Patch 1.1.0 Feedback Thread

@EA_Aljo Please see my feedback on NHL24 gameplay. I play the game every year. Playing with my friends against other online players in WoC is my favorite game mode. Thank you for your hard work to improve the game. 

NHL24 gameplay changes are too extreme. Here’s why:

1. Stick Checking- I expect the game to perform the job I command using the controller. The game is not doing such effectively for stick checking. when I hold RB down and direct my stick with the right joystick, my players stick is not pointed in that direction. Please update. If you want to make stick checking more difficult, reduce player speed while holding down these buttons instead. The stick checking controls functions were more accurate in NHL23.

2. Full Pressure Effect- The loss of energy on defense is too much. Tone it down. It’s not realistic.

3. Puck Dump- The puck dumps don’t travel far enough. I can’t lift the puck from the blue line to the back side boards anymore. It’s unrealistic. I shouldn’t have to hold down RB for that long. It takes too much time for the job to execute. Are developers trying to limit home run balls for breakouts from the D zone? I’d rather have the touch we had in NHL23, maybe a little less sensitive. The puck dump is too difficult and unrealistic in NHL24. 

4. Hip Check- why is this the year of the hip check? I like how the cross check impact is down from last year but it’s not effective at all in NHL24. The success rate for hip check far outweighs the success rate for cross check. There needs to be more balance. There are hip checks everywhere.

5. Deking- it’s unreasonably more difficult to deke. Every time I push the right joystick to the backhand my player only uses one hand on the stick. The left-to-right and right-to-left deking is not as smooth and fluid as NHL23. This needs to change. 

6. WOC Atmosphere- Let’s get more excitement and crowds into these games. Enhance the environment so we can play WOC on actual NHL arenas with team jerseys.

7. why did the D-pad controls change to set strategies? You cant scroll through the menu in the opposite direction. Aside from the selection, the navigation was better in NHL23.

The gameplay is most important and has taken a huge step back from NHL23 due to these issues. Please patch it up.

Thanks.