Had enough!
From AI generated offside. Interference calls, and goals called back for taking an extra shot at the goalie. Game just is no longer enjoyable. Packs WAY OVER PRICED. Content of packs abysmal. The ha...
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerI'm definitely not going to deny that the game has its issues. However, it doesn't appear to be broken. You say you want the game to be enjoyable regardless of skill level. What would make that better for you? There are already multiple difficulty settings. In HUT, you are going to most often get matched up with others around your skill level as well. You also have multiple difficulty levels for offline play in this mode. This may not happen so much during off peak hours where there's a smaller player pool though. So, what are your ideas to make the game more enjoyable for all skill levels?
As far as the bias between offline/online goes, are you talking about how there occasionally is an online requirement for the daily objectives? The majority of them are completed in offline modes. Not to mention all the Moments objectives. There are far more offline objectives than online. Of course we're going to reward the online players as well when there's a requirement to play a Rivals game. Thankfully, HUT Rush objectives often include XP collectibles so skipping that game and not completing the daily requirements can be made up there.
Also, we always encourage video of any issues you find. It would be great to see the offside calls being missed as they seem to be very accurate and I haven't seen other videos showing those calls not being made. I have seen times when icing doesn't get called though. Interference calls are absolutely frustrating. I hear ya there. If there were one thing I could fix immediately, that would be it. I still don't think the game is broken or unplayable and it doesn't appear that I'm alone in that thought. At least according to the amount of players the game currently has. Of course, not everyone has the same definition of fun though and it's unfortunate we didn't meet that for you. Hopefully, future releases will be more to your liking.
@EA_Aljo wrote:I'm definitely not going to deny that the game has its issues. However, it doesn't appear to be broken. You say you want the game to be enjoyable regardless of skill level. What would make that better for you? There are already multiple difficulty settings. In HUT, you are going to most often get matched up with others around your skill level as well. You also have multiple difficulty levels for offline play in this mode. This may not happen so much during off peak hours where there's a smaller player pool though. So, what are your ideas to make the game more enjoyable for all skill levels?
As far as the bias between offline/online goes, are you talking about how there occasionally is an online requirement for the daily objectives? The majority of them are completed in offline modes. Not to mention all the Moments objectives. There are far more offline objectives than online. Of course we're going to reward the online players as well when there's a requirement to play a Rivals game. Thankfully, HUT Rush objectives often include XP collectibles so skipping that game and not completing the daily requirements can be made up there.
Also, we always encourage video of any issues you find. It would be great to see the offside calls being missed as they seem to be very accurate and I haven't seen other videos showing those calls not being made. I have seen times when icing doesn't get called though. Interference calls are absolutely frustrating. I hear ya there. If there were one thing I could fix immediately, that would be it. I still don't think the game is broken or unplayable and it doesn't appear that I'm alone in that thought. At least according to the amount of players the game currently has. Of course, not everyone has the same definition of fun though and it's unfortunate we didn't meet that for you. Hopefully, future releases will be more to your liking.
Your definition of playable must be different from the vast majority of players.
I get your job is to promote the game but to deny this years game is awful doesn't help.
EA has to start listening to users or there won't be anyone buying it in the future.
- EA_Aljo
We have been listening. You can see this in the patch notes for each update. Bigger changes will need to wait for future games.
Broken means the game is unplayable due to bugs in the game. People tend to use that word though anytime something frustrates them. Especially when it comes to not winning games they feel they should. If the game were truly unplayable, they wouldn't be able to even finish a game. When we see accounts with hundreds or thousands of games on them from people saying it's broken, it really doesn't make sense. Why would someone play a broken game that much? There's a big difference between not enjoying it and claiming it's unplayable and broken when you've spent hundreds of hours on it.
I've been pretty open about my frustration with this game. Yes, there are issues, but there's a lot more good than bad. My club is still having a lot of fun playing together and never once have we not been able to play due to the claims it's a broken game.
- @Stubo_NHL24 Constant black screen of death, constant booted to dashboard, losing connection constantly, extreme lag(dependent on person) are things I can consider unplayable.
Unplayable and Glitch goal are just common things thrown around without real meaning to what they are. Scoring the same goal over and over isn't a glitch. It's just programming they figured out. Now if they find a way to score a goal from behind the net going thru the back of the net to count as a goal then that is truly a glitch goal.
The dev team for NHL has actually done a ton of work this year. They have heard the feedback both good and bad. It might not always be things you agree but they are trying to make changes to get different results they feel will better the game somehow. I mean I don't agree with the truculence buff, but they probably did it so that people might decide to use the anti hitting trait/less damage trait more. We all know people aren't going to gravitate away from the goal scoring/movement ones to take less stamina impact from hits. It's not how majority want to play. I wouldn't be shocked if NHL 25 sees even more changes to affect metas and builds.
@Stubo_NHL24 wrote:Your definition of playable must be different from the vast majority of players.
Weird. Here I am, playing NHL 24 almost every day. Works just fine. Maybe your definition of unplayable is simply a reflection of you conforming to groupthink.
@Stubo_NHL24 wrote:I get your job is to promote the game but to deny this years game is awful doesn't help.
Their job is not to promote the game. It's to support people on these forums with their issues and pass things along to the development team.
Do yourself a favor and familiarize yourself with the definitions of; playable and opinion.
You'll likely come to the realization that your opinion is that this game is unplayable. It's not a fact. Although the groupthink and hivemind will reinforce your opinion that the game is awful, it is still not a fact. The game can be played. The game can be considered fun. Why else would thousands of people continue to play it every single day?
@Stubo_NHL24 wrote:EA has to start listening to users or there won't be anyone buying it in the future.
EA doesn't need to listen to people who parade around every corner of social media, regurgitating the same hyperbolic statements about every single iteration of this game in some vein attempt to get social media points and affirmation while simultaneously playing and buying the game every year.
They need to listen to people who actually take the time to explain their issues with the game. And by that I mean screenshots, videos, etc. Not walls of text written solely to demonstrate one's knowledge of hockey and how everyone else is inferior - especially developers and producers who've literally worked on the virtualization of the sport for 30 years.
But of course, the contrarians who lurk these forums and other platforms who target anyone who has anything positive to say about game or GOD FORBID they entice users to ACTUALLY DEVELOP SOME SKILLS rather than blame EA for everything that's wrong in their life, have likely ruined that from happening again.
Don't bother replying - I aint gonna read it. Cheers.
- @Stubo_NHL24 Its not unplayable but there are inconveniences with certain features like the speed up hitting but a lot of the time they bring their defense out of position and you got a freebie cross crease.
Hockey games are difficult to perfect but I think they are starting to focus on taking away METAs and even the playing field. I wouldnt say its broken BUT there are definitely plenty of issues!
