NHL 25 Patch Blog 6 December 4, 2024 Hello NHL Community, Here are the patch notes for Patch 1.3.0 launching this Thursday, December 5 at 1pm ET. Please complete all online games before this time as server instability is expected up to an hour after the patch deployment. PWHL integration into the following modes Play Now PWHL Season Mode Shootout Online VS World of CHEL (Uniforms) Hockey Ultimate Team (Players, Uniforms and Logos) *The latest roster update will need to ensure access to PWHL content Gameplay Fix for User goalies that were getting kicked out for poor teamplay due to powerups AI forechecking improvements Stability fixes Gameplay Tuner Set Reduced Accuracy bonus from successfully performed Skill Based One-Timers Be a Pro bench recovery increased Game Modes Creation Zone Fixed an issue where Draft Year couldn’t be set to 2024 in create a player Franchise Mode General Increased frequency that CPU teams attempt to sign free agents to fill out their NHL roster Fixed an issue within Box Scores where the goal total for a player reset each playoff round instead of showing the playoff total Fixed an issue where the user could see the tradeable teams list of opposing team players with M-NTC trade lists Fixed an issue at the trade deadline where the user could initiate a conversation with an opposing team player about their clause leading to the game freezing Fixed an issue with Signed, Recently Signed and Accepted Offer filters within the Free Agency spreadsheet Added processing delay for the player card update that occurs when hovering over a different player within a spreadsheet and Edit Lines HUB UI load improvements Franchise Mode Contract Negotiations & Conversations Added Scheme Fit and Injury conversations for Players Added Scheme Fit conversation for Coaches Scheme Fit Topic Scheme fit conversations with players allow the user to match a player’s strategy preferences to the Coach’s scheme for even strength lines or special teams. Players can only be persuaded to fit on lines at or above their role and potential. Successfully persuading a player will impact how they fit on other lines and special teams. With owner mode on, the user can also persuade a player to use the same preferences as a Star player on the team. Scheme fit conversations with the Head Coach allow the user to match their AHL Head Coach’s strategies with the NHL club or vice versa, allowing for full unity within the organization. New conversation topics can be accessed within existing save files Fixed an issue where a Coach's coaching style could refresh when selecting a season goal Fixed an issue in the intro coach conversation where selecting a preseason focus before a season goal would not allow the user to select a season goal as well Fixed an issue where the user could re-ask a player to add teams to their trade list within the same day Fixed an issue where Quick Draw Superstar ability was awarded prior to the player completing the challenge Fixed an issue where the player portrait would not show in the waive player conversation flow World of CHEL Fixed an issue where sometimes there would be multiple screen wipes after a goal is scored Fixed an issue where the post matchup dressing room would show different jersey previews for different players in the session Fixed a timing related issue where the user could get stuck in the main menu when attempting to enter WoC Free Skate Fixed a timing issue where the player of the game could be missing from the sequence if the post-game is skipped Updated Fischtown Penguins away jersey thumbnail in Creation Zone Fixed an issue where a pulled goalie does not return after delayed penalty shot in EASHL 3v3 Clubs Fixed an issue where the club stats widget is overlapping with the strategies, preventing players from changing their strategy Fixed an issue where Matchmaking settings were not visually updating WoC Dressing Rooms for some options Fixed an issue where Grudge matches are occurring even when the option is disabled in Club Private games Fixed an issue where matchmaking continually times out when users select one skater and one goalie, with drop-in disabled in Clubs Fixed an issue where the penalty timer is missing on score clock when user skips the penalty replay in EASHL 6v6 Fixed an issue where if the user goes to a different tab from the WoC HUB, and then returns to the Play tab, the selection highlight will always jump back up to Live Events Fixed a rare crash when the Dressing Room leader attempted to access the Match Strategies screen Fixed a rare crash when on the jersey selection screen in EASHL 3v3 Clubs after successfully matchmaking with another club Fixed an issue in NHL Arcade where goalies may skate out of their crease during post goal moments which can take them out of the play Presentation Animation Fixed the "Sudden Death" character's upper body during their idle animation - stick no longer clips into jersey Improved the hand contacts on the Stanley Cup during handoffs in the Stanley Cup celebration Audio PA Announcer - Fixed issue that caused PA Announcer to use incorrect gender pronouns. Fixed an issue where every goal scored by a player would be treated as their "first goal" when playing in the AHL. Arcade - Fixed issue where fireworks SFX were playing during game intro Arcade - Tweaked volume levels of some powerups Fixed an issue with broken goal horn previews Cameras Fixed an issue where players would become invisible when skipping through the outros of games Fixed an issue that was causing one of the behind-the-net replay cameras to float 10ft onto the ice in front of the goalie. Broadcast Fixed an issue that caused the Goal Player Indicator to stop following the goal scorer when some celebrations were triggered Group celebrations now exhibit the right level of emotion on late goals when the scoring team is up by more goals than we predict the opponent can score in the remaining time (the game is out of reach). This also applies to the scenario where the scoring team is losing by more goals than we predict they can score with the remaining time. This logic is not used in the playoffs or high intensity games (Stanley Cup final, tournament elimination games) Fixed an issue where the digital dashers would continue to show the countdown timer when rolling into continuous OT in EASHL Quickplay 3v3 Arcade - Fixed an issue where occasionally the post-game player lineup was missing the players. Hockey Ultimate Team Fixed an issue with HUT Moments retry not sending users directly to the opening faceoff. Added additional detail to the XP Path to display XP needed per tier. Art Players Updated multiple NHL Coaches Hair Style 51 no longer clips through helmets during replays Vaughn Velocity V11 Goalie Pads text no longer appears in low resolution/blurry Updated portraits for and action shots in the view Superstar X-Factor screen for Linus Ullmark and Steven Stamkos Environments Fixed an issue where Färjestad BK jerseys were being worn by the crowd in all SHL team matches Fixed an issue where strand hair for beards stops displaying properly at the end of the play of the period NIS Stability Fixed a crash when saving changes to a female character in World of CHEL and Be a Pro Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when switching between color options or selecting Apply Team Color button Fixed a crash when changing Tertiary logo in creation zone Updated the following teams center ice art AHL Charlotte Checkers Springfield Thunderbirds Canadian Hockey League Acadie-Bathurst Titan Baie-Comeau Drakkar Brampton Steelheads Drummondville Voltigeurs Kamloops Blazers Lethbridge Hurricanes Moncton Wildcats Owen Sound Attack Peterborough Petes Prince George Cougars Saskatoon Blades Seattle Thunderbirds Vancouver Giants Victoria Royals Uniforms The following uniforms have been added or updated in NHL 25 NHL Chicago Blackhawks – Winter Classic St. Louis Blues – Winter Classic AHL Rockford Icehogs – Third San Diego Gulls - Third ECHL Allen Americans – Third Greenville Swamp Rabbits – Third Indy Fuel – Home and Away Canadian Hockey League Moncton Wildcats – Third Red Deer Rebels – Home, Away and Third Regina Pats – Fourth Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds – Third DEL Grizzlies Wolfsburg – Home and Away Kolner Haie – Away Edit: Slightly modified the subject to keep it in line with previous patch notes titles. -CM

