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he did not become near as good on my save. I was probably unlucky with his potential

No, that is not the issue! I should have been more clear: Martinelli and Ugarte went away to a u23 youth championship in january. They are first team starters for me. I can understand players going away for the africa championship, as that is national teams on the highest level. But youth tournaments should not take away players in the first team without the option to refuse.

I'm in the middle of my second season at Arsenal and in january, several players are unavailable for me due to them going away on some youth tournament. We are talking established first team players like Martinelli and my new multimillion signing, Ugarte. This is in the middle of a packed match program. In fact, i'm having difficulites mustering a lineup not consisting of reserve players. Is this normal in the real world? I can't recall this happened in january. In game i'm powerless to stop it.

on my new save he got 131 : ( Maybe -85 would be more fair? I used to buy him, but not this time

why has Van Dijk (*spelling) better technical attributes than world class midfielders? He even has high dribbling stats, but he hardly ever dribbles. And Salah just isn't that fast anymore (even though he is still good). In response to those complaining that defence don't pick up on runs, I think this is realistic if you play a high line, high pressing game. It should then be difficult to track runners

I don't understand how Harry Kane can have one of the highest current ability in the game, when there is a CA cap on each team. Tottenham is not a top 2 team, so that must break the 'rules' quite hard.

Glad to see both Xhaka and Partey get boosted. Most players have increased potentials. Saliba, Saka and Martinelli are now (or will become) some of the best players in game.

I only tick off two or three playable leagues, and maybe a few more view only. I've actually never loaded as many players as you guys do, but maybe I will now. Doesn't it just make the game very slow (even on a fast computer)?

Release the kraken! Personally I like the game very much, despite the flaws. Honesty without love is brutality

Where is it? I can't believe it's not here yet. I can't sleep, eat, I can't think. Why not release it already? What's taking them so long? At the very least I hope they are busy working on some great addendums, like a ghost mode, where players turn into ghosts somehow and the office is haunted. Is that why it's delayed?

it's not crap because you are using it wrong. That is what my post was about. This whole thread is about how it can contribute to FM. Also, if your understanding and use of ChatGPT is through the old prompt, you don't really know its capabilities. Asking it randomly to give you advice on tactics is obviously not very useful

It is just an example of the use of AI tools, and thus have alot to do with the discussion at hand. Meaning even static information like plain info can be made interesting and tailor made with the help of AI

Crap? This is objetively wrong. It depends on what you use it for and how (also, ChatGPT comes in more than one form). The limited understanding of these tools at display, combined with the negative attitude to explore possibilities, is quite disappointing (including your snide and pointless remark).

It's unambitious to think like that for a big game like FM. The costs could be too high, but that will be remedied by implementing their own AI services over time, which would be both simpler and more specific to FM. AI could be used plenty of places in FM that not only would make the game less repetative, but also considerably more informative. How cool would it be to use a simple text service through AI to show tidbits of information on the city your team is playing against? I would love to have a little map and a little text box when playing against some lower league team or international team, where it shows the city on a map and some information about it. That is not in any way complicated to implement, it certainly shouldn't be. The benefit would be huge for a game like FM. It's the main thing I miss in game, and it's more of a closeness/discoverability to the environment and culture. A tool like ChatGpt would be perfect for this. If the costs would be to high, then there are ways to go about it. 1) set up a server that is basically a proxy between FM and ChatGPT. It would be like a Redis server, but for information to be used in FM. So in game FM would enqure for info on Torquay (for example) to the proxy. If it is already saved in the db, it would return it, else it reaches out to ChatGPT, inserts this info in the db, and returns. It's cheap and effective. From time to time, this database could be updated for more fresh info if desired. For information that needs to be more dynamic, then you could directly use ChatGPT, or preferrably FMs own AI tools (it would be worth building in the long run). But doing it this way, alot of the operations would be stuf that don't need to be immediately dynamic, so the costs will be substantially reduced. 2) Not use AI services, and instead just download wikipedia to this server. You could even add a feature where FM users could update information themselves. It's amazing how people like to contribute to things they care about. it gives them a sense of ownership and pride. This is a huge opportunity for FM, like many other things I've listed. It's not about these specific examples, but these features are just something I would want. There are many use cases (generating pictures and backgrounds for example). I sometimes believe the developers/leadership/owners of FM to lack vision and ambition. It's a really great game, but they really neeed to inject some vitality into their game or they could quickly grow stale. A FM that includes women's football is not really that innovative (it's more of the same). Using the opportunities of internet services would make the game considerably more dynamic and adaptable. It really isn't a complex thing to do for most developers (I suspect it's more about having a culture that is afraid of change, which most companies grow into). An indicator of this is people who obsess over details that are wrong and then come to the conclusion that ChatGPT is terrible or not useable. You simple don't see the forest for the trees.

Liverpool has been incredible on all my saves and that don't reflect reality. Even last season they showed big signs of a downward trajectory. Salah has lost alot of pace and power, Arnold looks like an average player almost. As for Arsenal, I hope they don't upgrade Ødegaard too much. I've been following him for a long time and he is still afraid of tackles and will not put himself in harms way. He has a history of injuries and maybe that plays on his mind, but while he works hard and can be aggressive, his bravery stats should be very low in my opinion. His leadership abilities are more about him being professional and a good boy rather than a good communicator (which is the mark of the best leaders). He is not bad, but he is a bit too quiet. Also, as someone who works in leadership consulting, the leadership courses in game should cost alot more at higher levels.

