NHL 19 PATCH 1.3.0 - OCTOBER 26th @ 2 AM PDT

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NHL 19 PATCH 1.3.0 - OCTOBER 26th @ 2 AM PDT

PLEASE NOTE: The online servers for NHL 19 will be down for approximately 30 minutes at 2 AM PDT as some work is done alongside the patch.


Hockey Ultimate Team

• Added the ability to customize your HUT team in the following ways
  • Captain and Assistant Captain
  • Jersey Numbers
  • Goalie Masks
  • These items will be available in Customization packs and can be applied via the “Apply Consumable” option in your Edit Lines flow
• Added the ability for user to search the Auction House by Overall rating
• Fixed various issues in Auction House
• When a goal is scored, users will see the player items of the goal scorer and who received assists during the goal celebration
• When viewing a game’s box score, you will now have the ability to see the player items when scrolling through any user-controlled team
• Fixed an issue where the Star Rating was being shown instead of the Overall in the “Change Active Lineup” screen
• Added Multiselect back for sets
• If you had an Expired Auction listing and want to relist it, it will automatically pop up at the same price you previously listed at if you go through the Expired Auction menu

World of CHEL

• Added Club Captaincy back to EASHL
• Fixed a rare crash where a user would sometimes crash loading into a Ones game
• Fixed an issue where “The Lot” image was appearing in the post-game of a Ones game, even if the user was in a different tier
• Fixed an issue where helmet colors were swapped in some Pro-Am games
• Fixed an issue where 2 Man Celebrations were not working as intended in Pro-Am games
• Fixed an issue where an overlap would occur in the Player Class description if a user was quick changing Traits and then changed their Player Class
• Fixed an issue where a user would become stuck in matchmaking until the timer ran out if another player happened to drop during when the users were matched up and selected Ready
• Added background art to the Ones Daily Rewards screen
• Fixed an issue where the Ready button does not unlock once a game finishes if a user enters a Clubs dressing room before the current game is completed
• Fixed a rare crash when earning a PSN Trophy/Xbox Achievement while playing Ones
• Fixed an issue where the colors on the scoreboard were different from the colors in the score overlay
• Fixed a rare desync that would occur when users quit from a Ones or EASHL game and then joined another game
• Fixed an issue where exiting the Instant Replay from the post-game pause menu will restart the roll over timer when it shouldn’t be present when exiting out of that flow
• Added a “Next Game” option in the post-game so users can select that option and bypass the timer to return to the dressing room
• Fixed an issue where headwear was not being displayed on female heads outside of Edit Player
• Fixed an issue where the user would be booted back to the main menu after opening their very first WoC bag
• Fixed an issue where the user would become stuck if they quickly cancelled matchmaking then entered the matchmaking settings screen
• Fixed cases where players would come out of the player bench on penalties instead of the penalty box
• Improvements to AI behavior when a player disconnects in Ones

New Content in World of CHEL

• Colorado Avalanche Alternate Jersey
• Columbus Blue Jackets Alternate Jersey
• Edmonton Oilers Alternate
• Winnipeg Jets Alternate
• Calgary Flames Alternate
• Washington Capitals Alternate
• San Jose Sharks Alternate

GAMEPLAY

• General
  • Various improvements made for grabbing sticks from the bench
  • Fixed cases where a shot animation was resulting in bobbled shots
  • Fixes to faceoff alignment in defensive zone
  • Various improvements for Defensive AI behaviour off faceoffs
  • Updates to AI logic for when to use defensive skill stick
  • Fixed various crashes

• Skating
  • Improvements made to Vision Control when pivoting
  • Fixed an issue where energy was not regaining when in a glide while back skating

• Poke Checking
  • Fixed an issue where players were able to poke check opponents through the net
  • Made improvements to collision detection where sometimes a stick was still able to cause incidental contact with the puck carriers stick or the puck when passing through player geo first.

