Juniors and AHL
This year has not been a good year for NHL for obvious reasons like we can’t play because of the bad bugs that are in it but in the mean time since I can’t play it I figure I can ask some questions a...
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I created a thread in December but want to elaborate on it more…
Put juniors back in… remove the storyline of being forced to become the next Great One without any effort.. or at least create a separate storyline that lets you play how you want.. an adaptive storyline…
want to be a stay at home shutdown defenseman? Great.. get relevant coach challenges like “we’re up by a goal, block 2-3 shots to preserve our lead..
like role playing as a grinder/def minded shutdown forward earning that niche role?
Coach challenges like get x amount of takeaways when we’re in the defensive zone.. stick lift x amount of times in defensive zones.. etc
offensive dman?
get 2 assists this game, get a GWG etc
stuff like that.. have the storylines and coach challenges MATCH your player type..
defensive defenseman shouldn’t be relied on to constantly get goals when team is behind..
Snipers shouldn’t be relied on to play superb defensively or physically..
stuff like that..
the storyline for the current Be a Pro is way too linear.. you are a god no matter what you do..
remove, or separate, the forced stardom…
on top of that, put the AHL back in.. if you play poorly, get sent down. If you are too young and are playing poorly, get sent back to the juniors.
if the juniors are back in, and as a PLY/TWF forward we score 70G,74A in 60gp, sure maybe that is a top ten draft position.
but if we score 15G,35A in 60gp with 150 PIM as a grinder.. maybe we don’t get picked until the 5th round or later..
have it make sense.. like real life.. that’s what the simulation hockey is supposed to be.. like a simulation of the real NHL.. not easy god mode..
of course the bugs need to be fixed… win the Selke as best defensive forward but never get to play on the penalty kill..
constant dialogue issues.. challenges that fail even if you meet criteria.. so on and so on
@heavydutyrammer Just bumping this… we’ve seen lots of feedback in other threads for this.. but so many players have left the forums because we’ve been ignored anyways… not a single reply from EA about the removal of the juniors… and it’s been 7-8 months…
Just saw more people on Reddit and Facebook complaining about it so made me want to bump this… very sad and pathetic that it was removed…
Just saw more people on Reddit and Facebook complaining about it so made me want to bump this… very sad and pathetic that it was removed…
I believe they said the idea was to streamline the whole process since gameplay is pretty much the same no matter what league/level you're playing at. It'd be great if you could convince a few of those people in other communities to post so the team can get a better idea of popularity numbers.
As analytics current stand, offline is quite a small portion of the community (I completely understand how it feels as someone who stays away from HUT). I'm hoping they can find a way to start meshing HUT + EASHL together and get BaP and Franchise, possibly GM Connected, to become interchangable for a better experience- @TTZ_Dipsy With offline game modes.. gameplay is only part of it… Be a Pro, gameplay is important obviously.. but so is the entire concept of “becoming a pro NHL player”
You don’t just turn 18 and are suddenly a superstar…
You play hockey growing up.. you practice and work on it… you make it to the juniors and have to prove that you can become an NHL player.. by playing in a season, or two or three, and THEN getting drafted…
Sure gameplay is the same… but a 70ovr skater shouldn’t be on the top 2 lines with 87+ovr players… doesn’t make sense… not realistic or immersive…
It’s just completely dumb that they removed the juniors… there’s no sense of accomplishment for actually working to be the top pick… or even get picked in the first round… now you can go AFK and get drafted 1st overall.. by the same team every timeFor Be a pro it should be more about the road to be a superstar, create the pathway, create a legend.
Be able to play one or more season in Europe league for example (not just a few CHL games) and be selected for World Juniors. (or Junior leagues in North America)
Play World Juniors one or two years, depending how your pro develope.
Maybe even if you are doing great in the league also at the end of season be selected for the World Championships and play that before you choose to go to North America.
Then play 1-2 seasons in AHL before you are ready for NHL, work yourself up the lines until you are the first line player everyone was expecting in the draft.
But not all players wants to build up into that, some just want to hit NHL and play the games there, so my solution is that when you start Be A Pro you can choose from this:
Full mode - Slow development, includes all the competitions in multiple seasons leading up to NHL
Normal mode - Normal development, includes all the competitions in fewer seasons leading up to NHL
Fast mode - Faster development, shorter junior season leading up to the draft and then play in the NHL (little bit like it is in NHL 22).
The analytics are become smaller daily due to loss of interest. I had over 30 friends I would play outdoor or indoor ice/floor hockey, along minor hockey with who quit playing after NHL 18. Some decided to stay on NHL 14 or Legacy edition. Removal of content is killing the population unfortunately. I know this for a fact as in NHL 21 majority of the streamers who used EA NHL content as their main for streams have discontinued and moved on to other games. NHL 20 the viewership was higher! NHL 22 just killed the EA NHL Twitch community. What fun is it when the content is very bland? Many of these streamers I have known played BAP for the grind of starting as rookie in junior and developing into an NHL player. If they played horribly the AHL was an option. The offline community used to be very common.
In online OTP/Indoor drop-in's were very popular. I remember NHL 14 up until NHL 18 we had hundreds playing. Wait times were never longer than 5 minutes tops. Now the wait times for from 10 to 20 minutes or longer. This was a problem in 21 too before the console split.
We need content! NHL 22 needs a patch or NHL 23 sales are going to plummet! I might not even bother with 23 after being disappointed for 2 years of removed content...
Any chance this mode will be addressed for NHL 23? A patch to even put the Juniors/CHL full seasons and AHL would be wonderful. Roster Sharing and other game modes were added in tournament so why can't this be a thing? I know it's almost July! Although the games unplayable and boring! People paid money for this! Give us content worth our money! HUT isn't the only mode out there!
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