Long load times from start to get into WOCL
Loading up my game has takes a long time compared to before the patch. Almost like the AT&T issue we had last year and this year.
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The menus have too many online assets that need to load before the user can use the functionality.
I honestly think this goes largely unnoticed internally because the online assets are usually being pulled over the LAN during development. Once it hits the real-world, the load times vary depending on the user's proximity to the closest AWS instance.
Would be nice to make the menus less dependant on pulling remote data so often.
It took me over 1 minute and 45 seconds to load into the main HUB area and that's using the previous input feature (WOC is the first available thing to click on at main menu), and me using a PS5 to play (I understand it doesn't brute force load times as well as Xbox does but it still makes a bit of an impact). I don't even wanna know how long it takes my PS4 friend to load in (and I already need to wait a frustratingly long time in-game and endure seizure-inducing sync screens waiting for everyone)
Is there really no way for some sort of cache system to keep things loaded over time? Seeing that silly little "downloading" icon up in the corner every time is plain weird.
I can literally cold boot my PS5 and get right into a multiplayer duel in Demon's Souls faster than I can even enter WoC, let alone the locker room.
EA_AljoCommunity Manager
I just tried it twice on Xbox One. The first time took 1:18. The second time took 1:09. This is going to very though depending on your ISP, network equipment, etc. Still, that's a long time to load into a mode. Regardless, it's a long wait. Not that I haven't had long waits in other games as well though. However, it's also just the menus in general that are pretty slow so I definitely get the frustration with that.
I can download Red Dead Redemption 2 (109gb base not including extras and can probably boot it up too) in like 5 minutes, I doubt Shaw is trying to single out NHL lol.
Regardless of internet, console, and version, the game itself is sluggish at best.
"Wesley, get mama's prying bar" is all I could think when I was playing.