• Goalies
  • Improved consistency when transitioning from VH into hug post and from hug post into VH
  • Improved consistency when transitioning from paddle down to the set pose
  • Fixes to AI goaltender puck tracking on Between-the-Legs shots
  • Improved AI goaltender puck tracking on One-Handed Dekes
  • Fixes to AI goaltender puck tracking on Backhand Toe Drag Flip Shots
  • Improved AI goaltender tracking when back skating
  • Consistency improvements to hug post transitions from set pose at extreme angles
  • Various fixes to goalie save coverage when transitioning off the post
  • Improvements to save logic when the AI goaltender is in VH
  • Various fixes for AI Goalie shot anticipation
  • Fixed a case where goalies could get stuck in butterfly
  • Added more tuning ability for how goalies handle secondary threats that could be rebound threats
  • Specializations
    • Various fixes to specializations and traits

GAME MODES/PRESENTATION

• Franchise Mode:
  • Fixed an issues where junior created players imported into Franchise Mode always had UFA expiring contract status. They will now correctly follow NHL CBA rules.
  • Fixed an issue where some Owner mode related screens showed grey text on a grey background
  • Fixed an issue where the Jersey number screen was white when entering from a popup
  • Fixed an issue where the game would crash if the user switched to AHL during the NHL playoffs while it was still the AHL regular season
  • General UI/UX fixes
  • Be a Pro:
    • Added a popup informing the user that they became the team captain
    • Changed the colour of the starting goalie icon on the Play Next Game tile to better show if the user is the starting goalie that game

• Online Versus
  • Fixed an issue where users could become stuck while backing out of the Audio/Visual Settings screen as the pause timer expires

• Global
  • In the pause menu, the Power Player format wasn’t correct. It should have been in the x/x format rather just powerplay opportunities

PRESENTATION

• Various improvements to multiplayer celebrations
• Fixed a case where the score clock timing was incorrect off the opening draw in 2nd and 3rd periods
• Fix an issue where the goal light was not rendering properly in some stadiums
• Various camera fixes

Uniforms
The following uniforms have been added to NHL 19

• NHL
  • Added Calgary Flames Alternate
  • Added Colorado Avalanche Alternate
  • Added Columbus Blue Jackets Alternate
  • Added San Jose Sharks Alternate
  • Added Washington Capitals Alternate
  • Added Winnipeg Jets Alternate
  • Added Edmonton Oilers Alternate
• AHL
  • Colorado Eagles Home and Away
• CHL
  • Lethbridge Hurricanes Home and Away
  • Oshawa Generals Home and Away
  • Shawinigan Cataractes Home and Away
• ECHL
  • Atlanta Gladiators Home and Away
  • Adirondack Thunder Home and Away
  • Rapid City Rush Home and Away
  • Liiga
  • KalPa Home and Away
  • KooKoo Kouvola Home and Away
• DEL
  • All Teams Home and Away
  • National League
  • All Teams Home and Away

Center Ice Changes
Updated the following Center Ice layouts

• Anaheim Ducks
• Carolina Hurricanes
• Chicago Blackhawks
• Dallas Stars
• Detroit Red Wings
• Minnesota Wild
• Montreal Canadiens
• St. Louis Blues
• Vegas Golden Knights

We are still investigating into what is causing Dressing Room errors for EASHL. We are still working on it and are trying find out what the exact cause is in order to solve it. We appreciate your patience as we work to address the issue.

bbdeprdutions

6 weeks and still no fix? Good thing Red Dead Redemption comes out tomorrow.

habsfan79

No more legends in playnow mode !!

InMy30s

I think you need to add a quick chat/emoji option to versus games similar to golf clash. You could add it between whistles. Things like nice shot good game or whatever

Geva_G

EA needs to fix the AI defence automatically crashing into the boards when chasing a loose puck in their zone when no ones around. Happens way too often.

CLX90

Still no new goalie equipment?

HoodHoppers

So goalies get buffed even more. Great!

Kuus2

Yay, I guess I wasn’t totally crazy thinking something was off with incidental contacts from behind.

KRYPTON1T3

So no edit player for season mode? Can’t add in something that’s been in games since forever. What a joke.

Don4593

go back to beta skating. it was perfect and just fantastic and now you made it as bad as nhl 18

Edited to remove swearing. - EA_Cian

Farseglaren

No legends in franchise?

Froommey

The only Alternate new Jersey I found is from the Caps. Other are old and was in the game before. New Alternate Winnipeg is not in the game. Many others like usual are missing.

xKnight70

Can You Bring the new CCM equipment in please and Bring back winter classic

zetterberg2222

Didn’t fix the ability for 2 people to match team size in HUT?

barrett098

dr errors still not fixed?

rwarrior369

Thanks for the update. I’m not an avid gamer, as I’ve only played the offline NHL series and recently FIFA. In my opinion, the gameplay in NHL has improved drastically compared to 18. Everyone will [email protected] and moan about anything. What do they expect??? It’s a game. Not real life. There will always be a bug or glitch or a “computer type” feel to the game because.....It’s a game. Novel concept. Also, the gameplay in FIFA gets stale after awhile once you master the game. Same for NHL. At the end of the day, its only just a game. If you want the real thing, strap on some skates. As a former player, it’s as close to the real thing as a “game” can get.

