Useless Update

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@EA_Aljo wrote:

@jlnhl2001 

It was just an update to add that jersey. When we have news on a patch, we'll make an announcement.

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This isn't aimed at you personally @EA_Aljo , I know you don't have any control over it, but EA's priorities are really messed up.  Your nearly 30 year old game franchise is on death's door.  Most companies in that position would have "all hands on deck" fixing as many issues as possible as quickly as possible.... EA choose to the spend the last two weeks adding one jersey.  Is that really the message EA really wants to send to then devoted players of this series?

@KlariskraysNHL I totally get what you're saying, I'm sure this was something planned ahead of time.  My bigger point was the messaging.  All we've heard officially from EA on the myriad of bugs and issues is poor @EA_Aljo saying "we're aware of bug/issue such-and-such" and "we're aware of the discontent over the presentation".  Then this patch comes along, and it doesn't improve anything whatsoever.  If they had actually issued a statement saying they're working day and night to address issues A, B, C, and D and hope to have a patch out in roughly X days or weeks, and then they'll work on addressing issues E, F, and G after that, then this patch wouldn't feel like such a kick in the teeth.

I understand that patches may take time, but NHL 23 has been out nearly a month and there hasn't been a major patch since release, with multiple issues being ignored that are major. Franchise doesn't account for Offer Sheets needing to take picks, chemistry doesn't work as intended, and the presentation. There needs to be some sort of major patch sooner than later to fix these major problems.

@dvcjoncar21 

Patches normally include resolutions for multiple issues. This way we can make the most of each update. Each issue takes time to fix and test. We normally only release patches for a single issue if it's a critical one. So, it can take several weeks to fix the bugs that are planned for a patch. 

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@EA_Aljo wrote:

@dvcjoncar21 

Patches normally include resolutions for multiple issues. This way we can make the most of each update. Each issue takes time to fix and test. We normally only release patches for a single issue if it's a critical one. So, it can take several weeks to fix the bugs that are planned for a patch. 

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How are the things being demanded not critical?  We are talking about features EA advertised not being present in the game, and you are aware of this because you stated it was repetitive.  Delivering what was promised is not critical?

no I can't be agree with that. a game is supposed to come out finished and completed. a patch is aptly named. This is a patch for a small problem. there we have an unsuccessful game with multiple problems and misleading marketing.

@EA_Aljo Critical? How is franchise not working as intended not critical?

Thats like my car only having three tires and you telling me “well, it still moves right”? Yes in theory I can drive the car with 3 wheels. But no one wants to do drive a car with 3 wheels. I am trying to use the most simple metaphor possible so there is no room for interpretation.

So you’re telling me that if I draft a player, he’s a super star. He comes to the RFA phase of his contract and some team comes in and offers him more money then I can afford, that me losing him for nothing is not critical? That’s hours and hours of a wasted franchise 

So you’re telling me that if my team is terrible, and my roster does not match my coach. If I decide to make a coaching change and try and improve my team through better coaching, but I am stuck with the same strategies and chemistries as the coach who was perpetually putting me in the draft lottery. That’s not critical? Not to mention all of those lottery picks I drafted because of that terrible coach I can’t keep because other teams can offer sheet then without penalty. Why even have coaching staffs if you guys are going to handcuff us to the default coach?

it blows my mind how you don’t see ANY of these issues as “critical”