As an older (46), offline player, I spend a lot of time making CAPs of the guys I used to watch back in the late 80’s through to the early 2000’s.
I’d love to see the following added to NHL21, as far as CAPs go.
1. Add more names of past players, especially Eastern European and Russian names. Some very good players cannot be created because their names are not on the “play by play” list. Names like Fedorov, Kovalev, Bondra, Demitra, Bonk, Zholtok, Afinogenov, Satan, etc.
2. Coupled with point 1, point 2 is a must if they do not add more names. Add to the “play by play” list player positions. There already is Goalie. Now add Center, Left Wing, Right Wing and Defenseman. Or, at the very least, allow us to not assign a “play by play” name. It’s really bothersome to have to try to find a name that’s vaguely similar to the one you’re looking for.
3. Allow us to make players without helmets and goalie masks. (Orr, Hull, MacTavish, etc.)
4. It’s high time to add a goalie mask creator. (Use templates, like the jerseys. Give us a few designs and allow us to slap a logo on it.)
5. Add old CCM jersey templates to CAT. (80’s Whalers, Nordiques, 2000’s Bruins, etc.)
6. Add more pants and socks templates to CAT. (Blackhawks home template not in the game.)
7. Add more classic NHL logos to CAT. (Mighty Ducks, 90’s Coyotes, 90’s Whalers, 90’s Jets, Thrashers, etc.)
8. Add AHL jersey and logo templates to CAT. (Why aren’t they there now?)
9. Bring back the old school Friday the 13th goalie masks. (With templates so we can get funky with them.)
10. Add a player search engine. (I’m getting really tired of having to look through EVERY team and EVERY league in the game to try to find specific players.)
11. Lastly, we absolutely need a roster sharing feature. (I spent months overhauling the Alumni Teams so that I now have 33 teams with no duplicate players. I’m sure there are quite a few people who would love to use them.)
The CHEL drop-in mode needs to go back to a realistic hockey experience. The outside rink thing with adidas shirts and chinese new year neck warmers absolutely killed the vibe of this mode for me. When you play this mode you want to get the feeling of a real NHL game with a packed arena, real hockey equipment, real NHL jerseys and replays of big plays instead of helicopter or farm images. I can already get the outside hockey game experience in real life at the park two corners from here, I don't need it in this game.
There are a few threads, I know. I wanted my list front and center rather than buried deep on another thread. So here we go:
- Been thinking about this one for a while, but as you do with roster updates, franchise mode should "update" as well as the first season progresses (for example, 20 games in to the season in real life is where we pick up from in franchise mode and so on)
- Fix the face-offs. Why we automatically lose a face-off because we move is ridiculous. This is not football.
- Speaking of face-offs, centers can get kicked out
- Add an entire section dedicated to facts; league and franchise records to franchise mode that get updated as seasons progress. Records that are broken are recognized by the in-game PBP and CC. Keep a list of draft records by team per year.
- Bring back team specific newsletters in franchise mode (from NHL 07 iirc)
- Add real life insiders (Bob McKenzie, Elliott Friedman, etc.)
- Add ECHL to franchise mode
- Three way trades
- NTC's and NMC's; Players aren't willing to get traded or sign with certain teams.
- Bonuses on contracts
- Add Assistant GM's
- Remove character limits from naming a CAP and GM
- Increase number of scouts
- Increase number of years in franchise mode to 30
- Better team celebrations and bench fly-by when scoring a goal
To add to it:
- ROSTER SHARING !!!
- Add cut scenes in franchise mode for the trade deadline and draft; also for GM media interviews
- Way too many "A+" and "A" rated coaches in franchise mode.
- Way too many "Elite" players and prospects in the game, especially in franchise mode. Not every player has the potential to be elite. It causes contract demands to be out of control
- Add tournaments to franchise mode, such as the World Cup of Hockey, World Championships, Olympics
- "Loan" players to other teams in all leagues
- When scouting specific players, rather than focus on one area (character, skills, strengths/weaknesses, etc.) the scout can actually focus on all areas.
- Don't limit the scouting interviews to 3. Keep it unlimited.
