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Is the PC Community being Ignored By EA?
Every year the amount of people who want NHL on PC grows and every year its disappointment. Is the PC Community being Ignored By EA? as a person who moved fully to PC this year and as part of the PC community who wants NHL on PC it feels like a pipe dream or never gonna happen. i wish EA would be honest and transparent about this so we dont have a little hope every year. that a NHL 26 or 27 or 28 will launch on PC. NHL is a top seller in canada and i feel it would be a top seller in our region (Canada) on PC too. i wish theyd just release nhl for one year and test the market since it hasnt been tested since nhl 09 which had no controller support. PC has been a popular platform since 2015 and grows massively every year . i just dont get it.
NHL Be A Pro - Update Wishlist
Hello, I know that the Be A Pro (BAP) mode has stayed the same for the last couple of years at this point without any updates or adjustments, and while I understand that a large scale overhaul of the game mode is not likely, there are still some minor adjustments that would make the gameplay more enjoyable. Below are three items that I believe to be achievable updates to the game mode: Could the user please have some of the same menu options available in BAP that are available in Franchise mode. For instance, why am I not able to look at the recent activity around the league (recent trades, signings, other teams' line charts, etc.) Clearly we won't need the managerial options related to free agents, coaching staff, scouts, or operations; but players should still be able to see what is happening around the league. This could be helpful in deciding which organization to chose during free agency or to better see what your team did during the trade deadline instead of having to snoop through your lineup and stats to see what additions/subtractions were made to your team. There should be an option to be start/get sent down to the minors (be it the AHL or juniors). Previous NHL installments had this option, along with allowing the player to play the entire draft-eligible CHL season if they desired. This would be more realistic than a late round draft pick with 0 pts through the preseason still making the opening night NHL lineup. Player involvement in either All Star related events or international events (World Championships / Olympics / World Cup of Hockey, etc.). While All Star events are waning it would still be cool to have the option to participate in either the skills events and/or game if the NHL decides to still use an All Star format. Much more appealing would be the inclusion of international play. While I understand that licensing may prohibit the use of calling tournaments by their true name (World Juniors / the Olympics / World Championships, etc.) these could still be included under a generic "International Tournament" title. The World Cup of Hockey is an NHL run international event at least that should allow for inclusion into the game mode (since it already has its own separate mini mode), and after all, there are already many international rosters in the game, it would be nice to see them get more use out of the various game modes. Namely BAP and Franchise modes. While this list may fall upon deaf ears (or in this case blind eyes), I do hope we receive some new life into the Be a Pro game mode soon to freshen up the staleness that has set in over the last few releases. Thank you!NHL 25 is too Arcady
Attached in this message are some things we don’t need in NHL 26. As you can see in this clip, in NHL 25, we had the one time indicators we couldn’t optionally get rid of. As you can see further, I was thankfully able to hide the pressure meter circle. As I gained full pressure, the boards were flashing red and the home team fans were chanting “Let’s Go Oilers” when the Oilers were not the home team which is not realistic. These are things we need to change. If I had to state what I wanted, just keep it simple EA. No more one time indicators, pressure meter, flashing red boards, let’s go back to the good old simple NHL days! Hopefully NHL 26 won’t be an arcade game and will just be a normal NHL game.
Statement on NHL 25 Cheating and Competitive Integrity
I’ve played NHL for years because I love the competitive spirit, strategy, and teamwork it requires. But this year, NHL 25 has been one of the most frustrating experiences to date. I'm not complaining about losing — I’m fine with taking a loss. But losing to multiple clubs who consistently score 8 goals on 11 shots using obvious exploits and possibly Cronus Zen devices? That’s not competition — that’s broken gameplay. The 3v3 World of Chel mode has become a hub for exploiters. It's filled with maxed-out builds, stamina glitches, and input manipulation that give unfair advantages. It’s making the EASHL Finals nearly unplayable for anyone playing honestly. I’ve submitted a formal complaint to EA, and I urge others who care about this game to speak up. We need stronger anti-cheat enforcement, investigation into Cronus Zen usage, and a serious fix for the current state of ranked play. We deserve a fair game.
