How do YOU get into a save?

[celt]

Recently I haven't been playing much FM because I just can't get into a game. I will play a game for like half a season/ a full season max but then just get bored and not be so involved in it.

So it came to me, how do YOU (whoever reads this) get into a game?

I know everyone has different ways, like going the team you support or teams from other countries you follow, but does anyone have a different way of enjoying a game much more?

 

[SMcManus84]

I'm the same, I play a few seasons get bored, start a new save **** around with tactics, reload defeats which in turn mean I lose interest later on as all achievements seem false.
Start a journeyman, realise it's ****** hard, give up.
Finally get a grip of the game tactic wise and the new ones out a month later.

Repeat cycle.

 

[bnpwp1979]

Myself personally it is about what my goal is at the start of a save, if i am going to be a big club and carry on tradition or do I want to take the underdog and make them a force.. as much as some saves can be tedious if you know where you want to go I guess it gives you something to aim for.. same as if I want to know if I can spend if need be or do I have to create the stars of tomorrow .. I guess for me I like personal goals that way I always have something fresh and I always have a long term save so I can switch it up

 

[dani3w]

Try going somewhere different! South Africa is a prime example, with it being the only (default) African league available its nice and different as well as offering a tough challenge! Or even try Asia? But setting goals to meet along the way always helps build motivation!

Also don't load england!

 

[apvmoreira]

In all FMs i get the feeling that a couples of seasons with an exploit tactic, and the game is done.

But in 12 and now in 13 i went to goals that i create to make the game more interesting, like having a full British squad with united, not buying players to the 1st team and things like that

 

[Fanty111]

try emulating a real tactc

like jorge sampaoli when he was at Universidad de chile

i made a tactic and psted it on here for fm12

 

[celt]

cheers! got exactly what i was looking for from this thread, if anyone else has anything, please just comment it, obviously everyone is different so

 

[seanhrfc]

Myself personally it is about what my goal is at the start of a save, if i am going to be a big club and carry on tradition or do I want to take the underdog and make them a force.. as much as some saves can be tedious if you know where you want to go I guess it gives you something to aim for.. same as if I want to know if I can spend if need be or do I have to create the stars of tomorrow .. I guess for me I like personal goals that way I always have something fresh and I always have a long term save so I can switch it up

Agree with this, it's all about goal setting. For example here are my long term saves so far:

QPR (first patch) - long term goals = win champions league in 5 seasons, premier league in 3. Ended up winning the league 1st year and Champions League second year so my new long term goal became winning a treble/quadruple (must inc. prem & champs league)

Cambridge United - long term goals = back to back promotions to Championship. Become the world's greatest team in 10 season.

San Marino (my current save) = World domination with club (5 years) and Country (15-20 years)

 

[marabak]

I lost a bit of interest in my current Real Madrid after winning the league three times on the trot and 2 spanish cups. But I ended up selling around £150m worth of talent and now I'm trying to win the league and get further in the Champs League (still haven't got further than runners up) with a bunch of regens.

 

[Fatal548]

I never get why people say they have accomplished everything (won cl and league a few times) so they start a new save??
For me the fun thing is moving to a new club, then beating your previous club.
e.g. on FM12 I had a super squad with southampton in 2025(ish), I'd won the quad 3 times in a row because i was using a tactic that beat everybody and had 2 world class players for every position.

So what I did was took over a lower premier league side at the end of the season (which turned out to be Sunderland), then I trained them up so I could beat my old Saints squad with them, I got to about 2031 in that save and now Sunderland are fighting for the title every year with Southampton. Then it was time for FM13 to come out, so I started playing that Still go back to the old FM12 save though

 

[cooller]

I only get bored when i play strongest teams like man city / utd / real.