Fix BAP before you try and make another game.
May 14, 2017 5:41AM
edited May 2017
Be a Pro is such a mess. Can't believe you guys accepted that as finished product. Pathetic.
First off, bad line defense is the stupidest thing to penalize someone for. Not my fault your garbage AI doesn't know hockey positioning. That same garbage AI that tries to spin at the goal post and puts the puck in their own net. The AI is horrible.
The discipline stat on be a pro is ****. I try to make clean checks and stick lifts. Stick lift is impossible to do. Doing it when the prompt comes up will get you a slashing penalty everytime. If you try when they're coming straight at you then they just turn at the last second and bam, slashing. Then you get a penalty which is 10% gone from team play right off the bat. **** 10%. Biggest drop in the game from one action, and nothing you do in that game will bring your discipline back up. You end up going into a discipline-penalty spiral. Whoever thought that idea was good is ****.
And then the fighting. Im the top scorer in the NHL, and I can't refuse a fight?? Who the hell's idea was that? I do my job and get a big clean hit. Forced fight, I'm out for 5. I once got ejected from a game for 3 big hits leading to forced fights. Just stupid. Oh and take out the damn insta lose take downs on the fights. This is hockey not the MMA.
Blocking shorts and passes. I put myself in the passing/shooting lane all the time with vision control on, but pucks go right through me. Is this tied to a stat? I wouldn't know because the manuals trash and you guys don't explain ****.
I can't request a trade or even see who's on what teams roster. The options aside from play sre severally limited.
This mode needs serious work.
First off, bad line defense is the stupidest thing to penalize someone for. Not my fault your garbage AI doesn't know hockey positioning. That same garbage AI that tries to spin at the goal post and puts the puck in their own net. The AI is horrible.
The discipline stat on be a pro is ****. I try to make clean checks and stick lifts. Stick lift is impossible to do. Doing it when the prompt comes up will get you a slashing penalty everytime. If you try when they're coming straight at you then they just turn at the last second and bam, slashing. Then you get a penalty which is 10% gone from team play right off the bat. **** 10%. Biggest drop in the game from one action, and nothing you do in that game will bring your discipline back up. You end up going into a discipline-penalty spiral. Whoever thought that idea was good is ****.
And then the fighting. Im the top scorer in the NHL, and I can't refuse a fight?? Who the hell's idea was that? I do my job and get a big clean hit. Forced fight, I'm out for 5. I once got ejected from a game for 3 big hits leading to forced fights. Just stupid. Oh and take out the damn insta lose take downs on the fights. This is hockey not the MMA.
Blocking shorts and passes. I put myself in the passing/shooting lane all the time with vision control on, but pucks go right through me. Is this tied to a stat? I wouldn't know because the manuals trash and you guys don't explain ****.
I can't request a trade or even see who's on what teams roster. The options aside from play sre severally limited.
This mode needs serious work.
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Unfortunately, that's not going to happen. What they first need to go is get the game play up to par. Once they finally accomplish that, upgrade the servers, then they should start with these modes that limited people play. Sorry but BAP is after EASHL, HUT, Online VS, Franchise Mode
EXACTLY!! You gotta make sure that old rusted out Classic Muscle car is going to run before you put a brand new paint job on it!
Stuff like this is why they should scrap the mode entirely, and focus on the important things.
Bingo!! I'm sorry I played BAP and BAGM back in the 80s and 90s (there was no Internet or ONLINE Gaming so you had NO CHOICE but to play against AI). Not knocking the mode per say, I spent countless hours as a tween/teen/early 20s playing vs AI in the form of NES Ice Hockey, Blades of Steel, EA NHL, etc but again that was Back in the Day in the 80s and 90s. At this point EA bothering to work on BAP is as important as EA working on NHL Moments Live. Yes I know it's just my measly 2 cents but it's how I feel. It's 2017 EMBRACE Online!
I still play offline, Franchise Mode and that's really it. I play that when I can't deal with EASHL (not getting good teams in drop-in, club isn't on, or in a slump). That game mode needs more overhauling over BAP. And still, I'd put Franchise Mode behind EASHL by a large margin
No doubt. The NHL Franchise as a whole needs to be overhauled but it's become comical with all the problems this game has. I just see it as it's 2017 and at 44yrs old, I am more inclined to play ONLINE (even with all those problems) simply because I already spent my youth in the 80s and 90s playing against mindless AI players. Yes like you I got frustrated with Online (plethora of reasons) and I Tried to go offline/mindless AI players BUT I mean C'mon:
BAP - I make the Pens out of training camp (0G 0A 8PIMS) and Evgeni Malkin (not injured) is sent to WBS. NOT ONLY is he in WBS but he is the #2 Center behind Joe Vitale. NO SANE GM would ever ....EVER make that roster move
BAP:LTL - I get injured in the 1st game of a Home and Home with CBJ and don't play the 2nd game (miss 5 games total). Interview Question after 2nd game: You were a turnover machine tonight....wait What?? I didn't play in the 2nd game, was injured for 5 games (simmed through my injury)...how the F*** was I a turnover machine in the 2nd game of CBJ??
BAP:LTL - We lose to Montreal 2-0. Interview Question after the game: Hard fought game but you couldn't pull it off in OT, how does that ....wait What?? We lost 2-0 in REGULATION...how the F*** did the game go to OT...did I miss something here??
Everyone always talks about how this game doesn't have a big enough market to do this or that, well the problem is they're steadily losing players. And they're ignoring a large portion of their market by only prioritizing online play. This is **** EA. Pretty sure they can afford to toss some teams at this game, and bring it up to date just one year.
They do not intend to bring in anyone to help out this poor franchise. Why would they? No matter what they put out, people still buy it. People still invest in HUT even though it is one of the dumbest things to do.
I agree completely. If they can solve the gameplay issues, especially the very stupid AI, it will save a lot of modes in a single swoop. Then they can start adding the extra flares.
I'd give my left nut just to have the coach TELL ME THE GAMEPLANS. I'm sure somewhere in the programming each team has a strategy setup. But I'm not privy to such information. Many times I'll be taking the puck up and I must be doing it wrong, because the AI will swerve and stop RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME on the blue line. Nothing like your own team stopping your zone entry. Or when I go to skate the blue line as forward to pull the D up and my defense men decides he'd work best as a pick to force me out and over the blue or into the opposing defender...
Again, that could either be me not seeing the game plans, or the crappy AI. Only time will tell.