EASHL needed changes
I've finally sat down and played NHL 25 and opened EASHL.. you gotta work for EA to not see all the issues, that being said I'll try to start with the good. Events are actually a great idea. Not a h...
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I think the issue is in how little transparency the player base gets. An idea of what direction they're headed would be nice. In every game in which the dev team actually likes their own game we see some 2 way communication. The only time we hear from this dev team is just before the next release and it seems to be pre planned questions, then it's darkness for another year. Then we get another year of little to no changes. You can't blame people for being negative when dev teams of some other games are so vocal and open with fans and they see their games progressing. All we get now are replies from you saying you will relay our issues to the devs, then years go by and some of these issues are still in the game. We are 4 or so years into not being able to ready up after choosing a different loadout when club members readied up first. 5 years into having the exact same BAP. I'm not saying you're not giving them this info but getting even a 10-20 min video every 3 months on what they're hearing from us, what they're working on, what direction they're headed would go a LONG way in getting fans back. Look at what dev teams from other games that fell out but turned things around.
KidShowtime1867yes, I think it would be best to also have a former player talk through what can be done developmently. I just think these top streamers and/or glitch players know this game better than anyone and can speak more on what changes need to be made to mitigate the issues, they often talk about how they dont want these glitches in the game but they feel forced to use them to compete, and they're right. These guys would have found the speed boost issue long before this game hit the shelves if they had a test group. A real player can give feedback on what they're looking for and what is difficult and better idea of how physics can work but I think guys who play this video game as a job will understand it's shortcomings more than a real player. Both would be a lot of help though.
KidShowtime1867yes, I think it would be best to also have a former player talk through what can be done developmently. I just think these top streamers and/or glitch players know this game better than anyone and can speak more on what changes need to be made to mitigate the issues,
Although glitch players know how to manipulate the animations and logic to get the better of outcomes, I don't necessarily think they have the knowledge to know what changes need to be made to mitigate the exploits they're grinding.
I definitely think there's value in these guys streaming their exploitative gameplay so developers can observe the gameplay and using their underlying knowledge of the engine - determine what they might be able to do to both null an exploit while retaining balance and realism.
These guys would have found the speed boost issue long before this game hit the shelves if they had a test group.
From my experience, there is no speed boost issue. The combination of vision control and puck protect allows the puck carrier to negate lateral skating animations that would otherwise impede the overall acceleration and top speed generated by the puck carrier. This gives the impression they're getting a 'boost' but they most definitely are not.
Yes, I would like to see this fixed up so that entering puck protect nullifies vision control (because protecting the puck at the same time as facing the net should feel cumbersome) but I imagine this kind of 'fix' will be saved for next release.
