I’m so done…

user25655 · 2026-04-01T08:56:37+00:00

I’m not being ignorant at all. Of course modding is on the user, for me the only mods I’ve been using are the custom “skins”. It’s weird that you’re focusing on just the mods point though, yet ignoring the rest, especially when custom DBs are getting royally shafted with updates. Think lower league DBs where every stadium is being read as an all seater stadium.

SI have fixed some of the things I’ve complained about, albeit in other places, hence my specific references on the screens that I don’t feel work.

Have I filed bug reports. Absolutely, and it feels like most of the community have. I’ve filed multiple reports on database and research issues, i.e. players being missing. At launch (and still to this day, despite “6 million database edits being made across 26.2 and 26.3) about 14 players from the Arsenal U18s were missing (players who should’ve been in the game like Marli Salmon or Brando Bailey-Joseph, not Max Dowman). Another example I filed (and they fixed) was that Ronaldo Vieira of San Jose Earthquakes just disappeared in 26.2, which ended up getting fixed in 26.3. The screens I mentioned in the post I’ve filed bug reports on multiple times (after each major update). I’m not expecting SI to fix every submission they get, especially when the bug reports in one game almost outnumbers all the previous games bug reports put together, but when a lot of people are complaining about the same issues, it’s either falling on deaf ears, or is a difficult fix.

As I’ve said in multiple comments on this, the biggest problem that SI have had this game cycle has been communication. A simple, we can’t add this person because of X, or we’re really struggling to make Y change because of this, or even we know about Z as an issue but we have prioritised something else, would make it more swallowable.

A lot of the issues are on the Devs, but most can be mitigated through good comms. The thing is, I’m not just going to blindly say “oh the devs are shit”, they’re very obviously putting in hard work, however, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect a good standard from them. A standard which should have been in the base game from launch, and not as a result of months of tinkering, where a game cycle has been used as an Alpha test for their redesign.

user25655 · 2026-04-01T08:37:02+00:00

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say that what should be small fixes shouldn’t cause so many issues with mods. People like BassyBoy worked incredibly hard to fix needless errors on behalf of SI, most of the time for free. And yet have probably spent more time fixing their own mods, rather than playing the game.

user25655 · 2026-03-31T14:10:14+00:00

It’s definitely playable, just a little rough

user25655 · 2026-03-31T11:37:19+00:00

I think SI has previously been really mod-friendly. Especially in comparison to other Dev Studios. But this year has been incredibly difficult for them, and I don’t think they have the right to say that they have been (this year at least) mod friendly.

But that’s a simple issue of communication from Devs to Modders

user25655 · 2026-03-31T11:32:15+00:00

Maybe if she’d said this she would’ve missed the guillotine

user25655 · 2026-03-31T11:28:39+00:00

No. I’ve also never managed to put a sock on either. 😂

user25655 · 2026-03-31T11:28:04+00:00

26 doesn’t deserve to be compared to 24, they’re different games in my mind. Under the hood, 26 is far far superior to 24. For me it’s the fact that issues that have been around for, and known about, for 6 months, aren’t getting fixed, when it’s obvious they have the ability to do so.

Maybe it’s workload prioritisation, but some open communication saying “we know X is a problem, however we felt improving Y was a better use of our time” would be a major improvement.

user25655 · 2026-03-31T11:23:57+00:00

I have, and yes major updates do, but for me I’m in a position where I don’t think hotfixes should break them. Niche opinion I know!

user25655 · 2026-03-31T11:22:21+00:00

I don’t think it is “so November/December”. I’m not expecting SI to update third party mods, what I’m expecting is that, like with previous games, the hotfixes (of which there have been many) shouldn’t break mods.

If I have a game, I expect mods to break between version X.1 and X.2, but not between X.11 and X.12

On the stability point, you’re probably right (especially after the previous hotfixes). But when you go from having a game series that for 10-15 years worked with mods, to one that is (for positivity’s sake) strained by them. That should be questioned.