Still no fix for line changes 2 months in is embarrassing.

Yea..... I'm done with NHL this year. It's December and no patch for unrealistic LT speed boosting is a joke. And that's 1 on a big list of gameplay fixes needed. Cya in 26.

Once again, a bunch of “rare issues” that I’ve personally never seen or experienced are fixed, but the prominent issues still remain untouched, some across multiple years.

Yes, a very long, impressive looking list, but ultimately very little tangible impact on the game.

So is Match Room Size and Best Game Locations back or not?

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Victavius7

Seasoned Rookie

23 days ago

NHL 25 Patch 1.3.0 Notes

NHL 25 Patch Blog 6

December 4, 2024

Hello NHL Community,

Here are the patch notes for Patch 1.3.0 launching this Thursday, December 5 at 1pm ET. Please complete all online games before this time as server instability is expected up to an hour after the patch deployment.

PWHL integration into the following modes

Play Now
PWHL Season Mode
Shootout
Online VS
World of CHEL (Uniforms)
Hockey Ultimate Team (Players, Uniforms and Logos)

*The latest roster update will need to ensure access to PWHL content

Gameplay

Fix for User goalies that were getting kicked out for poor teamplay due to powerups
AI forechecking improvements
Stability fixes

Gameplay Tuner Set

Reduced Accuracy bonus from successfully performed Skill Based One-Timers
Be a Pro bench recovery increased

Game Modes

Creation Zone

Fixed an issue where Draft Year couldn’t be set to 2024 in create a player

Franchise Mode General

Increased frequency that CPU teams attempt to sign free agents to fill out their NHL roster
Fixed an issue within Box Scores where the goal total for a player reset each playoff round instead of showing the playoff total
Fixed an issue where the user could see the tradeable teams list of opposing team players with M-NTC trade lists
Fixed an issue at the trade deadline where the user could initiate a conversation with an opposing team player about their clause leading to the game freezing
Fixed an issue with Signed, Recently Signed and Accepted Offer filters within the Free Agency spreadsheet
Added processing delay for the player card update that occurs when hovering over a different player within a spreadsheet and Edit Lines
HUB UI load improvements

Franchise Mode Contract Negotiations & Conversations

Added Scheme Fit and Injury conversations for Players
Added Scheme Fit conversation for Coaches

Scheme Fit Topic

Scheme fit conversations with players allow the user to match a player’s strategy preferences to the Coach’s scheme for even strength lines or special teams. Players can only be persuaded to fit on lines at or above their role and potential. Successfully persuading a player will impact how they fit on other lines and special teams.

