EHM The Blue Line

Some news from Sebastian and Jeff regarding the work on the next patch and the game in general:

Sebastian wrote:1. The next maintenance patch that will go into internal testing Wednesday and be released sometimes next week. It will contain a fix for the Mavericks problem, an updated database (you can now choose between opening day roster and actual roster when starting a new game) and a lot of smaller bug fixes.

2. Beside the maintenance patch we work on another thing that we will present more details on once we are closer to finishing it (learning our lesson here ).

Fixes in the next patch include:

Stats in career histories should now be totalled separately by league.
AI should no longer occasionally change user's training settings while training assistant is turned off.
User's role no longer editable in commissioner mode (prventing accidental disabling of some features if role is changed.)
Eligible players for CHL import drafts no longer occasionally un-viewable by user.
League histories for customer leagues no longer have W-L-T missing in the standings.
Traded draft picks in historical mode now remain with correct team when draft rules change.
Single-season leaderboards no longer cleared each year in custom games.
No longer possible to place waived players on waivers again.
Regular-season overtime length will now save when edited instead of reverting to 5.
Quickstarts should no longer change player names to "Jim Unknown."
Transfer Fees In line in team finances should now update properly after a transaction instead of being changed to the value of the cash acquired in the most recent transaction.
Extra check added to determine if players are interested in signing for a team on a different continent.
Transfer deadlines in European leagues should now reset correctly after the first season.
Dragging and dropping a player into an even-strength line on the lineup screen should now swap that player with the target, rather than just overwriting him.
Teams can no longer created extra budget room by offering over-budget contracts and then revoking the offer.
Very minor countries (Mongolia, etc.) should no longer occasionally create NHL star-caliber prospects.
Training checks on nonplayable teams now use better default coaching values.
Rate of mental attribute improvement for goalies improved.
Passing, pokecheck, rebound, and skating ratings should now decline properly for goalies.
Young olayers should now always be willing to sign two-way contracts.
Staff editing now works in the proper 1-20 range instead of 1-9.
Inability of some OHL teams to receive trade responses fixed.
PDO should now be calculated properly.
Player demands and team offers should now place more value on player potential.
Crash when trying to view contract screens of some players fixed.
Crashes during June 30-July 1 transition fixed.
Waivers should no longer be disabled in commissioner mode.
Various misspellings fixed.
The usual database updates; hidden ratings for NHL players should now have much more variety.

I like 99.9% of those fixes. I hate the one that there is now no chance Mongolia creates an NHL star player. They should be able to. They have plenty of ice, and they have some monster sized people over there. So....they should have a shot at creating an 8 foot superstar.

I was one of those "early adopters" that preordered the game, and I actually haven't picked it back up yet. Quite unhappy I wasted my money at that point, as it seems the game hasn't been living up to expectations.

Very curious how it stacks up now? Is it still much of the same, or has a lot been fixed/changed?

squadz wrote:Very curious how it stacks up now? Is it still much of the same, or has a lot been fixed/changed?

I bought the game within hours of release, and I too still don't play it.
I think most on TBL are still waiting for more to be fixed/changed before playing.
There are some on the OOTP/FHM site that are playing the current version http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/f ... scussions/
Maybe things will be better soon, as the patch mentioned at the top of the thread hasn't actually been released yet (last patch was October 14th)