Community ManagerThis year's game is most definitely not a roster update. There's been a high amount of changes based on community feedback. I definitely get that it's not for everyone, but to say it's only a roster update just isn't accurate. There are a heavy amount of changes and so far, there's a lot of positive feedback.
We haven't had broken glass and hitting over the boards for the better part of a decade. I don't like how it sounds as if we're calling them new, but to a lot of people, they are. These are also 2 things the community has been asking to have brought back for many years now so hopefully, that is the important part rather than how it was introduced.
Please fix, or at least explain the ratings system in this game.
They make no sense whatsoever.
The highest rated player in my franchise is an 88 Overall yet when I start a game it says my offense is rated at 95.
Even dumber is the draft board telling me I have B- forwards while when the game starts it says I have a 95 offense.
Player ratings also make no sense, I have players who average over 80 on their attributes, but they are rated 75 or less overall.
Oh yeah FIX THE DAMN DEFENSEMEN.
In franchise mode defensemen development is almost non existent. I finally traded my "elite" defensemen after two years of no growth even though they are young. By age 25 my "elite defensemen drafted in year one had gotten to 78 overall and 79 overall
I have stopped drafting defense entirely and get them in FA because defensemen development is a joke
By year 7 of franchise play "top 4" defensemen are 81 and above.
FIX THE &$#! DEFENSEMEN
League wide scoring goes down but goalies don't get better.
Does performance have anything to do with development?
From my experience it is all just random. How else do you explain a 33 year old with mediocre stats improving while a 22 year old with good stats doesn't improve AT ALL
First thing i like to say is BIG THANK YOU to EA for listening all of us who wanted and needed the hybrid controls because it is very very BIG THING for lots of people as you saw because it saved mine and many others virtual hockey career!! 😊😊👍
And second thing what i would like say is about full presentation... I believe that it could be done like this and it would make both online and offline players happy...
Make condenced for ONLINE ONLY and bring back option for OFFLINE players so there is the choise to use wich one you like more because i think that ONLINE players want their games go faster so there isn't time to wait when someone likes to watch all the replays and that is why FULL has taken away... Maybe i am right or maybe i am wrong but what i remember when i was playing online vs games... It was annoying when your opponent watched every possible replay for everything that happened in the game...
For OFFLINE players it is not the same thing because they would have the option to skip or watch ALL the replays if they want and when i played offline games i watched the replay if i wanted and when i "played" CPU vs CPU games i wanted to watch every replay because i liked to get my CPU vs CPU games to be like i was watching real hockey game where you of course cannot skip anything even sometimes you would like to...
So CONDENCED for ONLINE ONLY and OPTION for OFFLINE to choose FULL or CONDENCED presentation. That is my opinion and there is also solution for both communities...
The AHL in this game is a freaking joke. It is nearly pointless. Players aren't good enough to be in the NHL until they are overall 80 or above. When you sentence a player to the AHL they develop to 77 or 78 if you are lucky and then stop. Unless the are elite or "top" player in their 1st year you might as well leave them in the minors or bench them.
PS my whole AHL team is loaded with Elite or "top" talent at this point. We win 75% of our games AND NO ONE IMPROVES by more than a point or two per season. As I said, the AHL is a waste of time and so is scouting. might as well wait till their rookie contracts expire and then pick them up in FA
Please fix this so a move to the AHL isn't a career stopper
How does this rate as a 75 overall player?Is fighting or taking faceoffs that important?
