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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?
NHL 25 Feedback
If ALL of this isn't fixed by 2026 game then it isn't worth buying ever again. I could develop this game much better than what they are doing. Here what is wrong with this game. Absolutely terrible when it comes to penalties(not sure if the developers have ever watch or played hockey at all). None of the penalties are called correctly. Goals by the computer are scored in ways physics couldn't ever explain, Pucks will hit the goalie in the chest and some how go in the net. The HUT moments are ridiculously tiered. All-Star setting for a 78 player. All-Star setting to get 2,000 coins. A HUT moment should NEVER be above your 3rd tier which is Pro on this game, Superstar to get a token to add to set for an 85, 75 speed moving as fast as a 99 speed on certain tiers, 78s scoring goals on 99 goalies on simple shot any person could save, gives you lower tiered players or player who never played with the moment player but will give the computer everyone that is at their highest then set the moment at All-Star and you need to score 4 goals with an excellorated clock in the 3rd period and only 2 minutes left (Special HUT Moments challenge). TOTW, TOTY, X-Factor and Power Icons have ridiculously animations to see what the card is, just open the card like normal the colored background is enough to see what it is. So EXPENSIVE for packs just to get a chance at the highest cards in the set per week. Make guarantees of 1 out 5 for $30 packs. They show you a percentage of your chance at that player and it never adds up. 50% chance at 95 open 4 packs and get none. The coins on selling back a card is ridiculously low and WAY to many BND and UnTradeable card packs. UnTradeable while doing sets its fine but make every pack card tradeable or if Untradeable at least have a quick sell worth the money to buy the pack. BND card selling nets you 0 coins should be at least 2,000, set player quick sell 0 coins should be no less than 10,000, 94 auctionable card quick sell 200 coins should be no less than 150,000 all going down as higher tier coming out but never low enough to not make it worth getting rid of. You should be able to sell 10 cards per promotion to buy at least a 3,000 NHL points pack from the store. Run the promotion for a month not a week or two. The only good qualities of this game are HUT Fantasy Hockey, TOTY, X-Factor and Power Icon top tier players go up as higher levels of those players come out, downside is it cost you a fortune in lower tier cards to upgrade the X-Factor and Power Icon or to get tokens to get fantasy players. Fantasy players that are 99 who aren't even in the playoffs, have a 99 card, or are even the best at their positions or on their own team. The developers of this should get with the Madden guys and learn how to do the quick sell coins. Taking trading out of the Auction House and make it simple. This isn't even everything wrong this is just HUT!!! Didn't even mention CHEL, or anything else outside the HUT. Also loves to kick you off with 30 seconds left in the game and you have 5 objectives done and you have to replay them again plus lose the game. Edit: Modified the title to better reflect the content of the thread. -CMEA dynasty draft not realistic
The 2026 draft prediction on NHL.com has 21 Americans going in first 2 rounds this year which has been pretty normal draft year. Usually Canada has the most but Americans now are a close second. Why when you play dynasty in NHL literally each year there is like 2 or 3 American players in first round and maybe 3 or 4 in 2nd and the game eventually has more players from Switzerland or Germany go in first round as dynasty progressives. It’s not very realistic so why is this?Not another NHL26 wishlist. Okay it might be
EA, You are getting hundreds of requests for how to improve the game or the game play. My list is things that are presentations only. Visuals that were already in prior EA NHL games are in other EA sport games. Nothing to do with anything else. Pregame. Right now, the pregame scenes are about 10 seconds long, add another 10 seconds for grudge matches (btw the goalie is the only one without a stick in those cut scenes). They should be much longer. Other games like College football and Madden have long pre game intros. They show the crowd, the stadium, dynamic intros, team specific intros, stats and it makes the game better. NHL25? Nothing, Previous versions showed your player with stats. Make a longer intro. Show them walking from the locker room. The view skating on the ice. Or show when it’s your first game in the show, you skate onto the ice alone as its tradition. Crowds: NHL needs to have more variety of faces in the crowds. There are no kids, no adults, no older people, every faces is the face of a mid 20s crowd like you are at a college game. More variety of faces. Also, different teams have loyal fan bases. Ever been to a game in Ottawa when they play Montreal. Half the arena is Montreal fans. EA knows who has a large and loyal fan base, incorporate that into the game. There is no way a team with a 20-45 record should have sell out crowds, or a team that’s down 8-0 should have a full arena. Im not saying add animations of the crowd leaving, but have more empty seats. Crowds Part 2. I noticed in previous, fans wore jerseys with your number on them. I dont see that