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Dougherty
Seasoned Novice
10 months ago

FIX PLAYER FATIGUE!!!

My goodness, NHL players are highly conditioned athletes, don't drain them 8 seconds into a shift!! And also, if you're going to fatigue them so fast you have to realize that NHL players are good to go again at full energy after about a minute on the bench. It's completely unrealistic for all 4 lines to be 75% gassed at the same time!!! It's impossible for NHL players to come off the ice, have three full line changes that created three other lines drop to 25% energy and the 1st line still only be 50% recovered!!! They would be 100% ready after a minute on the bench. Also, it would help if my players actually changed when I called a line change!!! If I'm pinned in my end and call a line change they often bee line for the bench, but if I try when the puck is heading up the ice on offense(when you should be changing) they refuse to go off the ice!!! I literally skate them to the bench, change players and they don't go off!!!! 

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    MasterB89
    Seasoned Ace
    9 months ago

    Sadly, NHL 24 and 23 stamina and speed was OP due to it being based around more of a fast paced arcade experience that worked well for online play (3v3, 6v6, CHEL). 

    If you play offline and play a more simulated experience which I feel this game feels more like, then stamina or speed isn't an issue - if you look at shifts in the NHL they are on average 40 seconds to a minute in length max. If the players are kept out longer they are slower, tired and are more acceptable to making a mistake, which I know from my personal experience (85 games in a franchise more) that this is true as well. I can't count how many times I get caught out with a tired line or decide to go for a rush instead of dumping the punk for a change and it ended up coming back into my zone - leading to a high risk scoring chance or goal.

    This game requires you to manage stamina more like  you would have to in a real game of hockey. The issue with this is that it is not ideal for the online modes that are based solely on using one player the whole time - this I feel is where the issue is. 

    I can see the differing opinions but to myself who plays a fairly realistic experience offline it works fine and the closest we have had to a simulated experience with stamina and speed since maybe NHL 20 or 21. 

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