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Sliders not saving
Rules and gameplay sliders are not saving for rules and gameplay on main menu and in franchise mode when reloaded, disappointed that there is no fix in today's patch again.
slickster195263
2 days ago Place NHL 25 General Discussion
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Face off glitch
I have been getting this randomly. I have resent my XBox multiple times and it keeps coming back up. The center is lining up in the exact same spot as the defenseman on the faceoff
Manster54White
3 days ago Place NHL 25 General Discussion
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Franchise Mode Unauthorized Lineup Changes
Okay so I’ve been playing franchise mode for a few seasons now and this is the first time I’ve had this issue. I set my starting lineup during the preseason, haven’t lines set down to the special teams and player roles. All my lines have chemistry at +5 and everything. I get to the first day of the season and my roster changes completely. Half my players are sent down to the AHL(even some requiring waivers but never passing through) and players are called up who are rookies(who are AHL eligible) for no reason and now my lines are all screwed up and one player has a NMC so I can’t send him back down. Normally I’d assume it’s the NMC forcing him back to the roster but I literally did the same thing last season with no issue.
horrorfan731
4 days ago Place NHL 25 General Discussion
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The State of EANHL
As a staple elite rank player in WOC for about 5 years now & a big user of the offline modes I have a good understanding of how genuinely bad this game is. Offline modes are shoved to the side so EA can prioritize HUT. All gaming companies focus on what makes them additional money, understood, but there are bugs in these offline modes that are game breaking. There’s a bug in BAP for the past 3 games now where the entire game freezes during a coach interaction. And that’s it. Your be a pro is officially ended. I discovered this bug in both NHL 23 and 24. Reported it to the EA forums with video evidence. The reply I received was “this will continue to happen and hopefully we can fix it next game but for now, make sure to avoid quick closing/resuming your game” and when I told them that simply wasn’t good enough for the price point & people agreed, the community managers locked the post to stop further dialogue between the players. EANHL absolutely loves to take features out of games then add it back a few years later. Not only does this distract from other issues that need to be talked about, they commonly promote these things as being new, which is false advertisement, as is the promotion of the conversation system in be a pro, as when it first came out they marketed it as creating a way more diverse experience. Instead, my coach is telling me to go out there and swing momentum. After the game is done and I’m walking down the tunnel… There has been a cosmetic bug in the game for 4 (maybe 5) years now, where in WOC dressing room you will have on the teams uniform that you just played or are about to play. This is not a big deal but also shows the genuine carelessness and “doesn’t matter, they’ll give us their money anyways” attitude that is very readable. Repeated face off bug in WOC has also been in the game for 4-5 years now, where the game starts, resets to the faceoff seconds later, and does that 5 times before ending the game. Similar to the cosmetic bug (but obviously worse as it affects the playing of the game directly) this shows how EANHL really does not care about the product they’re putting in the store. Name a sports game that wouldn’t have this bug removed by the next game update, or AT LEAST the next game. I’ll wait… The menu is OVERWHELMINGLY slow for a game released in 2024. The loading times have improved. But navigating the menu itself, ESPECIALLY in franchise mode I’ve noticed is VERY slow and buggy. I click on a player to see their stats and have to wait 5 seconds before I can even start to move to the stats tab. They only change the menu & general game layout every 3 years when they release annually. Don’t need to elaborate there. The gameplay itself is below average. And it’s very easy to tell why as someone that’s played at a high level for a very long time - this game is aiming to be casual friendly, which is a HORRIBLE direction for almost any game to take as the dedicated players are usually the really good players. This argument is easily supported by the release of total control, as it makes moves that are supposed to take SKILL and IQ to set up & execute & makes it easy and accessible for anyone to do, even if you just loaded up an EANHL game for the first time. You dumb down the ceiling for skill, which means you allow luck to play more of a factor in the game. I have read a study that hockey is indeed the luckiest sport, but how many times in real life do you see teams out