Even if some of this points were already mentioned, here are mine
Biggest of all because its definitely a killing one: --> Add some stadiums from leagues like the DEL, SHL, Liiga, EBEL and the winter classics --> if thats not possible please add a few more standard stadiums in different sizes ... i`ll get nightmares from this single "standard" stadium
Game Modes: --> focus on more offline action, for example: - offline All-Star Games - offline Pond-Hockey (like the Volta-mode in Fifa 20) - "create a tournament" mode
Teams: --> maybe add the DEL2 oder KHL
In-Game: --> "defending the goalie" scenes by more than a single actor --> more fan interaction (banners, fan scarfs, chants) --> more or less fans in the stadiums --> face off: centers can get kicked out --> more action beside the match like: - lockerroom scenes - Zamboni during breaks or little fun games - after game interviews - pre-game player introductions - pre-game Warm-Up session
Create a team: --> more stadiums --> more creative team logos --> more equipment designs for goalies and players --> goalie mask editor --> jersey editor
Talking about face offs:
centers can get kicked out
I wanna choose between different positions for my players in the face off line up. As a left forward or a right forward or as a defense player I don't stand always at the same place. It depends, if my center is a leftie or a rightie, if I have a face off in the offense or in the defense, if I play powerplay or box play etc. In FIFA you can create some standards for corner kicks. Please give us some posibilities to create tactical positions/lineups/standards around the face offs.
I wanna choose the player, who goes to the face off in every line. For instance: I play powerplay with two centers, I will play the face off with the center, who will go to the left or to the right forward position, because he has the better skill for face offs and slap shots. But the center, who starts on the forward poistion is better in deflecting in the slot.
Such little tacticle improvements make the game a real game!
1. Make BAP more interesting (cutscenes, European leagues, NCAA, Usports 2. Add ECHL to franchise mode 3. If EA can’t secure licenses give us a full creation suite (logos, Jerseys etc) 4. Let us upload our own images for logos (NBA 2K) 5. Let us fully customize jerseys instead of just templates give us a blank jersey where we can add lines and colour zones 6. Add WJC and other IIHF tournaments to tournament mode, BAP, and franchise 7. Bring back all star game and maybe add the full all star weekend. 8. More leagues (KHL, USHL, Canadian junior A, university) 9. Let us edit the way the league functions in franchise (like nba 2ks my league) 10. Expansion in the middle of franchise like 5 years deep 11. ROSTER SHARING 12. GM connected 13. Mini games like they had in nhl slapshot and earlier nhl games 14. Fix the poke checking and stick lifts 15. Custom goalie masks
1. Make BAP more interesting (cutscenes, European leagues, NCAA, Usports
2. Add ECHL to franchise mode
3. If EA can’t secure licenses give us a full creation suite (logos, Jerseys etc)
4. Let us upload our own images for logos (NBA 2K)
5. Let us fully customize jerseys instead of just templates give us a blank jersey where we can add lines and colour zones
6. Add WJC and other IIHF tournaments to tournament mode, BAP, and franchise
7. Bring back all star game and maybe add the full all star weekend.
8. More leagues (KHL, USHL, Canadian junior A, university)
9. Let us edit the way the league functions in franchise (like nba 2ks my league)
10. Expansion in the middle of franchise like 5 years deep
11. ROSTER SHARING
12. GM connected
13. Mini games like they had in nhl slapshot and earlier nhl games
14. Fix the poke checking and stick lifts
15. Custom goalie masks
I’ve posted in and read a few threads now, and I’d love for the developers to really take into account what’s said here because it’s similar from thread to thread.
My main wishlist has to do with online play with World of Chel because that’s what I’m playing the most.
There needs to be a better ranking system for opponents and teammates alike. I would like to see someway to positively or negatively rate opponents or teammates. Far too often am I playing with a teammate or opponent that either quits mid game for a simple example. Other examples are: poor team play, players screaming into the headset, stalling or not actively attacking throughout the game, constant connection issues, and things of that nature. I know it’s not unfamiliar, but a player rating system would be beneficial especially with making online matches. I don’t know about the rest of the people that play, but after a day of work I could go without some tween screaming in my ear because they’ve committed their fifth tripping penalty in the 1st period.
