NHL 24 April 25th Gameplay Tuner

This is wonderful news!

I don't post often, and when I do, I try to keep in mind the realities of what the devs can do and appreciate the work they do to continually listen to the community and make updates. 

But buffing truculence...I just really don't get this one.  Its completely tone deaf.  Get more people to use it?  I'd say 90% of EASHL games I play has at least one guy on the opposing team using it.  Usually its one or both defensemen. 

When coupled with the hitting auto targeting and speed boost, truculence is over powered and pretty much part of the meta.  It needed to be balanced the other way.  I hope this is rolled back.

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@Stubo_NHL24 wrote:

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@phomi99 wrote:

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@Stubo_NHL24 wrote:

Am I the only one that finds this hilarious?

Yet another update to waste what already is the worst NHL game in its history. 

Take a bow guys, fantastic work 👍

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This is probably the best NHL we have had in 5 years. Sorry you can't spam glitch goals anymore and have to be creative again.

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This couldn't be furthest from the truth. There is zero creativity or skill needed to score in 24 and it is infested with glitch goals, over powered hitting and people constantly spamming the one button dekes/checking 

Nearly every goal is one out of these 3 scenarios. 

1. Force a pass across the crease for a tap in at the back post. A bit of figure skating beforehand is maybe needed 🤦

2. Cut inside and aim for the opposite side of the goal 

3. Hit a soft shot from anywhere in the o zone and 9 times out of 10 the goalie will let it bounce of the pads and you'll have a tap in.

Very very rarely you'll see anyone try anything different from the above. Most people don't even need a full team of players, they just skate down the ice as fast as possible then skate in circles until they have the opportunity of one of the scenarios I mentioned. 

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To be fair, the things you mentioned were all included in the way top players played NHL23 as well. Far-side shots, cross-crease passes, and rebounds? They're staples of every iteration of the game. Actually, last year had MORE glitch goals. The "glitch wrap" was incredibly easy to do. Not to mention simply skating around the net and every far-side shot would go in... even if you barely got around the net. It was way cheesier than this year, I think. And I don't think this needs to be said but the "figure skating" was OBVIOUSLY way worse last year because ultra-L2'ing was still in the game. 

So idk... cheesy players are always going to cheese. I find the minute-to-minute gameplay in 1v1 modes against dudes who aren't just trying to cheese the game resembles hockey way more than last year. That said, hitting (speed boost hitting) is out of control this year. You can have a clear break on a slower defender along the boards when entering the zone and the defenseman will just go into turbo T-rex mode and become McDavid for a few seconds. So dumb. 

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@NeonSkyline21 wrote:

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@Stubo_NHL24 wrote:

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@phomi99 wrote:

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@Stubo_NHL24 wrote:

Am I the only one that finds this hilarious?

Yet another update to waste what already is the worst NHL game in its history. 

Take a bow guys, fantastic work 👍

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This is probably the best NHL we have had in 5 years. Sorry you can't spam glitch goals anymore and have to be creative again.

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This couldn't be furthest from the truth. There is zero creativity or skill needed to score in 24 and it is infested with glitch goals, over powered hitting and people constantly spamming the one button dekes/checking 

Nearly every goal is one out of these 3 scenarios. 

1. Force a pass across the crease for a tap in at the back post. A bit of figure skating beforehand is maybe needed 🤦

2. Cut inside and aim for the opposite side of the goal 

3. Hit a soft shot from anywhere in the o zone and 9 times out of 10 the goalie will let it bounce of the pads and you'll have a tap in.

Very very rarely you'll see anyone try anything different from the above. Most people don't even need a full team of players, they just skate down the ice as fast as possible then skate in circles until they have the opportunity of one of the scenarios I mentioned. 

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To be fair, the things you mentioned were all included in the way top players played NHL23 as well. Far-side shots, cross-crease passes, and rebounds? They're staples of every iteration of the game. Actually, last year had MORE glitch goals. The "glitch wrap" was incredibly easy to do. Not to mention simply skating around the net and every far-side shot would go in... even if you barely got around the net. It was way cheesier than this year, I think. And I don't think this needs to be said but the "figure skating" was OBVIOUSLY way worse last year because ultra-L2'ing was still in the game. 

So idk... cheesy players are always going to cheese. I find the minute-to-minute gameplay in 1v1 modes against dudes who aren't just trying to cheese the game resembles hockey way more than last year. That said, hitting (speed boost hitting) is out of control this year. You can have a clear break on a slower defender along the boards when entering the zone and the defenseman will just go into turbo T-rex mode and become McDavid for a few seconds. So dumb. 

