Wasn't sure what the title should be but i think this is feedback. Seeing that FM will be undergoing a massive overhaul i thought this would be the best time to list a couple of things that i personally encountered while playing.
I know that some of these topics might have already been covered and that's ok , i just want to reinforce the need for these.
1. Firstly, the chat/conversation engine is rather bad. Maybe attempt to implement a chat-gpt AI type of conversation so when speaking with a person it actually feels lifelike.
2. More board interactions :
a.Stadium related questions - ask when a stadium expansion will be available or what requirements are needed for a new stadium
b.Staff related interactions - Decrease amount of staff for a particular position.
c.Club vision - when being a manager for a team for a longer period of time : 3-5 years for example , allow manager to make or request vision changes.
3.Beckham\Hagi mode (there's probably others that i don't know about) : when having amassed a certain amount of money as a manager (50mil+) be allowed to purchase a club or to become a chairman.
4.Director of Footbal mode : This is basically Football Manager Tycoon simulator where you can only buy/sell players and make only financial changes like investing in facilities and getting commercial revenue.
5.Databases. I am the type of person that since 2017 i've kept increasing my playtime with each version. At the time of writing i'm on my second save on FM2023 in year 2043(roughly 550 hours on this save).
I was able to use the tutorial provided by the youtube channel "Second Yellow Card" to have a somewhat healty database even 20 years in the future but not without some problems.
Every few years i rotate leagues (some go in , some go out) to allow the game to generate staff. I honestly believe Staff regeneration should be processed separate from players regen so even if you don't load a league/country they still regenerate in the background and non playable leagues still have staff around past the 10 year mark.
6.Game engine. I know the game engine will be probably the main focus of the overhaul so might be something that is already being done but please tweak crossing. Include the animation that allows a player to execute a "at running speed cross" rather than always having to stop,turn,kick. The execution and success would obviously be based on a calculation of stats like Crossing , Anticipation , Composure and Decision and feet dexterity.
7.Allow player managers to apply for positions even when the current manager is Stable.
8. Loans financial report - Allow us to see how much money our loans are making per month.
9.When simulating a game allow us to set a player preferable substitution so Ass man can give minutes to players I WANT.
10.To make the game appeal to more casual players include a view or option that converts CA/PA from stars to their numerical rating.(that doesn't require ingame editor)
11.More transparency and information regarding secondary squads like B/Reserve/U21/U19/U18. Took me 5 seasons to understand that B and Reserve squads are not allowed in Premier League(UK) and that if you try to dismantle U21 it also dismantles your U18. That was quite a hassle.
12. When receiving applications for a job you advertised sort them by compatibility somewhat like a dating website :).
13. Allow managers to be able to enforce a wage structure. At the moment it's more like a suggestion and no method to act on it rather than declining and failing to renew contracts.
14. This is more of a vanity request but i think it would be cool to know in advance that you will have a kid that is interested in football and that he is enrolled in an academy rather than just have them randomly popup in intake day. Maybe even sway him or coach him into certain aspects even before he actually gets regen'ed in the game.
Hope this is not seen as a rant because it isn't , it's just my opinion on certain aspects of the game that i think would bring more value to the game and in certain aspects more freedom.
I was excited when i saw it and that was the point for me personally that made me want to be more involved in the forum. I made a thread with personal suggestions that i think the game would benefit from in the future. Obviously some things were unatainable but i think i did have a couple of good points or at least actionable concerns. Instead of sparking conversation and having a healthy thread discussion it got moved to the feedback thread which is basically dead and acts more like a recycling bin or that folder you have on your desktop where you put stuff you don't want to delete but you know you'll never use. That to me signals that they are not interested in community feedback and they will continue to work on what they want rather than what we ask for.