Next, I would like to see the loadouts actually work as they should in the club games. If you have 90+ speed you shouldn’t be getting caught by a 6’9 EFD plain and simple. A goalie with 90+ attributes shouldn’t be able to be picked apart like a pee wee goalie as well. I would prefer to allot my own attribute points as I see fit for my style of play.
Goalie controls and gameplay needs a complete overhaul. I suggested in another thread to incorporate a goalie skill stick instead of using just the desperation save button. Having more fluid goalie animations and improve the play so you’re able to make more saves. If you’re goalie ratings are above 90+ you shouldn’t be Swiss cheese in the crease no matter how awful you are because even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Just going to fire off the rest. Custom goalie masks, more realistic gameplay in club, get rid of glitch goals, improve defensive play, more in game celebrity announcers like former players *cough* Spittin’ chiclets *cough* (no offense but I’ve almost memorized what Snoop Dogg says), more online game options like connected GM, and the ability to create or edit draft prospects.
There are so many other issues I have with the game, but for the most part I just want to see improvements in the gameplay.
> @Efbomb said: > As an older (46), offline player, I spend a lot of time making CAPs of the guys I used to watch back in the late 80’s through to the early 2000’s. > > I’d love to see the following added to NHL21, as far as CAPs go. > > 1. Add more names of past players, especially Eastern European and Russian names. Some very good players cannot be created because their names are not on the “play by play” list. Names like Fedorov, Kovalev, Bondra, Demitra, Bonk, Zholtok, Afinogenov, Satan, etc. > > 2. Coupled with point 1, point 2 is a must if they do not add more names. Add to the “play by play” list player positions. There already is Goalie. Now add Center, Left Wing, Right Wing and Defenseman. Or, at the very least, allow us to not assign a “play by play” name. It’s really bothersome to have to try to find a name that’s vaguely similar to the one you’re looking for. > > 3. Allow us to make players without helmets and goalie masks. (Orr, Hull, MacTavish, etc.) > > 4. It’s high time to add a goalie mask creator. (Use templates, like the jerseys. Give us a few designs and allow us to slap a logo on it.) > > 5. Add old CCM jersey templates to CAT. (80’s Whalers, Nordiques, 2000’s Bruins, etc.) > > 6. Add more pants and socks templates to CAT. (Blackhawks home template not in the game.) > > 7. Add more classic NHL logos to CAT. (Mighty Ducks, 90’s Coyotes, 90’s Whalers, 90’s Jets, Thrashers, etc.) > > 8. Add AHL jersey and logo templates to CAT. (Why aren’t they there now?) > > 9. Bring back the old school Friday the 13th goalie masks. (With templates so we can get funky with them.) > > 10. Add a player search engine. (I’m getting really tired of having to look through EVERY team and EVERY league in the game to try to find specific players.) > > 11. Lastly, we absolutely need a roster sharing feature. (I spent months overhauling the Alumni Teams so that I now have 33 teams with no duplicate players. I’m sure there are quite a few people who would love to use them.) > > That’s all for now.
I totally agree with the goalie mask creator. Most of the masks are not that good right now especially the junior ones. Also, some teams masks haven't changed for quite a while, like the canucks who have had the same masks for like 5 or more years.
NCAA, USHL and KHL. NCAA just awarded right for players to profit from their name. USHL and KHL, doesn’t make sense why they haven’t bought the licenses already?! 9 players from the USHL were drafted in the first round last year
If “playoff mode” returns, I’d love to have all of the options associated with “Season Mode” added outside of trading players and other features that you wouldn’t see during the playoffs. So edit player, edit jersey numbers, edit lines, and edit strategies should all be in playoff mode. The mode by default allows you to play every game of every series, so why would main menu features such as these not be added?
