NHL’27 motto, “We fixed it”
There are a lot of posts about what is wrong with the game and right now as you read this, devs are working on NHL27 and trying to come up with new ideas for the game. Here is an idea. Just fix what needs to be fixed. I cant speak for others, but I dont need new hitting animations, I dont need new ways to score or add sweat to skin. I just want things to function as they should when I bought the game. The following is a list for BAP only. I cant speak for other game modes. Presentation. Pre-game presentation should be better. Apart from the grudge matches and your first NHL game, the pre-game presentation is only 10 seconds long. Show my player, make the intro longer. Let me see raising of the banner when you win the cup and let me skate on the ice if Im one of the “Stars of the game”. Fix it side note. Grudge match animations. The goalie doesn’t have stick. Sliders.. Controller settings still not saving since tethering was introduced. Extremely frustrating that a BAP goalie has to stop a game and change controller settings. Also reports that sliders are not saving and the penalty sliders. Fix it side note. Controller settings available ONLY when you begin to play a game. Fix it side note. Aggression slider needs a larger variance. Even at 0/100 I’ll get 50 hits in a game in 7min periods. Goalie reaction slider doesn’t appear to have any effect. 0/100 or 100/100 appears to perform the same. Why cant I change my goalie stance? If I can change my hair style and goalie pads, beard length, why cant I change my goalie stance? Animations.. The goalie animations are terrible at best. The goalie limbs are too long, legs are twisting the wrong way, the jersey is too blocky and the movements and goalie animations are terrible at best. My goalie will use his elbow on his glove hand to block a shot instead of catching the puck. Also some goalie stances look horrible when the goalie is moving. I have given you pictures or videos of this in previous posts. Look at goalie stance 22 and watch the glove hand side and stick hand side move in inhuman ways. The whole energy system is a good idea but terrible implementation. Health drain is just too much and you dont get enough energy points in a week. If you play 3 games in a week, you need to save 3 energy points. If Im the goalie and I dont play for 4 straight games, why is my health exactly the same? I should recover automatically. Have a health regeneration equation where you gain on days you dont play and days between games. If I dont play for a week, my health should be at 100%. But I digress. It’s 12 points go gain one trait point. Give us more attribute choices. Keep the money, and the management options, but give us more options like speed, agility, shot power or save reflexes. Maybe keep the health level but give us regeneration on days off or games we dont play. BAP start of a career. I’ll tell you what I did like. I like the interview and the rewards process. That was a great change in my opinion. You can let the draft go or you can choose your team. I like that too. What I dont like. You gave us the WJ, a choice of tournament and go thru the draft and the offseason and there is NO option do all of that with downloaded/Current Rosters. You have to make that choice between a level 75 player with some improved attributes you earned OR you start from the base level 69 player. WHY? Why cant you write a program where the offseason continues with all the trades and FA signings and on Sept 12, you have a pop up. Continue with the current roster or downloaded roster? That way, the player has the choice and has a slightly advanced player with upgraded attributes. Fix it side note. All goalie styles begin with exactly the same attributes. How did this pass QC? Butterfly, Stand up and Hybrid all have the exact same attributes. Why does a butterfly goalie have 73 glove low and stick low with 74 5hole but an 87 stick high and glove high attributes? This wasn’t in issue with NHL25 EA, you have everything already in your kitchen to make a great product. You dont need to go to the market and buy new ingredients that can foul everything up. Just fix all the issues. Because as a consumer and EA’s history of fixing things, I wont buy nhl27 until these issues are addressed. I have say here and with my wallet. If you wont listen to your fans here, you will hear them with your lack of sales. Sad but true. Good luck.ea sport
