Post-Update 1.4 input lag
Hi. It's been a week since the last patch, and the game still isn't working properly. It's not just the slow menu in the HUT or the laggy pack opening, which others have reported, but also the constant input lag during matches. I know not everyone has this issue, but I've been experiencing it for seven days now. After last week's patch, the game became barely playable for me. Until last Wednesday, before the patch, the game ran flawlessly, without any input lag. I also read on the forum that someone is having a problem where their team suddenly slows down, for example, towards the end of a match. I'm experiencing similar issues. Even though my entire match is sluggish, there are times when it gets a little better, or suddenly worse, so much so that the AI players don't even know what they're doing. It's becoming very irritating. I don't know how I lasted a week, but I'm already physically and mentally exhausted because the conditions I play in demand 200% concentration, which ultimately exhausts me. But most importantly, there is no fun in playing this game, even if you manage to win. It's hard to create any good plays, even shots come out weird, and it's hard to position yourself defensively and switch players in time. Sometimes it seems like the match starts at the right pace, but after 10-15 seconds, input lag appears. Network status during the match shows the same values as always (24-29 ms), even before the update, so they don't affect the input lag. The game feels like it's being played with a 100 ms delay. I forgot to mention that a slight delay is noticeable even in Moments, which are supposedly played offline but are somehow tied to the server connection. Ranked, HUT Champion, and Wild Card are a complete pain. I've tried everything – turning off my router/modem + resetting to factory defaults, setting different DNS, unplugging the console for a while, reconfiguring the network on the console, reinstalling the game, use two different controllers, rebuilding the database... All to no avail. Of course, I checked to make sure it isn't an issue unrelated to the NHL, but the console and other games run normally. I even launched HUT in NHL 25 and everything seems to work fine there. If anyone else is experiencing a similar problem, please join the discussion or at least give them a thumbs up, as it's unclear if the Team is aware of the issue. Until this is fixed, I think I'll give up on playing NHL, as it's not fun. Team, please do something. Thank you. Playstation, central-east Europe.Human goalie quitting in WOC
Recently just got into a 3v3 club match where the game froze right on the introduction screen. Eventually the game started after I messaged the other team, who had a record of 110-6, to “take off the lag switch.” One player from each side disconnected. After playing the first period with 2 skaters and a goalie on each team, their goalie was no longer in the game starting the second period. I’m convinced they found a loophole to play teams with human goalies but have a CPU goalie on their team. They were nowhere near good enough to have a record of 110-6… Why is WOC allowing goalies to DC without forfeiture?HUT slow and won’t update
This started about a week or two ago. Sometimes it will let me in and other times just spinning wheel. I have done all the things. Deleted the game, shut down PS5, reconnected internet, deleted saved files, etc. this is my only game that seems to have an issue with the internet connection. and if I do get in to hut it moves super slow.Audio and menu bugged
Don't know if anyone else is having this issue, but in game audio like shots, passes and hits seem totally bugged and distorted. Tried booting up into franchise mode this morning and trying to select a jersey to play a game just cycles through at crazy speed, won't allow me to go through one at a time. Anyone else have anything similar happen? The crazy speed did not just apply to the jersey screen I cant even select what I what in the in-game pause menu.
Offline modes slow down after loading into HUT
If you start HUT before going into any other offline game mode like Franchise Mode or Be A Pro, these modes start to lag in the menus and while in-game. Probably because developers are not clearing memory before exiting a game mode. HUT loads a lot of information and UI into memory. That information probably persists when exiting that game mode. You can feel both input lag in menus and choppy framerates while gameplay runs. I also want to report the same old 1-minute left in period (major) lag that happens even without having HUT opened before running any other offline game mode. Console: Xbox Series X Actions taken before reporting: Hard reset of console
Menu lag
This has been an ongoing issue for years now. The menus don’t move smoothly, are buggy and cause error screens, and are way too over the top with graphics nobody actually cares about. Menus should be smooth, quick, and flashy. Instead, we’re treated to unwanted graphics, a beloved shootout mode buried in the back of the menu, and laggy messes that give you a bad impression about the game. Fix this now.Roster Menus are extremely slow to navigate
Seems pretty obvious there's a problem with roster navigation. Scrolling through players results in a slight lag between loading player pictures and quick-look stats at the top of the screen. I've noticed this issue for the third year in a row on Xbox, others online have complained about this issue on Playstation as well. I've cleared memory cache and checked my internet and those don't seem to be the problem, have to assume it's a technical issue with the game. Happens in all roster screens no matter what mode, most notably in the edit roster screen from the main menu and in Franchise Mode. Makes changing lines and looking through players a slog. Again, I've done all the checks to ensure that this is not an issue with my console or my internet (I've had 2 different services in the last 3 years) and other EA Sports games do not have this issue including CFB 25/26 which hosts many more players.Lagging mid comp game
It’s so much fun playing NHL26 Champions and losing because I lag every 10 seconds. This is so inane. I get dropped off the rankings because EA has the worst servers I have ever seen in my life. I could give a 10 year old a hammer and some wire and he could put together a better software than this garbage. Thanks for ruining my ranked games EA I appreciate you!