in NHL25. If you are a rookie, no one is wearing your number, as you get better, I see people in the crowd wearing your number. Thats a great touch. Have the crowd wearing numbers of other players like the captain or HOF players. Who wouldn’t like to see #99 when you are in Edmonton or #33 when you play in Montreal? The 3 stars of the game: Who doesn’t want to see their name on that list? What I do miss is in previous years. EA had the player go on the ice and do a quick skate if you are one of the 3 stars. There is nothing like that now. I think it would be great to see your character be selected and get on the ice for a turn… even better if you are playing on the road. Raising of the banner: I remember this was in previous NHL games where if you win the cup, it would show a cut scene where it shows you looking up as they raise the championship banner. I think it was NHL08 where they had a longer version of raising the banner, NHL 11 had a more abbreviated version and it’s NO where to be found in NHL 25. Bring it back. Longer Stanley Cup presentation: It’s really short compared to other years. No longer show the other team, no more hand shake line. Bring that back, make the handshake line a few seconds longer. Show your character shake hands with your counterpart. If you are the goalie, then show shaking hands with the other teams goalie. You’re the captain, show that too. A side note for the conference finals. Give the option to raise the conference trophy. Off season awards: What happened to the off season awards scene? Did you run out of money? It was in other versions and it’s gone in NHL25. If your player wins the award, I would like to see it. I earned it right? If you win on, show one on the table, you win three, show all three, that way you dont need to repeat the cut scene over and over again. Revamp the locker room. They are the same locker room for seems like decades. Modernize them. I understand team specific would be expensive and take a lot of time, just pick elements from other teams and incorporate it to a new locker room. Character aging: my character doesn’t age. Agent client cut scenes: It’s the same ones. Revise them please. And if he needs to talk to me about 3 items, combine them into one, not 3 individual scenes coaches office and GM office could use a refresh. I noticed you reduced the hand size of the GM from other years. Those hands were HUGE in NHL 24. Cut scenes between puck drops: Show my character between puck drops. More variety of players talking on the ice. I dont know how many times I hear the word “TIME” being yelled out during a game. There are things I do like tho. Mascots doing their thing, the hats for a hat trick, the brief scene of bringing out the cup in the playoffs, I even noticed the security guards ID picture matches the guy. Nice touch. If I missed something, Im sure someone will add to it. This is strictly on presentation tho.
NHL 26 early wishlist (let’s make NHL great again)
First off I will say nhl 25 is actual a huge step up im liking it so far , but it’s missing some details to feel complete.. full presentation needs to return and add more to what we had in the past games In edit player menu have the ability to change the color of sticks and gloves (nhl 2k had this) and now players have been customizing their own as well. Customizable tape job (adjust length on shaft and blade and not have it preset) And add the ability to edit goalie masks. hitting and collisions need to be tweaked to more realism. Franchise: be able to control more than one team able to scout and sign players from other leagues(I.E europe) Real coaches or at least customizable coaches A customizable GM character, have conversations be shown like it is in fifa where your Gm Meets the player. office similarly to dynasty mode in nhl 2004 On the hub where we get details of what went on in other games we can see highlights (either by clip or a screen shot) with description such as ‘stamkos nets a hat trick in last nights win’ and a small clip or screen shot showing stamkos scoring his 3rd goal. Be a pro: change up the whole be a pro game mode make it more like life the life. ability to use NhL players to continue their career or an nhl legend Street clothes for off days and make it interactive. If I buy a condo or a house i want to actualy see my self living in it. Same with the car we get, be able to drive around (a small map) and not just be a attribute boost. Pond hockey pick up games you can walk to or drive to when you leave your ‘house’ Call it a ‘hall of fame room’ similar to skybox 2k had in nhl2k5 where you had the Stanley cup and other interactive stuff and unlockables. Be able to decide to start from being drafted at 18 or create a 30 year old forward who just signed with an nhl team etc.. more interactive with teammates and coaches and GM list of teams you want to be traded to etc.. extras add winter classic and all star game (skills + game) both as a play now mode and also in franchise and be a pro. player retiring playing their last game get a ovation from crowd. Announce the player will retire 1 game before their last skate with the cup (playoff mode, season mode , franchise and be a pro) Tweak the fighting engine and allow more than one fight happening at once. this is a lot of an ask, but if we can get half of these implemented we are definitely heading Into greatness with NhL games.Are the Xbox nhl 26 playtest codes fixed?