Assuming NHL21 is on the old gen, I'd like EA to stop torturing my PS4.... I mean, the fan makes an unholy racket when I am in the CHEL menus, it just runs at full whack. Much louder than my vacuum cleaner, I am worried it will break down some day. I've never had any other game make the fan so loud... I think I read somewhere that it is because the framerate is not limited in the menus?
Whatever the cause is, please make it stop! I'd much rather have 8-bit text only menus than this. I can't believe this has not been fixed this year, I am sure people have complained about it (I know I did).
Video of someone playing nhl 2k10.. perhaps you should watch this and see what we are all talking about. A 10 year old game, which pretty much puts anything that has been put out as of recent years to shame.. they have outdoor arenas on this game and it looks beautiful. Attention to detail, goes a long way with more realistic Gameplay.
Hitting animations and mechanics are especially impressive in that 2k10 video, my pet peeve is that in NHL your player becomes weightless when you're hit. You go flying half the field if the hit is good, and you can't do anything about it. In the video you get 'counter-checks'. ie. a player is trying to hit a big guy and gets destroyed himself. That's what I want to see, the ability to react to hits and even 'win' them.
And the partial hits were cool too, and those cases where the puck carrier got to continue with the puck after the hit or deliver a desperate shot.
Video of someone playing nhl 2k10.. perhaps you should watch this and see what we are all talking about. A 10 year old game, which pretty much puts anything that has been put out as of recent years to shame.. they have outdoor arenas on this game and it looks beautiful. Attention to detail, goes a long way with more realistic Gameplay.
Unfortunately somebody in charge of this game though that people will love if they sped up some of these beautiful animations 2x or sometimes 3x and dump down (otherwise still great) physics to match the EA game.
This made the overall feel of the game very choppy and unpolished.
He also thought that it will be great idea to use already limited resources on minigames and focus on non hockey casual fans that "just wanna have some fun".
It was more than obvious (and I actually know this from inside sources) that the devs wanted to produce very different product than what was at the end approved and promoted.
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I’d love to see the following added to NHL21, as far as CAPs go.
1. Add more names of past players, especially Eastern European and Russian names. Some very good players cannot be created because their names are not on the “play by play” list. Names like Fedorov, Kovalev, Bondra, Demitra, Bonk, Zholtok, Afinogenov, Satan, etc.
2. Coupled with point 1, point 2 is a must if they do not add more names. Add to the “play by play” list player positions. There already is Goalie. Now add Center, Left Wing, Right Wing and Defenseman. Or, at the very least, allow us to not assign a “play by play” name. It’s really bothersome to have to try to find a name that’s vaguely similar to the one you’re looking for.
3. Allow us to make players without helmets and goalie masks. (Orr, Hull, MacTavish, etc.)
4. It’s high time to add a goalie mask creator. (Use templates, like the jerseys. Give us a few designs and allow us to slap a logo on it.)
5. Add old CCM jersey templates to CAT. (80’s Whalers, Nordiques, 2000’s Bruins, etc.)
6. Add more pants and socks templates to CAT. (Blackhawks home template not in the game.)
7. Add more classic NHL logos to CAT. (Mighty Ducks, 90’s Coyotes, 90’s Whalers, 90’s Jets, Thrashers, etc.)
8. Add AHL jersey and logo templates to CAT. (Why aren’t they there now?)
9. Bring back the old school Friday the 13th goalie masks. (With templates so we can get funky with them.)
10. Add a player search engine. (I’m getting really tired of having to look through EVERY team and EVERY league in the game to try to find specific players.)
11. Lastly, we absolutely need a roster sharing feature. (I spent months overhauling the Alumni Teams so that I now have 33 teams with no duplicate players. I’m sure there are quite a few people who would love to use them.)
That’s all for now.
Yeah. Would be nice to see that come back.
To add to it:
- ROSTER SHARING !!!
- Add cut scenes in franchise mode for the trade deadline and draft; also for GM media interviews
- Way too many "A+" and "A" rated coaches in franchise mode.
- Way too many "Elite" players and prospects in the game, especially in franchise mode. Not every player has the potential to be elite. It causes contract demands to be out of control
- Add tournaments to franchise mode, such as the World Cup of Hockey, World Championships, Olympics
- "Loan" players to other teams in all leagues
- When scouting specific players, rather than focus on one area (character, skills, strengths/weaknesses, etc.) the scout can actually focus on all areas.