With owner mode on, the user can also persuade a player to use the same preferences as a Star player on the team.

Scheme fit conversations with the Head Coach allow the user to match their AHL Head Coach’s strategies with the NHL club or vice versa, allowing for full unity within the organization.

New conversation topics can be accessed within existing save files

Fixed an issue where a Coach's coaching style could refresh when selecting a season goal
Fixed an issue in the intro coach conversation where selecting a preseason focus before a season goal would not allow the user to select a season goal as well
Fixed an issue where the user could re-ask a player to add teams to their trade list within the same day
Fixed an issue where Quick Draw Superstar ability was awarded prior to the player completing the challenge
Fixed an issue where the player portrait would not show in the waive player conversation flow

World of CHEL

Fixed an issue where sometimes there would be multiple screen wipes after a goal is scored
Fixed an issue where the post matchup dressing room would show different jersey previews for different players in the session
Fixed a timing related issue where the user could get stuck in the main menu when attempting to enter WoC Free Skate
Fixed a timing issue where the player of the game could be missing from the sequence if the post-game is skipped
Updated Fischtown Penguins away jersey thumbnail in Creation Zone
Fixed an issue where a pulled goalie does not return after delayed penalty shot in EASHL 3v3 Clubs
Fixed an issue where the club stats widget is overlapping with the strategies, preventing players from changing their strategy
Fixed an issue where Matchmaking settings were not visually updating WoC Dressing Rooms for some options
Fixed an issue where Grudge matches are occurring even when the option is disabled in Club Private games
Fixed an issue where matchmaking continually times out when users select one skater and one goalie, with drop-in disabled in Clubs
Fixed an issue where the penalty timer is missing on score clock when user skips the penalty replay in EASHL 6v6
Fixed an issue where if the user goes to a different tab from the WoC HUB, and then returns to the Play tab, the selection highlight will always jump back up to Live Events
Fixed a rare crash when the Dressing Room leader attempted to access the Match Strategies screen
Fixed a rare crash when on the jersey selection screen in EASHL 3v3 Clubs after successfully matchmaking with another club
Fixed an issue in NHL Arcade where goalies may skate out of their crease during post goal moments which can take them out of the play

Presentation

Animation

Fixed the "Sudden Death" character's upper body during their idle animation - stick no longer clips into jersey
Improved the hand contacts on the Stanley Cup during handoffs in the Stanley Cup celebration

Audio

PA Announcer - Fixed issue that caused PA Announcer to use incorrect gender pronouns.
Fixed an issue where every goal scored by a player would be treated as their "first goal" when playing in the AHL.
Arcade - Fixed issue where fireworks SFX were playing during game intro
Arcade - Tweaked volume levels of some powerups
Fixed an issue with broken goal horn previews

Cameras

Fixed an issue where players would become invisible when skipping through the outros of games
Fixed an issue that was causing one of the behind-the-net replay cameras to float 10ft onto the ice in front of the goalie.

Broadcast

Fixed an issue that caused the Goal Player Indicator to stop following the goal scorer when some celebrations were triggered
Group celebrations now exhibit the right level of emotion on late goals when the scoring team is up by more goals than we predict the opponent can score in the remaining time (the game is out of reach). This also applies to the scenario where the scoring team is losing by more goals than we predict they can score with the remaining time. This logic is not used in the playoffs or high intensity games (Stanley Cup final, tournament elimination games)
Fixed an issue where the digital dashers would continue to show the countdown timer when rolling into continuous OT in EASHL Quickplay 3v3
Arcade - Fixed an issue where occasionally the post-game player lineup was missing the players.

Hockey Ultimate Team

Fixed an issue with HUT Moments retry not sending users directly to the opening faceoff.
Added additional detail to the XP Path to display XP needed per tier.

Art

Players

Updated multiple NHL Coaches
Hair Style 51 no longer clips through helmets during replays
Vaughn Velocity V11 Goalie Pads text no longer appears in low resolution/blurry
Updated portraits for and action shots in the view Superstar X-Factor screen for Linus Ullmark and Steven Stamkos

Environments

Fixed an issue where Färjestad BK jerseys were being worn by the crowd in all SHL team matches
Fixed an issue where strand hair for beards stops displaying properly at the end of the play of the period NIS

Stability

Fixed a crash when saving changes to a female character in World of CHEL and Be a Pro
Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when switching between color options or selecting Apply Team Color button
Fixed a crash when changing Tertiary logo in creation zone