Hey there! I wanted to see if the Xbox playtest codes have been fixed or if there is any update on when they will be able to be redeemed? I tried this morning and still no luck I was gonna try closer to 1pm est! If you have any updates please let me know! I’m excited to see how it looks and plays and what potential presentation stuff I might find! Thank youSudden Gameplay Change, Slower/Delayed?
First time posting, checked the other forums and this seemed like the one that had similar posts since the game came out. I played NHL today for the first time since mid-May, franchise mode, and noticed gameplay felt entirely different. My question is, was the update I was asked to download today one that affected gameplay and changed it drastically? And if not, is there a bug or known issue and fix out there I can use to get my game back to normal? I'll do my best to describe it, I know a few other people have had similar questions and symptoms so trying to help them too. All my sliders and settings are the same as before in mid-May, but my players skate totally different (a LOT more rounding as they skate, no sharp cuts or changes of direction, slower overall and to react when I switch to them and try skating a different direction) and are MUCH slower to deliver/receive passes and attempt shots. Before, shooting and passing were instantaneous to my input, now it's like it takes an extra second from my input before my player passes or shoots. It's like playing an entirely new type of game with my team compared to last month. Opposing CPU players seem to be playing different as well, more aggressive, more hits, goalies much harder to beat, but I'm not sure if this is also part of changes I'm noticing, or a byproduct of the issues my players are having. I've tried testing it in other modes and reloaded past franchise save files, and it's also the same. Changing gameplay version from "Latest" to "V1.00" also didn't affect anything. I only play my main franchise save file, nothing online H2H. Unfortunately, I don't have any old captures from before the issue that I can share to compare it with. Do you have any idea what the issues are, and a way to fix them? Appreciate you helping the community on these forums!World of Chel is in Sad state
NHL World of Chel is in a pretty sad state this year. Here are some thing I believe would help turn that around. 1- Remove the pressure system or reduce its effects 2- Make the goalies better. Goalies are terrible this year 3- Balance Hip Checks. Way too over powered. 4- Balanced Reverse hitting. Should only be done with the perk. 5- Remove the Pre-Built loadouts. They are Over powered and are not needed. Feel free to add anything I am missing. ThanksPre-build changes
I have thoroughly enjoyed and supported the change from last year to this in regards to the preset build/skins. Allowing the custom builds to be accessible with the skins was a great change. Now I feel it is time to go to the next step and hopefully this was the plan all along, but to move to custom gear on the skins. Having the skin was a good start but it looks silly when I cant match my skins gloves, skates, stick, etc to the team colors I am playing with. Would love to see this for 26 and like I said maybe this was the plan all along but to do it in baby steps and expand on the customization with each following game."Point" and "goal" for reporter/coach challenges.