hello They still can't fix any of the bugs that people point out here because it probably causes them problems and they only calculate profits and don't solve anything else. Personally I think it's pointless to say anything here because they never will. Because they have a problem fixing the bugs you report. I also reported that they had a bug in free agents and they ignored it because they can't fix it. they didn't fix it again, they ignore it and it's a big problem to fix it according to the eliteprospect website Here is a list of players who should not have been free agents : 1:) robert bortuzzo - retired 2:) martin jones - retired 3:) jack johson - retired 4:) craig smith - retired 5:) grigori denisenko - khl russia - bars kazan 6:) christian jaros - khl rusia - spartak moskva 7:) jean - francois berube - retired 8:) nick moutrey - poland - unia oswiecim 9:) michael houser - slovakia - hk 32 liptovsky mikulas 10:) brett ritchie - England - Sheffield Steelers 11:) grant hutton - retired 12:) alex limoges - khl - russia- dinamo minsk 13:) carsen twarynski - Northern Ireland - belfast giants 14:) milan lucic - Scotland - fife flyers 15:) max willman - khl - russia - barys astana 16:) joel l esperance - retired 17:) leo komarov - Finland - Kiekko-Espoo 18:) c.j. smith - ahl - Bridgeport Islanders ( Try-out ) 19:) daniel walcott - ahl - Hartford Wolf Pack ( Try-out ) 20:) mathias laferriere - echl - Trois-Rivières Lions 21:) victor mete - v dôchodku 22:) jordan schroeder - retired 23:) anthony romano - echl - Florida Everblades 24:) brandon fortunato - italia - cortina 25:) kris bindulis - slovakia - hk dukla michalovce 26:) john ramage - retired These are the players who shouldn't be among the free agents in the NHL 26 game If I have made a mistake somewhere or have given wrong information, I apologize and please correct me thank youManual goalie playing the puck
Hi, Why can't I always control the goalie to play the puck with the stick in manual goalie mode? And in a real game the goalie are interacting with the puck more frequently. Stops the puck behind the net etc. I would like it to be closer to realism. Now the goalie freezes the puck automatically even if manual cover is enabled on.NHL 26 1.4 update
I don't seem to get any answers and I see other posting on here about everything else so I will stick to the small things that still mean something soo EA... In the October 26th update... in the notes it stated you fixed the issue with the ducks and kings logos and you added the teams new logos.. Well.... I still dont have those new logos in my world of chel creations section in my Club. Everytime I get a club bag and open it all I get is gold completion tokens. I have everything unlocked in my club accept the anaheim and kings logo. SOOOO when will those be added? ALSO! When will the following jerseys be finally added to the world of chel store. 2025- Red Wings/Blue Jackets stadium series jerseys 2025- winter classic jerseys 2026- winter classic jerseys 2026 -stadium series jerseys Bostons new home and away jersyes---- those should have already been in the game at launche day no excuses. Colorado Quebec alternate jersey.. oh! and in the october 26th update new ccm skates and sticks were added sooo when will those be in the world of chel store??????? hmm.. and last... How about actually changing the game for once.. its been like 4 yrs same drop in outdoor rinks. Can't think of anything new??? cuz I can .. maybe bring back winter classic arenas or a rink in a park, just somewhere new.. Someone there has to be creative and not lazy.,Question for the BAP goalies
I see several people who play BAP goalies and I wanted to ask about this years game. Forget all the issues like no calendar and you cant save your controller settings. I want to ask just about gameplay and graphics. I am having a hard time enjoying the game just because my goalie looks terrible. I look at his limbs and they look horrible. The shoulders look blocky and his arms are way too long, the sleeves look bad and the elbows are bigger than the goalies head. Also my goalie has the animation of a blocker save with the glove side elbow. And depending on what goalie stance you use, the movements look aweful. Not to mention it’s taking forever to upgrade my goalie. Im still in the low 70s on my reflexes and thanks to the health system they have, I have to save 3 or 4 just to get thru the week. Im just not enjoying this release as I have other years. So I wanted to ask other BAP goalies about their experiences..
NHL 26 - Be a Pro - Stuck on salary perk screen
Hi, I'm in my third NHL 26 be a pro season and I just finished the first game of the finals. Once that game was finished and I attempted to sim to the next game I was presented with the salary perk screen. Not sure if I'm using the proper terminology for that screen, but it's where you can buy, for example, vehicles, that allow you to improve your player's stats. I've included an attachment that shows the issue. It shows me as having $8 under funds available and over budget of over $1.5 million under funds spent. Even if deactivate every single perk that can be disabled (some are bought once and stay bought) I can only manage to get it down to an over budget of about $97,000. Obviously, the issue is the $8 under funds available. Even if I close the game, turn off my console, go back into the game, when I choose to sim to the next game again (game 2) I'm once again presented with the salary perk screen. Basically, I can't advance to the next game. I tried to search the forums to see if anyone else had reported this issue, but I can't find anything. Any ideas? Thank you.Make Be a Pro great again...