NHL 26 WISHLIST
I'm a big fan of the games and am a Be A Pro merchant. I've played the last 10 NHL games, and have been wondering why it's so easy to become the captain in Be A Pro. The few things I want for NHL 26 Be A Pro are very simple: NHL 19 mechanics where it took 3-4 seasons to get the A, and 2-3 seasons after that to get the C. Since then, you could pretty much immediately become captain after a single season in every Be A Pro. I would love to see them implement these mechanics into the next game. It not only gives you something to work towards, but also adds a level a realism to the game. Please give less dialogue in Be a Pro and make it easier to sim. With so many random side missions and interactions, it makes it difficult to want to really grind the career and play for a while. NHL 19 is a perfect example of what my ideal Be A Pro would look like. Fix the Low, High, and Fixed camera angles to make them not spin in 360 degrees. Why not just make it like the FIFA career camera?EASHL 3s - Reverse hitting and interference
I still have yet to play 6s this year so I don't know if it's a penalty there, but reverse hitting needs a tweak. We're back to the situation where it's never a penalty, at least in 3s, which I think is a pretty overpowered ability. Just because you have the puck doesn't mean you have free reign to just randomly stop and body people who are back-checking that aren't doing anything other than skating trying to catch up to the play. If you have a player who is big enough, you can literally just crush everyone on the other team while holding onto the puck, the only semi-counter is a hip-check, and even then it doesn't really do much except stop you from getting bowled over unless you're close to the same size as them. I get that larger players should clearly have a physical advantage over smaller players, and I like that they do this year, but reverse hitting and completely removing someone from the play who isn't even trying to check you seems overkill. You already have the advantage when it comes to normal body checking, and you should have the advantage of being able to protect the puck from the smaller players as well already, there shouldn't be an option to just delete players from playing defense when they aren't even trying to engage you physically. I was one of the only people that used Reverse Hitting the year that it was introduced, it was strong then, especially since most people didn't even know it existed, I don't remember when, but at some point it was in the same state it is now where it wasn't ever a penalty, then it was either changed back or fixed so that if the opponent wasn't trying to hit you that it would be an interference penalty. As someone who loves reverse hitting, I was perfectly happy with it being a risk/reward/skill based tactic. If you are going up against a team who's entire strategy is truculence, it gave you a way to make them think twice about body checking, but if they adjusted and stopped trying to hit you, you weren't able to just keep reverse hitting them regardless, you'd start taking penalties if they were instead trying to poke you. I think the best way to handle it would be to have it be an interference penalty unless one of a couple scenarios are active. The puck was loose near the boards and you've picked it up within the last half second. This allows for you to essentially brace yourself for contact, and is one of the only times I see reverse hitting in the NHL If the opponent is trying to pin you, that should basically counter/cancel your reverse hit as well in my opinion. The opponent is currently winding up for a hit or has attempted a hit within the last half second. (this way if someone tries to push check you and it fails you can reverse hit them in retaliation afterwards if you are quick enough). It may also make sense to revisit body checking penalties in 3s as well. I think keeping elbowing and charging out of 3s makes sense, but it may be reasonable to bring back either boarding or checking from behind in some fashion. I think boarding should probably still be allowed for now, but checking from behind into the boards specifically maybe could be removed. Force players to use the pin option more. I may use a build this weekend that is just built for Reverse Hitting and compile a highlight reel of me destroying innocent players on the other team in the neutral zone to show how absurd it is. And I'm not some 5'10" 160 pound 95 speed ballerina player complaining about this. I'm usually between 90-93 speed and generally try to match size with size. I've abused it at times myself as well. This is coming from someone who has a 92% winning percentage in Club and knows how to play both big and small as a forward. Just from a game-play perspective, Reverse Hitting is not inherently balanced and has no immediate risk to the puck carrier aside from the chance of losing the puck, which is pretty slim if your size advantage is more than a few pounds, and the risk only decreases if you're crazy enough to use Back At Ya as a perk. If you don't want to make it interference, we need another counter to it, and an alternative solution that I doubt would ever be added in this years game, but could be a solution, is maybe defensive players could be given a "brace for contact" button. This would make it so you won't be able to gain speed while holding the button down, but you won't lose speed like how a poke check makes you lose speed, and holding this button down would make you less susceptible to reverse hitting while doing other actions like poke checking/stick lifting. It would be like a counter to reverse hitting while not being something you can just constantly hold down since you won't be able to accelerate while holding it. Just my two cents.