KidShowtime1867

Froommey wrote: »

. New Alternate Winnipeg is not in the game. Many others like usual are missing.

Wow. Just... wow.... that sucks.

We are still investigating into what is causing Dressing Room errors for EASHL. We are still working on it and are trying find out what the exact cause is in order to solve it. We appreciate your patience as we work to address the issue.

So happy RDR2 is out now. Chel can take a backseat or get out of this ride altogether.

WFWR26

rwarrior369 wrote: »

Thanks for the update. I’m not an avid gamer, as I’ve only played the offline NHL series and recently FIFA. In my opinion, the gameplay in NHL has improved drastically compared to 18. Everyone will [email protected] and moan about anything. What do they expect??? It’s a game. Not real life. There will always be a bug or glitch or a “computer type” feel to the game because.....It’s a game. Novel concept. Also, the gameplay in FIFA gets stale after awhile once you master the game. Same for NHL. At the end of the day, its only just a game. If you want the real thing, strap on some skates. As a former player, it’s as close to the real thing as a “game” can get.

No, the problem is, this was going to be the best NHL on next gen to date after playing the beta. If they had kept that going. What we have now is 10 steps back and worse than 18...they put out a great beta, lured in all of the people that were done with their antics after last year. Only to make adjustments to the game for people that couldnt compete. Theres people complaining all over the forums. The skating feels as slow and clunky as last year(reminds me of NHL 13 when they introduced the debacle that is true performance skating), gone is the agility of starts stops and quick turns. Mite hockey players can stickhandle better than what you can on NHL 19. Its pretty sad that 09-12 were probably the most fun NHL games of all time, but that was when we had the least crap. You could defend the glitch goals and people that exploited them...now the scoring seems more random than ever. Im angry about it of course because after having an EASHL squad on next gen since 16, we are all so tired of this franchise bending us over, that we are disbanding the squad. What went from a fun experience for my buds and myself online, has turned into a grindfest/chore to get through the games. The fun is gone. Worst part is that most of us here complaining love hockey. Eat, sleep, breath it. But lets face it, unless someone steps up and gives EA competition, we are gonna get the same story every year.

stanleyvinna

rwarrior369 wrote: »

Thanks for the update. I’m not an avid gamer, as I’ve only played the offline NHL series and recently FIFA. In my opinion, the gameplay in NHL has improved drastically compared to 18. Everyone will [email protected] and moan about anything. What do they expect??? It’s a game. Not real life. There will always be a bug or glitch or a “computer type” feel to the game because.....It’s a game. Novel concept. Also, the gameplay in FIFA gets stale after awhile once you master the game. Same for NHL. At the end of the day, its only just a game. If you want the real thing, strap on some skates. As a former player, it’s as close to the real thing as a “game” can get.

You're probably not a hardcore, year after year player. Nobody expects the game to be perfect. But, we may expect a good, complete product for our money.

Every year EA makes us hungry with some slick advertising on the new NHL, you pay 60-70 bucks and what do we get?
-An incomplete game. We have to wait 3 months for the tuning and patching. After that period, the game finally is playable. BUT, you'll have to experiment for another month with the gameplay sliders if you want to have a realistic offline vs CPU gamemode.
-The smallest things are somehow not in the new game, like jerseys and some easy stat things. Very frustrating.
-And so on and on.

r7ctvuw876na

So, the win horn (created) on custom teams isn’t fixed yet?!

Valpy77

I've been an avid CHEL player since '06 - loyal to the game year after year and dedicated to HUT as a top 250 player (o Valpy o on Xbox) for years. Yes - there are errors, mishaps and overall gaps within the game/series. The effort of continuous updates/patches shows the dedication that EA has to making this the best hockey game on the market - no one even dares trying to compete. If competition is the answer to raise the bar of meeting EVERYONE'S complaints/issues - so be it. In the mean time, EA... Keep working hard in trying to make the NHL series the best product it can be! There should not only be hate - but appreciation. I APPRECIATE the heck out of the effort put in this game and I will continue to burnout playing CHEL regardless of negative feedback.

Thank you for listening and putting up with all users and thank you for effort, EA!