Fixed "Nerfed" Deflections in NHL 22

EA doesn't even fix the current game, they aren't wasting time on 22.

No kidding. Hence why I went out of my way to fix it for them. I just thought some people would like to know.  NHL 24 just flat out sucks for so many reasons. NHL 23 was good but froze constantly in offline modes and they aborted the only true camera angle in the game.  The only option for offline players is NHL 22. Full presentation, full replays, true broadcast camera and once you tune it a really good game of hockey.   I agree. EA could ruin a wet dream.  But they dont really care. Its all about micro transactions now.  It isn't going to change.  

I don't know about offline, but in the online modes, deflections are pretty strong with the current tuner. With the Big Tipper ability, a lot of players are even saying they're too strong. To me they're in a decent place, they work really well but can also be countered by good defense.

Appreciated. Shot shy AI defensemen and nerfed deflections were the biggest problems with 22's offline gameplay which, after a lot of tweaking in Superstar, can actually be fun for a few 6 minute period games a real life week.

It's not a "just one more go" title but it's probably going to be the last EA NHL title that at least had a nod to sim gameplay and some presentational immersion regardless of your thoughts on the X-Factor elements.

The direction of the franchise has clearly abandoned any such notions, so I suspect there will be a whole swathe of old school guys sticking with 22 or 23 to scratch the hockey itch whilst migrating to other sports games.

That said, once you taste the forbidden fruit of baseball and basketball gaming, you quickly realise that any disdain for the real life counterparts is washed away by the mechanics and immersion factor of the virtual representations.

Despite the actual league's behavior, hockey's still the most exciting live sport out there, but I just wish we got a game to suit.

MLB The Show is a awesome game.  NBA 2K is a awesome game. Hell NHL 2K was a awesome series.  Seems if you want an good sports game and if EA owns the rights your pretty much screwed at this point. They have not made a good sports game since MVP Baseball.  With their resources that is pretty friggin sad. 

I guess we need to wait until a group of people decide to remaster and update NHL 2K5 til we get a realistic hockey game again. I give up on EA. They dont care about their customers. Just micro transactions. 

Cant Blame me EA. Been playing since NHL 1991 on the Sega Genisis.  Ive tried to give you many chances. I was rewarded with broken games, features removed after launch and flagrant false advertising.  Fool me once, shame on you. Trick me 10 times then shame on me. You wont see another cent from me ever. 

IMO, NHL 22 launch was the best gameplay the franchise ever had.

I went from not planning on upgrading from 21 to paying $69 on launch just from playing the 10-hr trial alone! With a couple more balancing patches— it could've set the base for a console generation of great gameplay.

Instead, EA reverted the tuner to NHL 20 because "the community complained" even though it was the only month I've ever seen the entire online community agree on EANHL doing something positive. I'd love for an EA employee to tell me what community they listened to that begged making their simulation hockey game to arcade settings. 

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@RatedxPGxEnigma wrote:

IMO, NHL 22 launch was the best gameplay the franchise ever had.

I went from not planning on upgrading from 21 to paying $69 on launch just from playing the 10-hr trial alone! With a couple more balancing patches— it could've set the base for a console generation of great gameplay.

Instead, EA reverted the tuner to NHL 20 because "the community complained" even though it was the only month I've ever seen the entire online community agree on EANHL doing something positive. I'd love for an EA employee to tell me what community they listened to that begged making their simulation hockey game to arcade settings. 

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Yep. Then for NHL 23 they didn't touch anything (that needed to be touched because the game was outright broken) because people complained they broke NHL 22 from what was a great game. 

Just a comedy of decisions.