How many games do you play...

[creamsodaboy]

In Be a GM mode? Do you normally play all 82 games, or do you do something like playing every x-amount of games? I was thinking of playing every 4th game, so playing the opener, taking 3 games off, playing the next game. Any other suggestions that work well for you guys?

[BigBadAss33]

Quote: Originally Posted by creamsodaboy

In Be a GM mode? Do you normally play all 82 games, or do you do something like playing every x-amount of games? I was thinking of playing every 4th game, so playing the opener, taking 3 games off, playing the next game. Any other suggestions that work well for you guys?

Its just me but i do it the other way... I play 3 games and sim 1 or 2. The injury bug is still present in the simming in this game... I feel if you sim to many games your whole squad will be on IR...

[CanucksBruins]

I have multiple files. I have ones I play every game on and ones I sim. I turn injuries off for the simmed ones because of the frequent injuries that occur. I usually have three I play on the go with varying settings for each one. One might be all rookies and the other might be all players over 35.

With the patched GM mode, it's almost as much fun as NHL 12 now. The draft sucks though. There are no gems in later rounds anymore. I even find myself plugging in NHL 12 some days just for the depth of its GM mode and prospects....

[Moose24x]

Quote: Originally Posted by BigBadAss33

Its just me but i do it the other way... I play 3 games and sim 1 or 2. The injury bug is still present in the simming in this game... I feel if you sim to many games your whole squad will be on IR...

I basically do this too. I play about 60 games each season, maybe a bit less.

[seb170455]

I play all of my games. But it takes a lot of time to finish many seasons. But I like to play all of my games Superstar difficulty. I put trading difficulty to hard, but (realistic) trading doesn't seem hard at all.

[CanuckJ]

I play all my games, takes me a long time as well but that's mainly because other games come out by the end of October that take up more of my playing time.

[shanev]

I play between 30-40 a season. One of my self imposed rules is that i only play home games. It helps keep me honest in simulating. Ill do this right through the playoffs as well, and yes i have lost series because i dont have home ice advantage, and it sucks but keeps it somewhat real.

[HeroWorship]

I'm glad someone has spoken out about the absurdity of the draft now. When I would sim NHL 13, I never produced a NHL-caliber prospect after the third round. At least between NHL 09-12 you'd have some later round gems here and there.

I typically play the first season in full, before I begin to sim here and there along the way. I managed once to finish 4-5 years of NHL 10 after I would only play three games a month (one AHL, two NHL).

I like the idea of playing only the 'home' games, though. Something I shall incorporate into my current franchise in NHL 14.