more decisions during
gameplay

[bmason]

This is probably a dumb little thing, when I'm looking at a long list of names on the Trading Block, I wish there was a visual indication of the ones that's I've already put on a shortlist, so I could suss out any new names easier.

[wiggleman83]

I always see pre-playoffs in the list of standings views but I can never use it in custom games. I would love this, especially to do an NCAA thing with my junior league and have the pre-playoffs be conference tourneys!

[Bones26]

At this juncture, and with the current NHL training camps and pre-season games already now underway, I would simply settle for some information on what foundational changes and / or new features the developers have been focusing on for FHM8 and when is its targeted release date.

Cheers!

[Adam B]

Originally Posted by Bones26

At this juncture, and with the current NHL training camps and pre-season games already now underway, I would simply settle for some information on what foundational changes and / or new features the developers have been focusing on for FHM8 and when is its targeted release date.

Cheers!

So a couple of things; we don't really talk about the game until we're ready to release. I'm sure if you went back in my post history and looked you'd likely see me explain why multiple times but the answer is always around the same ideas;

We don't talk about features because sometimes they change (and change late). It doesn't mean we aren't working on something, but it may mean it may come in a future game update or in the next titular update. We don't want to announce something and then have it change.

What I will say is this;

We're always watching the forums and reading people's feedback. I can guarantee that some ideas in here have already been on the list and are coming while others could be in a future update/next version/several versions down the line (or maybe some inspired and could show up too).

BUT,

Information is coming, but it's not here yet. The game will be released significantly sooner than last years version, so don't fret too much. Stay tuned.

[bigbanan]

You should do something with buy-out system. I mean, as example, what teams AI control can`t buy-out players with 2,5 Stars skill and potential (only lower). Because it`s ridiculous when i see Jacob Trouba, such players on the market, many of them.

[Orioles1966]

Schedule neutral site games(I don't think that's currently possible).

[Juggernaut]

Howdy, I'm new to the forums.

I'd like to see more altercations & fights added if it hasn't been mentioned already

[magik]

Features
- Faster sim speed
- AI trade difficulty slider

Fixes
- Trading AI fixes on how they value picks and prospects (especially new draftees) (https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=332194)
- Disappearing transaction log (https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=331945)
- Lack of players in draft (https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=330412)
- AI doesn't seem to trade picks in earlier years (https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=331946)
- Historical game - Nashville & Las Vegas have no farm team if they appear later (https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=331944)

Wishlist
- Women hockey

[toddr037]

Most of these were already mentioned already, but here is my wish list:
1.a (very important imo). Ability to create a new league on July 1.

1.b. Have option, when creating a new team, to not have the AI automatically fill that team with fictional staff. Give team a fictional owner. Thats it, but keep the HC, GM, assistants, trainer, and scouts position empty, until the owner hires a GM and the GM hires his other staff.

1c. ability to easily move teams from one league to another ie. SPHL or FPHL team gets bought by an NHL team (fictional in my head storyline) and moves to the AHL or ECHL with NHL team affiliation.


2a. Ability to know before hand what a player is thinking about doing in offseason. Say you have an older player. hes still doing good. Maybe hes leaning towards retirement. if he is, maybe have the ability to talk him into one more year.
2b. If a player does retire, have the option to manually turn him into either a scout or coach.

2c. Maybe add a storyline to this... for example: "Ryan Getzlaf has announced his retirement from pro hockey, and signed on as the new head coach of his hometown Regina Pats." If you run a jr team, and you need a coach, have the ability to look at the "old" players either on contract or free agent and see what there their retirement status is, and are they interested in coaching. if both are high, you can enter negotiations with said player.


3. More emphasis on the non playable leagues. Make realistic stats, and rosters. Ive noticed that players in non playable leagues hardly have anything. low GP, and not realistic goals and assists. Hell a goalie in a non playable league might get 5 games played in a season.
There could be a hot shot goalie playing in the AJHL or BCHL that I might be interested in drafting. how did my scouts scout him when hes only played 5 games. How can I trust my scouts if they've only seen him play 5 of less games?


4. Have the ability to edit non playable leagues. Add or remove teams, edit league rules (for statistics purposes) and have the AI keep these rosters full


For clarity on this, and this does happen. Lets say in year 2027, I decide that the University of Michigan dissolves their hockey program? on flip side maybe in 2025 I decide the University of Montana entered the college hockey world?


it may be too late to have #2 implemented for next years game. food for thought for FHM 9 though.

[jameslacy3509]

The ability to Multi click players in lists such as shortlists etc rather than just one at a time.

[tgar09]

the ability to assign a farm team to your echl affiliate like having an sphl team instead of sending players down to semi-pro (i.e. the atlanta gladiators having the peoria rivermen as an affiliate)


Being able to create and offseason tournament for teams in different countries and leagues (you could do this in the old eastside hockey manager game) (i.e. the washington capitals host a tournament with teams- the hershey bears, bracknell bees, Hc Davos and dynamo moscow)


the ability to inquire about a certain player and see what that team would like in return for trading that player to you (in return for Jack Eichel the sabres would accept 3 1st round picks and Adam Fox)


the ability to stop a player from retiring


voting on awards like the Vezina


ability to bring back WHA into a standard game (if possible they can have IHL as their affiliate)

[Ballyhoo]

Have to start with I haven't played the game. I'd watched streams, read forums, etc. but haven't played because of the lack of league support within game. Sending files to someone to import? Maybe I can just email them a floppy disk..... ?!?!?!?!

[Hoiles]

My main suggestion is still to add the ability to view detailed player ratings while setting lines