Unbelievable!

To not put back match team size and match goalie in NHL 26 is like a big slap in the face after all the complaints about the removal in NHL 25 where the community manager kept saying it's too hard to put it back in NHL 25 but the team is aware of how badly the players want it back and we will see what happens in NHL 26.  I guess we found out that nothing happens like usual with the development team.

Have you tried matching with a full team of 6s yet to see how it works? 

The fact they gave early access to creators but not those who spent the extra money and now it isnt even available on cloud is crazy... nowhere did they disclose that

EA_Aljo​ Lol. Ive been playing Eashl with a buddy of mine 2v2 since 2010. You had a feature that worked and it was removed for no reason. This is the stuff im talking about. Add stuff no one asked for Remove things that people liked. I dont understand why The People who buy the game cant get what they ask for. 

Yet 2 of the developers when talking about the game said We are listening and taking feedback. Are they?  Again I understand you need to Change/Add things to the game to sell the game its a business i get it. But do you realize if you had a polished game as a base you kept it the way people liked Kept features people liked you could work on other things like cosmetics and quality for future games? Instead it seems like its a drastic change to gameplay or a removal of key features that people like and an addition that people never asked for. This is why the Community is the way we are. Ea needs to stop Overthinking stuff and just listen to the people. 

Its just like Battlefield. EA had an amazing game for years it had a couple bad years and then 2042 came out and it was one of the biggest flops of all time. Why was it a flop because EA stopped listening and thats where we are now with NHL. 

I have not yet but I usually play 3s and we will be trying it tonight after people are done work.  I have watched some chel matches on YouTube where people were playing 6's and the amount of human players on both sides were not the same.  I know for myself and the people I play with we want the exact same amount of human players on both sides.  If we don't get that we back out which wastes tons of time.  We didn't mind in prior versions before NHL 25 if the search timed out because we couldn't find a match.  It was way better than having to back out of anywhere from 3-8 games before you finally get a game with the same amount of humans.  We should be given the choice how we want to match-up, you weren't forced to enable the match team size option it was your choice and still should be your choice.

We knew this was going to happen; the option wasn't there in both tests and we were told there was no official information about it being worked on

Matchmaking will prioritize searching for a full team so chances are good you'll get one. I understand the frustration with this though since it doesn't guarantee you'll find a suitable match. I hope it changes in the future.

I hope that they‘ll add this sooner than later. That was a real bummer in NHL25 and kept you searching for minutes..

TTZ_Dipsy​ What is there to work on? Theyve had this feature in 24 I believe it was and removed it in 25. If its anything like 25 it will take 20 minutes to find a match

EA_Aljo​  I just want you to know I appreciate you answering. I know im highly critical of the Game. I just feel We are not being listened too. Tons of people wanted the feature back and still isn't there. It was like when Hybrid controls were removed. Like what are they doing. We ask for stuff and get some garbage no one asked for ever like battle pass. A feature works lets remove it. Hybrid controls taking up to much space get rid of them till the community complains enough we have to add it back. All the Devs have to do is listen instead they just do whatever. I wish this Forum wasnt so PC where i could just go off but i gotta keep calm