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improver007
Seasoned Traveler
4 years ago

Thanks to EAsports for the gameplay. It's a diamond.5 tips on how to sharpen it

Haven't bought nhl in over 10 years...

I'm a loyal hockey fan but i didn't have the nerve.

It wasn't until this year when trying out nhl23 that I was surprised by the huge jump in gameplay.

You don't want to believe it, but after so many years, by some miracle, the game is very compact and sticks to most of the basics of real hockey.

If the game has no logic in it, no setting will help you. Nhl23 is the first hockey since nhl2k8 that has logic and real stats! (with good sliders only)

1. for the first time there is at least a hint of a middle band.

2. PP,PK is accurate! 

3. goalies are not bulletproof

4. passes finally don't stick to the sticks

5. the gameplay is better in EA hockey than in 2k hockey for the first time!

6. first understood the difference between a bodycheck and a hit.

7. what missing only? yes, presentation ESPN must be back. "EA" presentation is not good product.

OVERALL gameplay is the blast 8,5 from 10 . Presentation is on opposite side 1,5 from 10.  

SLIDERS SET  will do change your opinion.

It works with patch 1.4 only. It will not work if you change any slider.

It will not works with newest patch... I hope 1.4 is last.

Game Settings
Rules: NHL
Period Length: 10 minutes
Difficulty: Superstar

Fighting: 1/2

Penalties 3/4

Penalty time scaling 2/6

Coincidental penalty time 0/6


Gameplay Sliders

General
Gameplay Version: 1.00
Game Style: Custom 
Attribute Effects: 1/10  !!!!!!!! yes 1 do not increase this never
Broken Stick Frequency: 33
Game Speed: 6/6 !!! yes 6 6666666666
Fatigue Effect: 80  !!! yes,  4 lines are in !
Fatigue Recovery: 30
Injury Occurence: 50

Skating
Back Skating: 55
Hustle Type: Authentic
Puck Carrier Agility: 55
Puck Carrier Skating: 55
Player Acceleration: 29 yes 29 is real speed (overhead cam I am playing)
Skating Speed: 29
Skating Agility: CPU 65 HUMAN 5 (if you will do increase this from 5 ... you will do beat CPU too much easy)

Shooting
One Timer Accuracy: 0

Shot Accuracy: 43
Shot Power: 50
Slap Shot Accuracy: 43 
Slap Shot Power: 50 

Passing   it is the most important for gameplay. Passing is gameplay this year absolutely. It was so hard to balance many many hours. The last was Saucer Pass to 90....It works great.
Manual Passing: On
Pass Assist: 15 !!!!!
Min Pass Speed: 25
Max Pass Speed: 65
Saucer Pass Speed: 90 
Pass Accuracy:  50 
Pass Interceptions: 88
Pass Reception Ease: 23
Reception Reaction Time: 50
Puck Control Rating Effect: CPU 20 HUMAN 40
Puck Speed Reception Effect: 50
Pickup Type Effect: 50
Bouncing Puck Receptions: CPU 50 HUMAN 0  (if you will low CPU it will not work) 

Puck Control
Stick In Physics: Stick, Legs And Body
Incidental Contact Puck Loss: Stick, Legs And Body
Incidental Stick Contact Immunity: 0
Puck Control: 0
Deking Impact: 50
Spin Deke Impact: 50
Skating Impact: CPU 0 HUMAN 55 the same as passing ... if you will do set any different the game will not work


Goalies
Goalie Cover Frequency: 47
Goalie Passing: 48
Goalie Cross Crease Reaction Time: CPU 35 HUMAN 40
Goalie Save Reaction Time: CPU 6 HUMAN 50   YES, you can do decrease CPU goalie . You can not do set HUMAN the game will not work.
Goalie Deflection Reaction Time: CPU 10 HUMAN 30
Goalie Screen Effect: 100 
Goalie Screen Persistence: 100 

Checking
Board Effect Non-Puck Carrier: 55
Board Effect Puck Carrier: 54   yes 54 it is a huge different if you will do this on 55... 
Hitting Assistance: 10
Stumble Threshold: 30
Fall And Stumble Fall Ease: 30
Agression: 50
Hitting Power: 53  (yes speed 6 , hits 53... in the previous titles from nhl2000 to nhl21 it was bad combination. Now it works superb you will not see any mega big hit never 🙂 ) but hits stats are real now. Perfect! 
Size Effect: 25
Speed Effect: 33
Checking/Balance Rating Effect: 83
Preparedness Effect: 45
Incidental Contact Effect: CPU 25 Human 20 (this is the most important checking slider this year)
Poke Checking Accuracy:  30
Poke Checking Power: 50
Stick Lift Effectiveness: 70

Penalties
CPU Penalties: 40   (if you change this slider the gameplay will broken)
CPU Teammate Penalties: 40    (if you change this slider the gameplay will broken)
Tripping: 100  perfect
Slashing: 30  (if you change this slider the gameplay will broken)
Elbowing: 100 perfect
High Sticking: 100 (very rare) poor implementation with slashing the same animation 
Cross Checking: 100 
Boarding: 100 
Charging: 100 perfect
Delay of Game: 50 perfect
Holding: 50 perfect 
Hooking: 100 (very rare) the same bad implementation with slashing the same animation 
Interference: 100 perfect

AI
AI Learning: 5/6  perfect!
CPU Difficulty Adjustment: 0/6 perfect 
CPU Faceoff Difficulty: 80 
Fight Difficulty: 50
CPU Strategy Adjustment: 6/6 perfect
User Strategy Adjustment: 2/6 I like goalie empty net accept auto-strategy

19 Replies

  • TheUnusedCrayon's avatar
    TheUnusedCrayon
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @improver007 first off I just wanna say for puck control and the dman taking more shots is very interesting. I have been messing with my sliders trying to get the dmen to take more shots like how I had them before (I thought it was due to a coaching change).

