What happened to Icon passing in this patch?… was this on purpose because you broke it. They have absolutely no speed to the passes what so ever. No passes get through anymore. Every pass with Icon passing is extremely slow and you can no longer send a hard pass. Prior to the patch you could use Icon passing to send a pass outside the zone or on a nice breakout… thats gone. Completely.
How is it even possible to keep screwing up icon passing?
Icon passes were changed so a long-medium press is a saucer and a single short press is a direct pass. The timing on the long-medium was adjusted in a previous patch which resulted in the short press being very slow. EA fixed that, and yet some people haven't adjusted to this change. Furthermore, some player builds don't have a pass attribute that allows long fast saucers, so some people are expecting this and not getting it. This means they need a higher Pass rating on their builds/players.
That said, Icon passing is still not 100% because the icons don't persist while keeping it engaged.
How is it even possible to keep screwing up icon passing?
Community ManagerI don't have any news on when this will be addressed. Personally, I keep pass assist at 100 and have been able to make short passes with manual passing. Just saying, manual passing is an option if the issue with icon passing are making too many of your passes not connect.
"It's a known issue since the launch" - the launch was September 12, 2025, or 132 days ago.. how is this still not fixed?
Getting back to the title of this thread.. when will passing & Icon Passing be fixed? Even with Pass Assist set to below 20, your character will not make a simple 6 ft pass to their winger, it will 9/10 times target the trailing defender who hasn't even crossed the blueline. Also Icon Passing still is broken.. hitting X to pass to the X Icon still results in passes going to the non-X player..
There's currently an issue in offline modes where penalties aren't occurring when they should be. It's a known issue since the launch.
ah okay, my bad. Don't think I've touched an offline mode in years 😂
Community ManagerPenalties are non-existent? How so?
There's currently an issue in offline modes where penalties aren't occurring when they should be. It's a known issue since the launch.
there’s no other reason for you to defend every single aspect of crap this game has to offer.
I understand this is a video game, not real hockey, so I’ve deliberately taken my ego and my self-perceived hockey IQ out of the equation. When something doesn’t go my way, I look first at the mistakes I’m making within the game’s systems and adjust accordingly. I then try to take those lessons and steer players here in a more productive direction.
By contrast, some players believe their real world hockey knowledge should dictate every outcome and that their stick skills are beyond reproach. When that belief is challenged, typically by players who are simply better at the game, they respond by lashing out at the developers, and anyone offering a balanced or positive perspective is immediately branded a “shill” or accused of “defending” EA. It’s a strange and unproductive reaction.
Since you work for EA probably, tell them to fix the penalties while they’re at it because they are still non existent and we’re in January already.
Penalties are non-existent? How so?
I read many of your posts lately and I’ve come to conclusion there might be a chance you work for EA because there’s no other reason for you to defend every single aspect of crap this game has to offer.
Since you work for EA probably, tell them to fix the penalties while they’re at it because they are still non existent and we’re in January already.
Please please fix this…… This is horrible gameplay without it.
Bummer, guess I'll just give up on trying to successfully pass to my teammates for now. If I try to do a 3ft cross crease regular pass, 19/20 times goes back to the trailing defender (who is usually covered), ignoring the completely open player in the slot/opposite side of the net. If I try to use the icon passing, it just has a 50/50 chance to go to the wrong target.
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