I can't believe there are people in here that argues against this. Either you don't understand AI or you are nitpicking AI answers for faults. But it's not about using ChatGPT as it is, that would be terrible. It's about using it (or tools like it) with an added context that is FM, training it and developing models for use in game. This could greatly enhance immersion and solve one of the major problems of FM, which is the tedious repetition of text and processes. This is not complicated to do anymore, especially on a smaller scale. Just making the same game reviews and conversations in game a little bit more interesting would help alot. Look, I get that it is not necessarily easy to hook up a service like this in decades old c++ code just to inject some text. Game developers tend not to be the best at writing maintainable code. But in theory this is easy, and in reality this is a challenge and opportunity you probably should take.

I'm not saying Son is underrated in FM23. I'm saying he has been incredibly underrated for years in FM untill now, while players like Kane has been world class for years in game. I'm not saying Kane and Bellingham and many other english players aren't good. I question the realism in that so many english players are world class (in my opinion Lewandowski has much quicker reaction time than Kane, which is why he is actually world class).

I have seen plenty of both Bellingham and Kane. I just don't see it with Bellingham, where are his insane numbers? Kane is slow and lumbering. He is technically gifted and tall, which makes him a perfect premier league player. He scores consistently because he is a focal point for a good football team, where he takes all the penalties. I equate him with other reliable goal-machines for even lesser teams in the past like Kevin Philips, Vardy and Defoe. They are alll very good players, I just think it's unrealistic that there are so many world class english players in the game (when in reality England isn't that good). Is it a fame issue? Meaning, english players gets more press within the english media, so people naturally think they must be the only ones out there. You dare me to name better young midfielders than Bellingham, but I suspect you actually don't know of any because all you read is english media. Gavi won recently some best young player award, to the surprise of Arsenal fans who meant Saka should have placed higher than 7th. 7th is good. Take Son, who just recently has been upgraded to reflect his ability compared to Kane. In reality his numbers are just as good, and that is without the penalties. For the last 4-5 seasons Son has been incredibly underrated comparatively to the likes of Kane. I mean, Dele Ali was world class for many seasons in FM, and still is kinda good.

Alot of english players are always overrated in FM. I can understand the bias, being an english game, and I think it is difficult for them to see the outside perspective. Reece James, Rice, Sterling, Arnold (most Liverpool players too), Saka, Kane, Bellingham, Mount, Sancho, etc - all these are some of the very best players in the game. You would think England are by far the best national team in the world.

Hei, these are just some feedback after finishing the season with Arsenal, making no transfers. I'm a big Arsenal fan and watch all their matches. I enjoyed it and it seems farily realistic, even though many thinks Arsenal are underrated compared to real life. In FM, Arsenal have alot of young players that will develop as you play. So the team will get stronger as the season come to an end. I finished 4th, and had some big injuries, most notably missed Ramsdale for half a season. But there is an argument to boosting Arsenal a little (and downrate Liverpool). Ramsdale is too good and Matt Turner should be better. In real life (RL), Ramsdale has the "bozo gene" (together with Gabriel and Xhaka). He can make great saves, but can lose his head any minute. He is not a world class keeper, his decision making to rush out or not is average. The same for his presence in the box on corners and free kicks. Matt Turner has performed relly well in all his games. In game he is terrible (so if you get Ramsdale injured you are in trouble). Surely this merits an upgrade? I would compare him to the disrespect Martinez got while he was second to Leno (while actually being a better goalkeeper). Turner is the opposite to Ramsdale, in that he is very calm (has a calming presence) and intelligent. Saka is too good. At the end of the season he has developed into a monster. I sold him to City for 125m pounds. He is a really good player, but in reality his mentals should be much lower (maybe also boost his physicals). Together with Ramsdale, he has not shown world class level yet, and if you speak about those players to other non-arsenal fans they would not at all rate those to near that level. Xhaka and Partey are underrated. Xhaka has matured alot these last two seasons, there are no one who would deny this. Partey is one of Arsenals most important players, his stats show this. Without him Arsenal win rate is less than 50%! Their mentals should be increased alot. Xhaka has 10 in positioning. His creativity should be lowered and his positioning increased considerably. While his concenstration is not the best, his decisions are great. His determination cannot be questioned either. His tackling is poor in real life, even though he is a physical player. Ødegaard is slightly too good. The problem with him his whole career is that his bravery and strength is terrible. Sure, he presses alot, but he has no physical presence. Vieira is even worse. Both should have even lowered bravery, strength (and tackling). I have no big problems with any other players, they are really working well! A steller job to the researchers! Nelson is fine, unlike what many thinks. He is a great talent that never developed because he never got to play consistent games. The same with Nketiah (only his strength should be a bit higher). My last point is economy. Arsenal's wage budget surely must be higher than in game. They have gotten rid of many top earners (Auba, Øzil etc). In game they are too much behind the top clubs in wage budget to compete (unless you adjust drastically the transfer budget into wages).

What would be the ideal winger that will run down the line and put crosses in? What would be the ideal stats and traits for this? Any examples of players in game, because I have trouble finding them? Good crossing stat is a given. But what else in descending order? I'm thinking vision, technique, teamwork(so he isn't selfish), anticipation (i never really know what this stat does)? dribbling, flair and agility if they want to get past