NHL 13 GM Connected Mode Revealed with Video and Blog

[liberaluser]

If GMC is online only without sliders that means you need to download every gamebreaking tuner set they release that may ruin the gameplay for your entire league.

This is seriously becoming a huge bummer.

[LuGer33]

Suit yourselves. To me, the depth and detail of this mode vastly outweighs its few minor omissions, especially given that this is the first year NHL has had online franchise.

30 humans + 82 game schedule + normal rosters w/ full control of AHL and prospects + OTP + hardcore gamestyle + new coach / build your AI strategies sounds like a pretty good time to me. I can certainly live without setting "pass reception" to zero and being unable to move Crosby to the Flyers if I feel like it.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Luger, what some of the community here is doing is giving you positive feedback on to what we would want from the mode. Your job as a representative for EA is to gather that information, and get it back to the powers that be at EA. Not be completely dismissive of your customer base. We greatly appreciate the information. But please as a professional, Take notes on what the people here want, and throw them as suggestions for a patch, or for NHL 14. Do not come off condescending, and tell us take what we are getting and like it. We all have the same mission. Make the NHL series better. We as consumers want that. As I am sure EA want's the best product they can give us as that would mean more sales. Especially if they are cheap additions.

Personally, I am one for more options. I like customability. I would really have liked the fantasy draft option to start. Some people may think its tedious, or dont use it. But some of us do, and none is asking for it to be mandatory, they are asking for it to be an option. Noone would argue that this isnt better than the POOR efforts at online leagues the NHL season has had in the past. And this is more than a step in the right direction. However you are getting repeated feedback on things the customer base wants.

1. Customization. wheter it be slider settings, season length, fantasy drafts, we want the options to run our own leagues our way. If it is too late to change for NHL 13, thats fine. but keep this information in mind for NHL 14. Or better yet a patch if possible. That is all we ask.

[CupCrazyManiac]

Quote: Originally Posted by ManiacMatt1782

Luger, what some of the community here is doing is giving you positive feedback on to what we would want from the mode. Your job as a representative for EA is to gather that information, and get it back to the powers that be at EA. Not be completely dismissive of your customer base. We greatly appreciate the information. But please as a professional, Take notes on what the people here want, and throw them as suggestions for a patch, or for NHL 14. Do not come off condescending, and tell us take what we are getting and like it. We all have the same mission. Make the NHL series better. We as consumers want that. As I am sure EA want's the best product they can give us as that would mean more sales. Especially if they are cheap additions.

yes, i agree.

[LuGer33]

Quote:

Your job as a representative for EA is to gather that information, and get it back to the powers that be at EA. Not be completely dismissive of your customer base. We greatly appreciate the information. But please as a professional

I'm neither a representative of EA nor a "professional" whatever it is you assume I am. My opinions are my own and they do not reflect the opinions of EA or anyone but myself. I've sent ManiacMatt a PM but I just wanted to clear that up for everyone else.

Anyway, the powers that be at EA are already well aware that things like custom season length, custom rosters, manual draft, etc. are big features so they will definitely be considered for future iterations and looked at for NHL 14 and beyond.

[jyoung]

Custom sliders and custom rosters certainly aren't unreasonable demands given that both have been present for a few years now in NCAA Football 13's Online Dynasty mode.

The same for custom schedule length. It's been a regular feature in sports games that have online leagues going all the way back to NHL 2K5.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Quote: Originally Posted by LuGer33

I'm neither a representative of EA nor a "professional" whatever it is you assume I am. My opinions are my own and they do not reflect the opinions of EA or anyone but myself. I've sent ManiacMatt a PM but I just wanted to clear that up for everyone else. Anyway, the powers that be at EA are already well aware that things like custom season length, custom rosters, manual draft, etc. are big features so they will definitely be considered for future iterations and looked at for NHL 14 and beyond.

You may not be paid, but your title of game changer makes you a representative of EA to the community. Whether you like it or not, as long as you have the title, that's exactly what you are. You have communications with EA's developers and producers that we don't have. You are entitled to your own opinions, but you still shouldn't be so dismissing of the communities ideas, especially if its ideas that are coming from multiple users.

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by ManiacMatt1782

You may not be paid, but your title of game changer makes you a representative of EA to the community. Whether you like it or not, as long as you have the title, that's exactly what you are. You have communications with EA's developers and producers that we don't have. You are entitled to your own opinions, but you still shouldn't be so dismissing of the communities ideas, especially if its ideas that are coming from multiple users.

To be fair saying something like "No custom rosters or sliders, I won't play it" isn't really providing positive feedback, it's feet stomping. I'd be all for custom settings but it's the first year they do this ever with NHL. I'm willing to give them some slack in that regard.