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Jddev4979
Seasoned Ace
2 months ago

User Experience Suggestions

Hi All,

It's no secret that the UX in HUT is very messy and unappealing to maneuver.

I want to make some suggestions to improve HUT as a whole, and that starts with the UI/UX.

Splash Page:
Starting from entering the mode, you are greeted with a splash page of the current event, with only 1 option - to dismiss. A basic improvement would be to add "Dismiss and Never Show Again" for the current splash page. Secondary to that, I would like an option to press a button and take me to the advanced stats of these new cards.

Discover Tab:
The discover tab is currently used to show non-interactive banners of new content. My suggestion is to change the entire thing to make it similar to viewing a collection. Have the banners, but let the player items be able to be highlighted and, and viewed in advanced stats. Showing a new Crosby card is great, having to go to My Team - Collections - NHL - Pittsburgh -  is not streamlined at all.

In my vision for the mode, the new banners are sorted up and down, instead of left to right. Old ones are removed after 7 days, but everything will still be viewable in a collection tab (separate from My Team, integrated with the HUT Store). By integrating the collection with the HUT Store, users will have the ability to buy any non-set card, released from a previous HUT Season, as BND. These cards should be expensive, and fixed price.

Another part of my vision for the mode is a Weekly Featured Player, selected at random, that can be earnable BND via objectives. Example, Timer 23:59:59, Featured card: 86 OVR Icons Sakic in a screen similar to the Captain side bar in My Team. BND Price, 140k. Underneath the card are 4 objectives that when completed, add a discount for the card. Simply using objectives that relate to that card: Complete 5 games with any Avalance Player, Score 5 snap shot goals, Complete 5 games with any Icons Player, and the final objective tied to HUT Moments- Complete the Sakic Moment. Integration is important.

To avoid a long post no one will read, I will be adding to this post in the comments for specific modes, tabs, sub screens and sets.

Feel free to drop other suggestions.

To be continued...

5 Replies

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 months ago

    Appreciate your input here. I'll make sure to get it to the team.

  • XP Rewards

    If a player has hit max XP and cannot earn any more. But objectives still only issue XP, they should get something else instead.

    Something instead of nothing.  Like, maxing out the XP path unlocks a 1.25x Coins boost for games? Or just a brand new objective track that unlocks after 740,000 XP, that gives something, anything?

  • Edit Lines Autofill Feature

    Nobody uses this feature in it's current state because it does not factor any of the things that matter for HUT. And It won't make a cap compliant team.

    Simplify the feature.

    When editing lines and choosing AUTOFILL.

    There should be Collection Types as a filter AND the ability to autofill any Forward into forwards and any D into D. Not locked to position.

    A couple of no-brainers: Team of the Week, Game Breakers, Heroes, Icons, Rookies & whatever the current event is.

    Collection Search

    The only way to view YOUR collection takes too many clicks and does not provide enough information.

    From the game mode screen, you have to L1/LB once or R1/RB six times to get to My Team, then click into the corner that says Collection, then press Triange/Y.

    From this screen, you can see a filter sidebar and your cards. The filter sidebar does not show any LOGOs for what LINE COMBOS ask for. If you are new to HUT, and you see a Star with an R in it, there's not one place in game that tells you that this is the Logo for Rookies.
    If you added the LOGO beside the Name for Collection Type, Team, and Nationality, that would vastly improve the user experience.


  • Wow! Very well put together post! The only problem I see with this, is that you are most likely not being paid by EA for showing them how to do their job. Your input is valuable and definitely falls into management level. But does EA show any appreciation for it(or anything else for that matter)? Nope. They give us lousy salary cap gameplay so we can't use our best players. I'm a grinder, not pay to play, and I'm mad as all get out with this. I can only imagine how dissatisfied id be if I were paying for limited time players. Yet again, ea shows how little they care about the consumer. 

  • Jddev4979's avatar
    Jddev4979
    Seasoned Ace
    12 days ago

    They get a lot of negative feedback so I know it's not easy for them to pick out the helpful ones vs the unhelpful ones.

    I play a lot, and I spend money on the game. It's a hobby for me and I enjoy it for the most part. 

    I don't like that it's so unfriendly by design. There's an expectation in the game that you should already know where everything is before you look for it. if you're a new player or even a returning one, and you see a banner for new icons released in the game- you would logically go to SETS > ICONS, then you get to see what the cost to build them is. But why would you build it without knowing what their stats are. Now you have another task, to go to Collection > EVENTS > ICONS > Advanced Stats. But oh wait, now there's another card you see, an older Icon that maybe you are interested in. You have to go all the way back to SETS and look through every season to find where that Icon set is AND you have to also figure out what sets you need to do to build the cards that are needed to build the card you want.


    It's like a 5 or 6 step process to do one thing. That's a BIG problem.

    Not even mentioning, putting the card into your lineup and not being cap compliant and not being able to see the Combos easily.

    There is 1 side bar for combos, and that's it.

    A simple fix would be 

    OVERALL | AP | SALARY
    ACTIVE COMBOS (drop down menu)

    ALL COMBINATIONS (drop down menu)

    & since a player is highlighted at all times in the Edit Lines Menu, pressing R2 to open that menu should HIGHLIGHT any category that player fits into when viewing that combo screen. Similar to how Vampire Survivors highlights what weapon you have equipped when you are choosing your Arcana.


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