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- EA_Aljo2 hours ago
Community Manager
This game is BROKEN!!!!!!! (EASHL)
Every single 3s game I have played in the last week or so, the goalies have let in 50-75% of the shots. It doesn't matter if the shots are from the outside or inside, slappers or weak wristers. I've seen the same goal (off the goalie's blocker deflected into his own net) a billion times. It is the most frustrating thing in the world when every game your goalie lets in 10 goals on 20 shots. It is not even a defense issue, it is legitimately broken. There is going to be open ice in 3s, but with nearly every single shot going in it is impossible to keep playing. I thought this game was different after the first month or so, but this has been just as bad if not worse than NHL 24.
You can skate past AI defense
The year is 2024, about to be 2025. How is it possible you can literally hold up on your left stick and get a breakaway in EASHL Every. Single. Play. Not only that, but in the offensive zone the AI Defenseman have NO situational awareness and refuse to leave the O-Zone even if theres a lose puck at the blueline and they should be preparing to defend the rush. Instead of preparing to defend the rush, they ONLY see that the puck is inside the O-Zone which = They are on full offensive(even on the MOST defensive and passive settings)and setting screens infront of the net. The AI were literally, and this is not hyperbole, better in 2005
CPU Idea
So I’ve been noticing a lot of cpus playing lately in clubs and I’ve been thinking why can’t club managers customize the cpus. We have pre built classes why not let us attach those to our cpus and by doing that it will affect his style of play. It can also create more revenue. I’m a player who likes making my own builds I don’t care for the custom ones so I’ll never buy a pre built class but if it can make my cpu play more my style then I’m more likely to make those micro transaction. I hate the micro transactions but I see it as way to maybe improve the game. Anyways just a thought open to discussion.
Too many interference penalties in NHL25
Hi, Not sure if I can provide a video, but I can tell you how most of the interference penalties are being called. If one of my players is standing still and an opposing player skates into him, an interference penalty is called on my player. This type of penalty is never called against the CPU. This issue was even worse in NHL24, but was eventually worse before being corrected last spring. Please fix NHL25 the same was you fixed NHL24. Thanks,😊 TomCreated Prospects in Franchise Mode
I want created prospects (NCAA, KHL etc.) to appear in « unsigned » in franchise mode. How do I manage that? I’ve tried many things (assigning them to CHL/Europe with and without a contract etc.), and unfortunately, the only thing that works for me is to give them an ELC (there again, some problems occur because of the 50 contracts limit). Any suggestions? What’s working for you?EA needs to answer why the desync wasn't fixed
So the latest patch said crossplay desync that happens when the play becomes 4 on 4 was fixed but that was a lie as it still happens. I just literally had a champs match where my opponent took penalty on purpose to make it 4 on 4 and when the next period started the game desynced and disconnected. Please, why did EA say they fixed it when clearly that was not the case?
I still dunno who plays what!?!
Great... My player has my username shown underneath their skates while we're having a faceoff... My player is also facing up, just like me, and the rest of my team.... ✅️... For me, off the faceoff it would be more informative to know which player is at the faceoff. I know that the fwds are posted in the bottom corners of the screen, but I often miss those for one reason or another. The numbers on their back aren't usually all that helpful because I'm dealing with players I'm not all that familiar with, not to mention I could have three or more of the same number on my team. But once that guys start moving around, and I can't pay attention to the number on their back because they turn around or get hidden by other players, so I'm just supposed to know which position they're supposed to be playing...?!? Can we please get some positional indicators on the people out there?!? PLEASE!!!
