Playoff Mode Problem (year 3)
Maybe this isn't a Bug so I will repost it here. Does this BUG anyone else? When setting up a playoff mode with 2 teams you cannot select which team has home ice advantage for the series. It appears to randomly select who gets home ice advantage based on some unknown logic. This has been an issue since NHL 23 (I believe I misspoke in the attached video) I am hoping this can be fix or be reverted to the old logic. Thanks, Erock1206, XSX NHL 25 playoff mode issue (youtube.com)
Match data is not stored at ProClubs.
We have been playing NHL25 since EarlyAccess and have already played 18 games. The number of wins and losses is saved in the club stats, but the details of the matches are not saved. Only two games are displayed there. https://www.ea.com/de-de/games/nhl/nhl-25/pro-clubs/match-history?clubId=816&platform=common-gen5 We sporadically checked other clubs and were able to view their past match data. What can we do to have our matches tracked?
First impressions on NHL25
So threre some good, some bad... I like the L2 skating, it gives you versatility and lateral agility, for BOTH offence and defence. Feels nice! The one-timer mechanism is nice too, but seems overpowered? So generally the gameplay isn't half bad... However, there's a quite a bit of negatives, some gameplay and some QoL issues. I've played mostly EASHL, so that's where my criticism originates from. There SO MUCH flickering on the dressing room screen. The background flickers and flashes annoyingly, I just can't stand it. Sure it looks cool for a second, but if you have to stare that screen for hald an hour or more, it gets VERY tiresome. In addition , the player banners in the dressing room keep flickering as well, this isn't by design, and it was like that in the last game. Please do something about it!? Finding games is a nightmare, please return the server location options like they were. You either get a game with 120+ ping or missing players (in 4s and 6s). We spend more time in the dressing room staring at that flickering that in actual games, and it's early season too! Goalies... what can you say? They're like swiss cheese in EASHL, I can't catch a puck if it kills me. Just regular wristers from no particularily good position, and they go in. What I could be sure to catch in NHL24 no longer applies, I don't know exactly what has changed, but something seems off. If this is by design, please let us know what we need to adjust, is it angles, anticipation or what. I don't even want to play goialie anymore. Menus, why are there so many and why are they still so slow? Have you counted how many button presses it takes to achieve something in the menus, you know like basic useability stuff? I know this has been an issue forever, but let's keep bringing this up, hey? I am sure I can think of some more issues, but let's kick off with these. Your thoughts?
EA Log-In Screen?
Hello EA, Might I recommend the next future game patch includes a EA Account Log-in screen. Many people, including myself, cannot access online content because NHL 25 automatically tries to log me into an old non-functioning email account. I can't change my email account login because EA Connect needs to be logged into in order to be allowed to make this change. If installing NHL 25 the first time had a log-in screen so players can choose which EA account they wanted to use would help solve this problem. I paid $100 to play NHL 25 with no access to the on-line game features! Please fix this....NHL 25 Feedback
Great first the game is in the early version groten bad, on the day of the official release day of the game that changed ... but since 8.10 and the new update the AI (franchise mode) is hard to defeat the own games drive each other around, everything that is fun eats away as if the game were now missing the flair .. why this update ... as in NHL 24 the AI determines whether you win or lose .. I play NHL 14 every year but the last few years were really frustrating ... Edit: Modified the title due to swearing. Keep your posts free of profanity per the EA Forums rules. -CM
Threes Eliminator Uniforms
EA_AljoThe uniforms in threes eliminator are glitched when playing as a club. When playing drop-ins, it uses my customized casual skater. However, when playing as a club, it uses my pro skater, but it doesn’t use my club’s uniform. It also doesn’t use my customized causal skater, (which it did in NHL 24) but rather it uses default Nighthawks and Ice Breakers casual gear. This glitch also puts my purchased character in the default gear, which looks bad and isn’t how it looked when I purchased it. Please fix this and either change it to be like NHL 24, or 23, which used my clubs uniform. (Like in 3v3 and 6v6 EASHL) If you need pictures or evidence, I can attach one, or watch any threes eliminator gameplay when playing as a club.EA_Aljo
Incorrect jerseys/logos
If you find that something is wrong at some teams jersey/logo or has completely wrong jersey/logo put it here and we all can hope EA fixes it. What i have seen from one stream there is least one team from Finnish Liiga that has compeletely wrong jerseys AGAIN. Liiga = Lukko - Rauma Jerseys (home and away) are many years old and logo has no white inside the logo because it is all transparent from the inside.
EA Testers.
Please make a team in CHEL. Play with 2 or 3 forwards. You will see the tap tap tap skate skate skate breakaway fest in the games. Is that hockey ? You having fun with this ??? AI D is horrible.. get blown by at least 5 times a game for 3 or 4 goals against per game. IS this what you want ???? Be honest .. Tell us..