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It's 100% less cheesier this year. I had a pal who would place top 100 every champs for about 4 years. He lasted a month this year because he couldn't score or have an invisible Shield against incoming hits. It's less toxic than previous years.

It doesn't make any logical sense to say this was the worst NHL when in fact it shutdown most of the toxic Playstyle glitch goals however they fumbled so badly by this new hitting mechanics because even the people who loved the changes in NHL 24 can't stand hitting mechanics and I'm one of them.

I just hope this tuner is because they have one last final patch that addresses hitting. And if it fails then scrap the mechanics for next NHL.

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@phomi99 wrote:

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@Stubo_NHL24 wrote:

Am I the only one that finds this hilarious?

Yet another update to waste what already is the worst NHL game in its history. 

Take a bow guys, fantastic work 👍

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This is probably the best NHL we have had in 5 years. Sorry you can't spam glitch goals anymore and have to be creative again.

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I find absolutely zero creativity required in this game. The goalies don't allow for it. The competitive scene is like clockwork spamming the 2-3 things that work so consistently and not bothering with anything else as they're not valid ways to score.

The lack of incidental contact, the visual assault provided by face button passing not to mention the fact that face button passing is now just "bail me out cause I can't aim a stretch pass" passing, the insane nerfs to back skating when using DSS (you know, a control that should bring a skill gap to the game but apparently because it's too good when mastered we have to nerf it into oblivion to the point where it's nearly unusable to satisfy offensive players), the goalies taken out of a basement game of mini-sticks/knee hockey once they receive 2 shots in a possession, and the lack of any noticeable AI updates yet again doesn't scream "best game in 5 years" to me, but to each their own.

Maybe we don't follow the same players, but every stream, clip, video I see shows the same 3 plays on repeat. Would love to see where you're experiencing any sort of real hockey flow or creativity required to score. I mean, the AI can't even enter a zone in 3 lanes properly on a rush, so I am skeptical that NHL 24 requires creativity since the AI rarely provide the proper spacing and puck support to be creative even if you wanted to be.

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@Limp_KidzKit wrote:

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@phomi99 wrote:

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@Stubo_NHL24 wrote:

Am I the only one that finds this hilarious?

Yet another update to waste what already is the worst NHL game in its history. 

Take a bow guys, fantastic work 👍

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This is probably the best NHL we have had in 5 years. Sorry you can't spam glitch goals anymore and have to be creative again.

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I find absolutely zero creativity required in this game. The goalies don't allow for it. The competitive scene is like clockwork spamming the 2-3 things that work so consistently and not bothering with anything else as they're not valid ways to score.

The lack of incidental contact, the visual assault provided by face button passing not to mention the fact that face button passing is now just "bail me out cause I can't aim a stretch pass" passing, the insane nerfs to back skating when using DSS (you know, a control that should bring a skill gap to the game but apparently because it's too good when mastered we have to nerf it into oblivion to the point where it's nearly unusable to satisfy offensive players), the goalies taken out of a basement game of mini-sticks/knee hockey once they receive 2 shots in a possession, and the lack of any noticeable AI updates yet again doesn't scream "best game in 5 years" to me, but to each their own.

Maybe we don't follow the same players, but every stream, clip, video I see shows the same 3 plays on repeat. Would love to see where you're experiencing any sort of real hockey flow or creativity required to score. I mean, the AI can't even enter a zone in 3 lanes properly on a rush, so I am skeptical that NHL 24 requires creativity since the AI rarely provide the proper spacing and puck support to be creative even if you wanted to be.

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Again, were coming from a previous title that allowed you to skate down the side flick up and score. You could enter the zone with a hit bubble surrounding you and skate by anyone then wrap and score. Skill zone defending with spamming pokes. 9 different automatic glitch goals.

NHL 24 isn't perfect but it's miles ahead than anything we have had in a while.

NHL 23 and previous titles was the equivalent of playing NBA 2k for the 1st week when they had the automatic half court glitch shot. 

Problem is player base became so reliant on CPU defending and glitch shots.

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@SummerOfDekes wrote:

While I appreciate buffing goalies, I do wonder exactly what EA considers a "small goalie" to be. Quite frankly, whatever boost small goalies get would just be negated by the fact that small goalies have absolutely terrible vision and are constantly screened, so I can't imagine switching to any height under 6'3".

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Small goalies are between 5'10" and 6'4".

@EA_Aljo 

Lol at that point just buff all goalies

@EA_Aljo why was truc buffed?