Make Online Versus more interesting & fun
I think something the NHL series should adopt from their UFC brethren is the concept of having 'Seasons' and ranked fights that have certain weight classes you need to fight in during periods of the ...
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It's an interesting concept worthy of a test, and HUT already has challenges/tournaments that follow a similar setup with salary and OVR so its feasible to shoehorn in to other modes.
That said, I'm not sure there is longevity in forcing players to use teams they don't want to - For example, I see so many people use thr same meta team over and over because the game favours certain players, and I personally don't like teams with too many right handed shots so I might have to take a bigger hit to OVR to play.
Timed seasons in EASHL are especially frustrating for teams like mine who don't get to play much and right when we are about to break into Elite or even get Elite 1, it all resets -- with everyone then unranked, you could still go 7-0 and only get ranked Gold.
Seasonal stats would help the lesser skilled teams and might show a wider pool of players that top the boards which is a bonus though
Why isn't the mode set to Simulation?
EA_AljoCommunity Manager
I don't have any details on that. We have to consider that not everyone is a fan of sim. It makes sense in HUT with the higher level plays as well as the hardcore competitive playerbase. It could make it's way to other modes at some point though.
Sim play would be great in verses, can't see why it can't be added to it
- EA_Aljo
I'm not saying it can't be. We'll just have to wait and see if that happens.
Hey guys, I have made a thread about how a "Simulation" environment would be awesome when playing ONLINE… Everyone that likes the game of hockey that loves to play like the real thing, make your voices heard, like I said in that thread, lol !
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I've hinted this a couple of times in different threads, but it never seems to catch on here 😧 I know SIM gameplay people are out there 😀
Hardcore Sim gameplay settings in online versus would disrupt the kiddos who just want to wheel-snipe-celly. EA would be flooded with complaints from the vocal majority that the game 'sucks' and to 'revert back to normal settings' after they begin getting destroyed by a META that rewards skill versus abuse.
- @KidShowtime1867
But you would think that also "the vocal majority that thinks the game 'sucks'" eventually will match up against each other and at least 1 of the 2 will convert to vote for a META that rewards skill.
I think it would take some time for people to get use to a less 'sexy' gameplay were not everything is a 'slam-dunk', but when people do find it and they realize thats a whole lot of ugliness in realism.
Thats when the game starts to grow, fo real, when thoose 'highlight reel' you see often today becomes to be the rarity it deserves to be.
Imagine to actually be impress by the skill of your opponent.
If not everything would happen by some auto input.
- @RatedxPGxEnigma If you do, your skill level will show a lot, the other team won't even be able to touch the puck if your skill level is too high compare to theirs. Arcade levels the plain field, and destroy the gameplay.
the default sim settings in this game isnt even sim haha...its like sim-lite...i think people woujld be fine
