Does Anyone know when Icon passing will be reactivated or is it gone forever?
Players have relied on Icon passing so much this game is pretty much unplayable especially with manual passing being nerfed so much.
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Vision Passing should have never been introduced anyway, it lessens the skill gap. I've been having a lot more fun without it, some of my opponents can't seem to make plays if they have to pass the puck the way you're supposed to, manually.
I agree, at first it was really inconveniencing, but now I feel like I'm able to pass a lot more accurately.
That's exactly it! You can thread the needle when you pass it yourself and you can choose to sauce it too. But with vision passing, it chooses for you.
THIS!! The game feels SOOOOO MUCH better. This nonsense that the game is unplayable shows how unskilled much of he player base really is.
Ok I'm glad I saw this post I was losing my sh*t and thought I did something in the settings . It better return I just broke a controller on the 6th time in a row not completing a 2 on 1 with the pass heading towards my net not to the player on the break with me , it's unplayable
Yep, totally agree.
So is the controller layout still missing on replays where you could check If it were your mistake If The puck didn't go where you ment IT to go.
Asked why they removed that layout here in forum about 4-5 years ago. Aljo told that it was a mistake they did. So If that was a mistake and havent corrected so this might take a while...
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They are working on a fix and hope to have it ready in the near future. Hopefully it gets resolved soon.
Don't get your hopes up for "near future"
The desync is lot more difficult problem than it seems. They have tried to fix it before and yet it has remained in the game for decade by now.
- EA_Aljo
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How was manual passing nerfed? I never made the switch to icon passing and haven't noticed anything nerfed about manual passing.
For reference, I'm a SB player. In the past when we manual passed the player will usually make the pass directly to the player you are aiming for, now when you manual pass a lot of times players will miss the intended target entirely or pass the puck to an open area with no players in the vicinity, that did not happen as much in the past games as it does not. Also for some reason two to three foot passes in the offensive zone is nearly impossible as the player accepting the pass almost never picks up the pass.
- EA_Aljo
Can you get me video of those short passes not connecting?
Passes not going where you aim them sounds like more of a manual aim issue. Once in a while I miss the player I'm aiming for. I'll chalk that up to bad aim at the moment. I actually like the ability to put passes into open ice so I can chase them down with a forward. This is situational, but comes in handy. Regardless, the vast majority of my passes are hitting their intended targets and I'm not hearing many other complaints. I think people suddenly forced to use manual passing are probably taking time to adapt to this.
The biggest grief when it comes to passing for me is that the lateral pass ALWAYS goes to the furthest guy regardless how many teammates are in the path. This makes lateral passes very risky
- EA_Aljo
Have you tried tapping the pass button instead of holding it in for a charged pass?
I heard on Sleeves video that Icon Passing might come back in NHL26? is this true?
- EA_Aljo
No. This issue is not intended and a fix is in the works.
