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[Madwolf]

I think the problems with the AI are a bit exaggerated. They need to play better on defense, need better neutral zone play, and better awareness without cheating.

I don't really find the AI to be game breaking though. This year feels like a massive improvement.

The biggest frustration last year was awful goalie play, and lack of penalties. They mostly fixed the goalies out of the bix, and a tuner update is being released for penalties.

[IowaAJ]

It's a fun game, I'm still learning what I can and Can't do. Defense is tough the computer moves the puck very quickly. I will try some of the advice given in here.

[NHRHighlanders]

Be a GM Guy here..

I've been playing since Thursday and Heres a few things I noticed.

The simming is super fast. I love it. You can actually get through a season without waiting hours.

The player morale comes up alot, and makes you stop and actually work on it. Most of it is repetitive questions from the players or concerns, but you have to answer correctly - which i still find its a hit or miss.

Relating to player morale, you can't just blow up a team. For instance, when I started a Be a GM with Toronto, and decided to get rid of lupul/bozak/phaneuf, JVR went down to 81, Kadri went to a 82, Reilly to 83, Gardiner to 79 (JVR and Gardiner requested trades). Which is neat because you have to time when you trade players, and bring in certain players that they mesh with.

Having the AHL is nice, as you can make your top prospects have high ice time and their morale goes up and then they improve as a player drastically. I don't think they have AHL stats but i could be missing it.

Drafting is the Same as 15. (next gen)

Signing good players improves the morale of the team

Trading is harder.

Can't seem to think of anything more right now but ill add if i do.

[Tonic]

Quote: Originally Posted by BigDisk

Maybe tweaking the Aggressivity slider has a good impact on penalties... Will have to try this out. But anyhow, let's do some Maths here. Let's say you play 5 minutes periods and penalties at full time. Basically, time played for each penalty = 2min x 4 = 8 minutes. So a single penalty gives you the equivalent of 4 penalties (at 4x pace, which 5 minutes period use, cause 5 x 4 = 20 minutes). See what I did here? Another example, you play 8 minutes periods? 20 / 8 = 2.5x pace. So, 2 minutes at "real-time" (penalty slider maxed) => 5 minutes of "in-game" time. What I mean here is, I understand the frustration about having only 1 or 2 PP a game, but if you think about it with a pragmatic mindset, this is actually pretty realistic. Because of time dilatation, it results in a pretty realistic special unit percentage of actual (real-world) time of game. So yeah, PP opportunities will be super low in the Team Standings, but PP% should be higher (vs no time-dilation and more PPs), so it evens out in the PPG statistic. It's just a way to twist your thoughts to not get so mad about this, if you will hahaha. I would rather have more penalties and less time dilatation on the PP.

That's an excellent point actually. I play with 8-10 minute periods (trying to find the sweet spot there). Obviously I'd rather have shorter, more frequent PPs but that does put it into perspective a little. Thanks!

[BL8001]

Yeah tweaking the aggressiveness slider is something to test. But what is the aggressiveness exactly? Just big hits?

Or will they be less aggressive to poke check and stick lift too?


As for the advice of maybe the strategy is different, I have not delved into the defensive strategy, but all of the times I have played against the CPU, it has clogged the slot and all of the teams I have used and I have not used the same team twice yet, have guarded the boards.

[TDKing]

Played a couple games of EASHL drop in games. Eh... It was ok, had some fun but without the ability to improve my player and mess around moving attribute points around I see no reason to play this mode other than just to get a game in here or there. Nothing in this mode makes me what to spend hours and hours playing it, badges are just dumb.

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[actionhank]

Quote: Originally Posted by BigDisk

Maybe tweaking the Aggressivity slider has a good impact on penalties... Will have to try this out. But anyhow, let's do some Maths here. Let's say you play 5 minutes periods and penalties at full time. Basically, time played for each penalty = 2min x 4 = 8 minutes. So a single penalty gives you the equivalent of 4 penalties (at 4x pace, which 5 minutes period use, cause 5 x 4 = 20 minutes). See what I did here? Another example, you play 8 minutes periods? 20 / 8 = 2.5x pace. So, 2 minutes at "real-time" (penalty slider maxed) => 5 minutes of "in-game" time. What I mean here is, I understand the frustration about having only 1 or 2 PP a game, but if you think about it with a pragmatic mindset, this is actually pretty realistic. Because of time dilatation, it results in a pretty realistic special unit percentage of actual (real-world) time of game. So yeah, PP opportunities will be super low in the Team Standings, but PP% should be higher (vs no time-dilation and more PPs), so it evens out in the PPG statistic. It's just a way to twist your thoughts to not get so mad about this, if you will hahaha. I would rather have more penalties and less time dilatation on the PP.

I think one of the issues people had was that it didn't seem to change, in relation to the time of the period you played. I'm hoping they can fix it with a patch, but EA's burned us before with patches. I can't get those bouncing pucks out of my nightmares.

[RoyalBoyle78]

Im loving the game I really am, but I play on true broadcast cam, and I have this stupid glitch where the players like flicker and it stays on for a while and goes off then on again. Am I the only one????? Please fix EA