NHL 17 EASHL Fixes

The Media team is doing their 1st write up for NHL17. We have been in contact with the game changers and EA has told us they are listening. That being said EA has dropped the first patch which we were all worried about. The Beta was pretty good, almost everyone liked it but we wanted a few fixes, as expected. We knew they would address those fixes as they've seemed to be listening and implementing things like they said they would and did last year after the nhl16 beta, but we were also worried they might ruin some things that were good or mess up some new things. We are also worried they may stop caring at all after christmas like they did last year and leave us with what is left over until 18

We are going to start a thread that will be sent to EA. What would you like to see changed as of now in EASHL after patch, lets call it 1.0 was released?

Please comment below and i will add them to here as they are updated. Also feel free to vote on what you'd like to see changed first and foremost, feel free to vote for more than one if you'd like

 

I'm not super anal about the little things like cross creases etc, but when your character does not react how you control it to there is some serious flaws in the game and it ruins the competitiveness about the game.

Examples;

-going to the net on a 2 on 1 and you want to post up and hit the brakes and your guy keeps skating and you really have no control when it stops. IT doesn't happen ALWAYS but it happens often which is unacceptable.

-Puck pickups are stupid.

-stick lifts clearly.

I honestly thought the BETA was pretty good, what happened from then until now? I don't understand how could the gameplay change so much? EA needs to figure it out, this has been happening for the past few years and I'm not enjoying playing it if the game doesn't play like it should be.

Rant over.

 

EA should at least let people pay for stuff they want(Equipment, Celebrations) instead of waiting until they reach prestige 1 for the jersey tuck and 450 goals or whatever it is for the Dab.

 

The game overall is pretty good I'd say. The speed is just something to get use to. The agility could be bumped up a little bit to make up for that. Agility has to up too because running into players is sooo easy to do in this game and really takes you out of the play, we need some way to quickly avoid that accidental contact. Stick lifts not working at all is a crime but will prob get fixed asap. Puck pick ups on slow moving picks needs to get amped up a bit. A lot of the time your guy grabs for it and loses in the net or misses completely leaving your goalie out to dry with a breakaway. Pass pickoffs are perfect rn. It rightfully punishes people for making a stupid pass or people who only try to force it up the boards

 

Stick lifts need to work, deflections are OP, puck pickups still suck. In that order.

 

I'm all for stick lifts but refuse to have stick lifts come back if it means the FWDs will have the ability to stick lift immediately back then it ends up being a X spam until one person gets a penalty.

 

Bring private lobbies back. Not having them is complete bogus. Playing league through club is going to be a complete shit show. Especially scout camps. Having to club hop just to do camps just isn't productive. Not sure why EA took private lobbies out, but it wasn't a good play.

 

i think thats the point lol, theyre still meaningless

 

Deflections need it's own button / timing. Make it a skill instead.

 

Practice mode for EASHL

 

You dont. Unless they did a yearly playoff with top 6s teams in Vancouver.

Or somehow got monthly playoffs to be meaningful and have winning a month matter (achievements, special cosmetic unlocks, etc).

Make the dab only unlock for whoever wins the month and I bet people care.

Win an elite playoffs (just the playoff not the month) and you can skate around without a helmet.

Have customizable banners for your teams achiecements hanging from the rafters. Have the crowd reference them.

Have EASHL champions on the ice surface with special logos that can only be unlocked by winning playoffs. Mascots that match the logo, etc.

Edit: How does every other game do it? They put the carrot on a stick. Last year there was no carrot. This year the customization is a step forward, but can really be expanded on.

Should be giving out special items at events, and things like that. Golden sticks and skates, stuff that is visually noticeable but makes zero difference in gameplay.

 

Just go to the thread I made, it already has this shit.

 

Btw if you do send something don't say this needs to be fixed "the most".

List all the shit that's fucked up and tell them to fix all of it, otherwise they'll fix 1 thing every year until 2024.

 

Players regularly get stuck in a frozen state when chopping the puck near the boards. Saw it happen multiple times in several games. Player gets frozen until the next whistle.

 

They could give out special helmets/sticks/celebrations/something for finishing like top 25 for the month or something, idk.

 

How about the dead nodes that some networks gets redirected to that makes me drop connection?