I HAVE 2 SERIOUS PROBLEMS w/ NHL 14

YES! Finally, someone is calling attention to this. If I am going to spend any more money on this game franchise, I'd like an answer.

Someone from EA, any thoughts?

Thanks

hey,

what you can do is make a eashl club with your friend.

you can play with him at all times and you will find opponent every time.

Same exact problem. I was completely shocked by how difficult it is to get into a game with a friend on your team. When we do get a game in otp the puck is dropped, the game lags for a second and goes back to the opening faceoff. It does this a few times and if anyone is left in the game the connection is dropped. This is after the difficulties you described with just getting into a game. I know the connection error should point to internet issues but neither myself or my friend have any issues in ranked ovp or playing against each other.

had the similar problem but i had gotten thorugh it how dfo i get these pucks>? 

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@imjustwonderin wrote:

PROBLEM 1)  If I want to play on the same team with a friend, it's easy as long as we're on the same console.  You sign one player in as a guest and go to Online Versus Play. Done. Simple.

If I want to do the same exact thing, but we happen to be on different consoles, suddenly it becomes a major project! First, you have to go to Online Team Play (because why should doing the same thing be in the same place??); set up a game; invite your friend; make the party public; wait for opponents to join (that's IF you're lucky enough for someone to actually join...most people are, understandably, just playing Online Versus Play); then hope that the people who join are smart enough to actually play on the OTHER team (for some reason this is a major point of confusion for a lot of people). By the time all that's done (assuming it only takes one try - which is a major assumption) it takes 15 minutes just to start playing a game.  Factor in the fact that someone gets lagged out about 1/3 of the time, and it basically isn't even worth playing this game.  

Can anyone imagine if playing COD online was this difficult?? 

ALL I WANT TO DO IS PLAY WITH MY FRIEND ON THE SAME TEAM. You'd think that would be one of the most fundamental aspects of playing an online game.  GET ON IT EA.

Problem 2) Can someone PLEASE tone down the "compensation" in Online Versus Play?? It's so painfully obvious when the game decides it wants the other team to score.  Somehow all the A.I. players clear out of the middle on D. The controls are noticably unreactive.  What I call "puck magnet" (you know what I'm talking about) gets turned off. When chasing down an iced puck, somehow the guy on backcheck always edges out the guy on forecheck, regardless of where the two start relative to the puck. The goalie plays like a 'tard. It's like "Ohh, really?? The game is tied going into the last few minutes of play even though I have 200 SOG and they have 4 and I've spent 90% of the game on attack? I CAN'T BELIEVE IT."  I get it, EA - you factored "momentum" into the game. Great. Fine.  But for god's sake, tone it down! There's a reason OVP is RANKED. Let the skill of the players have something to do with it!!

This is obviously more of a rant than a question, but if you agree which what I've said please Like this post or Thumbs up or whatever you have to do to get SOMEBODY at EA to notice.  NHL '14 can be SO MUCH BETTER THAN IT IS. 

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I too LOATHE the "compensation" factor. Momentum is sort of intangible, and therefore should be part of the real life experience and not so much HARDWIRED INTO THE PHYSICS OF THE GAME. I can't get my head around how difficult the game gets for inexplicable reasons, sometimes it seems like my players simply forgot how to play hockey. They move at a fraction (albeit a larger fraction like 7/8) of their normal speed and behave like they never spent a day playing hockey at all. The responses go from crisp to delayed and sometimes downright unresponsive. I don't know how I'm supposed to improve my skills at the game when all the things I use to interact with the game are constantly in flux. It is so frustrating to be playing a game, just to be along for the ride, knowing you have little to no influence on the outcome. I have purchased every copy of NHL since NHL '06, and the momentum wasn't so much of a factor in the '08, and '09 installments, but in this game it's like a choking smog, ever present and all encompassing. I'm not sure if I'll be returning to the franchise next year unless I find clear written evidence that the "momentum" is toned down or downright removed. Everyone knows Crosby doesn't play 100% every game, but there's no reason a video game analogue of him should start playing like a video game analogue of Matt Cooke... Ever.

I completely agree with you.  My eashl club consists of me and my friend of over 10 years, we know what the other guy will do and we work as a defensive tandom rocking bodies, blocking shots, 85%+ passing....and then the last 5 mins of the third and our AI forwards turn into clowns, they try passes through 3 opponents when they have 2 clear outlet passes and we lose.  Suddenly my guy with 90 passing throwing the puck out to where ever or split down the middle of 2 team mates....I have holes in my wall from the AI retatdedness.....or my personal favorite the dump and chase when there is open ice infront and rest of team standing there flat footed....hockey sense where does it go?

i agree 100% these issues with NHL 14 makes the game look like it should be played on Nintendo 64. Right now its the playoffs and guess what THERE IS NO UPDATE so right now pascal dupuis is available to play on the penguins and he hasnt played a game this whole season! that is insane to think that during the most interesting games of hockey (the playoffs) and nothing. Ccongrats we can do all of this extra work to find a game of 2v2 BUT it shouldn't be that difficult. the game isn't that different from NHL 13 so to say they spent a lot if time on it would be a surprise to say the least. i wish there was more companies making sports games so they would have some competition to challenge them to make a half decent hockey game. AND the difficulty in reaching them its like every time you complain they tell you to post it on a forum THIS IS RIDICULOUS when i was talking to a rep i asked him a simple question "Why cant we play the winter classic online?" and his reply "whats the winter classic?" this is no joke i still have the convo saved if i need to post this but HOW do you expect to make a good game if the person you're asking questions doesn't know anything about hockey, they just look up a common problem and copy/paste an answer. i pre-ordered NHL 14 but im questioning if i will do the same with NHL 15 because if we have another disappointing game from EA and your complaints aren't making a difference the only thing they will understand is if no one buys their product but that wont happen because they're the only ones who makes a hockey game. This problem with EA has reached a level that they should be worried about because i cant name one EA game out that works as it should. If call of duty can figure it out why is EA slacking so bad, it seems they have all of the ideas there to make a game more interesting and relevant but the basic game functions always seem to lack luster. Personally i hope EA fixes this issue with their company and makes a game that shuts all of us up but so far their lack of listening to the community has them on their heels because i dont know about any of you but im about 1 more bad EA game away from never buying from this company again.