Updated the following teams center ice art

AHL

Charlotte Checkers
Springfield Thunderbirds

Canadian Hockey League

Acadie-Bathurst Titan
Baie-Comeau Drakkar
Brampton Steelheads
Drummondville Voltigeurs
Kamloops Blazers
Lethbridge Hurricanes
Moncton Wildcats
Owen Sound Attack
Peterborough Petes
Prince George Cougars
Saskatoon Blades
Seattle Thunderbirds
Vancouver Giants
Victoria Royals

Uniforms

The following uniforms have been added or updated in NHL 25

NHL

Chicago Blackhawks – Winter Classic
St. Louis Blues – Winter Classic

AHL

Rockford Icehogs – Third
San Diego Gulls - Third

ECHL

Allen Americans – Third
Greenville Swamp Rabbits – Third
Indy Fuel – Home and Away

Canadian Hockey League

Moncton Wildcats – Third
Red Deer Rebels – Home, Away and Third
Regina Pats – Fourth
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds – Third

DEL

Grizzlies Wolfsburg – Home and Away
Kolner Haie – Away

Edit: Slightly modified the subject to keep it in line with previous patch notes titles. -CM

WillyFlagz
Seasoned Newcomer
19 days ago
Icon passing still not working, it's been 4 days, you cannot introduce a completely different passing system, the allow it to fail when everyone has already gotten use to it. This is ridiculous guys we pay $100 bucks for this game and you can't even fix fundamental problems.
MichaelRDavidson
Seasoned Traveler
16 days ago
Cool, why is my game broken now?
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
23 days ago
Thanks for posting these. I had just wrapped up my own post and then saw yours.
- Victavius7
  Seasoned Rookie
  23 days ago
  No problem!
xsaw2121
Seasoned Novice
22 days ago
Well PWHL integration is a total joke most of the arenas aren't even accurate It's like can EA ever do anything well and not just have to do the job and then throw it out there just hoping for sales is getting ridiculous. And the fact that they can't be used in franchise mode I realize they've said this previously is a complete L for the game because I mean that would be fun for a lot of people I think
- EA_Aljo
  Community Manager
  22 days ago
  We have included the PWHL teams and players. We never announced anything about having those arenas in the game.
  
  I'll pass your feedback on about adding the PWHL to Franchise Mode. Thank you.
  - mAfEAbob
    Newcomer
    21 days ago
    I know it's an unreasonable request with how far down the ladder the league is, but it would be so cool to have the FPHL teams in game.
Greyinsi
Seasoned Vanguard
21 days ago
EA_Aljowhy there’s now yellow NHL 2024 add showing on side of rink?
- EA_Aljo
  Community Manager
  21 days ago
  We're aware of this and working to get it resolved. Thank you.
CauchemarCDN
Newcomer
21 days ago
I have the PHWL but i am missing the "authentic jerseys". I read that "The latest roster update will need to ensure access to PWHL content".

My question is for having the official jerseys, do have to connect my ps5 to ea?
- EA_Aljo
  Community Manager
  21 days ago
  Hi there. You need to download the latest online roster from the Rosters screen to get the new jerseys.
SummerOfDekesII
New Traveler
21 days ago
EA_Aljo I tried to edit the lines in the Rosters section for a PWHL team, but the PWHL isn't listed in the league selection list. Is this intentional?
- EA_Aljo
  Community Manager
  21 days ago
  I'll check on this for you. I assume you downloaded the latest roster?
  - SummerOfDekesII
    New Traveler
    20 days ago
    Yup, I sure did. I'm not sure if it's just an error with my game or not, but the PWHL just isn't listed when trying to edit rosters for me.
MasterB89
Seasoned Adventurer
20 days ago
Gameplay Tuner Set
Reduced Accuracy bonus from successfully performed Skill Based One-Timers
EA_AljoWhen it comes to this change - was determined due to how it was used for the online experience or the overall game (online and offline)?
I only ask cause playing on higher difficulty (offline) it was never a real issue from the start as you could go a few games in between scoring this type of shot, but now after the 2 instances of changes, you can go 3-5 games without it even hitting the net -even when "greened" and 7-9 games where you actually score it.
I'm not opposed to finding other ways to score and I never overused it cause the AI would adapt and tend to block it or pick off the pass, but was unclear on what brought on this change outside of the over usage by the online player base, which had been documented.
10026436
New Novice
18 days ago
The ice and the boards have the Discover logo on it.
selanne8sj
Seasoned Newcomer
18 days ago
I don’t know if anyone else is having this issue, but after downloading this patch, I cannot “see” a player whether editing or creating. Makes it impossible to edit goalie equipment! Any update on this?
- EA_Aljo
  Community Manager
  18 days ago
  Hello. I'm not familiar with this issue. Can you get me a video? Please publish it through your console or put it up on YouTube and respond with a link. Thanks!