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Rising Hotshot

8 months ago

EA NHL 26 CHEL WOC IS A JOKE

I'm a franchise player who now tried CHEL because franchise mode is completely forgotten... nothing worth it cuz no one BUYS anything there. Well tried CHEL and got run over by overpowered "enforcer...

Seasoned Vanguard

8 months ago

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.

EA_Aljo

Community Manager

8 months ago

(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.