Need help in NHL EHM 07

Alex the Tall · Post by **Alex the Tall** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:34 pm

When i start a season in the ''Q'' everything biggin well and after a couple of matches i begin to lose 20 games in row and fall down at the last place in the ''Q''.

I guess it's my tactics, can someone help me to make a good tactic or is there a way to maky your coach do a tactic and you just assist at your games?

AndyMan · Post by **AndyMan** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:21 pm

goto GM options and where it says 'coach games yourself' set it to 'no'.

Otherwise you just have to esxperiment with your tactics.

Post by **Shadd666** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:35 pm

There will be a guide for EHM07,don't worry

So it will help you with your tactics issue.

But,while waiting,it's done (can't tell you how long it will take...),you can take a look at the EHM05 Walkthrough Guide made by Archibalduk and Minstrel. The tactics are more complex in EHM07,but it should give you some solid basis,and some good bases for other things that haven't changed since 05 edition (practice,choice of the lines,etc.)

This Walkthrough Guide is in the download section of this site

I hope it'll help you

Post by **Minstrel** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:44 pm

The online version can also be accessed at any time via the 'TBL EHM Guide' link in the header

it still covers the basics of EHM gameplay but will be enhanced for 07 of course

Alex the Tall · Post by **Alex the Tall** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 2:11 am

Well yah, i'll wait. A question like that, does someone can send me good practice stuffs for the CHL and some hint to hier good coaches?

An another thing, does someone had trouble like this: I play at beginer and i win 10 games in a row and after i lose 20 games straight and it's making me furious.

Post by **Minstrel** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:14 am

A lot of times things like that can happen if you started to lose and changed up things for the next game and then made more changes for the next game etc. if you start changing things game by game you probably are doing more harm than good because then you lose track of what was working and what should be done to get things back together again.

I don't make any changes unless we lose say five in a row with no other explanations but it has to be lines and/or tactics. Any change I make I "let run" for 10 games even if it seems to be going badly (or really well too!) just to filter out the amount of random chance and possibility of great or terrible performances by my team or by the opponents. That can make something look like it's working when it isn't actually, you just were getting good team performances or playing against teams that had bad performances.

It's the same the other way around too; you might decide a change you made hasn't helped address your problem when if you gathered more information you would see that in fact they have improved things. That can be even worse because you had something that worked and you now continue to chase down the problem and all you are doing is creating more problems

Post by **Shadd666** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:55 am

Alex the Tall wrote:hint to hire good coaches?

Here are the in-game tips that are displayed about coaches:

- The best kind of Fitness coach should have a high attribute in coaching defense or forward (higher one is used) and have a coaching style that is conditionning-based.
- The best kind of Skating coach should have a high attribute in coaching defense or forward (higher one is used) and have a coaching style that is conditionning-based.
- The best kind of Tactics coach should have a good rating in tactical knoledge and have a coaching style that is technique-based.
- The best kind of Shooting coach should have a good skill in coaching forward, have a coaching style of technique-based and have a tactical style of attacking.
- The best kind of Offensive Skills coach should have a good skill in coaching forward and have a tactical style of attacking.
- The best kind of Defensive Skills coach should have a good skill in coaching defence and have a tactical style of defensive.
- The best kind of Goaltending coach should have a good skill in coaching goalies.
- It is very hard to get the best kind of coaches for each training style, so it is best to cater to your strengths and work from there.

Personnally,i also like that my Fitness coach has good numbers in Level of Discipline and Motivating. Fitness training has to be done seriously,but it's a bit boring...
Having some coaches with a high level of discipline will prevent your team having too much penalties.
Last own tip: if you have many youngsters in your team (let's say 22yo and under),pay attention to the Work With Youngsters of your coaches...

Hope that helps!

Eighty-sixed · Post by **Eighty-sixed** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:55 pm

I've noticed a lot of losing streaks coincide with low play morale. Any tips on keeping players happy? My top two lines seem like they're in heaven, but my grinders are disgruntled.

Post by **Shadd666** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:05 pm

Eighty-sixed wrote:I've noticed a lot of losing streaks coincide with low play morale. Any tips on keeping players happy? My top two lines seem like they're in heaven, but my grinders are disgruntled.

Moral depends of many factor... The team position,the win/loosing streak,the athmosphere in the locker room,the individual performance,the ice time the player has,if they felt a warning/fine from you was unfair,if they feel you gave a bad treatment to one of their teammate,and so on...

Good mental players will bring a good athmosphere in the locker room (take a look on determination, influence, teamwork, and workrate...mainly influence), so if you don't have many good mental players,maybe try to bring one or two who will fit on the lines of your low moral players...

Players will most likely accept to play less ice time if they have a strong teamwork and a good determination.

For the team performance,it mainly depends on your GM abilities!

