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NHL25 CPU VERY HIGH AGGRESSION (SLIDERS BROKEN?)
When playing NHL25 in all offline game modes, but especially Be a pro, I have noticed a very high level of aggression of the CPU and high body check counts. I have tried adjusting the aggression level for the CPU in the gameplay sliders setting and saw no difference. I put it at 0/100, 1/100, 100/100 for aggression and no visible change. The issue is when your player receives the puck there will be 1-3 opposing CPU skaters rushing you and they will body check you off the puck. You are forced to skate away or pass every time you get the puck. This is not very realistic at all and it is causing the hits per game to be 50-100 which is insanity. If you play out most of your games in Be a Pro, you will find that your entire team climbs the ladder for most hits in the league. Even when my player is on the bench I just see hit after hit after hit, like nobody poke checks or stick lifts or plays zone defense. I have tried tweaking other sliders and the CPU difficulty adjustment as well and saw no change. I have experienced this on the All-Star difficulty, as that is around where my skill level is. I am assuming the aggression is even higher on Superstar as the graphics show that it is so I did not do any testing there; and as Pro difficulty is too easy. Is there anything I can do or anything that I am missing here?
Draft to any team in Be a Pro
Really annoying that you force us to be either on Buffalo or Krakens. I want to start my career in Be a Pro on my favorite team? If it asks you what your favorite team is, there should be a setting that allows you, no matter what, that your team you pick is who drafts you.... You could even have it as a selection.... Who do you want to be drafted by? Or a toggle that keeps it real like it is now or turned off and you will default to the team you pick when it asks at the beginning.... Right now, I dont know how to be traded in Be a Pro to my team and I am not going to play season upon season with buffalo just to wait for a trade.... Is there any other option that allows you to create a player, have all the upgrades and progression you want and play from the beggining BUT be on your favorite team or team of choice? how long do you have to play in buffalo before you can trade? Or can you simulate everything and jump to that point and then pick the team you want to trade two, even if it means forfitting all the perks you would have earned if you played the games? You would think the creators would have thought that maybe, just maybe you want to create a player and be on the team you want to play on and help them as a rookie onward.... If it is in the game... please tell me how because i dont see it right now.... Any help is appreciated....
NHL Suggestion
To the NHL Development Team at EA Sports (EA Vancouver) Hello, I would like to send this letter to the developing team EA Sport but I couldn't find any point of contact or e-mail so I am using this forum hoping it's reaching someone inside the developing team who can make the difference. I’m reaching out as a long-time fan of the NHL video game series, and for the past few years, I’ve been meaning to share some ideas that I believe could help enhance the NHL experience. I’m currently 46 years old and have been playing since NHL 1991 on the Sega Genesis. I’ve followed the series year after year, and first off, I want to thank you for the tremendous progress the game has made. The gameplay now feels incredibly realistic, and while passing is more challenging compared to the 2010–2020 versions, I genuinely enjoy the new mechanics. That said, I’d like to offer a few suggestions -mainly focused on Franchise Mode, which is my favorite. My goal is to help bring the experience even closer to what it feels like to be a real NHL player, both visually and statistically. 1- In-Game Stats -Show Key Offensive Numbers Currently, when a player scores a goal, the game sometimes displays their total body checks or other less relevant stats, rather than showing updated goals, assists, and points. These core offensive stats should be prioritized during goals or assists to make the moment feel more meaningful and immersive. 2. Trophy Ceremony at Season’s End Previous NHL titles included an end-of-season awards presentation, which many longtime fans like myself appreciated. Bringing back a more polished trophy ceremony with today’s visuals—featuring awards like the Maurice Richard, Hart, Calder, and Vezina—would make player stats feel more rewarding and impactful. 3. Matchday Atmosphere and Presentation As someone who never got to play in the NHL myself, I’ve always dreamed of living that experience through the game. Here are a few ideas to increase immersion: - Reintroduce scenes of players walking from the locker room and skating warm-up laps. - Use authentic team entrance music and crowd build-up before puck drop. - Add “players to watch” and goalie stat graphics during pre-game. - The national anthem was a great feature to bring back—thank you! - The return of a post-game 3 Stars presentation on the ice would give matches a more satisfying and realistic conclusion. - Bring back aerial shots of the arena and city skyline during pre-game presentation. These “fly-by” views of each team’s home city not only help set the atmosphere but also give players a sense of geography and culture—it even sparks the desire to travel and visit these arenas in real life. Player face models are outstanding, but coaches still look generic and unrealistic. Improving coach visuals behind the bench would greatly enhance the presentation quality. 