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Community Manager

5 days ago

NHL 26 Patch 1.3.0 Notes

Hey, NHL Fans! We will be releasing patch 1.3.0 tomorrow, December 2nd at 10 AM PST/1 PM EST. We expect about an hour of downtime so make sure to wrap up any games prior to the servers going offline....

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HEHO_01_

New Rookie

3 days ago

Balance the world of chel goalies. Every game we play one goalie is significantly better than the other teams’. I can understand a few shots, but when we outshoot a team by 30 and lose by 5 that’s a joke. They should be the EXACT same skill level, both goalies should make the exact same saves and let in the exact same goals. They’re goddamn ai, they could quite literally put up a 1000 save shutout if they felt like it. Fix that

EA_Aljo
Community Manager
3 days ago
The goalies are identical on both sides. The players in front are not though. A team that takes 5 good shots and plays a very defensive game can win against a team just throwing shots on net, for example. Games like this happen in the real world too.
- FourZeroVI
  New Veteran
  3 days ago
  WOC need a specific bump to goalies, getting in position to stop a single guy with an elite ability is understandable and reasonable. But to do the same for 5 separate players makes the position at least 10x harder. Even the best teams in the main game have at most 2 guys on the ice at one time with shooting abilities, WOC has 5. There needs to be a balance.
  
  As an example, quick release effects 70+% of the shots taken due to most shots being a wrist and/or snap shot. Either remove snap shots from that metric OR give goalies an ability/boost that counter acts this. Currently there is not direct counter to this, the only work around way to do this would be to run elite dialed in and build it up to an acceptable range (i.e. 3 saves = 12% increase to reflexes with dialed in which counters quick releases -10% on gold) but then a goal resets this and we have to build it up again. This isn't even considering highest stages of quick release where now you're talking about higher and higher %'s requiring more and more saves to have an adequate counter.
  
  I would suggest anything within the goalies standard range without stretch reaching should be increased. Goalies should be rewarded for keeping the puck within a certain square around them. Not praying that a puck doesnt squeeze through an armpit or off a blocker and in.