shoot their opponents by 15-20 shots and spend the entire game in the offensive zone and still lose by 2-3 goals? There are simple things that can be implemented to stop major issues. Picking up pucks requires skill IRL, especially when contested. You don’t have some magnet in your blade. Yet, in EANHL it seems like one game you do and the next game you wouldn’t be able to pick up a soccer ball with your blade if you tried. A dead by daylight styled skill check to all players within reach of the puck would be an amazing add. It doesn’t take a genius to know that just putting your player in position and HOPING that the game gets the puck for you isn’t sustainable and simply isn’t good enough. Again, price point. Franchise mode power play roles are still bugged after multiple years NEW BUGS: Player can’t line change in BAP and just skates into the boards & is penalized for a poor line change. Shot clock commonly reads the incorrect shots in all modes. The game commonly fully crashes in BAP mid game after simming to your next shift. I will add more new bugs to this post in the comments as I discover them, that’s if community managers don’t lock my post to stop meaningful dialogue between the players who have been ripped off. I’m sure there are a lot more problems in HUT as well even though they prioritize it so heavily, but I refuse to play that mode as it only encourages the company to not care about the rest of the game WHILE promoting gambling to children in a very cruel way (having them buy packs in hopes of drawing idols). In conclusion, if you genuinely support EANHL and their products, you’re either a HUT main with not much experience in other modes, or a mid/below mid player that benefits from EA’s constant pursuit of a casual friendly game. Thanks for the read!
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SaYn_Dyce
7 days ago Place NHL 25 General Discussion
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Classic Rosters?
Does NHL 25 have classic rosters to chose from (i.e., Chicago Blackhawks 2009-2010 roster)?
aashutter
9 days ago Place NHL 25 General Discussion
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Game Breaking Franchise Bug
At the start of every season after setting coaches goals the coaches strategies change completely. By the time this bug happens the it’s too late to hire a different coach and for some reason the ability to converse with your coach to change his style is completely removed when this bug happens. This has been happening ever since the coaches update.
teddyhouz
10 days ago Place NHL 25 General Discussion
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Feedback About Coaches
Hi EA team, the real coaches were an amazing upgrade so thank you for that. Something that I have noticed is that all real life coaches are rated A- or higher, but all the free agent coaches are rated B- or lower. This means that any time a real life coach is fired the Ai will then hire a B- or C rated coach, which automatically means that team will be terrible in the simulation for the next few seasons regardless of their roster because their coach is way worse than every other teams coach. I suggest that you increase the rating of some of the free agent coaches, so that teams can fire a good coach but still hire a good coach as well. This will ensure that the simulation runs smoother.
MSaf19
11 days ago Place NHL 25 General Discussion
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Franchise Unsinged players
Why does unsinged players over the age of 20 get an automatic 1x0.775M contract when you start a new franchise? It takes up a extra roster spot and and could send singed players to free agentcy if the team is over 50 sigend. Why cant they just stay unsinged for the first year at least?
Johnte96T
13 days ago Place NHL 25 General Discussion
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Created Prospects in Franchise Mode
I want created prospects (NCAA, KHL etc.) to appear in « unsigned » in franchise mode. How do I manage that? I’ve tried many things (assigning them to CHL/Europe with and without a contract etc.), and unfortunately, the only thing that works for me is to give them an ELC (there again, some problems occur because of the 50 contracts limit). Any suggestions? What’s working for you?
TomTardif
13 days ago Place NHL 25 General Discussion
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Franchise line chemistry changed
I’m a couple of seasons into franchise mode now. I’ve been trading and signing players that fit with my coaches style and I got it to the point where I had line chemistry of +5, +2, +1, +2 and now mid season my chemistry has change to a +3 on line one and the rest are all at zero. I haven’t changed any coaches or traded for any new players. This has ruined all the work I have done. Is this a glitch or is it designed to work this way with the new real life coaches?
MapleJays
14 days ago Place NHL 25 General Discussion
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