Was just reading the FML forums when I came across this thread http://community.sigames.com/showthread.php/260264-To-stop-countless-managers-leaving-we-need-something-FUN-to-DO-(a-few-suggestions) by StewartDowning1.
I cannot agree with it more, we really really need more fun things to do in game.
Some of the suggestions I liked the most were:
- International / FA teams: not a new idea but just about everyone wants this. Allow people to bid for the nation or be randomly assigned it and then be allowed a time perdiod (off season?) to pick players from any team without permission to play in the country's / FA's team.
- Fan expectations: a bit like board expectations on FM offline but there are no harsh consequences if you fail to meet these (unless maybe the attendance goes down a small percentage). In my opinion this idea has real potential: it could give that struggling newbie something to aim for to stop them quitting. Maybe have targets of:
- Sign an exciting young prospect
- Play attractive football.
- Finish atleast 2 places higher than last season.
- Have atleast 500k to spend.
- Improve stadium advertising boards
The targets would differ depending on how well the club is performing.
- Create a player: even if it's just giving him a name, nationality and position it would still be fun watching him blossom or falter.
- New fun community competitions: an example: your team and your friends team are in a league with 6 other pairs. Your points total and your friends points total are added together. Another example: you are in a league of 16 and randomly paired with another team. You play everyone like normal but you only progress into the next round if you got more points than your pair.
- Make players younger: create 11 year olds with no potential shown and allow managers to spend hours and hours scouring the database trying to find the next Messi as a 13 year old.
- Allow different club types: feeder clubs, galacticos, youngsters. Have different skills, budgets, expectations and challenges that go with it.
- Friendly FA's (clans): allow managers to set up a non official FA with their friends which is set up the same way as a normal FA.
- Make reward points mean something: add +1 to a stat on a player, allow another academy graduate, quicker time to learn skill, decrease player age by a year etc.
There is so many more and many that I would love to see in the game. Hopefully SI looks to add more 'fun' things to the game as it is what we desperately need. Once again a credit to StewartDowning1 for writing this post!
Can't say I disagree with any of this. However the likelihood of any of this ever making it to the game is slim to none, as SI's silence leads me to believe that they no longer feel anything is wrong with the game.
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