Football manager 2016

I haven't watched that through, but is that requesting friendlies with top tier teams and playing at home? If so, I've been using that myself for some time with 15. It doesn't always work mind you, a lot of the larger teams are often too busy.
 
I'm testing Scottish League 1 as Ayr. Quite enjoyable but also quite different to 15. Biggest problem I'm having is finding staff members from different countries. In 15 you usually had a small selection of foreign staff whom would give you scouting knowledge. In 16 there is hardly anyone at this level.
 
MarcLister said:
Well at least FM16 has fixed the old issue of lots of injuries affecting your squad! :rolleyes:
Click to expand...

I think it's actually better than 15. What I have discovered is you need to follow the advice of your physio and assistant manager just prior to a match. He might tell you that some players are not match fit and/or match sharp.

At the beginning of the season I also suffered a lot of injuries. But I realised this was because my players were really unfit and were suffering pre-season. I screwed up the training. I forgot to specify team cohesion and tactics during the pre-season so when it came to the first few matches my men were totally out of condition and my tactical awareness was quite poor. I'm now in November and I haven't suffered an injury since end of August. My tactical awareness is nearly 100% I'd say and my first team are now 95% both sharpness and condition. It's the ones who are in reserves who have the least amount of game time who seem to suffer the most. This is with players some of whom are injury prone too. It's food for thought.
 
Yes, my injuries were mostly from training too. It's very frustrating when you lose a quality player for a number of months in the first few days before the season even begins. But I can definitely see where things have improved in 16. It's a step in the right direction I think. It certainly appears less random than it did in 15 anyway.

I'm still struggling a bit with the staff thing. Can't understand why I can't see other nationalities other than from Britain, especially considering I'm a professional team and I've got European wide scouting.
 
That's a really weird problem you have there mate. As I said before I'm using this on my MSI laptop and haven't suffered a single crash yet. It suggests its a compatibility problem but it's unlikely a Win 10 specific problem. I wouldn't know what to suggest to check though. But it's worth letting SI know you've formatted etc as it may effect others.
 
I've copied the facepacks, logos and stadium banners. Unfortunately the regen faces are different in 16 and they are going to have to grow on me. The hair mods don't work as a result. Also some of the kit graphics will need updating for some reason.
 
robmol said:
Aside from the random crashes I mentioned I'm enjoying it. Nothing majorly different as you'd expect but hundreds of little changes come together to make it feel nice. Still some match engine issues I'd expect to be ironed out and tweaked for the release patch, though. Decided to try and drag Wigan back up from League 1 which is no easy task given with the state of their team! .
Click to expand...

What are the ME issues you've seen so far out of interest? I've seen some of the new moves which are quite nice. It's the little changes that really make the difference in my opinion and there are dozens of them.

I've started in the Scottish league 1 and something I really like is how the scouting appears more realistic. Now instead of simply being able to hire a coach with relevant scouting knowledge of a country, you have to scout that area first. So when you are playing as a semi-pro team, or are playing in a lower tier with limited scouting it's virtually impossible to build up a widespread knowledge. This is how it should be. It has taken me a season and a half to gain 30% worldwide coverage as a result.

I really like! It's growing on me.
 
I've stumbled across a free transfer bug, when your balance is negative, which is annoying. But SI are aware of it at least. But the regen faces oh my.. I just cannot stand to look at them.
 
robmol said:
Transfer market is brutal this year if you have a small budget. I spend ages and ages scouting for a free/cheap player that would fit my team make a bid and every single time another team comes from nowhere and pinches him :o
Click to expand...

Oh indeed. Not only players either, I've had staff poached from my club every season. Brutal is the best way to describe it.
 
How are folks getting on with it now? I've been in one club since the off and it's now 2019 in my save.

For the first time ever I have been downgraded by my chairman. I have gone from being a professional club to a semi-professional club due to debt levels, which were rather high. I've always seen it work the other way, from semi to pro. I've also lost my ability to scout in Europe. Now I can only scout in Scotland :D. My staff numbers have dwindled, and all full-time contracts will now have to become part-time. On the plus side, apart from my very very best player, everyone else has happily taken a pay cut. My debt has gone from nearly £2 million in the red to just over £200k in the red. But the club is still considered 'insecure'. This has major knock on effects season to season, but as I have never been in this position before it's all rather new to me.

It's very interesting stuff!
There are a lot of things I'm seeing that I really like in this release.
 
I can't say I've noticed that in my save but then it is pretty low tier compared to the big boys. Have you edited individual instructions for the player? I'm not entirely sure, but I think there are a few more options this time round. If not, it is certainly more intuitive. My DM was always fouling, he was a reet doirty bugger. So I edited him to ease off the tackles, etc etc, even though my team instructions were already set to 'stay on feet' when tackling. The individual instructions do seem to help this time round.
 
The faces are better proportioned since the 16.1.1 patch, and they look better for sure. But they still need a hair mod in my opinion. The hair mods for 15 don't work unfortunately.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom