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oh so apparently not the final update.. Excellent way to communicate to your customers, on twitter, in a random reply

Just want to leave this here No communication since what December the 7th? And now an update with no ME changes after saying you want to be more transparent.. I've not played FM since end of November, and frankly won't be playing it again or buying any more versions.

2-0 up but under a bit of pressure, use the "encourage" shout, almost all the players "frustrated with the feedback"? How does encourage cause that..

There’s a news item that comes in that doesn’t require a response where you have a few options. Must admit I have missed it on all but 1 save. If you miss it, does seem like it’s completely random.

I didn't notice it too much in the beta, I didn't play a system with a lone striker and no AM. That's a shame though, was hoping to see lots of link up play with a CF

Decided to start an Arsenal save following the update. First thing I’ve noticed is the lack of involvement from the striker (Jesus as CF-A). Then I looked a little deeper, he only received the ball 17 times in the whole 90 minutes vs non-league opponents. Been watching the games pre-season and it seems that no one wants to pass it into the striker, through-balls or even just the striker dropping back and playing simple passes. Had 1 highlight where Jesus was unmarked running forwards into space where no defenders and still played it wide. I’ve not set passing to focus anywhere, but am playing on attacking and slightly wider. That shouldn’t affect the passing though, right?

Anyone know why the flood lights still just stay on regardless? of where the camera is? Just bright lights

Booted up a save where I happened to be watching the youth team in the youth UCL, actually decided to watch it again to see any change to the ME. First sub 76th minute, most of the players started in orange fitness, look at the bench. This could be a one off cause of where I started or something I don't know, but that seems the same as before? Unless it's a new save only thing

Possibly a bug where players were complaining about depth when literally nothing you can do if you have set first window disabled.

I believe there was still a cut off to certain things, but perhaps some missing players are in

You should know how we do by now

I have to hope it means it's just around the corner, a delay without communication is not "more transparent" as per the "promise" here: Although we aren't in December yet, so no issues at this stage. Does seem odd to unpin the posts though. Unless there is an update very very soon

The early december post was unpinned 11 hours ago: But it's still there

Bit of an issue here, staff is GK coach and set piece coach, can't actually set him to train set pieces..

You know what, I also had this, I have however deleted the save I was playing with it, the only save I have currently is done by the scount. Well worth raising a bug report though. I honestly just thought it was because there hadn't been enough game time to populate, but it was always empty. If I start a new save I will try it again and add to the report if you make one.

EBFM has done some videos, might be worth checking out: https://www.youtube.com/@ebfm Was for Fm23 but imagine it's the same now

Not a map so much, but you can get this still

FM RTE won't be discussed on this forum. There is an official In game editor you can get and discuss here

This is a tricky one, as while I’m not and won’t discredit any of the testing done on the game. You also simply can’t say “do XYZ and get result” in a football simulation game. Because then it’s not an attempt at a realistic simulation. There is no “sure thing” in football. That makes coding and developing a game to try and replicate that uncertainty difficult. I personally believe that the ME has become so bloated and has so much technical debt that it probably is a case of things being held together with duck tape than any malicious attempt at misinforming the player on how the game works. Hence why we are always told simple fixes aren’t always simple as they have knock on effects to other things. We probably are at a stage where somethings aren’t doing exactly what they should be doing. But again if the game becomes completely about min maxing and numbers, it’s not truly a representation of football. Now saying all of that, I would rather have a game that is first and foremost a game. Which contradicts most of what I just said to some extent. But that’s just my opinion on why these tests get the results they do.

I completely agree with the sentiment, and going after the casual players is far better for business (clearly as well). And while their opinions do and should matter, where are they sharing their views/experiences?

You've hit the nail on the head there. Unfortunately it seems the game is going in a direction opposite to the community, and more to the casual/FIFA players. Going to be very interesting to see what FM25 is like and who it's trying to cater towards. The only saving grace for SI is the sorry state of ALL sports games. There was a time when FM was the alternative, the saviour of the sports games, now (the past few years really) it just feels like another yearly sports game that divides the community. Also really wish the big review sites would actually review the game properly, it's always the same drivel, pointless reviews. edit: then again I've just seen FM24 has hit 4m sales in 17 days (which is a record from what I can tell on Miles' twitter), so as far as sales go, this way of development clearly works.

CMD+Shift+3 will make a screenshot on your Mac for you

You say that I've just found a new addiction of Risk of Rain 2, FM going to have to do a lot to drag me back from this

Shame there's a bit of a wait, but appreciate there being some communication