SEASON 16 HAS STARTED! What's new?

uyke (Uyke Makana) has received a message from system (System User) . 
Date: 2013-04-17 06:54:04 
Subject: SEASON 16 HAS STARTED! What's new? 
Season 16 has just started and it is hotter than ever! With a new Match Engine update and the announced release of National Teams, S16 is set to give us all a real treat!

The pre-season was short and extremely intense for us in the admin team. We have made numerous updates which we believe will improve the gaming experience within Footballidentity a lot!

1. MATCH ENGINE UPDATES:

*Momentum Update

This update is likely to have a very big influence on the way that FID games are played. We have finally been able to tweak momentum so that it will work more as we envisioned it to work when we first implemented the feature. Momentum has been reworked and is now much more dynamic. We have changed how footballers accelerate over longer and multiple turns, how they can turn and move backwards/to the sides and how they can move from standing still. Momentum can now basically be described as “stronger” in its effect and even the slower footballer can now outrun a faster footballer with “wrong” momentum or no momentum at all.



We believe that this new update will open up the game A LOT and that the game will now reward good team work, good tactics and good user decisions even more than it has before.

* Blocking Update

Blocking has been tweaked and this will now have a noticeable effect on the game. It is important to understand that the footballers on the field will now become more of an obstacle (even with bad blocking skills) than they have been before. It will require users to make smarter decisions when it comes to their passes and shots and they need to play more according to their skills and the skills of their opponent. Trying to play a pass or shot straight through even the worst of “blockers” will be a risky action and unless the passer/shooter manages to set off a medium or high quality pass/shot then any footballer will have a reasonable chance at blocking such an action. Perhaps it is better now to play a safer pass to the side of your opponent rather than trying to punch a hole in him :)



*Tackle with hands update

Tackle with hands performed by keepers has now been tweaked and will be more efficient than before, if it is done at low momentum. However, if you as a keeper try to tackle with hands at high momentum you might find yourself unsuccessful.

* AI Update

The AI of the bot footballers in Footballidenity has been improved. They are now playing more defensively (especially the defenders) which should give a better and more fun challenge when playing against teams with bots on the pitch.

2. TRAINING CAMPS:

As already mentioned when releasing the pre-season schedule a few weeks back we have decided to leave the training camps (the possibility to adjust the attributes of your footballers) open a bit longer than normally due to the many updates made. Therefore those of you, who haven’t already sent your footballers to training camp, will all have the chance to play the first round of the new season before you adjust your footballers.

The Training Camp adjustments need to be submitted before 23.59 UTC on the 19th of April.

3. NATIONAL TEAMS:

On top of all this we have also announced that we are working on National Teams and that we intend to release the NT functionality during the upcoming season. It is clear that the community is buzzing with excitement from this feature (many new National FIDAs and a lot of NT Manager Elections have been initiated) and we are working hard to make this feature as good as possible for everyone. On top of this we can see LOTS of leagues who seem to be stronger and more active than ever! Read more about National Teams here: https://bit.ly/11eJaLb

During this season we also intend to work on the way that the goalkeeper save success works and hope to have this finished by the middle of the season.

We truly hope you are as excited as we are about these changes because we believe we are in for the most fun season ever!

/The Admin Team