Team Builder in NHL 25
The addition of team builder to NHL 25 would be incredible. For many years, I have spent countless hours in the creation zone, creating hundreds of teams and thousands of players. Team Builder is far superior to the NHL creation zone. The creation zone has barely been updated since 2017 (maybe even longer?) and Team Builder would be a fantastic solution and a welcomed feature. This is something that benefits both online and offline players. Thanks EA.Anyone know anything about the appeal process for name bans?
My name recently got banned and while I know my name was a bit cheeky, I feel like it was overkill to ban the name/not allow me to change it to something. I just submitted an appeal but my guess is that it’ll get the same treatment as when I submit horribly offensive names and get “no problem here” responses. Any help is appreciated.PS Icon Passing Colours, Please!
I upgraded from an Xbox one to a PS5 for the sole reason of being able to play NHL 25 at release. It didn't take long for me to realize that the heads-up passing icons have zero colour on the PS5, whereas on the Xbox versions they have the colours of the buttons, making them much harder to identify out of the corner of your eye. I am fully aware this has been an intentional style choice due to some modern PS5 controllers not having colour to the buttons, but it completely disregards the function of why the icons are even there - to make passing easier and intuitive. I have brought this up several times in this forum before, only to get a pat on the head and told that it wasn't a bug. If you check my playtime and forum involvement over the last 2 years, you'll see my account went from playing a ridiculous amount then down to absolute zero after the 2025 new year. This decision to turn a blind eye to a clear way to improve user experience had a major reason to do with my walking away from the game - that, and the repulsive grind of earning nothing but collectible cards, but that's a whole other post of its own. Please add colour to the PS passing icons, or I will not be back.Having a place to vote on new features
It being 2025 and the access we all have to social media, etc, Wouldn't it be smart for the team putting together NHL to have a survey or sorts with new features they want to implement so we can vote on what feature we like best? I think it would shape the future of the game into something the community actually wants instead of 1 button hip checks and michigans nobody asked for :) Just a thought because this game needs fresh new ideas and i think it would be a great way for the Dev team to relay to the community what they actually want to implement into new titles so we have an idea of what to expect and vise versa we can shoot them ideas we can hopefully see implemented in the future! That is all :)I want to be agile as Lane Hutson
I think we need the elite edges back as abilities but version 26(without the l2/lt speed glitch and still in the 25 btw?🤨). And i know that some players didn't like this abilitie so it need a little twist. Like in the nhl 24 everybody was doing the L2/LT glitch skating glitch and that was the problem with the elite edges, it took away the realism of skating and the game. I really hated too. I want to be able to do quick turns and be as smooth as Lane Hutson. And today the hockey in the nhl is fast very fast, and right now we can't, everything feels slow. Skating in 25 feels like were in the Bobby Hull and Maurice Richard era.(no hates they were both legends)Spend the money
Can we all agree that EA doesn’t want to spend the money to give us a game that we over pay for? It’s the same game every year with minor patches and updates. If EA can make college football look real with the presentation then they can put in the effort to make all the sports games like that…they took out the goal songs and cheated out on goal horns…winter classics and everything we loved in the game…u can’t even play goalie anymore it’s that bad…give us real presentations for a game we pay 100 bucks for EA
