Defensive interceptions and forced passes
https://www.xbox.com/play/media/UqwkfaLLvv I'll keep it short and semi-sweet. Play in question begins around the 20-second mark. 2-on-1 situation. Forced pass all the way from the boards to the far side of the net. I'm in the passing lane. My build has 94 defensive awareness and gold Quick Pick. Can't even disrupt the play at all. "wE dOn'T cAtEr To OfFeNsE!" Lmao. Ok, EA. I don't know which store brand cereal box you got your development team out of, but I'd get a refund if I were you.
NHL 26 early wishlist (let’s make NHL great again)
First off I will say nhl 25 is actual a huge step up im liking it so far , but it’s missing some details to feel complete.. full presentation needs to return and add more to what we had in the past games In edit player menu have the ability to change the color of sticks and gloves (nhl 2k had this) and now players have been customizing their own as well. Customizable tape job (adjust length on shaft and blade and not have it preset) And add the ability to edit goalie masks. hitting and collisions need to be tweaked to more realism. Franchise: be able to control more than one team able to scout and sign players from other leagues(I.E europe) Real coaches or at least customizable coaches A customizable GM character, have conversations be shown like it is in fifa where your Gm Meets the player. office similarly to dynasty mode in nhl 2004 On the hub where we get details of what went on in other games we can see highlights (either by clip or a screen shot) with description such as ‘stamkos nets a hat trick in last nights win’ and a small clip or screen shot showing stamkos scoring his 3rd goal. Be a pro: change up the whole be a pro game mode make it more like life the life. ability to use NhL players to continue their career or an nhl legend Street clothes for off days and make it interactive. If I buy a condo or a house i want to actualy see my self living in it. Same with the car we get, be able to drive around (a small map) and not just be a attribute boost. Pond hockey pick up games you can walk to or drive to when you leave your ‘house’ Call it a ‘hall of fame room’ similar to skybox 2k had in nhl2k5 where you had the Stanley cup and other interactive stuff and unlockables. Be able to decide to start from being drafted at 18 or create a 30 year old forward who just signed with an nhl team etc.. more interactive with teammates and coaches and GM list of teams you want to be traded to etc.. extras add winter classic and all star game (skills + game) both as a play now mode and also in franchise and be a pro. player retiring playing their last game get a ovation from crowd. Announce the player will retire 1 game before their last skate with the cup (playoff mode, season mode , franchise and be a pro) Tweak the fighting engine and allow more than one fight happening at once. this is a lot of an ask, but if we can get half of these implemented we are definitely heading Into greatness with NhL games.
EA Connect | WOC | Kick Party Members?
Why is there not an option to kick people from your party? Play a game with a random teammate and respectfully they are not playing like a good teammate, I'd like to have the option to remove people from my own party/dressing room group instead of having to back out to the WOC menu? Understand its a very niche request but it should be standard with a party system...
Requesting a refund after less than 30 minutes of playing.
Dear EA, I'm a longtime fan of your NHL franchise and today is the first time ever I'm going to be requesting a refund for a game. I purchased NHL25 about an hour ago and I've already decided that it's unplayable. The franchise mode is virtually the only one I play. The fun part for me is being able to jump right in, maybe adjusting a few settings first, then start making changes to my team immediately. It's a game we're talking about here after all, not a full-on simulator that will handcuff what you can do. As much as I appreciate the effort that went into making the changes for NHL25's franchise mode, it's simply not fun anymore and along with the UI changes makes the experience painful. The big pain points for me -- and I'm sure there would be more if I kept playing -- are the inability to disable trade/move clauses and the UI. I actually like that the trade/move clauses were added. I was happy to try it out until I saw how it works: Sit through conversations with players trying to get them to waive. Realistic, sort of, sure -- I guess -- but conversing with a bunch of scripted actions isn't fun, and it eats up too much time. It's a nice idea but if the feature is going to be forced on me, there's got to at least be a way to streamline this. Again, I want to move fast and get to the fun stuff most of the time. Anyway, after dealing with it for 3 players, I decided that I'll just disable it since I liked the idea but just didn't want to deal with it for now. Unfortunately, I discovered the trade/move clause feature can't be disabled whatsoever. That's ridiculous and I can't believe the game was shipped this way. Instant deal-breaker for me. The franchise mode UI is quite counter-intuitive IMO. Less than half the screen real estate for a small menu you have to page through with the buttons on the top of your controller -- left and right while the menu display pages up and down -- and the rest of the screen is only accessible by specific button presses. This completely goes against the natural instinct to use the cursor/joystick for things across the screen, especially if they look like you're able to as such with all the franchise screens in previous games. It's bad enough that I'll say something I never thought I would: I now prefer the previous menus where you simply paged through screens and got a big clear display of things on each one. It was sort of wasted space on some pages but it was all easily readable and intuitive. Now, it's not comfortable at all looking only at the left side of the screen or having to remember what are essentially keyboard shortcuts (buttons) for everything else. It's not something I'll ever be patient enough to get used to or event want to try to in the first place. Thanks for the all the games in the franchise over the years but this one finally did it. I'm done. Next step is contacting Sony for a refund since I can't go through EA for purchases made on PSN. - former faithful NHL franchise user
Unscreened D2D 1T's have to be nerfed further
I fully understand the need for D2D's from the blue line to be a threat in order for defense to actually having to adjust, that's understandable. But having an unscreened one timer go in, especially if its literally just one guy skating around and then making ONE pass and it goes in, that needs to stop. I fully support the fact that a goalie cannot always stop a screened shot, but how many times have you seen an NHL goalie not stop a shot that is the result of one pass and then an unscreened one timer from 50 feet out? I think that number is pretty low and I think that a blue line one timer being as dangerous as a shot from the dots is just not the right balance. I want to emphasize that most of the time, the onus is on the defense to see a shooting lane and take it away. But when you HAVE TO basically cover every shooting lane from the blue line, it gets to a point where you are asking why is that. And the answer is, the goalies simply react too slowly to incoming, unscreened one timers from the point.
NHL 25 Feedback
My self 83 points (installed recently) My teammate 80 points (installed recently) And 3rd teammate 0 points ( just installed) Got a unplayable ECHL experience. I don't remember a game out of 6 or 7 games without playing a team with 300+ goal scores. Matchmaking was atrocious, infuriating, and downright atrocious. Why is a team that just installed the game playing people who have been playing this game for months? We are in division 10. Obviously just created a club, playing against people who have more than a few hundred games under the belt? Goes without saying I did not win a single game. This game is just unplayable horrible matchmaking waste of money and time. Edit: Modified the subject to remove inappropriate content. -CM