4. More Goalie Replay Highlights Goalies are often game-changers, and I’d love to see more highlight replays featuring big saves and key stops throughout the game—especially in clutch moments. 5. Online Play with Real Teams and Rosters While I respect the Ultimate Team fanbase, it’s not for me personally. I would love to be able to play online using real NHL teams and up-to-date rosters, and ideally even have access to a full-season or online Franchise mode where players could manage rosters, track stats, and make trades or draft picks. That would be a dream come true for simulation-focused fans like me. 6. Be a Pro – More Narrative and Immersion Be a Pro is already a fun mode, but I believe it could be greatly improved by introducing a deeper, more interactive story mode, similar to what we've seen in Madden 2025. Starting a career in the minors and working our way up to the NHL- while managing relationships with an agent, coach, GM, friends, and family—would make the journey far more immersive. I also enjoyed how Madden added special side events, such as charity games or sponsored events (e.g., Nike weekend challenges). Features like these would add flavor and realism to the player’s career. Additionally, coach feedback becomes very repetitive over time. Adding more dialogue variety, context-sensitive conversations, and dynamic storylines would bring this mode to life in a whole new way. Once again, thank you to the entire team for your hard work and dedication. As someone who’s grown up with this series for over 30 years, I truly appreciate everything you’ve created. I hope my suggestions can contribute to making the next NHL games even more immersive and rewarding for players like myself. With great respect and enthusiasm, A dedicated hockey fan since 1991 Jeff
be a pro overhaul seriously needed after franchise mode got a revamp
Now to be honest i dont know why the be a pro game mode hasnt gotten a new cut scene more immersion in some way better contract offers from multiple teams and the fact that you cant play 3 full years in the chl europe etc to give your be a pro the best opportunity to be the higest overall possible gain as many x factor abilities as possible and be the true deseving first pick not the memorial cup bs
Game trial not allowing me to purchase full game(PS5)
So I got the 10-hour game trial through EA Play and once the trial was over I planned on buying the deluxe edition. However I’m getting this error code, and have contacted both ea support and PlayStation support. Anybody know of any solutions????
Bring back 3 on 3 NHL Arcade!!!!!
Me and my pals went to play this on the PS3 on Friday night (as we have been the last 7 years) and it turns out that it has been taken off the servers and only the DEMO version is available to play and my FULL game has been de-activated. Obviously this made us all really upset and I have spoken the Sony customer support and EA customer support and they suggested writing this post and hoping that enough people show interest so they will look into re-launching an updates version. Lets rally together for possibly the best arcade sports game EVER!!!!!NHL API for League
Hey everyone I know it was done years ago but does anyone know anything about API for a discord league? I’m Lg and LMSHL has done this but everytime I reach out I’ve been told figure out not our problem so I’m looking to get actual help not just people being **bleep**. If anyone knows please reach out it would really help for our league to organize everythingInterrupting Passes Again (BAP)
So the bug (where the game wasn’t recognizing interrupted passes for X-factor progression) seems to have been resolved mostly, post recent patch. I’ve given the greater problem a little more thought and my thought are basically as follows: interrupting passes is so difficult with the way the game is designed - 1. the ai rarely attempt risky passes except for cross creases. (part of the greater problem of AI passing percentages being consistently in the high 80s/90s) 2. Defensive stick positioning system is great (maybe a bit overpowered if you know how to use it) for defending 1-1/rush situations, but pucks regularly seem to go through my stick when my player is in crouch block or defensive stick animations. In addition, if I make a successful poke check on a player about to make a pass - is that not an interrupted pass? The game doesn’t think so. 3. Interrupting a pass is a vague, and imo a strange objective for an Offensive D-man to have (the fact the X-Factor objectives seem to be the same among all forwards and all defencemen is again the larger problem here). With how the game is designed, it’s not only much easier to interrupt/intercept passes as a forward, but it’s an extremely difficult thing to achieve. Unless I’m doing something wrong.
