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Seasoned Newcomer

1 month ago

Matchmaking

Guys I’m calm person and also not really good at playing these kind of games. But don’t you wanna really do sth with this rank system otherwise I will vomit… rly discussing

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Riktorious

Rising Traveler

27 days ago

First off. Thank you for taking time to respond. It is difficult to Address complaints all day.

If we don't tell what's wrong. How can you make a product that is good ????

If the population is not low or dwindled. Why can't you match 2 v 2 or more competitive or balanced games ??

We played 6 games in round 1 got ousted. Played 5 of those against much superior ranks. Played 2 in round 2 or joining again. Got matched against 4 purples , against us 2, who were either just too good or too good at exploits like short side dekes... etc. So, we stopped playing playoffs.

Losing is not the issue. We lost close games to Purple because we do play a good HOCKEY game. Not a VIDEO game style that you seem to cater too.

If you want to continue to have a job and continue this Title for years to come. Listen to the community. Not the youtubers..... the majority PAYING customers don't give a hoot about Moose heads.. fancy moves. McDavid speed for every player. We want a fun competitive game that is well made by the developers.

Thanks again for keeping us aware of your efforts and replies.

KidShowtime1867

Hero

27 days ago

Riktorious wrote:
Not a VIDEO game style that you seem to cater too.

This is a video game.

Riktorious wrote:
We want competitive games.. don't have to win. We want hockey games. Fun hockey games.

I’d recommend joining a league that matches your skill level. EA has built in the ability to run private leagues, including private matches and even an API for stat tracking. There are plenty of leagues out there actively looking for players.

With EASHL, you’re always going to face strong competition. That’s simply the nature of online gaming. Matchmaking pulls from a global player pool that includes some of the best players in the world. If you want to improve, you have to learn how to compete against teams like that.

I understand the frustration. It can feel like certain teams score at will or exploit mechanics, especially if you haven’t developed the skills to counter them yet. That’s not fun. But this isn’t unique to NHL or EA SPORTS. Every multiplayer game ever made has a subset of players who can dominate others. That reality isn’t going away, and EA isn’t going to be the first developer to achieve perfect, 100% real-world realism.

EA_Aljo wrote:
that's also jut the competitive nature of games. In the real world, playoffs are seeded so the top team plays against the bottom team. The best I can advise is to stick with those difficult games to better learn how to play higher skilled teams.

This absolutely nails it. To build on that, most of the gameplay “issues” people complain about are the same ones high-skill teams deal with every game. The difference is those teams know how to manage them and still come out on top.

Why? Because they understand they’re playing a video game and approach it as such. They don’t get angry mid-game over sequences that don’t line up with their expectations of real-world hockey. Instead, they recognize anomalies and either adapt to neutralize them or use them to their advantage. That awareness and adaptability is a big part of what separates top-level teams from everyone else.