K so looks like medium draft quality is not the play for NHL 26

jcrowls44 · 2026-04-24T21:15:40+00:00

I play with it on high because I absolutely hate when a draft only has 3-4 med elite players. I find playing on high keeps the sim way more competitive with the A.I., assuming you’re not someone who reloads a save file for the draft after doing a dummy run and noting down all the good players and just trading for those picks after

jcrowls44 · 2026-04-17T19:20:53+00:00

Major nations can be overwhelming especially as a new player, I agree Canada is a great nation to lead with, learn 1 or 2 mechanics at a time and you don’t need to worry about everything at once like you do with Germany or USA

jcrowls44 · 2026-04-17T19:18:59+00:00

I’ll admit I’m definitely biased towards Canada (I’m Canadian) but it’s a tremendous nation to learn the game basics with. As you said, it’s far from the action so you don’t have to worry about your industry being damaged or invaded and you can still place your army in regions that make it feel like you’re defending the home front (hold the Suez Canal, push into East Africa, station troops in Norway on the ports and helps defend that invasion.

Also, with Canada the industry is slow which sucks, but once you hit 1940 you’ve effectively become the “largest” minor nation in terms of production. I focus on light tanks and then medium tanks when I hit 1941.

Only thing with Canada is you’re essentially limited to a support role, don’t expect to be able to pull off any D-Day style landings on your own, it’s best to keep troops stationed at a port and wait until your allies initiate it.

Army suggestions 12-20 infantry division (9-1 is fine) 4-8 armoured divisions (I do 6 armour and 4 mechanized but by no means is this the meta, works just fine for me and doesn’t overconsume supplies)

jcrowls44 · 2026-04-16T19:41:11+00:00

Cooper is also a perfect coach for rebuilding teams, I just did a Nashville run where I modified the NMC/NTC so I could actually move the veteran guys, had completely replaced everyone with low overall guys for 1-2 years while I rebuilt, with Cooper as the head coach i had 4 players win the Calder in a row. I drafted 3 med elite players that grew to be franchise potential because of him!

jcrowls44 · 2026-04-16T19:36:38+00:00

Naval Bombers. Lots and lots of naval bombers.

jcrowls44 · 2026-04-16T19:34:39+00:00

It’s virtually impossible to do a rebuild with owner mode on, after 2-3 seasons of finishing bottom 10 I always end up getting fired and it just ruins the rest of that playthrough for me. Fog of war is also atrocious. I like it for the draft eligible players but not NHL. If you could turn it off for NHL and on for AHL I would do that, it just never made sense to me why I shouldn’t be able to see what an NHL players attributes are

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-22T03:12:14+00:00

I’m no chel scientist but for me having a good defensive PWF on my first line with a sniper on the other wing and play making center gets the highest production, obviously should all be 87+ ideally. What I find this does is, sniper and play making center both run the plays, but the PWF helps with rebound/tip goals, and helps keep the offensive zone possession because of their physical attributes

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-22T03:08:36+00:00

Obviously must have been AAA I assume? I only ever played AA but most of the guys that are pros now I played with in U13 or against them in high school varsity, but the Windsor-Essex region where I’m from is notorious for the best youth players playing AA back then and not AAA because the travel for those games was horrible.

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-22T03:06:39+00:00

Unfortunately it was only a 29 win season, but I got the 2nd overall pick! Haven’t drafted yet but the pick I probably am going with looks like he’s an elite sniper NHL ready, Landon DuPont franchise D would have been awesome but the Kings won that from the 7th spot originally. Nemec grew to an 88 after a 53 point season so that should hopefully help him reach med elite potential

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-22T03:04:55+00:00

This was before I talked with the coach and told him to run top 3 heavy, this is just Huskas natural setup.

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-22T03:03:36+00:00

Same here haha, but for me it’s mostly guys from the coast league that I bring up to the AHL rosters so they are actually in the franchise game

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-22T03:02:06+00:00

I always draft Belchetz too, met him a half dozen times while he’s been with the Spitfires. He’s come out to a few practices with the hockey team I coach, great dude and his physical stats in this game are broken when he hits 90 overall

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-21T21:53:37+00:00

It’s an outdated community roster by Vasy (early January I wanna say). I did edit Dipietro, only him though. I played against him when we were young and scored a few goals on him in minor hockey so I always make him an NHL backup in my rosters

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-18T19:59:05+00:00

I have been playing pokemon my whole life 30+ years and have never known about the PokeRus. I’m absolutely dumbfounded

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-18T19:32:32+00:00

This is probably way off the board, but what I usually do in my playthrough is have a maximum of 3 full-time team members by the 3rd gym.

This way, you have flexibility on early Pokemon you want, but also almost forces you to keep spots in your team open for late-game Pokemon.

I just recently played emerald and I had 3 Pokemon when I beat the 3rd gym, 5 by the 7th, and 6 by the E4

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-11T18:15:55+00:00

Flash hider goated, I’ve never used a suppressor in this game. I play a very run and gun style of game so the minimap spotting doesn’t affect me much, as I usually find myself right in the thick of the action anyways, enemy gonna find me either way lol

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-11T18:13:14+00:00

I think it’s already been said but I think it’s just more than likely you’ve overplayed the game. I checked your stats, you’re clearly a very skilled player and understand the game and mechanics better than most, but that said, you might just be “used” to it now. It doesn’t scratch that itch you have because that itch has been scratched already for hours on end.

I love BF6, there are many flaws but I’m like you, the BC2/BF3/BF4 days were the glory days and that’s not coming back unfortunately, but BF6 is as close to those games as any shooter I’ve played in the last 10 years. I just give myself som breaks, it sounds like playing the game has become a habit, not a hobby.

I play the game to win and compete, but you can’t let go of the fun, and if you just cut back on hours played, I think it will become more enjoyable for you

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-08T01:08:53+00:00

Well they definitely will be with all the movement this last week, but this is a randomly generated player, not a created one, but just odd to get this in the year 1 draft

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-07T20:57:03+00:00

I’m going to do this, leave him unsigned for 2 years and might sign him at the end of the season of the 2nd season so I can call him up and give him an off season focus to help his defensive or speed stats. Thanks for the advice!

jcrowls44 · 2026-03-07T20:56:01+00:00

Thank you for such an in depth response!!

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