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So, after one week with T11 2015, let's recap what's good about 2015, what features are missing in it compared with the good ol' version, and what bugs 2015 has:
*********Missing features in 2015 that we had in the old version:*********
You cannot view players' exact condition percentages - even though that is vital in order to train and grow players properly. Old version was better.
You cannot view players' exact morale percentages anymore - that is less of a problem (but Nordeus won't sell as many morale boosters as before). Old version was better.
Every skill point is auto-assigned. I can personally live with that, although I don't like it. What really bothers me is that auto-assigned skill points are assigned so fast that you can't keep track of what skill a skil point goes to. I know that you can set assignment preferences for each player, but the assignment itself happens with some small text flashing for an instant before it goes away forever. Combined with the inability to view exact condition percentages, this for me makes it completely impossible to keep track of players' progress, and that has taken probably the most important management aspect out of T11. Old version was better.
You cannot view the prize money for the three tournaments - even though that is essential in order to plan your finances and assign realistic win bonuses. Old version was better
You cannot view height, foot etc. of players on auction - even though it makes a great difference whether a winger is left or right footed, and whether a keeper is 1.66 or 1.96 meters tall. Old version was better
You can no longer interpret the bottom-right-corner pop-ins that announce other matches, because they only show avatars (of which many managers use standard ones) instead of manager names, club names and/or club emblems. Old version was better.
You can no longer compare two players - which, unless you have pen and paper ready so that you can take notes (come on, this is 2015 ...!), makes it practically impossible to 1) compare auction and negotiation players against one's current players, 2) compare two of one's own players so that one can set the best possible line-up for a match. Old version was better.
You can no longer easily view which player is your team's best crosser, shooter, etc. because that level of detail is no longer available for your team in Squad view. Instead you need to look at each player's skills individually, take notes (there is was again: pen and paper needed ...!), and then find out who's best - this makes it much harder to decide who should take corners, penalties, etc. Also, you can no longer view your players' overall ratings, only the most recent five ones. Old version was better.
You can no longer view which players are league top scorers, top assisters, top rated. Old version was better.
*********Bugs in 2015:*********
In Squad view, players' condition bars and morale arrows are not updated after you boost players' condition/morale until you navigate away from Squad view to another view and then back to Squad view again.
The match overview windows nearly always load the star rating of the teams you viewed the last time you opened the window, not the teams you are currently viewing.
You often have to start watching your own live match twice, because the first time you access the live match, the "loading" icons just keep swirling forever while the live match is greyed out in the background.
********Good things in 2015:********
Graphics are much improved and not as old-skool-looking as in the old version, but I play on a tablet with a decently sized screen, I've not used 2015 on a smaller-screen phone.
You can view the stats of the opposition's players.
Live match experience has been improved. It is for me to see much easier to make substitutions, and the match audio feature is surprisingly fine, but the live experience is of course still far from 2 or even 3D. But all in all a great improvement from the old version.
Cool that you can now follow if other managers have been bidding for a player that you've got on auction, while the auction is going on.
********Verdict:*********
UI graphics much improved, but the many missing features that we had in the old version but no loger have in 2015 makes the update appear as a thin lick of paint on a house that is sadly falling apart. Fair enough if Nordeus wanted to stop the tanking movement, but why did they have to take so many other vital mangement aspects out of the game? Old version was better.
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