CHEL small and fast backhand meta. So disappointed.
This year there was really good change this to be best hockey ever. Play hockey pass shoot one timers etc. But no. Everybody has 95 speed small winger and they fly past defenders and forehand backhand and score every time. So utterly stupid way to play hockey. Speed is still king nothing else matters. Small and lighting fast forwards are just way too OP. So sad. I really thought this is gonna be the year we get to play proper hockey.Punishment for leaving games
The amount players that are just leaving games because they are either scared of their stats, or are leaving because of human goalies or their just being blown they should have to play through it because they are a team you win as a team and lose as team and that's not being realize in a game where it's supposed to simulate the of playing like a team. I only want people punished for leaving ranked matches in 3v3 and 6v6 and any other ranked mode except quick play. An Idea would be to a casual 3v3 and 6v6 modes without the rank system in place and even a mode for us to the arcade threes mode without being an eliminator. I'm overall just sick of people leaving it proves that players are losing what sight of fun in a games in hockey you shouldn't be scared to lose and you should enjoy yourself that's real hockey. Punishments should Include massive loss of rp and rank down and if they continue bans starting at 30 minutes and increase to to several days depending on repeating to leave. Another form of punishment is Stat reduction reduce certain stats to make it harder on the players leaving games and you could take from their point stats for leaving all forms of ways to stop people from leaving the games and improving the experience for people and casuals.Update on Matchmaking
The EA SPORTS NHL team is actively listening to community concerns and is prioritizing the investigation of WOC matchmaking issues. We are consistently releasing tuning updates to improve the experience, and we're closely monitoring their impact. Today, we've released an update specifically aimed at addressing high ping games. We appreciate your patience and support during this time.EA_Aljo16 hours agoCommunity Manager
Refreshing, but...
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the game. I think there have been several strides in the right direction here. I don't have much to complain about. The ICE-Q is great, but feels slightly dramatic. It happens at some of the worst times and at times where it's not necessary which can be very frustrating. But it's great not seeing your own players run into each other every few seconds. I also love the skating improvements specifically at the blue line and it's even better when I can transition that into the skill-based one-timers. The presentation is nice, snow on the pads and jerseys are a nice touch...overall, it's pretty good. But, the aggression in the game is next level. Regardless of how much I tweak the sliders, the opposing AI are relentless. My AI Teammates never win puck battles along the boards, can rarely connect passes due to the opposing AI's ability to intercept any and all passes...basically the slides being 50/50 or even is an astonishing advantage for the opposing AI. It's also frustrating when the opposing AI mirrors all of my movements when trying to shake off opposing AI. It feels like my player is a magnet for the opposing AI. And lastly, the goalies are still terrible.
URGENT: CPU aggression & hitting needs to be toned down
I don't come here lightly saying something is totally "broken" but the CPU aggressiveness is way off the mark, to the extent I have difficulty enjoying the game at all. It has never been like this before. I toned CPU aggression down to 0/100, and CPU still averages 20 hits per period with 7 minute periods. I repeat, with aggression toned down to 0/100, CPU is putting up like 70 hits per game. This is clearly wrong and should be addressed immediately. Regardless of game speed, skating speed or hitting power, the CPU players are constantly rushing at you with one objective: laying out the body. It's the only thing they know. Even in your own zone it's hard to make simple passing plays without being demolished. And if you manage to get to the offensive zone, good luck trying using the ICE-Q when you have five opposing players doing one thing and one thing only: hitting, hitting and hitting. Again, with CPU aggression slider at ZERO. This needs to be addressed ASAP and I hope people experiencing the same issue can share their thoughts below. I play offline season mode and have never experienced this issue to this extent in decades of playing NHL video games.No Respect for Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith or the Sharks in general.
Not only does Celebrini not have a team photo, his avatar looks nothing like him, his name isn't mentioned by the announcers at all, his draft status says "Undrafted". It seems like the #1 overall pick got none of the treatment that Bedard did last year. It's almost like they put him in as an afterthought, the same goes for Will Smith. They also didn't give the Sharks their teal helmets for their away uniforms. The lack of respect for the San Jose Sharks and their players is offensive considering how much they made a big deal out of Bedard being in last year's game. The right thing to do is to make sure Celebrini, Smith and the helmets are updated when they do the next roster update.
