Create Helmetless players
I hope that we get a patch soon for 22 that allows us to make helmetless players for offline mode.
I make classic rosters and it SUCKS having to put a helmet on players that NEVER wore one like Bobby Orr
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I truly hope this is not the case, but I’ve been asking for the ability to make helmet-less players for years. I vaguely remember getting a response along the lines of the NHL doesn’t want any players represented without the proper equipment or some other legal mumbo jumbo. This leads me to believe that we may never get what we want.
However, and I don’t play EASHL or any other game modes so I’m not sure if this is the case or not, but I’m pretty sure I’ve read that you have the option of not wearing a helmet in some of those modes.
So, if that’s the case, and we’re making players for offline use only, then I don’t see why we can’t have the option.
- @Efbomb I totally agree. I posted my last three year's worth of literally begging for helmetless players only to be disappointed every year. The Alumni teams are filled with helmetless players so there's no reason we can't create more helmetless players that aren't included with the game (Bobby Orr and Hull to name two). I'm not sure how anyone is getting hurt because they're not wearing a helmet within the virtual game. Sad to say it and I know it's a broken record, but no competition breeds this sort of thing. They don't have to add diddly doo because they're not competing against anyone else. Nothing lasts forever though in the business world without improvement and continued happy customers. Companies need to keep that in mind. Even if competition returns, they'll have lost what could have been loyal and repeat customers because of these and many other items that shouldn't be so tough to add. But, alas, I won't give up my eternal hope. Hello EA? Is anyone there? LOL
If only EA had not fixed the “no helmet” bug from 4 years ago.
If you didn’t know about it, basically all you had to do was add a shield to the old school JOFA helmet, save, then back out. When you started a game the player wasn’t wearing a helmet.
It was glorious! Then EA found out about it and took it away from us.
- @T2HD I gotta feeling we'll get it soon or even for NHL 23
@EfbombJust to know the feeling, once every couple months ill just go onto CHEL and play around with the create a player option because you can choose no helmet. Its such a joy inside and put tears in my eyes sometimes using that option.
I'm holding out hope that at the latest the helmetless players create option is included on NHL 23. I would buy a new game system, upgrade the PS4 for that game.
- @Atishksingh I feel thy pain and joy. Given all the huge mods they just deployed we shouldn't have to wait another year though. It's not like they haven't been asked to do this for years now (along with the vintage goalie masks). They already have those items in the game (just not for us). Please please EA add them with the next patch that you still have to do to fix the people in the crowds that are still wearing the Ducks logo on their shirts. Hope hope hope and fingers crossed. Cheers!
- @Atishksingh I do the same but with NHL 19 sometimes. I remember the joy when I discovered the no helmet glitch on that game and I could take the helmet off my created Guy Lafleur. What a feeling it was. Also have helmetless Esposito, Orr and Hull on that game among many others. Sometimes I go back and play a game or two on 19 just to get that true retro feeling once again.
Such a shame that glitch was "fixed". - @SvenArne123 Here's hoping we get that feeling back for NHL 22 or even NHL 23.
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