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:45 pm

Shadd666 wrote:
Alex the Tall wrote:hint to hire good coaches?
Here are the in-game tips that are displayed about coaches:

- The best kind of Fitness coach should have a high attribute in coaching defense or forward (higher one is used) and have a coaching style that is conditionning-based.
- The best kind of Skating coach should have a high attribute in coaching defense or forward (higher one is used) and have a coaching style that is conditionning-based.
- The best kind of Tactics coach should have a good rating in tactical knoledge and have a coaching style that is technique-based.
- The best kind of Shooting coach should have a good skill in coaching forward, have a coaching style of technique-based and have a tactical style of attacking.
- The best kind of Offensive Skills coach should have a good skill in coaching forward and have a tactical style of attacking.
- The best kind of Defensive Skills coach should have a good skill in coaching defence and have a tactical style of defensive.
- The best kind of Goaltending coach should have a good skill in coaching goalies.
- It is very hard to get the best kind of coaches for each training style, so it is best to cater to your strengths and work from there.

Personnally,i also like that my Fitness coach has good numbers in Level of Discipline and Motivating. Fitness training has to be done seriously,but it's a bit boring...
Having some coaches with a high level of discipline will prevent your team having too much penalties.
Last own tip: if you have many youngsters in your team (let's say 22yo and under),pay attention to the Work With Youngsters of your coaches...

Hope that helps!

Thanks for posting this! I haven't been able to catch these tips in game. These are the kind that flash by in an instant for me while I always seem to get the one that tells you to set somebody's fighting to allowed or encouraged. Reading this, I haven't been totally on the money for my coaching hirings. The next time I start the game I'll use these tips when I hire.

Post by **Shadd666** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:24 pm

If you (and everyone else

) want to have a look at all the in-game tips, they are located here:

(EHM07 folder) / data/hints/english.cfg (or another language if you prefer

)

The file can be opened with notepad.

It's always a pleasure to help

Alex the Tall · Post by **Alex the Tall** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:08 pm

Humm, thanks a lot for the coaching stuffs. For the tactics, what should i do whit the individual tactics? Should i use it for every of my players or only my key players?

Post by **Shadd666** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:00 am

Alex the Tall wrote:Humm, thanks a lot for the coaching stuffs. For the tactics, what should i do whit the individual tactics? Should i use it for every of my players or only my key players?

Use it only for specific things... For example,if one of your lines play a normal aggressivity game and you have an enforcer,you may want him to play really more aggressive... Then give this specific order in the personnal settings.

Some options have to be set for every player: shot/pass tendency, (dis)allowed battles, carry the puck, and join the rush. For other stuff,you don't need to configure it for everyone... If the player fits well in the line system and is doing good on the ice,it's useless to change anything

Else,try to see what goes wrong with him and make the adjustments in the personnal tactics.

Hope that helps

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 2:55 am

Shadd666 wrote:If you (and everyone else ) want to have a look at all the in-game tips, they are located here:

(EHM07 folder) / data/hints/english.cfg (or another language if you prefer )

The file can be opened with notepad.

It's always a pleasure to help

Excellent! I had been wondering about that. I'm going to go check them out. Thanks again!

Alex the Tall · Post by **Alex the Tall** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:02 am

Last question...

So is it better for my team that i do the tactics or i should let my coaching staff doing it?

mark_htfc · Post by **mark_htfc** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:30 am

Alex the Tall wrote:Last question...

So is it better for my team that i do the tactics or i should let my coaching staff doing it?

Hmm I guess it could work both ways. maybe experiment by letting the staff take over a few then you have a go. See how you think works better. Some people prefer letting there staff do it where as some people like doing it them selves. I think it is more of a personal preference than this is beter than that etc.

Post by **Shadd666** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:33 am

Alex the Tall wrote:Last question...

So is it better for my team that i do the tactics or i should let my coaching staff doing it?

Do you believe your head coach will do better things than yourself? If yes,it may be better to let him do it...
However,the only way to progress with tactics is to experiment,which requires that you do it yourself...
You should also let your head coach do the tactics actually and wait for the release of the EHM07 Guide before giving a try to tactics.

Do it the way you want

The only real important thing is to have fun!

Alex the Tall · Post by **Alex the Tall** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:28 pm

Shadd666 wrote:
Alex the Tall wrote:Last question...

So is it better for my team that i do the tactics or i should let my coaching staff doing it?
Do you believe your head coach will do better things than yourself? If yes,it may be better to let him do it...
However,the only way to progress with tactics is to experiment,which requires that you do it yourself...
You should also let your head coach do the tactics actually and wait for the release of the EHM07 Guide before giving a try to tactics.

Do it the way you want The only real important thing is to have fun!

I'll try to do my own tactics. Thanks a lot.

munky · Post by **munky** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:33 pm

Shadd666 wrote:If you (and everyone else ) want to have a look at all the in-game tips, they are located here:

(EHM07 folder) / data/hints/english.cfg (or another language if you prefer )

The file can be opened with notepad.

It's always a pleasure to help

Sweet. Thanks.

Post by **Shadd666** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:06 pm

Alex the Tall wrote:I'll try to do my own tactics. Thanks a lot.

That's a pleasure

Little advice for your tactics: Focus on your strengthes!!!!!! If you have a good goalie and a solid core of D-men,it would be better to play defensive. If most of your players have good offensive abilities,play mostly offensive. If they are mainly good on the physical game,play physic,etc.

Use the "show positions" option,it will help your choices

For the rest,i'll let you experiment a bit for instant