NHL Team
@EA_Aljo wrote:What's your point? We get requests for features to return very frequently. Which often, doesn't happen. This time it did though. Seems like a win for the community as it's been requested since launch.
I meant what was the point of EA changing it the first time?!
It wasn’t a problem before and the community liked it so EA thinks they know best and changes it. Then the community says they want it back so EA changes it back. That’s the problem a lot of the community has with EA. They “fix” things that aren’t “broken” all the time instead of fixing the things that actually are broken.
The new control system is another example. Nothing that wrong with the old one besides maybe a couple of adjustments that were needed. But let’s make it all about accessibility. I rather have something that is harder to do but is more rewarding than something that is easy to do yet unfulfilling.
Obviously it’s a video game but imagine if in the real NHL every player had the same abilities to do all the same skills, dekes and whatever else? That would make it a very unrealistic and unsatisfying league IMO.
@thebrazenhead75It was probably changed due to the pressure system. You get full pressure for what like 30 seconds. So they probably changed the last minute to 30 seconds because of that. But now with the full minute returning that is gonna make full pressure even crazier potentially now.
Controls were changed because they added some new things to the game and had to remap things around. They also were hoping probably that the 1 touch buttons would be a success into bringing new people into the game allowing them to learn faster and hopefully stay with the game longer.
People don't think enough about having to grow the game in terms of sales and such by bringing in new people. Maybe they have people who don't know hockey but play other sports give this a try and complain that controls are too complicated for them. Me personally I'm not a fan of the new controls for the most part. Guess we will see what from NHL 24 is gonna remain going into NHL 25. Might also mean they take less big chances in the future and could play it safe resulting in everyone saying it's just NHL 24.5 like they love to do.
@KlariskraysNHL wrote:@thebrazenhead75It was probably changed due to the pressure system. You get full pressure for what like 30 seconds. So they probably changed the last minute to 30 seconds because of that. But now with the full minute returning that is gonna make full pressure even crazier potentially now.
Controls were changed because they added some new things to the game and had to remap things around. They also were hoping probably that the 1 touch buttons would be a success into bringing new people into the game allowing them to learn faster and hopefully stay with the game longer.People don't think enough about having to grow the game in terms of sales and such by bringing in new people. Maybe they have people who don't know hockey but play other sports give this a try and complain that controls are too complicated for them. Me personally I'm not a fan of the new controls for the most part. Guess we will see what from NHL 24 is gonna remain going into NHL 25. Might also mean they take less big chances in the future and could play it safe resulting in everyone saying it's just NHL 24.5 like they love to do.
Then they should un nerf the puck dump then to balance things out then. But no, EA needs to force things to justify their pressure system. 😏
Also with the new controls as I’ve previously mentioned. Let’s remove a goalie ability (paddle down) and map another (desperation) save to two buttons. That’s incredibly stupid. Only morons would think that is a good idea.
Im all for bringing in new customers but not at the expense of existing ones. There are ways to do so without alienating the loyal ones that have been buying this game for years. New players should have to adapt. Not the existing ones.
If I like a game enough I’ll play it no matter the difficulty not because it’s easy to play. EA needs to concentrate their marketing on what makes playing online hockey fun and rewarding. Not because it’s easy. I remember playing Gran Turismo and I had to pass certain tests before being able to enter any races. Some were damn hard too but so rewarding when completed.
Keep that easy stuff to offline modes. For online modes that are competitive, maybe make new users pass some basic tests to be able to play. It would only help them rather than them drop into a game and embarrass themselves. Easy one touch dekes etc aren’t going to help them with that.