- Don't limit the scouting interviews to 3. Keep it unlimited.
That's all I can think of, for now.
Biggest of all because its definitely a killing one:
--> Add some stadiums from leagues like the DEL, SHL, Liiga, EBEL and the winter classics
--> if thats not possible please add a few more standard stadiums in different sizes
... i`ll get nightmares from this single "standard" stadium
Game Modes:
--> focus on more offline action, for example:
- offline All-Star Games
- offline Pond-Hockey (like the Volta-mode in Fifa 20)
- "create a tournament" mode
Teams:
--> maybe add the DEL2 oder KHL
In-Game:
--> "defending the goalie" scenes by more than a single actor
--> more fan interaction (banners, fan scarfs, chants)
--> more or less fans in the stadiums
--> face off: centers can get kicked out
--> more action beside the match like:
- lockerroom scenes
- Zamboni during breaks or little fun games
- after game interviews
- pre-game player introductions
- pre-game Warm-Up session
Create a team:
--> more stadiums
--> more creative team logos
--> more equipment designs for goalies and players
--> goalie mask editor
--> jersey editor
Many thanks :)
centers can get kicked out
I wanna choose between different positions for my players in the face off line up. As a left forward or a right forward or as a defense player I don't stand always at the same place. It depends, if my center is a leftie or a rightie, if I have a face off in the offense or in the defense, if I play powerplay or box play etc. In FIFA you can create some standards for corner kicks. Please give us some posibilities to create tactical positions/lineups/standards around the face offs.
I wanna choose the player, who goes to the face off in every line. For instance: I play powerplay with two centers, I will play the face off with the center, who will go to the left or to the right forward position, because he has the better skill for face offs and slap shots. But the center, who starts on the forward poistion is better in deflecting in the slot.
Such little tacticle improvements make the game a real game!
1. Make BAP more interesting (cutscenes, European leagues, NCAA, Usports
2. Add ECHL to franchise mode
3. If EA can’t secure licenses give us a full creation suite (logos, Jerseys etc)
4. Let us upload our own images for logos (NBA 2K)
5. Let us fully customize jerseys instead of just templates give us a blank jersey where we can add lines and colour zones
6. Add WJC and other IIHF tournaments to tournament mode, BAP, and franchise
7. Bring back all star game and maybe add the full all star weekend.
8. More leagues (KHL, USHL, Canadian junior A, university)
9. Let us edit the way the league functions in franchise (like nba 2ks my league)
10. Expansion in the middle of franchise like 5 years deep
11. ROSTER SHARING
12. GM connected
13. Mini games like they had in nhl slapshot and earlier nhl games
14. Fix the poke checking and stick lifts
15. Custom goalie masks
Agree with everything. Would add:
16. Custom music
My main wishlist has to do with online play with World of Chel because that’s what I’m playing the most.
There needs to be a better ranking system for opponents and teammates alike. I would like to see someway to positively or negatively rate opponents or teammates. Far too often am I playing with a teammate or opponent that either quits mid game for a simple example. Other examples are: poor team play, players screaming into the headset, stalling or not actively attacking throughout the game, constant connection issues, and things of that nature. I know it’s not unfamiliar, but a player rating system would be beneficial especially with making online matches. I don’t know about the rest of the people that play, but after a day of work I could go without some tween screaming in my ear because they’ve committed their fifth tripping penalty in the 1st period.
Next, I would like to see the loadouts actually work as they should in the club games. If you have 90+ speed you shouldn’t be getting caught by a 6’9 EFD plain and simple. A goalie with 90+ attributes shouldn’t be able to be picked apart like a pee wee goalie as well. I would prefer to allot my own attribute points as I see fit for my style of play.