The State of EANHL
As a staple elite rank player in WOC for about 5 years now & a big user of the offline modes I have a good understanding of how genuinely bad this game is. Offline modes are shoved to the side so EA can prioritize HUT. All gaming companies focus on what makes them additional money, understood, but there are bugs in these offline modes that are game breaking. There’s a bug in BAP for the past 3 games now where the entire game freezes during a coach interaction. And that’s it. Your be a pro is officially ended. I discovered this bug in both NHL 23 and 24. Reported it to the EA forums with video evidence. The reply I received was “this will continue to happen and hopefully we can fix it next game but for now, make sure to avoid quick closing/resuming your game” and when I told them that simply wasn’t good enough for the price point & people agreed, the community managers locked the post to stop further dialogue between the players. EANHL absolutely loves to take features out of games then add it back a few years later. Not only does this distract from other issues that need to be talked about, they commonly promote these things as being new, which is false advertisement, as is the promotion of the conversation system in be a pro, as when it first came out they marketed it as creating a way more diverse experience. Instead, my coach is telling me to go out there and swing momentum. After the game is done and I’m walking down the tunnel… There has been a cosmetic bug in the game for 4 (maybe 5) years now, where in WOC dressing room you will have on the teams uniform that you just played or are about to play. This is not a big deal but also shows the genuine carelessness and “doesn’t matter, they’ll give us their money anyways” attitude that is very readable. Repeated face off bug in WOC has also been in the game for 4-5 years now, where the game starts, resets to the faceoff seconds later, and does that 5 times before ending the game. Similar to the cosmetic bug (but obviously worse as it affects the playing of the game directly) this shows how EANHL really does not care about the product they’re putting in the store. Name a sports game that wouldn’t have this bug removed by the next game update, or AT LEAST the next game. I’ll wait… The menu is OVERWHELMINGLY slow for a game released in 2024. The loading times have improved. But navigating the menu itself, ESPECIALLY in franchise mode I’ve noticed is VERY slow and buggy. I click on a player to see their stats and have to wait 5 seconds before I can even start to move to the stats tab. They only change the menu & general game layout every 3 years when they release annually. Don’t need to elaborate there. The gameplay itself is below average. And it’s very easy to tell why as someone that’s played at a high level for a very long time - this game is aiming to be casual friendly, which is a HORRIBLE direction for almost any game to take as the dedicated players are usually the really good players. This argument is easily supported by the release of total control, as it makes moves that are supposed to take SKILL and IQ to set up & execute & makes it easy and accessible for anyone to do, even if you just loaded up an EANHL game for the first time. You dumb down the ceiling for skill, which means you allow luck to play more of a factor in the game. I have read a study that hockey is indeed the luckiest sport, but how many times in real life do you see teams out shoot their opponents by 15-20 shots and spend the entire game in the offensive zone and still lose by 2-3 goals? There are simple things that can be implemented to stop major issues. Picking up pucks requires skill IRL, especially when contested. You don’t have some magnet in your blade. Yet, in EANHL it seems like one game you do and the next game you wouldn’t be able to pick up a soccer ball with your blade if you tried. A dead by daylight styled skill check to all players within reach of the puck would be an amazing add. It doesn’t take a genius to know that just putting your player in position and HOPING that the game gets the puck for you isn’t sustainable and simply isn’t good enough. Again, price point. Franchise mode power play roles are still bugged after multiple years NEW BUGS: Player can’t line change in BAP and just skates into the boards & is penalized for a poor line change. Shot clock commonly reads the incorrect shots in all modes. The game commonly fully crashes in BAP mid game after simming to your next shift. I will add more new bugs to this post in the comments as I discover them, that’s if community managers don’t lock my post to stop meaningful dialogue between the players who have been ripped off. I’m sure there are a lot more problems in HUT as well even though they prioritize it so heavily, but I refuse to play that mode as it only encourages the company to not care about the rest of the game WHILE promoting gambling to children in a very cruel way (having them buy packs in hopes of drawing idols). In conclusion, if you genuinely support EANHL and their products, you’re either a HUT main with not much experience in other modes, or a mid/below mid player that benefits from EA’s constant pursuit of a casual friendly game. Thanks for the read!
WOC - Why did you destroy the matchmaking?
What has happened to the matchmaking in World of Chel? We have been enthusiastically playing 6vs6 in World of Chel for years. Since NHL25 this enthusiasm is dwindling more and more. NHL24: Finding opponents in 6vs6 usually took less than a minute. The opponents we found were all at the same level as our club. Every now and then some opponents were 2-3 rank levels better, but overall it was perfect and we had exciting and close games. NHL25: I don't even want to mention the missing matchmaking filter and the bug where a game is only found if you leave the lobby several times. This is simply not right for a full-price game if such bugs have existed since launch. Furthermore, the opponent search usually takes 8-10 minutes. The opponents found are then no longer at our level but well above it. Our players are at silver - gold level. At best, the opposing teams have platinum ranks. Usually even higher. That kills any fun in the game. I don't understand why you came up with the idea of changing what we consider to be perfect matchmaking and now have such a broken and unsatisfactory solution in the game. I hope you get this under control, otherwise we will turn our backs on your game series after many years of fun. Needless to say that all of our club members are also avid HUT players and thus help to finance the CHEL mode.
Franchise line chemistry changed
I’m a couple of seasons into franchise mode now. I’ve been trading and signing players that fit with my coaches style and I got it to the point where I had line chemistry of +5, +2, +1, +2 and now mid season my chemistry has change to a +3 on line one and the rest are all at zero. I haven’t changed any coaches or traded for any new players. This has ruined all the work I have done. Is this a glitch or is it designed to work this way with the new real life coaches?
