mfmaxpower
International
- 29 July 2010
Just posted this in the EA forums so I think it's suited here, training/growth is obviously an area which is now horrifically lacking and under-implemented (even more than it was already lacking in previous Fifa's).
Wow you must have a whole lot more faith in EA than I do at the moment to propose such a complicated training system. Not that your idea is bad but I cringe just thinking of EA attempting something like this.
I do think it's a little funny that you're against the return of the option for manual player growth when your training idea is just a less specific form of manual growth, which is to say you're against having total control but okay with having a little. Personally, if some kid out there wants to turn John Terry into Ronaldo I couldn't give a shit. Since this is an offline mode, I'd prefer EA to err on the side of greater control and freedom than less in their features.
That's not to say I would be unhappy if a training system like that would be added. My biggest concern would be that without having greater control over player growth I wouldn't be able to improve a player in a certain way - I don't want all players to grow and change equally. I want variable player potential - both in regards to caps and growth rates - and I want the ability to coach up player into something slightly different if I so choose, such as turning a young Gareth Bale from a LWB into a LW/LM, etc.
I would love to see EA get creative with some of the features in CM, but with the very different demands of the community - those who want more realism and those who want more fantasy - I don't see EA accomplishing anything close to what we'd like with the current devs in charge. One of the main reasons why I'd like to see the return of the manual growth option is simply because it sounds like relatively easy compared everything else, and I'd prefer to see quite a few features added next year.