Hello, I have noticed that the reporter will give me the challenge to "Score 1 point and win the next game," however on multiple occasions I will have multiple assists, win the game, and lose the challenge. I believe the challenge is asking me to score 1 GOAL, however the term "point" in hockey refers to both goals and assists. This error was also present in NHL24, possibly previous versions but I can't remember.BAP Goalie D-Pad disabled. Xbox
Just an honest question. Why are D-Pad controls for the Goalie in BAP disabled? If I go to settings>>Controller settings>>Goalie overview. I’ll see the “default controls” it shows clearly that the D-Pad controls Forecheck, Breakout, Off. Line Change and Def. Line Change. However this has not worked in years and I was wondering why? Is this intentional or is it a bug in the system? If anyone should be able to change a strategy or call for a line change, it should be the goalie who can see the entire ice at all times. Why is this function taken away for the goalie? Why cant I accept fights? When a player is checked too hard and goes to the ground, I’ll see the fight challenge box with the Y+Y to accept a fight, but it never works. Why is it even an option if I cant select it? And of course, this has been discussed for YEARS.. why way cant my controls be saved?????? Why why why why must I continue to change my controls before every single game despite being saved the game or file before?????? WHY EA?? Why is there no Control settings in the settings in BAP? Why must I begin a game first? You and I have discussed this in the NHL24 forums and I included videos. Anyways.. Just gets frustratingNHL 26 WISHLIST
So I throw this out there every year, and sometimes maybe someone reads it and an update gets made (I suggested the Cup handoff-selection option years ago, and while I know they didn’t add it because of me, it felt like a win. And P.S., showing the names etched on the Stanley Cup at the end of the season might be my single favorite update ever!). Player Editing: We should be able to edit CPU-created players in Franchise Mode. Especially now that they've blocked being able to change Player Roles or Position (which we used to be able to edit). You luck out with a draft pick who's a Medium-Elite at 18, but his potential is an Elite Grinder? What even is that? And too often they have these goofy hairdos, or are 19 and grey already, or you can wind up with three draft prospects that have the same default face. We should at least have the same edit access that we do at the Main Menu level (add a Second Position, change a Playmaker to a Two-Way as they age). The Draft: I still don’t get why we can’t just see players’ ratings like you can in the Main Menu’s Rosters section. So before you start a Mode, you can see that a Junior player is a 62 Medium-Top 6, but on Draft Day it’s a bunch of question marks and “Possible” Top 6? You can see exact ratings in Free Agency, why not on draft day? I auto draft every time because it doesn’t matter what criteria I try and go by, they never work out. I turn off Fog of War for this reason, it should extend to draft picks. With the new option of Head Coach Hiring/Firing, and adding in actual HC likenesses, the game has sadly gone the way that Madden used to be: showing the Coach on the sideline going through the same animated responses, during Grudge Matches and Playoff Games. We should be able to click through this, like we can with goal celebrations. As it is, I have to pause to get past it, and have had the game crash when I return to play (despite having been forced to upgrade from an Xbox One, just for the NHL 25 release). Can we get AHL Career Totals? I know the game keeps track of them, as they show when the player hits a milestone, so why not display a running total under Career Stats? I'll get 10 years into Franchise Mode and some career AHLers will retire and nothing. You play 1,000 AHL Games…that’s something. Ability to decide awards: Too often, in Franchise Mode, if you’re playing your best players to pad stats, you’ll win the Hart or Norris every year, even though another player would be the obvious choice. It would be great to decide winners so that the highest scoring defenseman doesn’t win the Norris every year, or the Hart going hand-in-hand with the Art Ross more often than not, or Connor McDavid winning the Selke based on whatever algorithm they’re using. Choose retirements/unretire: I play Franchise Mode with Auto Save off so I can choose to accept who's retiring. I’ve had the game try and retire 26-year-old minor leaguers who had no injury history (something Madden actually takes into consideration), and I’ve had the game retire Ovechkin with 996 Goals and an Overall 86 Rating. It would be great to be able to deselect (or reactivate) from the proposed list shown on View Retired Players. It would also be fun to elect retiring players to the HHOF, and Retire Jersey Numbers for your team with Franchise Mode. Pipe dreams, I know, but still…this is a wishlist. And while we’re at it, a banner raising ceremony at the start of the season following a Cup win? Franchise (Owner) Mode used to have a screen that displayed your team’s seasons, so you could see your history: 103 Points, Third Round; 98 Points, Lost Final; etc. I’d like to see that back. Winter Classic: I miss the Winter Classic venue they created a few years back. You could only play a single game, but wouldn't it be awesome if the team you select in Franchise Mode got to play the Winter Classic every year? Just make it the first game you play in January and you get that outdoor setting with weather selections like they have in Madden, or just default cloudy skies with flurries. They used to have the All-Star Game jammed in there, so can't they just use that same approach for the Classic? Anyway, maybe the CEO will read this and realize all my genius suggestions, but most likely we’ll just get NHL 26 with different Main Menu colors.
