EA NHL 26 CHEL WOC IS A JOKE

EASHL use to be so fun and addictive to play, i use to spend hrs every day enjoying it, played thousands of games with the boi's on club or even drop in at the time wasn't even that bad, I have not played an online CHEL game in over a month because of how bad it is (my club stopped playing entirely within the first month) :( But that is what happens when you cater to the lowest common IQ on the planet, this is what we end up with. 0 Hockey skill, 0 knowledge of the game, 0 IQ, It is the saddest state this game has ever been and deserves better. I unfortunately dont see it getting any better either so that is the not great part :( At least offline is manageable with sliders but even that is over the top stupid hockey with 0 sense in anything, I mean they can't even do proper plays or setups or read/re-reacts to anything (ai that is, and that is the MAIN POINT OF HOCKEY) so they can't even get the basics of hockey right. :( They would best be served to throw this entire product in the trash and start anew honestly because the current way they are doing things is going backwards in quality.

 0 Hockey skill, 0 knowledge of the game, 0 IQ, It is the saddest state this game has ever been and deserves better. 

I really don't see how this is accurate. It's blatantly obvious when you go up against a skilled club with good chemistry and knowledge of the game. They're good at anticipating their opponent's moves, they can read plays and angles, they know how to pull players out of position, etc. You can't just throw a team of people that don't know anything about the game with no skill or knowledge of hockey and have them win game after game. I'm not happy with the current state of WoC, but the skilled teams will outplay the ones with lesser skill. And if you're on a team that regularly loses to teams you claim have less skill, they might be a little better than you thought. 

I am not talking about skilled teams tho, You can see when someone has knowledge of the game and plays it properly, those are actually really fun games to be a part of and make the game shine. I am talking about the low IQ people who abuse L2 and do all the cheese/exploits in the game to get ahead, there are wayyyy to many people now who do it that dont and that is the problem itself, its not even the game its the people who play the game really. When you play clubs you are alot of times going against not people with hockey skill but actually abusing game mechanics to win so that is the point i am making, It also doesn't help with X-factors that i find ruined online competitiveness in its entirely but that is just my personal opinion on it, Its not necessarily the Devs fault either with the L2 exploit and its honestly not fixable unless you ban using the controllers with profiles because its the only way you can properly do it. It comes down to the community itself smartening up and stop abusing such things but we all know how people work shrugs so that'll never happen. 

 I am talking about the low IQ people who abuse L2 and do all the cheese/exploits in the game to get ahead, there are wayyyy to many people now who do it that dont and that is the problem itself, its not even the game its the people who play the game really. 

I don't see how that makes them have a low IQ. Regardless, I hate it too, but I can live with it since they aren't that successful with it against my club. The thing that absolutely frustrates me is Truculence and reverse hitting. It's absolutely frustrating playing those teams. We can usually win because they're too focused on hitting, but that doesn't mean it's fun.

I don't know what other cheese/exploits you're talking about. Even real world players know the strengths and weaknesses of their opponents. A good coach is going to know the best strategies to use against them. If you go up against a team that just goes for rebounds, have your D play in position to pick those up. If they just go for one Ts, cover the open players. If you're letting them skate into the slot and snipe, that's on your D. People claim it's glitches and exploits causing them to lose, but all of that can be defended. You also have to have solid offense. It's not just about stopping the other team.

I agree with your points, I call them Low IQ because if you use L2 (which is impossible for the devs to fix) and any other of the know exploits (everyone knows the goals i am talking about so how you don't is beyond me) in the game you have 0 brain cells in my eyes but again thats a personal opinion on it :) I can easily defend most of the moves (i am a pretty good defender) and i can win games but its the lack of fun in the game now that is the problem, I wish they would just remove the X-factors entirely because as you said Truc and reverse hitting (which i think should be a penalty in real life since its actually interference) shouldn't be in the game, non of the x-factors are anything close to what hockey is, no real person has x-factors its called skill and talent, they should go back to just attributes like before because i know personally the game would be better without them as most of the community agrees with me on that. I just got done playing some BAP Goalie last night and had an absolute blast playing it so there IS a good game when sliders are adjusted properly, but the online mode is frustrating to play. Also as a side note please tell them to fix the stamina in the game, its bogus to run out of stamina so quick in your zone trying to defend and super unrealistic because people in real life DO have lungs and even after 2 min in the zone they can still move around and do stuff but not this game, the moment you lose your stamina (for many dumb reasons you lose it) you are a pylon on the ice! its ridiculous and punished trying to play good defence its sad. Also laying on the ice for 15-20 seconds after every hit is also unrealistic, That is the problem the community has honestly is the things they do that are completely out to lunch on what hockey is and it shows they don't know the sport very much.

Tried ONES Eliminator, 

Could have been an okay game mode BUT!!!!!

they were a player who just hit the other two of us over and over again and you know how slow you are at getting up so he had an open chance to score, first he hit the one without the puck then the one with

I have balance 90, hit 92 and strength 92 and reverse hit red, nothing happend when i reverse hit him, i’m a small build power forward so i guess smaller guys can’t reverse hit bigger guys or what?

well when he not hit me before the other guy i could score and win with 3-2-0 and in second game i diden’t find anybody to play against so I quit.

Remove hitting from ONES entirely so it becomes a game mode for skills, that can make players grow in skills, but for sure the goalie needs to be better if so.EA_Aljo​ 

(everyone knows the goals i am talking about so how you don't is beyond me)

I know about these goals. I'm asking which you think is a glitch because most likely, it's a high percentage shot and not a bug in the game allowing them to score.

reverse hitting (which i think should be a penalty in real life since its actually interference)

Reverse hitting is not interference. The puck is at the player's feet.

they should go back to just attributes like before

I agree. However, XFs most likely are not going anywhere. I just hope they get tuned better.

most of the community agrees with me on that.

If that were the case, you wouldn't see so many players running with those XFs. Keep in mind, the sim community of players makes up a smaller part of the playerbase than more casual players.

 Also as a side note please tell them to fix the stamina in the game, its bogus to run out of stamina so quick in your zone trying to defend

I exclusively play defense. It's unusual to not have my stamina in the green. Usually, it's just when we have full pressure against us. You may want to boost your endurance and be more careful about managing your energy.

Also laying on the ice for 15-20 seconds after every hit is also unrealistic

After the last update, you get up faster now. I don't believe it takes that long, but I also haven't timed it. 

That is the problem the community has honestly is the things they do that are completely out to lunch on what hockey is and it shows they don't know the sport very much.

I have seen this statement countless times over the years and it couldn't be more false. Knowing the sport and making the game fun are 2 very different things. If the game were a 1:1 recreation of the sport, few would play it. It's a video game after all and needs to be accessible to as big an audience as possible. The dev team is very passionate about the sport and a huge amount of them grew up playing it.

Ones is an arcade mode where hitting is a crucial part of the gameplay. Removing it would take away what many find fun about it. It's intended to be a mostly no rules type of mode.

Okey like CHEL then 🤭

Well, there's rules in the rest of the game so you raise the chances of being called for a penalty, but I agree you get away with hits way too easy in the non-arcade modes.