Preferd moves

Do prefered moves actually matter in FM08 ?????

Well, yes. If a player has a certain preferred move, he is more likely to use that move in a match. That's all really I think.

But it helps yes?

But it helps yes?

Some though, are not used by the match engine, so would be purely cosmetic.

But it helps yes?

Yeah I would think that the positive ones would help, not negative ones like "argues with referees" though.

Some may help but others could be annoying. For example if he tries lots of long shots it could be bad as he may not be very good at that and he keeps wasting your chances. In that case restrict his creative freedom in order to stop him doing it.

Some though, are not used by the match engine, so would be purely cosmetic.

Wtf is up with FM creaters putting in stuff thats only cosmetic thats pointless a half arsed job as usal

Wtf is up with FM creaters putting in stuff thats only cosmetic thats pointless a half arsed job as usal

Maybe they're planning to impliment it into the match engine in future versions? That would be my guess.

Still would it not be better to leave it out untill its finished =[

Still would it not be better to leave it out untill its finished =[

Yeah maybe. I've noticed that there are also a lot of features in the editor that have no effect on the game either as they haven't been implimented into the game yet.

its stupid if u ask me but meh xD

i hope that in 09 there are hundreds of moves you can teach your player

i hope that in 09 there are hundreds of moves you can teach your player

There will only be there preferred moves that are used by the match engine, which is not all of them yet. Players without the preferred move can still do whatever it is, but if they have it they will do it regularly.

You won't be able to teach players individual tricks or certain types of passes if thats what you mean.

You obviously havnt played a striker that "Shoots with power"?

I dont see how most of them dont work.

Players that argue with the ref tend to get cards more, when they think its offside or a foul was commited.

Players with shoots from distance....tend to shoot from distance...

I find most work, for example my fullback with runs down right. He makes more runs than my fullback without it.

When you see someone score and the commentator says something like "typical finish by (name)" then you know its a preferred move.

hits freekick with power + freekick = 15 > freekick = 20 !!

How do you train preferd moves?

How do you train preferred moves?

In FM08 you need to hook up a youngster with a tutor who has PPMs. Plenty of threads cover this - do a search.

In FM09 you have the option to ask the player to learn PPMs of your choice.

A lot of the PPMs in FM08 are cosmetic - put in with the intention of activating them in future releases. This info was only 'leaked' by SI towards the end of FM08's shelf-life, leaving many of us rueing the wasted time training players in useless PPMs

However other are most certainly active and excellent touches. The easiest to spot are the one that result in goals - both in the 2D and commentary - shoots with powers, loves to pass the ball into the net, overhead kicks etc.