EASHL 26 (or later) Feature wish list

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What are some features you wish they would add in 26 or a future version of chel. Here are mine.

LINE CHANGES - One I would really like would be to able to have 2 loadouts selected and require the player to do a line change. It could be balanced by making on ice energy recovery extremely slow, and the 2 load outs would have to be a different class, or the 2nd load gets a slight stat drop.

PAUSE MENU - Another would be the ability to call your timeout even if the team used their pause. Honestly the whole pause thing could be reworked, its odd I have access to a completely different menu (on ice trainer) if I pause during play or when the team is out of pauses, and there is no way to access this menu otherwise. This one really hurts this year too due to the issue with icon passing not being set correctly at the start of a game.

KICK DROP INS - If we are playing in a club, and the drop in is trying to sabotage our game, our only option right now is to quit and start a new game. It would be nice if they could be kicked either by the party leader or majority vote.

TEAM HIGHLIGHTING OUTLINE - Sometimes (either by mistake or on purpose), the 2 teams have similar color jerseys. It would be nice if we could enable a settings to add a outline color to each team. Think like in Halo how players can have the same skin but one player is highlighted in blue and the other in red so you can always easily tell who is on your team.

SPECTATE CLUB - If I join my clubs lobby while they are already in a game, it would be nice to be able to watch the game while I wait for the next one to start.

REJOIN ON DISCONNECT / JOIN IN PROGRESS - If my internet drops and I get removed from the game it would be nice to be able to rejoin. In a similar sense, if my club is playing a game with a CPU player it would be nice if I could replace the CPU player.

EDIT LOADOUTS WHILE SEARCHING - Being able to make edits to a loadout before searching would be great, if you don't save before an opponent is found you would just lose your changes.

FREESKATE WHILE SEARCHING - Having the option to jump in a free skate while searching wouldn't be bad either, and this could work well with my next idea if we had longer search times.

MORE MATCHMAKING OPTIONS - I assume it is not done due to the game having a lower player base, but more matchmaking options at the expense of queue times would be really appreciated. It sucks for both teams when a gold/silver club is matched up against a diamond/plat/elite club. Options such as low queue (find as fast as possible), match skill, match location/lowest ping , selecting server location. As you refine your search queue times would increase, but having the options above to do something while searching would def help with that.

REMATCH - After having a really good game it would be nice if both teams could select to do a rematch, maybe make it a best of 3 at most, so if you won 2 in a row you don't get the option again.

ea_aljo · Answer

Line changes have been suggested in the past, but normally they want to have a larger team and swap out other human players. This is a bit different and it makes more sense. Still though, personally, I just don't think we should allow you to switch loadouts mid-game. Regardless, that's not up to me. Thanks again for the feedback. Appreciate it!

ea_aljo · Answer

Thanks for all the feedback. Most of these would be a good addition. I'm pretty iffy on multiple loadouts though. Just personal preference. I think it's unrealistic that a player would suddenly change to a different type. In the case of changing to another player, you'd be force to use them whether you wanted to or not due to their energy dropping too low. Plus, the idea is that you have one virtual pro player. I think it's better to have one pro with a loadout the compliments your teammates and playing style. Again, that's just how I feel about this personally. Thanks again for the input!

kirkmac · Answer

For the multiple load outs,&nbsp; I forgot to clarify,&nbsp; that to change you would need to do a line change.&nbsp; So you would have to skate to the bench (and prob hold a button to signify you want to change so you don't change by mistake), or select which load out you want out between plays.&nbsp; It would be a good way to incorporate line changes into chel. It would add another layer to icing the pick as well.

fourzerovi · Answer

Custom camera, specifically goalie camera would be very useful. Currently most competitive goalies use fixed camera angle due to the ability to read the play, but an argument has been made for high at times for ease of getting on angle. It would be nice if we could custom our own angle (somewhere in between fixed and high) to fit our needs. Also the camera angles that move are a bit much and cause blind spots on the ice, personally between the motion sickness from the movement and the blind spots for competitiveness, these are the worst goalie cameras.

ea_aljo · Answer

Thanks for the added input. It would be great to see the custom camera option return.

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