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Nation87
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1 year ago

EASHL Smurfing Solution

A club "pool" that you have to play your way out needs to be implemented, kind of like ranking matches at the start of seasons but on the back end. There's way too many smurfs that just completely remake their clubs when the going gets tough. There's a reason you see two man clubs with "new" Elite ranked players, with a matching name to the others, getting their first club points during your matchup. Make everyone in the club have to play 100 games to go into "gen pop" with all the rest of the real teams. Bringing in a "new" Silver 1 to throw off your matchmaking? Too bad back to the pool for 100 games, have fun! This way you have all club hoppers and smurfing FA's constantly playing against each other like the GTA dunce lobbies. If people wanna smurf, make em do the grind against their own kind, problem solved. Playing 100 games together as a club is a small price to pay to get away from these people and play against other real clubs of matching skill level, it would improve the quality of league play dramatically and make it an overall more enjoyable experience.

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  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    1 year ago

    @Nation87 

    What do you mean by "new" Elite ranked players? I haven't played 2s in awhile so I'm not sure if smurfing is more of an issue there than 4s, 5s and 6s. Regardless, my D1 club regularly sees teams with a mix of sub P1 and P3+ players. These could be newer players that were found through drop-ins. They could be friends of others on the club that picked up the game when it was released on gamepass/PS+. Also, it really does come down to skill. Even low level players can have the skill to compete with P1+. Especially in 2s where they can take advantage of the AI. I'm just not seeing how smurfing is a big issue in NHL. Maybe I'm wrong though. This is also the first report I've seen of it. Unlike Apex where it's been a big issue the community regularly talks about. 

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