NHLlife1988 wrote:Using the icon passing results in a turnover more times than not.
I'm surprised to hear that. Icon passing is usually almost too accurate. However, I've noticed since some recent updates that an Icon-based pass being made by a player who is not facing their intended receivers will be far less accurate than it was. So I think there has been some added responsibility to the icon passes due to complaints about accuracy being too OP.
Can you post a clip of some of these interceptions so we can see what might be contributing to this? PS5 Capture Guide | Xbox Capture Guide
NHLlife1988 wrote:One timers are trash, so trash that the opponent messaged me saying “Idk how at least one of those didn’t go in.”
I believe goalies have been tuned to better react to One-timers, in response to the community claiming they were OP.
NHLlife1988 wrote:1-11 is not a starting record I ever had since 2002, until 2026 came around. Also, I can’t draw an intentional penalty to save my life.
I think it's important to recognize when starting a new NHL game, it might be unrealistic to expect yourself to be as skilled versus real world opponents as you were in the previous year. Despite the haters beating the dead horse with the "copy & paste" claims - there are many improvements and core gameplay changes that will require some patience and learning in order to capture the same competitive skill level you once had. Take it from someone who's played OVP for decades; every year requires an adjustment period and not giving yourself some grace in that department can foster a general hatred for the game as a whole.
NHLlife1988 wrote:HUT? That’s pay to play for sure.
Couldn't agree more. Being competitive online means either grinding offline rewards or dishing out real $$$ for a competitive roster right off the hop. Although I think you can have some success taking an OG team of 70's and 80's up against random online opponents, once you start seeing a steady stream of stacked teams - it gets incredibly tiresome. And if you do break down to buy or grind a team of killers, the lack of player parity in competitive games makes every game just a race to who can out cheese each other.
NHLlife1988 wrote:So, I’m still gonna play the game, but I just wanted to share my experience thus far.
That's good to hear. Just keep playing online versus and tract the tendencies in the opponents who can seem to score at will. Take note of how they get into such good positions and learn what your defensive tendencies are that might be contributing to that. Learn to plug those holes and you'll start racking up wins.
