Live event thoughts

The live event going on is actually some good fun. It's a mindless stress-free mode. I appreciate having non competitive modes. I really enjoy both competitive and non but always having the option is nice, especially when nobody is on/ you get off of work after a long day and just want to unwind.

The good

It's actually fun. I am going to write far more in the "bad" category but not because I dislike the mode, I just see ways to improve on it. "Fun" is all that comes to mind for the good.

The bad

I'm not sure if it's just a personal issue but I was sometimes struggling to find the puck or my skater when things became too hectic. Personally I wish we could decide if we want the new player circle indicator (I know it's not new, it's been a few years) or we could revert back to the arrow above their head. Or perhaps we could decide to have that circle darker/ more thick/ filled in? This becomes a much bigger issue when you have any AI on your team. It's really hard to know who is on your team. Give them the same colored markers we have instead of white/ gray for our team and theirs.

Almost too much going on at times. Bananas, freeze, super speed, fire all over.. it's fun and you can't take it serious but I think taking the mode down a notch would be nice. Perhaps add more of these things but every game feels different because these powerups/ environmental changes are randomized or chosen by players at the start of the game.

I didn't know until after a few games that mashing x will unfreeze me. Having some info on some elements would be cool. That being said, I also don't like mashing buttons. Maybe just have a freeze period instead of a button mash mechanic. Or maybe we gotta press a sequence of buttons that appears above our head or something..

I don't think a live event like this should be going on during club finals. On the other hand, throughout ANY other time some event should be going on. Even if it's the same handful of events cycling on and off all year (just not during club finals)

Very small complaint and I wouldn't expect this to change but the announcer became annoying after the first few games because he has such a small number of lines. Again, I'm nitpicking and it's not a big issue but "they're not friendlies" or w/e EVERY game was getting annoying haha

One team I played against had a goalie trolling (not specific to this gamemode but) EA really needs to start doing more to get rid or trolling. They all back out, and we all have to find another game. It's just frustrating... speaking of goalies.. the smaller goalie power-down is perhaps a bit too OP imo. Again, I don't take the mode too seriously so it's w/e but it's almost like you just don't have a goalie for a bit. Everything else feels fair.

I might add more later but I gotta head out.