Hopes and thoughts: -"Be a pro" mode based on NHL20's version Be a Pro and NHL25 gameplay. -Put back junior leagues and build player values to match your own playstyle starting in the junior league (starting all values from 50). Players' values should develop quickly at the beginning (50 to 80) and slowly towards 99 towards the end. -You could choose your player type and wish for your playing position like now, but the junior series will show if you are suitable for it. It would be great to be able to switch from left wing to right if it starts to feel better. The coach could also ask you this (like you can ask your player in GM mode). -The junior league should be based on a system where you have to "develop" all the time, meaning if you play a perfect season right at the beginning and don't improve the next season, you will only become a top 9 forward and not, for example, an elite player and can be drafted in later draft rounds in the NHL draft. The idea is that you get a status-based evaluation, at the junior level you are evaluated in 1 season, in the NHL at the age of 18-24 with an average of 2 seasons, at the age of 24-32 with an average of 3 seasons, etc. At the age of 37 you could be evaluated on a career-wide scale (are you a club legend or are you just old, are you expected to retire and no longer receive job offers). Your player's abilities and status are shaped according to these and you get playing time and evaluation along with it. Just like real NHL. -Appointment of captains and alternate captains for the junior league (This is in NHL). The captain can also be given additional tasks, such as speaking to the team during halftime, which gives the team a boost. -Full practice day between games when you can increase skills etc. + weekly skill points. -Remove the entire x-factor system and create a boosting system in its place where a player's abilities increase and also decrease with fitness/point streak/wins. (modern version from old NHL "stick image"/"bull's eye" type system). Hot player is hot but rarely whole season. Need more bad seasons too. -The player must be able to "compensate" for his inefficiency, for example by fighting, blocking shots or tackling (even taking a penalty in the right situation). The point requirement should be lowered and the team's victory should be made the first priority. -More rewards for concrete contributions to team victory. -The game revolves too much around that one character, or rather, responsibility, even though it's about "being a pro", meaning you play your own character. Despite this, hockey is a team game, not a one man army. -The requirements for each position need to be completely re-created, it's not right that a defensive defenseman is required to score almost 20+50 points per season just to stay at the NHL level. Each role needs to be built in a way that it can be at the peak of its own abilities. -Other things, award galas etc. extras, there is no limit to them, the NHL's backstage is really big so anything extra is welcome. Many people think these are bad and a bit unnecessary, but they are BIG part of the NHL. The Stanley Cup victory celebration has always improved, even though there is no real memory of it (a team photo would be a nice memento for the trophy cabinet, right?). -All-Star games and skills competitions and maybe even the World Hockey Championship in the middle of the season. -A physical prize cabinet where you can find all the prizes, including the memorial cup and stats book. Team photos for stanley cups etc. (Replay for your first goal is always good memory for NHL player). -In-depth statistics, information about injuries, retired players, etc.The NHL lives primarily on statistics, which are never enough and are highly hyped. -Ability to express an opinion on teammates trade or give the coach a wish that something should be changed. -the opportunity to request to stay in the AHL/ CHL if playing there or the NHL 4th line does not have enough ice time. Or if the NHL is out of the playoffs and other team has a chance at the championship. -Possibility to influence the team's game strategy with your own line (e.g. you want a teammate to stay at the back post in a power play situation). - Fix penaltys. - Player change at the puck drop is totally missing in game. More?How
Okay nowadays in be a pro you ( I have to say why) you become a (PRO) yet your skills are less when you could be said back when you could actually hone your skills in the Juniors for 1-2 years when you could choose your age to be so and now you can’t choose when you begin though it would be nice to actually play in the Juniors and choose that then become a National Player. The point I want to make is no matter how fast my be a pro player has been I always get hit! And my Question is why in be a pro does the PC never get by on shear speed like the NHL. Why do I get clipped in 2026 by the NPC’s ( usually I got hit back in the older games the same way) in my back leg. If the PC is faster than NPC why do I always seem to get clipped in the back leg like it trailing? And yet I as the Pc try a hit from that same position I can **bleep** touch that NPC. I need better. If I can’t spend 2 years developing then My PC shouldn’t be in the NHL. I want better but sadly i don’t think it will happen.