Crossplay Experience
Is it miserable for anyone else on the PS5 side? In HUT when playing against an Xbox player or EASHL in a game with predominantly Xbox players my skater feels like driving a tank in GTA. PS5-PS5 it's totally fine and super reponsive. I don't think it's an internet or display issue as my connection is quite good and I have an LG C1 OLED in game optimizer mode. Debating just turning crossplay off for HUT as the input delay is awful. Cheers.WCHEL crashes permanently
For a few days now, the game has been crashing constantly on my PlayStation 5. The game has become almost unplayable for me. If I'm lucky, I can play the first period. If I'm unlucky, and this happens regularly, the game stops at some point and the screen freezes. There is no response to inputs from the controller and I can only close the application completely. What I've tried so far: checking the internet connection, nothing unusual. Completely uninstalling and reinstalling the game including rewriting the PS5 database, deleting cache data, nothing works. What's going on here? Do you have any solutions for me? region: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia (near Düsseldorf)Pre-Ordered NHL 25 for Xbox
Hi, I am not sure if I am in the right place or not but I am hoping that someone could help me or direct me to the right place. I pre-ordered NHL 25 for my son for Xbox and we picked the game up today. On the bottom of my receipt the sales person told us that there was a special code because we pre-ordered. I went under his xbox to redeem the code and the code isn't working- just says to try again later. I am not tech savy and I am not sure if I am doing it right so if anyone could provide me with any guidance or some things to try to get the code to work it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.Goalie Review NHL 25
I want to start by saying I have been a goalie in chel since around 2015, have a couple thousand games, and around a high 7, low 8 hundred save %. Being experienced enough in this category I thought I would bring to light key issues surrounding goalies. 1: Overall save ability is extremely weak, I am being beat cleanly in locations where I have allocated most of my attritutes, and SHOULD be making saves. Goalies feel way to much like swiss cheese right now, despite being in proper position (and the game emphasizing this through the on-ice feedback) I am being beat way too frequently, so much so that I feel absolutely zero reward for playing positionally sound, which was a key selling point. 2: Goalies are bobbling pucks/hitting pucks into their own net way too much. This is an issue that has been plaguing goalies for many years, in around 4-5 games, I had knocked in a goal after the puck had hit me, and my goalie overreacted and the knocked it in to my own net. I understand that this happen on occasion, but the rate of this is simply way too high. And yes I have my rebound control stat as high as I can and with the extra +2. This is also an issue specifically on the high blocker (yes I have a 93ovr high blocker) where your player will seemingly swat the puck down into the net resulting in an own goal. This has also been an issue for a couple years now. Finally, I play nhl because I LIKE to play goalie, I do not like, however, when a supposed "top tier" nhl goalie is scoring on himself every game and looking like my sunday beer league goalie. This games purpose is to mimic the unattainable, the high level elite plays that we cannot do, yet I feel as though I could be making these saves in real life with little effort that my supposed elite goalie cannot.Cannot wear casual look anywhere.
So i have bought stuff from store for nothing but im glad that i have only spended chel coins and not real money. Buying jerseys i cannot wear and same thing for goalie equipments. Is this a bug or did you do this on purpose? Please make this same what it used to be in NHL 24. Wearing Ice Breakers or Nighthawks hoodie is not what i want. Now there is not point for casual players or goalies look because it's no different than pro. Can we get this fixed? Please give an answer to this.Contrôle nhl 94
I find that ea sport personally for at least 2 years no longer listens to the players. you are asked to bring back the nhl 94 controls you do not want to be asked to do something else you do nothing. Special of a company not to listen to those who buy their games. too bad 2k doesn't come back to provide some competition.
Patch 1.1.0 Are you serious?
Anyway absolutely nothing that I and others have requested has been included in this patch, purchasing the deluxe edition was pointless for us who play chel as its not worth playing with the features that are missing and certain bugs... I'm disgusted the game has released as it has, and will 110 percent not be buying another EA Sports NHL game again on release... From lack of feedback (apart from one of the community managers which has been nothing constructive) I genuinely believe unless they bring someone new in to make these games how they used to be its potentially a downhill from here... I know many others who wont buy your games day one again either, and it's sad because of the memories many of us make on your game. Please get the passion back, this is the last post I will be putting on here and will wait to see if the devs actually patch what we have asked for... Disapointed and disgusted would be an under statement, Cheers EA, LB Edit: Removed mentioning of moderation. This is against the Answers HQ rules. -CM
Update national teams
There are some players missing from national teams who should be there. Forwards Matias Maccelli (UTAH) and Eetu Luostarinen (FLA), Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) should be added to team Finland. Remove Goalie Antti Raanta. Canada only have 2 goalies. There should be third option.Controller, vibration, XBX series X
Hi! Just playing the game and and there is no vibration in my controller. Playing on Xbox series x. Anyone with the same problem? There used to be the same problem in some older versions of the game. I have also disconnected all usb ports and charging systems for headset and controller. Restarted the game with hard reset of the console too. 100% battery capacity in the controller as well. Please fix this ASAP!!!Game disconnecting
I keep getting disconnected and sent to Home Screen. I have uninstalled and re staled the game 3 times. I have cleared cash, made sure my Xbox was updated. I also have followed many video steps this issue is not on my end it’s the game period. I have wasted hours trying to play and getting no where at this point I think I want a refund and will just play something else. how do I refund the game?