    I am gonna have to give that a go with having lower puck control again (I've got mine set to 23 I think?) and see if I can recreate this because it annoys the hell out of me that my dmen aren't shooting from the point anymore.

    Also what's your goalie save reaction time? I have mine set to 0 and the goalies are still OP. I want shots in the slot to have like a 35% chance of going in (mainly based on goalie aggression and shooter accuracy). I'm able to get perfect shooting percentages league wide (good shooters are scoring around 16-20%) but I've had to set the goalies at zero and shot power to 100 (which is ridiculous in my opinion) but that's also with 7/10 for attribute effects. You have yours set to 1. Don't all the players play the same at this point or is that slider broken on the lower end?
  • Redw91's avatar
    Redw91
    Seasoned Veteran
    3 years ago
    @improver007 Does setting the game speed to 6/6 but slowing down skating speed make the game feel like “game speed 0 or 1”?

    I’m interested in your slider approach and can see the logic in it. I just don’t want arcade fast hockey. Seems like a good set but unfortunately I don’t have NHL 23 because they destroyed the presentation of the game.
  • TheUnusedCrayon's avatar
    TheUnusedCrayon
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @improver007 I gave your sliders a go but I just can't do game speed up that high. Pokechecks are crazy fast and deking is just nonsensical unfortunately.
  • TheUnusedCrayon's avatar
    TheUnusedCrayon
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @improver007 The problem is that ea doesn't want to use what makes the base game great and they would rather go super arcade in all of their modes instead of adding realism.

    Rocket passes still exist in the game to tee off of.

    Hold down r2 or rt the whole way and send it ten feet away and boom 1T. Ezpz.
  • improver007's avatar
    improver007
    Seasoned Traveler
    3 years ago

    yes. control mechanic need overhaul. in rebounds there is no chance make the same rebound shot so fast as cpu do. the same as quick long pass is no possible make.

  • TheUnusedCrayon's avatar
    TheUnusedCrayon
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @improver007 wrote:

    In my opinion, Nhl23 is the best and most perfect sports game from EA sports. I insist on that. Even though it is only about the gameplay and the overall presentation needs a completely new fresh and a completely new vision. So the gameplay is a huge step forward in the right direction.

    Yes, it is still not possible to tune CPU passes differently from player passes. But the last things are very well done. Yes, it is still not possible to foul a breaking player or to choose another ending to the break other than bluffing... But more important is the fact that the defense reacts brilliantly.

    Yes, there is definitely a lot of work behind it, and paradoxically, the game's recurring errors force players to hate the game.

    Why are penalties not adjusted?

    Why do we still see slashing when there are many moments in the game when virtual players are hooking and even crosschecking is sometimes seen, but this foul is never presented?

    And there are too many such mistakes in the game. I will pass in 2023 so that EA continues with a lot of thought about which section to focus on.

    The scoreboard is disgusting and we players have it in our eyes the whole game.

    It's exactly the thing that should represent the game.

    Why add to the game laser swords that the audience has and not add a selection of ten different scoreboards so that every player is satisfied while playing?

    Why add the animation of the scorer's board to the game and not add at least a repeat goal of the player who reached it after each milestone?

    Therefore, I wish the EA developers the best thinking in the development of nhl24. Remove from the game stupid things that have been the same for years. And add things that add depth to the hockey match, such as finally an authentic presentation of the "revocation" of the "confirmation" of the goal. We need a quality product for 70 bucks finally. 

    I lol'd at this post. This game is the furthest it's been from perfect since they added tuners. Half of the things don't work lol. 

  • improver007's avatar
    improver007
    Seasoned Traveler
    3 years ago

    It was a huge season ! 1 point to playoff was missing ☹️ 

    It was first time the game was enjoyable all of the season! 

    I will do open my season 2 as first time with EA hockey.  I must do manage team better now 🙂

  • improver007's avatar
    improver007
    Seasoned Traveler
    3 years ago

    Your nonsensical post has no weight.

    First, try to really set it up and then send a video of how the game is at arcade speed.

    Because the game is realistic even at speed 6. And the other parameters are more important, such as the speed of the player's skating, acceleration, passes, etc. Speed ​​6 is only for smooth game control and player animation movement this year. Nothing else is faster. Speed ​​6 is a must on ps4. Maybe it's different on ps5, but I'm not interested.

    I will post a video if there are at least 10 users who have the same problem as you 🙂 Trust me, the problem is on your side.

    - if you change anything it can be only your bad setting - the problem is on your hand -

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