Eashl needs revamped

SpikeTJD wrote:

Remove all the cheesy cosmetics stuff from CLUBS. Should be uniforms only. Should be serious again. 

Videogames are meant to be fun. You're allowed to keep your team as serious as you want. Allowing others to have fun with their team branding and arenas has no bearing on your ability to enjoy the game. If it does, then maybe club games aren't for you.

SpikeTJD wrote:

Playoffs should be in home rinks. Don’t understand why it’s in some random rink with flames. 

I think the idea is to add some consistency to the playoff mode and instill some kind of environmental visual cues to note the difference. Not all teams have a filled-out arena, so playing in an empty barn kills the playoff vibes quick. 

The said, I'd like to see teams who have a certain level of arena unlocked to host playoff games, including the ability to customize the crowd for playoff games such as having a 'whiteout' a la Winnipeg, Pittsburg or a C-of-Red like Calgary, etc.

SpikeTJD wrote:

AI and Goalies need major improvements. Playing with an AI D is pretty much pointless. They just shadow players to the net, never use their stick never skate hard. Always turn into players etc. Goalies let in the worst goals every game.

AI D are reacting mostly to what the humans are doing. If you're noticing your AI D is playing awful, take a moment to assess what you're doing as the human. 

The AI D will shadow players because incidental contact is enough to disrupt a pass. They will skate hard if they're not focused on recovering an abandoned position by the human.

SpikeTJD wrote:

Remove penalty kill debuff. No player in any hockey league in the world loses the ability to skate just because they’re on the penalty kill.

I agree that the fatigue being cranked up during the PK is annoying. Needs to be turned down a bit.

SpikeTJD wrote:

Improve pressure system. So many times a team will take literally one shot and get full pressure.

This happens because the team has already built up momentum. Personally, I think sometimes the pressure-meter shown on the ice glitches out and doesn't show progress sometimes, so then it appears a single shot activates full pressure mode. I could be wrong, but this may just be a glitch in the UI.