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  1. We all know the things that need to be fixed or massively improved in FM in general. Overall, however, FM24 has been my favorite....or so it was. My thoughts for the first 2 months: The match engine is the best one ever My team does as I ask on the field based on tactics After the patch, the AI squad building seems to be better (still a looooooong way to go) But now 4 months in and I am bored with the game. I keep loading it back up to play and find myself playing no more than a match or two before moving on. The biggest culprit is immersion - it's just not there. I spend so much time clicking through **** to get to a game but that is where some of the fun previously there is gone: Although I thought the match engine was the best, there really is only one way to play. OK, I am exaggerating but there is such a huge drop-off in how a team performs when you move away from a hard gegen press. If you want to play a slower build up or a counter style or a more defensive style, it takes A LOT of work to find tactics that work. So although there isn't only one way to play...one is so OP that there kind of is. Related to the above, there is no penalty for playing this way - no more injuries, my players aren't tired...nothing. AI match management - the managers make the most bizarre decisions from making no subs or after they have made their standard 1-2 subs, they will leave a player on the field who can't take another step. I don't think I have ever seen an AI manager make 4 or 5 subs in a game with a few exceptions where they make those last 2 subs in the 90th minute. Teams don't seem to figure you out anymore - I play the same way I have from day 1 and just click away. I used to have to change up my tactics every few seasons in prior versions...at least that is how I remember it. When you add in the rest of what needs to be improved (amongst others, looking at you press conferences), the game just feels...flat. It's boring. So I went and managed a lower league club, hoping it would help. Plugged in my gegenpress tactic and we are marching away with the league. Yes, I could force myself not to play this style but I have personally found that it takes many hours to make other styles work. I don't want to download a tactic because that will just make this click manager again. Maybe I am getting too old for this or maybe I need an FM that is more immersive and a bigger evolution than FM24 is vs FM22 (the last version I bought).
  2. SI are like the Glazers when it comes to comms. Silence...then they come out saying they are going to be much more communicative with the fans....then back to silence...then "we are sorry we didn't do as we said and we are going to change that and communicate more with the fans"...then silence again and finally back to good ol'..."when we've got something to say, you will hear it."
  3. +1 here. Subs, when used, are done very late in the game. Rarely does the AI use more than 3 subs too.
  4. Updated the search parameters to broaden the search, hoping it would help but still no luck. I get ZERO players recommended to me. Am I doing something wrong?
  5. Also the time it took to write that line, you could have answered. The search in this forum sucks.
  6. I'm looking to tweak one of the skins I have downloaded to make the match previews a bit more immersive. Specifically, I'm looking to add some details to the attached screen - for example, adding average rating under each player name or some other stats. This way, when I get further into the game, and there are less players I know, I can have something on here to show me how they are performing or how good they are. I'm looking at the match preview lineups panel.xml but nothing obvious in there as to whether this is possible. Thanks!
  7. I'm looking to tweak one of the skins I have downloaded to make the match previews a bit more immersive. Specifically, I'm looking to add some details to the attached screen - for example, adding average rating under each player name. I'm looking at the match preview lineups panel.xml but nothing obvious in there as to whether this is possible. Thanks!
  8. Merry Christmas everyone. I was wondering if there is a difference between TI and PIs that are the same. For example, if I put tackle harder as a PI on every player, is there any difference between doing that and putting the tackle harder TI on?
  9. I love your file every year (except last year when I didn't buy the game!). Curious as to how does the increased injuries work? Is it longer injuries + new injuries. Are you able to touch the code to make this happen or are you increasing the number of types of injuries and length of existing injuries to make the total time of injuries correct? Or are you increasing injury process of every player in the initial database so it is correct but over time that will go down as newgens come through.
  10. How does the increased injuries work? Is it longer injuries + new injuries. Curious as to how the code has been touched to change the frequency.
  11. Man Utd short term save to get into it. Large database and about 15 countries loaded. Database size is around 100K players if memory serves.
  12. Thanks - what you are showing is what I am doing but I get zero players recommended to me every time. Screenshot attached. Standard right back being asked for. I've tried widening the search even more to see if it helps but that was already very broad.
  13. Does anyone have any issues with recruitment focus? I am trying to avoid micromanaging scouting like I normally do and letting the chief scout do it all but adding in some recruitment focuses. However, it always comes back with zero players. Even if I make it very easy with low stars minimum and just a simple position or area of the pitch. I just get nothing back. Any tips on how to do this or recruitment in a way that I don't need to micromanage it anymore and still get scouts looking for what I need?
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