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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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
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.
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.
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.
Well, if it is not like the majority that paid for it thinks it should be and EA acknowledges that, it may well be called in a broken state.
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Appreciate the feedback. Thank you. Would you be able to elaborate on this:
That part is frustrating as the game is in a broken state right now
There of course are issues with the game, but I haven't come across anything yet that would classify it as broken. That would mean it's in an unplayable state. With the exception of some players crashing frequently on XBOX, I'm really not aware of anything that makes the game broken. It would be good to know what is putting the game into that state for you.
Thanks Aljo, I touched on it a bit in my response to Kid, but in terms of literally broken, I go into every EASHL play session expecting matchmaking/server bugs because we frequently come across them. We usually see at least one but usually more than one of these per night:
- One or more of our players dropping right as the game loads (forcing us to back out).
- Entire team gets kicked in a "Game failed to load" message error.
- The matchmaking lobby hanging at certain points where it just won't find a match no matter how long we search and we have to all back out of the lobby before it will find a match again.
- The captain getting stuck trying to cancel a game search and their game hanging forcing them to dashboard close out in order to do anything.
- Desync issues where all players simultaneously in game only sees themselves moving and all other teammates and opponents standing still.
This doesn't cover the actual gameplay fixes I'd like to see, but I am sure you have heard em all already.
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