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Old 10-21-2016, 05:25 PM   #101
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It is a bit like the old FM: you get commentary about everything happening on the ice and you see where the puck is in the rink. You can make tactical/role/player changes and (optional) decide which line goes on the ice when the game is stopped for an Faceoff.
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Old 10-22-2016, 05:57 PM   #102
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There should be a note on the league edit page: only on July 1st you can edit stuff (including expansion).
Surely this inaccurate?? The entry draft is on June 22nd! How can you only expand the league after the entry draft??
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Old 10-22-2016, 07:14 PM   #103
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Surely this inaccurate?? The entry draft is on June 22nd! How can you only expand the league after the entry draft??
So, it turns out, this is accurate: you can only expand after the entry draft. So it's essentially pointless to even include the expansion wizard. If that's not enough to make you want to throw your computer out the window, you're also forced to expand by two teams and you can't alter the expansion draft rules - you're stuck with a 35 round serpentine draft with teams protecting 16 players.

In other words, if you're going to buy this game to play as the Las Vegas expansion team like I did, DON'T. The expansion feature is offensively unplayable.
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Old 10-22-2016, 07:47 PM   #104
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So, it turns out, this is accurate: you can only expand after the entry draft. So it's essentially pointless to even include the expansion wizard. If that's not enough to make you want to throw your computer out the window, you're also forced to expand by two teams and you can't alter the expansion draft rules - you're stuck with a 35 round serpentine draft with teams protecting 16 players.

In other words, if you're going to buy this game to play as the Las Vegas expansion team like I did, DON'T. The expansion feature is offensively unplayable.
I don't see just how the first part follows. Worst case scenario you miss one entry draft. That's not optimal, so I can understand your not being happy about it, but it's hardly the end of the world either, right? It just makes things a bit more of a challenge.

There are still some issues with the expansion draft in game, you're not wrong about that.

But there are also some limits as to what we can and can't do in regard to the expansion from the NHL licensing agreement.

Until the NHL actually announces all the details, and approves adding them and the new Las Vegas team to the game, unfortunately the expansion feature will be a bit limited.
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Old 11-02-2016, 02:34 AM   #105
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hey guys,

so is it now possible to Play the austrian league? or is it in the near future possible?

many thanks for answer
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Old 11-02-2016, 07:50 AM   #106
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so is it now possible to Play the austrian league? or is it in the near future possible?

many thanks for answer
Same question about maybe Slovakian League ? Or Lower French / Swedish / Finnish / Swiss etc... divisions ?

Available in the next release ?
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Old 11-02-2016, 09:20 PM   #107
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Can someone explain the difference between newsworthiness 1 and 3?
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Old 11-04-2016, 11:42 AM   #108
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so is it now possible to Play the austrian league? or is it in the near future possible?

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any Infos?
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Old 11-04-2016, 11:45 AM   #109
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Austrian Hockey League is simulated in the game, but is not a playable league.

To become playable, at the very, very least it would need more in-depth research and maintenance of the DB by a volunteer.
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Old 11-04-2016, 11:48 AM   #110
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How do i go about starting the expansion draft for the Senators? if i start unemployed i can't apply for the job and if i pick the team it skips over the expansion draft. Any help?
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Old 11-04-2016, 12:06 PM   #111
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so is it now possible to Play the austrian league? or is it in the near future possible?

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Same question about maybe Slovakian League ? Or Lower French / Swedish / Finnish / Swiss etc... divisions ?

Available in the next release ?
Probably not soon. We'd need some volunteers to work on those leagues before we could make them playable.

I'm not sure what Jeff has planned though, he could give you a much more accurate answer than I can.
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Old 11-17-2016, 12:42 PM   #112
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Probably not soon. We'd need some volunteers to work on those leagues before we could make them playable.

I'm not sure what Jeff has planned though, he could give you a much more accurate answer than I can.
UP for Jeff if he has an answer ?

BTW I can provide a good help for french divisions
(Saxoprint Magnus, Division 1, Division 2 at least)
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Old 11-19-2016, 02:52 PM   #113
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Will there be a 3D Mode in the future? Like players moving around on the ice.
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Old 11-20-2016, 11:23 AM   #114
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When will Path to Glory allow fictional players, instead of using real players?

Everything stays exactly the same in PtG except using fictional players instead of real players.
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Old 11-20-2016, 11:37 AM   #115
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When will Path to Glory allow fictional players, instead of using real players?

Everything stays exactly the same in PtG except using fictional players instead of real players.
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Why not just play Sandbox then?
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Old 11-20-2016, 09:59 PM   #116
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Why not just play Sandbox then?
I could but apparently most of the future development emphasis will be on PtG.
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Old 11-23-2016, 11:41 PM   #117
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I could but apparently most of the future development emphasis will be on PtG.
Also with PtG there are more farm teams, minor leagues, foreign leagues allowed etc.
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Old 11-24-2016, 08:35 PM   #118
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There should be a note on the league edit page: only on July 1st you can edit stuff (including expansion).
Any plans to expand this window for fictional leagues, or start new games on July 1st?
I would like to edit period length immediately, but I have to wait one season right now
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Old 11-25-2016, 09:53 PM   #119
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I am trying to figure out why I have to have my roster down to 23 players for pre-season games. Is this intentional or a bug?

In real life, teams are allowed to be over 23 for pre-season games.
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Old 11-26-2016, 01:04 AM   #120
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I am trying to figure out why I have to have my roster down to 23 players for pre-season games. Is this intentional or a bug?

In real life, teams are allowed to be over 23 for pre-season games.
An accurate recreation of pre-season is not yet in game. To try to work around it for now, the Devs turned off waivers in the pre-season, so you can send people up and down as needed to try them out. It still seems to affect their mood, though. There is a 'waiver day' at the end of pre-season where anyone in the NHL that should be exposed to waivers is placed on waivers. Make sure to sim day by day and check the waiver wire. You'll also get an email about your players at risk.

Hopefully they can get a better pre-season in for FHM4. There are some scheduling quirks, too, like when my team is playing in Brooklyn one night, Los Angeles the next, and then down to Florida with only a day off.

One thing I miss from EHM is being able to create my own pre-season schedule with as many or few games as I like. I understand why it happens the way it does in FHM3, and that pre-season wasn't a priority when they had so much to fix for the regular season and playoffs and game play in general, but I very much look forward to it being fixed when its turn comes up.

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