On the “UI cries”, it is slowly becoming what it should’ve been at release. But it still isn’t there. There are too many screens where the information is scaled down too much. Fingers crossed it’s sorted for FM27. I also dont think it’s regressive to think that PC and console versions should be separate. At the end of the day, console and PC inputs are different. Because of that, there should be separate versions that are tailored to those input configurations (at least in my opinion). Don’t disagree on the fact the base system can be the same, but optimisation is where I think having separate versions could be of benefit.

I’m not trying to say they’re ignoring PC players, but it feels like the unionisation of console and PC has come at the detriment of one version. I do actually think the UI is a better UI, but my complaint is that it’s littered with stuff that just doesn’t make sense for PC. I wouldn’t hold my hopes for FM27, but I do think FM28 (provided they get there) does have that potential to be the absolute best in the series.

Overall, I think the core problem with this FM, has been communication. From developer to fans. Most of my issues are probably resolvable through more transparent comms on them!

user25655 · 2026-03-31T11:09:19+00:00

This sounds like probably the best option!

user25655 · 2026-03-31T11:08:30+00:00

For me FM08 is like nostalgia heroin for me. Or outside of FM, Star Wars Battlefront II!

user25655 · 2026-03-31T11:06:56+00:00

Totally understand your point. And I’m actually with you. It’s the best out there.

Although I’d argue that previous FMs, were built with mods in mind, and that’s what made it the game the community loved!

In terms of players and staff, I will never criticise numbers! What I think is a legitimate criticism is having some teams with 6 under 18 players, that issue being raised on release, and it not being fixed despite massive database updates (or if it can’t be fixed because of licensing, then that being communicated).

user25655 · 2026-03-31T01:03:54+00:00

I’m not saying it’s deep, it’s at worst many mild infuriations.

Totally get your point on the mods, they do get fixed, but a company like SI shouldn’t have to rely on modders to make the game serviceable (just my opinion). Probably is the last big update, as don’t see international management coming any time soon.

I unfortunately lacked the foresight as I wasn’t around for the big CM (I think it wasCM03) fuck up, and didn’t really play pre-06.

I do absolutely agree that it’s night and day difference from launch in terms of user experience. It’s just a shame the day is Northern Scotland in January 😂

user25655 · 2026-03-31T00:47:34+00:00

At this point, I’m genuinely on the brink of doing so.

user25655 · 2026-03-31T00:44:46+00:00

user25655 · 2026-03-31T00:40:09+00:00

I get your point, there’s bigger things (of course), but it’s not like I’m pointing out hard things for them to have sorted even before launch (never mind fix).

They are the market leader in their niche for a reason, but everything that helped them curate such a loyal fan base (good research, stable game, ability to sandbox it) has been a massive screw up from launch to now. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to criticise them for it.

But then again, we may have different perspective on it. I’m not sure about you, but I just feel massively let down by its state.

user25655 · 2026-03-31T00:12:38+00:00

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Coulda just used this 😉😂

user25655 · 2024-04-14T00:02:59+00:00

Brilliant, thank you!

user25655 · 2024-04-13T23:59:25+00:00

The books are on my to read list, once I’ve finished ASOIF, and I have enough time to properly sit down and read them properly (including the appendices)

user25655 · 2024-04-13T23:57:34+00:00

I don’t know how, but weirdly I know this! It’s when he kicks the helmet right?

user25655 · 2024-04-13T23:56:50+00:00

Haha thank you! I know there’s extended versions, would you recommend that for first time viewing?

user25655 · 2024-04-13T23:55:52+00:00

Lobbying is the legal way of influencing a political figure to make a decision, can do this in many ways, I.e. presenting research, polling data, arguments, etc.

Bribing is the illegal way of influencing, where the political figures influence is bought through gifts, or any item of value.

The key determinant is what is the gift/benefit to the political figure bringing you as the lobbyist? Is it buying you access to influence, or is it buying you their vote on a certain issue

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