Be A Pro deserves more, no more hidden progression, no more copy paste seasons!

Dear EA NHL Dev Team

I have been playing NHL 25 Be A Pro intensively, and while the on-ice gameplay is enjoyable, it is clear that Be A Pro remains neglected. What many players feel, but EA continues to ignore, is that this mode has not evolved in any meaningful way. It is stale, repetitive, and far from its potential.

One of the biggest issues is the completely hidden XP system for skill points. There is no visible XP bar. No progress tracker. No feedback at all. We play full matches, win trophies, score goals, or hit milestones, but we are left guessing whether it even mattered. We can go from 91 to 92 overall and still receive no skill point. This makes it feel like we are grinding blind, and that destroys any motivation to keep going.

This is not acceptable for a career mode. In other sports titles like FIFA or NBA 2K, progression is clear and rewarding. Be A Pro should match that standard. The player deserves to know what actions contribute to earning skill points, how much XP is needed, and whether the overall level means anything beyond a number.

We are not asking for easy progression or shortcuts. We are asking for visibility. A simple XP progress bar under the player profile would fix this issue instantly. It is a basic feature in 2025 and should have been there years ago.

What makes this worse is that Be A Pro receives almost no meaningful updates. Every year it feels like the same version with small edits. The most common complaints across Reddit and EA forums are easy to find. Be A Pro still uses the same scenes and menus as NHL 21. There is no storyline, no meaningful decisions, no agency. Dialogues are generic and do not reflect your actual career. Traits and perks were added, but the mode itself has not changed. There is no chemistry system, trade logic, or sense of career progression.

These are not isolated complaints. These are repeated by players every year. But the same cycle continues.

Be A Pro should feel like a true hockey RPG. A career mode with immersion, progression, character building, and dynamic storylines. Right now it feels like a leftover side project.

NHL 26 is your opportunity to fix this. If the dev team truly wants to improve the Be A Pro experience, it starts with respecting the time and effort of the players who actually enjoy the mode. Make the system transparent. Give it depth. Build something we can look forward to instead of something we tolerate.

The future of Be A Pro depends on whether you start treating it like a core part of the game and not an afterthought.

Sincerely 

A player who believes Be A Pro can become something great 

And on behalf of everyone who had to Google how skill points work because the game refused to explain it