Goalie controls and gameplay needs a complete overhaul. I suggested in another thread to incorporate a goalie skill stick instead of using just the desperation save button. Having more fluid goalie animations and improve the play so you’re able to make more saves. If you’re goalie ratings are above 90+ you shouldn’t be Swiss cheese in the crease no matter how awful you are because even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Just going to fire off the rest. Custom goalie masks, more realistic gameplay in club, get rid of glitch goals, improve defensive play, more in game celebrity announcers like former players *cough* Spittin’ chiclets *cough* (no offense but I’ve almost memorized what Snoop Dogg says), more online game options like connected GM, and the ability to create or edit draft prospects.
There are so many other issues I have with the game, but for the most part I just want to see improvements in the gameplay.
> As an older (46), offline player, I spend a lot of time making CAPs of the guys I used to watch back in the late 80’s through to the early 2000’s.
>
> I’d love to see the following added to NHL21, as far as CAPs go.
>
> 1. Add more names of past players, especially Eastern European and Russian names. Some very good players cannot be created because their names are not on the “play by play” list. Names like Fedorov, Kovalev, Bondra, Demitra, Bonk, Zholtok, Afinogenov, Satan, etc.
>
> 2. Coupled with point 1, point 2 is a must if they do not add more names. Add to the “play by play” list player positions. There already is Goalie. Now add Center, Left Wing, Right Wing and Defenseman. Or, at the very least, allow us to not assign a “play by play” name. It’s really bothersome to have to try to find a name that’s vaguely similar to the one you’re looking for.
>
> 3. Allow us to make players without helmets and goalie masks. (Orr, Hull, MacTavish, etc.)
>
> 4. It’s high time to add a goalie mask creator. (Use templates, like the jerseys. Give us a few designs and allow us to slap a logo on it.)
>
> 5. Add old CCM jersey templates to CAT. (80’s Whalers, Nordiques, 2000’s Bruins, etc.)
>
> 6. Add more pants and socks templates to CAT. (Blackhawks home template not in the game.)
>
> 7. Add more classic NHL logos to CAT. (Mighty Ducks, 90’s Coyotes, 90’s Whalers, 90’s Jets, Thrashers, etc.)
>
> 8. Add AHL jersey and logo templates to CAT. (Why aren’t they there now?)
>
> 9. Bring back the old school Friday the 13th goalie masks. (With templates so we can get funky with them.)
>
> 10. Add a player search engine. (I’m getting really tired of having to look through EVERY team and EVERY league in the game to try to find specific players.)
>
> 11. Lastly, we absolutely need a roster sharing feature. (I spent months overhauling the Alumni Teams so that I now have 33 teams with no duplicate players. I’m sure there are quite a few people who would love to use them.)
>
> That’s all for now.
I totally agree with the goalie mask creator. Most of the masks are not that good right now especially the junior ones. Also, some teams masks haven't changed for quite a while, like the canucks who have had the same masks for like 5 or more years.
> My wishlist for next version:
> #1 Goalie mask Editor
> #2 Jersey Editor
> #3 Teams and Players from KHL and german DEL2
>
definitly need the goalie mask creator
Kind of frustrating to say the least!
Whatever the cause is, please make it stop! I'd much rather have 8-bit text only menus than this. I can't believe this has not been fixed this year, I am sure people have complained about it (I know I did).
Video of someone playing nhl 2k10.. perhaps you should watch this and see what we are all talking about. A 10 year old game, which pretty much puts anything that has been put out as of recent years to shame.. they have outdoor arenas on this game and it looks beautiful. Attention to detail, goes a long way with more realistic Gameplay.
And the partial hits were cool too, and those cases where the puck carrier got to continue with the puck after the hit or deliver a desperate shot.
Unfortunately somebody in charge of this game though that people will love if they sped up some of these beautiful animations 2x or sometimes 3x and dump down (otherwise still great) physics to match the EA game.
This made the overall feel of the game very choppy and unpolished.
He also thought that it will be great idea to use already limited resources on minigames and focus on non hockey casual fans that "just wanna have some fun".
It was more than obvious (and I actually know this from inside sources) that the devs wanted to produce very different product than what was at the end approved and promoted.
Sounds familiar?
This all led to bankrupt, as most of us know.