Bring NHL back to PC – Crossplay potential
Hello EA Sports NHL Team, I have been a loyal NHL fan since NHL 07 on PC. After that, I played every NHL game on PS3, PS4, and PS5, buying each new release. But now that I’ve switched to PC, I can’t play NHL anymore, and I really miss it.I truly believe NHL on PC has great potential, especially with crossplay. Many PC players want to play with their friends on consoles, both together in online clubs and against each other. If crossplay works in FIFA and NBA, why not in NHL? Eventually, it will have to happen, so why not now?By not releasing NHL on PC, you are losing dedicated fans who have simply moved to a better platform for graphics and performance. It’s frustrating that I can no longer enjoy NHL with my friends like before. My friend and I used to create an online club—me as a Center, him as a Goalie—and we had so much fun playing together. Now, I have no way to experience that, and I know I’m not the only one in this situation. I don’t want to buy a console just for NHL, and I don’t want to be forced to just watch others play while I sit out simply because I chose to game on PC. Please consider bringing NHL back to PC with full crossplay support. There is a demand for it, and many fans would love to see it happen. Thank you for your time.
abilities not unlocking properly
Product: NHL 22 Platform:Sony Playstation 4 How often does the bug occur? Occasionally (10% - 49%) Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? level up What happens when the bug occurs? some traits stay locked What do you expect to see? unlocked trait Was the issue in online or offline mode? Online Insert Game Mode or Feature here eashl What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) What is your time zone? What is your gamertag/PSN ID? PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. EASHL issues? Please insert your Club Region. What is your game language? English all level 28 rewards are still locked: Truculence (defensive dman) No Contest (enforcer) X-ray (goalies)
Player cannot move once obtaining the puck
I am having an issue where I pass to a player and once they get it all they can do is stick handle or pass. They can’t skate anywhere. It happens anywhere from 10-30 times a game. Also, sometimes I’ll skate towards the net or whatever and when I try to pass to my other forward for a tap in it does a weird shot pass 3 feet in the air behind or at the net. The last thing is on faceoffs my right stick will be still and it will act like its moving when it isn’t. The controller is not the issue. It works perfectly in all other games. I only have video of the player not moving I will try to get some of the other problems. https://youtu.be/v3jwg7QX-QQCustom gameplay sliders don't save
Product: NHL 22 Platform:Sony Playstation 4 How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Try to edit settings in the game menu, or in Be a pro menu, or in franchise menu. Then go in game and you'll see that the changes are not saved and you need to edit it manually each game. What happens when the bug occurs? When you edit settings in the game menu, or in Be a pro menu, or in franchise menu, the settings don't change while you play in game. When you go in game, you'll see that the changes are not saved and you need to edit it manually each game. If you go back to the main menu tho, you'll see that your changes to the sliders are there, they don't translate in game. What do you expect to see? When you edit sliders, they should be saved with no need to edit them in game each game. Was the issue in online or offline mode? Offline Insert Game Mode or Feature here Be a pro, franchise mode and normal play mode, basically everywhere. What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) 16:30 What is your time zone? EST (IET) - GMT - 5:30 What is your gamertag/PSN ID? Billynator24 PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. EASHL issues? Please insert your Club Region. What is your game language? English It's just annoying as hell especially with the ridiculously low reception ease slider.World of chel error
World of Chel player names I can not use the last name Zidlicky for my world of chel character however, the name is in the game for hut and can be selected for a play by play name in world of chel. When trying to use the name, I get an offensive name error message. Can this issue be fixedv
Ea your NHL 25 goalies are trash save world of chel please
I hate woc goalies they are garbage the let in little muffins from the blue line as a goalie myself these goalies are the worst thing I have ever seen make them at least ok cus the are trash horrible stinky trash I can’t even play the game without my goalie letting in five goals from the blue line on 5 shots please fix them it would make the game so much better also the refs are blind the are horrible they have missed like 10 kicking motions and 25 goalie interferences no ref in the world is that bad please fix the game
Franchise mode suggestions
Things I would like to be able to see in franchise mode, Being able to be owner of the franchise, instead of just GM. This would be the true definition of franchise to own not just run. This would also allow you to play as one franchise for as long as you choose. Being able to change settings in custom franchise, like being able to offer expansion to a custom league. Also players from teams not chosen for the league become available under free agents. As for gameplay, a better AI Penalty engine, penalties are way to one sided without changing all the rules. Better AI management in general, as I don't know why the defense are always out near the point when they should be down in front of the net when not being controlled. Better response time from controlled player, shouldn't have to hit buttons multiple times before player responds, ( extremely frustrating) Ability to save strategies, no having to redo every game or when lineups get changed. Ability to add custom players to draft or free agents Ability to challenge offside and goals Equipment malfunction, broken skate blades. Echl teams added to franchise roster
