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Jersey_Boom
Seasoned Newcomer
1 day ago

Practice with your “BE A PRO CAREER” why isn’t this a basic kind of feature?

I just don’t understand why this isn’t a basic feature in the game. This is the first sports game I’ve probably played in over 16 years. I played sports when I was younger but I’m not really a “sports guy”.  But I’ve always enjoyed hockey the most.

knowing that EA has made a bunch of hockey games. I decided to download and play NHL 26. I found I could create a pro being a first time player. Liking the fact I could learn the game and also the “full on rules” of hockey. While playing with just one person instead of controlling an entire team like I first jumped into. 

but wanting to practice with my create a character before the next game to get a better understanding of how everything works with with my controls and my players skill stats I can’t. 

if it wasn’t for my ADD I probably would of dropped the game but I wanted something new and different  I’ve learned now what I needed to. but It would still be 100% AWESOME to practice with my Be a Pro character 

P.S. I’ve only been playing a week so far on rookie and learned a lot but it took extra patience I believe  

 

8 Replies

  • RobHockey's avatar
    RobHockey
    Seasoned Vanguard
    1 day ago

    I agree we should be able to practice with our Be a Pro. It's a revamped Be a pro but it still needs a lot of work especially with the immersion. The best part about be a pro in my opinion is the early stages of your career but once you get to the NHL and past the preseason if you make the roster, it becomes same oh same oh, you just get challenges to move up the lines and to make the form score and challenges to stay on the lines and more challenges to win the division and of course win the Calder trophy then you get same oh challenges to win 4 games in playoffs to advance and win the cup. They need to add more immersion throughout the season and your career because it gets quite boring to be honest after you play a couple years and win a couple Stanley cups. I've restarted a few careers just to play the beginning of my career which is the most fun then after that it just gets boring, this is just my opinion of course.

  • Kaner1138's avatar
    Kaner1138
    Seasoned Adventurer
    1 day ago

    I’m in my sixth season, I believe, and we’ve won the Cup three times over that span. My trophy case is overflowing with personal trophies and I’m always tops or at the top in scoring. Fine. Whatever. The silly part is that the coach still does his “I’m going to be watching you very, very closely.” Lol.  Come on man. I’m not a rookie any longer. And Celebrini still shows up with the little congratulatory messages (this part is actually broken). I guess all you can do is laugh, right?

  • RobHockey's avatar
    RobHockey
    Seasoned Vanguard
    20 hours ago

    I played 6 seasons on Allstar difficulty for first career playthrough but got bored winning the scoring titles for most goals and points in every year including my rookie year and winning all of those trophies and winning the Stanley cup 6 years in a row.  So then I switched play to Superstar difficulty and won all scoring trophies for goals and points and won cups in 3 straight years so waited to get traded but got bored with that so started a new career on Superstar difficulty again and won Gold then Memorial cup and made it through preseason and got a roster spot on 3rd line with the Ducks. The most fun is at the beginning of your career then after that it just gets boring not much immersion during regular season just challenges. 

    We will see what NHL 27 brings to be a pro but I'm afraid it will be just copy and paste for the next 5 years, why they take stuff out in be a pro and bring it back in a couple years is beyond me, maybe to trick people into thinking it's something new? 

  • Jersey_Boom's avatar
    Jersey_Boom
    Seasoned Newcomer
    15 hours ago

    Ive definitely flown though the game as a first time player. I put it on rookie and now have over 200 goals in the regular season. I blasted though the first 2- 4/7 game min playoff matches. And probably have just one more match when I get home from work for round 3 of the playoffs.  4 games for both 2 playoffs btw.  and im on round 4 of the 3rd game. Now that I know what I’m doing and now actually know the rules of hockey. Wanna get on my ducks lol. Yes cause of the movies when I was a kid I’m a ducks fan. lol. Definitely upping the challenge after this season. 

  • Jersey_Boom's avatar
    Jersey_Boom
    Seasoned Newcomer
    14 hours ago

    They don’t really do updates? it’s just like here’s the game? I can’t see any of there sports games being flawless at this point after how many have they made so far. Like I said this is my first sports game in over 16 years probably I was just dumbfounded I can’t practice with my main create a pro. I saw there is a work around for that. But I shouldn’t have to go though that much effort to plays as my guy. **bleep** even the announcers talk about how we practice and I chuckle everytime like yeah I wish I could of  playing rookie I only lost 4 games so far 2 in the beginning 1 cause I auto played and 1 late in the season some how on rookie lol. 

  • RobHockey's avatar
    RobHockey
    Seasoned Vanguard
    14 hours ago

    You definitely need to up the difficulty level. It seems if you get first overall in the draft you go to the Ducks or New York Islanders. my first playthrough I went to the Islanders and my second Ducks and third Ducks or was my second Blackhawks?

  • Jersey_Boom's avatar
    Jersey_Boom
    Seasoned Newcomer
    13 hours ago

    I ended up with the Utah Mammoth. And if it wasn’t for me they would not be where they are hahaha. That’s good to know. I do remember when the draft happened I went from 1st to 3rd or 4th I don’t remember. I guess I Answered questions wrong and they didn’t like it. But the next time around I know I’ll be first pick regardless 

  • RobHockey's avatar
    RobHockey
    Seasoned Vanguard
    3 hours ago

    Those questions are silly you think you give the right answer and it's wrong and it drops your draft number LOL

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