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New Vanguard

2 days ago

No acknowledgement from EA...stick lift.

So after years of this being an instant penalty button, they finally had it in working order last year. And now this year it's absolutely useless. Oh but don't worry people can reverse hit body c...

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Modulater83

Seasoned Hotshot

2 days ago

Look, I get the anger. There is a lot to be frustrated about in this year's iteration of the game (I am complaining in many threads on here). That being said, we need to be fair about criticism so that there is a real back and forth. EA acknowledged stick lift is broken previously and in fact again before/around same time (the stamp is close) you posted this:

NHL 26 1.8 Patch Notes | EA Forums - 13435115

DeathcoreRitchy3
Rising Rookie
1 day ago
Yes but leaving it broken isn't fair for what we consumers had to pay for. It's a full priced game left at a half-finished standard. I don't see any gaming company ever leaving things broken in their gameplay... even games like BF1 have issues but are addressed. It makes me curious why EA NHL doesn't when they have a way bigger development team than previous years when Ben Ross was around. Even himself would have these problems fixed asap.
- Modulater83
  Seasoned Hotshot
  1 day ago
  Your point here I agree with 100%. I am really disappointed with the amount of actual gameplay and bug-fixing updates this year. For NHL 24 there was a good amount of back and forth on these boards as well as substantive updates to the game. Part of it may be because they had implemented the Pressure System and needed to tune it. But then the number of updates dropped for NHL 25, and now a lot of the complaints we have in 26 are looking like they will remain unaddressed. That part is frustrating as the game is in a broken state right now, I don't want to wait for it to be fixed next iteration.
  - KidShowtime1867
    Hero
    1 day ago
    Modulater83 wrote:
    the game is in a broken state right now
    No it's not. EA has acknowledged the issue surrounding stick lifts (EA_Aljo posted in another thread about it).
    This doesn't mean the game is in a 'broken' state. It just means the stick lift mechanic isn't entirely tuned to the majority's liking.