discord? what is the latest on release date?
I believe it was mentioned there was an official discord server for the NHL24 game. Any word on the opening of the server?
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- EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Hi there, @claimmorelives
This is still coming. I don't have any new information though. We'll make an announcement when we have some news. Thanks!
Not yet???
- @EA_Aljo When even making a Discord server takes ages lol. Classic.
- @NeonSkyline21 I think we all knew this wasn't going to happen
@Treatmentworke66They probably saw how horrible EA UFC's discord is (regular users banned for accurately criticizing the game, spam of offensive trolling & poor communication between mods & userbase) and ruled against it.
Anyone pretending the discord would accomplish **any** different than this forum is foolishly mistakenAs an aside, what happened to polls? How come they weren't used for feedback regarding the game? 🤔
- @claimmorelives mentioning it made people think the new devs were listening. Some still believe it. It helped sell copies. Mentioning this made them money, mission accomplished. The new devs are more lost than.the last team, look no further than the new pressure system, they have no idea what the community wants. I'd be surprised if they've ever opened these forums.
- @RatedxPGxEnigma Lots of times Polls are used for trolling. If you saw some of the Steam Game Awards you can tell some of the winners were because of troll results. Sadly people not taking them all seriously is a problem. I said from the get go the discord would be a bad idea because it would be filled with hate talk and people angry they aren't getting the answers/results they want.
I'm not sure how much trolling would be done if EA controls the question/ selections. Is it that hard to do:
"What area of the game do you want to see us improve next?"
A. Gameplay
B. Presentation
C. HUT Packs
D. Game Modes
Then not only would the community get involved, but we'd all be actively working on making the game better!
Its true there was a lot of discord trolling, but there were alot more issues between the moderation team dealing with game criticism (sounds familiar). They banned a content creator from it after he reported a bug to them. That's just UFC so I can only imagine how much worse it would've been w/ NHL. Again, it's not like it matters cause it's not like the developers have any less access to using these forums as if it was discord.
- @RatedxPGxEnigma Here is an other thing to think about. People can create more than 1 account and vote. That is a form of trolling. Also they take feedback from not only these forums, but Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, etc. You can just vote at each place also.
Also if it's me seeing a question like that it doesn't instill confidence they know what direction they want to take the game. They hinted plenty at the early year interviews. I'm expecting a new off/online mode in the next year or 2. I'm pretty sure SurveyMonkey and other applications now have the ability to sort unique ID credentials and there could be a minimum post/age requirement (they can easily check this), for further effect.
Reddit definitely seems to be the most popular platform but I really think they should only stick to one official spot for feedback (just like all the NHL on PC people - for the love of god, condense all your petitions and polls to a single area for max impact).
Discord seems so unnescessary to me personally but hey, if that's what you wanna do... Still weird (though I guess not surprising), that it hasn't happened yet. Claiming this is the year you're listening and its all gonna be about feedback and not being able to launch a simple server is quite telling