Fanatics jerseys in team creation
EA_Aljo EA Sports and Fanatics jerseys in NHL 25 is joke 😂These jerseys are same than Adidas jerseys, which has been in the game since NHL 20. EA Sports has only change Adidas logo to Fanatics logo 😂 I.e. we have still same jerseys missing from team creation like in NHL 24. I.e. missing jerseys: Anaheim Ducks (current) Chicago Blackhawks (home) Dallas Stars (home) Detroit Red Wings (home & away) NY Rangers (home) Pittsburgh Penguins (home) San Jose Shark (current) Seattle Kraken Utah HC Interesting notice EA Sports has removed Arizona Coyotes logos from team creation, but Arizona Coyotes jerseys will be found in the team creation. Why ? Could EA Sports add the missing Fanatics jerseys to the team creation and returned Arizona Coyotes logos to the team creation.
Snow from skates during gamplay
Just finished playing a couple of games of NHL 25 and noticed there is no snow coming up from the players skates during gameplay. Evertime I cut and stop hard there is nothing, I can see it during cut scenes and replays but not during gameplay. It was in NHL 24 since I played my finally play now games yesterday for the last time and saw it. Is it possible to let the team know? And has anyone else noticed this?
Goalie interference
https://www.xbox.com/play/media/mVLkLSxTgG Shot taken in tight, goalie makes the save, puck leaks out to the side, shooter rams the goalie, puck goes in, good goal. Over the last few years, I have made post after post with evidence of how badly goalie interference is handled in these games, and it's just never addressed. I'm really not asking for much here when I ask that players not be allowed to run straight into goalies and be rewarded with a goal. Thank you for nothing in advance.
My Opinion on NHL 25. Top 100 ranked player iAINTgotYOmoney
Ok so to begin, this years edition of NHL is a vast improvement over last years game. So many things that were broken in ‘24 have been clearly worked on and refined. But because the game last year and the year before was so terrible, I’m definitely keeping the $70 in my pocket and running a couple trials until I see the things that are wrong with this game get improved. It’s not like there’s a point anymore with the world championship being scrapped. First off, the bread and butter to every player is the ability to put the puck in the back of the net when you’re alone. Any good player can do it and the top rank players never miss on breakaways. So it makes you play with defense in your mind whenever you have the puck offensively. But in this game, it is incredibly hard to score. Which is fine and an actual improvement over last year when about half of my games lost, the other player had multiple lucky pucks rolling under the goalies legs. But the thing about it is, is that the breakaways are almost impossible to score on now. ButI see myself at the top of the zone scoring on top shelf snappers. Going in at a pretty high rate too. That’s gotta get fixed. That’s because a lot of casual players just love to overload the goalie with a shot as soon as they step across the blue line. And then when I’m playing a good player that cannot make a pass against my defense in the zone it seems like they revert to that style too. That’s going to be even more maddening for people like me that hold the puck and torture the defense with crafty passes until I can go on a moonwalk with the goalie. No I’m not saying to jack it back to last year, but there needs to be an adjustment, especially with breakaways. Second off, why did you do anything to the energy levels? Energy was fine. You had to be smart about how much you sprint, don’t get blown up. And you should be in the green for the entire period. Now if I run the ice one time the player goes into red, and it is impossible to recover from. Get blown up you’re going into red. Recovery takes way too long To the point where I see myself softly icing the puck at least twice just to get my energy back without allowing them to get a chance. This is even worse when it comes to the computer players because they’re staying full green the entire period and just blowing past me In a little Ford focus. I even tried player locking with Nathan McLaren. It doesn’t work. That’s gotta get fixed too. Like I said earlier, the game is actually pretty good overall and has a chance to be great with a few adjustments. But I’m not changing the way Ive played CHEL for the past 10 years. Even with last year‘s game being completely random at times I still was 900-150 in versus and threes online. I already know here’s no way I’m gonna be anywhere close to that this year. The only thing that I’ll be able to hang my hat on is with my team on WOC but we all feel the same way about this game. So I won’t be buying this one until these areas are improved, because while the weak goals sucked. Bottom line is I still won most games in ‘24 just like I have since NHL 15. And I’d rather win games. And if it stays this way this year EA is more than likely going to lose more good players this year than the past couple years because enough is enough. Were at the point that we are literally begging 2K to make an NHL game again. GO CATS! Edit: Removed mention of ice tilt. This has never been in any of our sports games and does not exist in them currently. It is against the rules here to discuss this as it is purely misinformation. -CM
NHL 25 General Discussion
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