Turn waivers off.
Canada roster is still the same with Morrow and Pronger?
Put Stamkos on the team at least...
I can't get over how bad the simming is. They fixed the speed but now have no more logic. Teams like Chicago, Pittsburgh, Boston, and Detroit shouldn't be finishing at the bottom of the league while Florida wins the President's Trophy and Calgary wins the Stanley Cup.
I've simmed 5 years now, I have made the playoffs zero times with a team that has gotten better objectively (stats) every year. I should not be going on 15+ game losing streaks constantly. I should not be getting shutout 35 times a season. I understand in hockey there's a level of randomness but seriously.
I'm loving it so far, but there is one thing that bugs me really much. Faceoffs. I can't get my timing right. Am I supposed to move RS up/down immediatly when the ref makes a move to drop the puck, or just before when the puck hits the ice (more authentic way)?? I play EASHL, have played center since '11 and my FO% used to be 60+. Now it's barely above 50. I feel like the counters are not effective anymore, the regular backhand dominates. Now it's more about who has better timing on their backhands instead of countering and outsmarting your opponent, and that's what used to make it fun for me. Now every faceoff is a frustrating battle. It's not about my attributes either, I have 95 FO rating, 85 hand-eye and 85 strenght.
I tried asking this on the EA forums but never really got any useful answers. Help would be much appreciated, this is killing the fun for me because I'm constantly frustrated when I can't win draws.
Bumping my own post...
Anybody else run into any game mode where you try to play and it says " go to easports.com/nhl/ to receive alternate jersey code?" I have gotten it and can't play it at all, can't find any jersey code on my receipt or online, so I can't play.
Ran into this little gem last night:
Are you trying to use a specific team or does it just do this as soon as you try to launch a game mode? It will give you that message if you attempt to play as or play against a team with a blacked out jersey with a lock on it, but otherwise you shouldn't be having that issue.
I haven't been able to play offline as any team, even with jerseys that aren't locked
Did they just make poke checks even worse with the last tuner update? I just played a game where I had 9 tripping penalties... it's like they don't want you to use it at all any more.
Faceoffs are really simple. The odds of you winning a draw come down to;
1)Faceoff stat
2)Timing
3)Stance\Draw type
You time your faceoff so your stick grabs the puck as it's dropped. The timing is different for every draw type but if you watch close you should be able to eyeball it.
If you're playing a computer, the best way to win draws is to wait for him to put his stick down first. Also, use a different stance every time. Computers will dominate you on the draw if you use the same stance.
Don't forget the importance of tying up by pushing up on the left stick. It can create great scoring chances.
Hope this helps.
Oops just read the end of your post. I also play center in eashl, I think it's the same. Have 85 FO stat and I get about 60% against a decent FO man.
Do you ever match draw types?
Passes go through any and everything in eashl... its a joke I just hope it has to do with low overalls
worst soundtrack in the history of games...seriously every song is garbage. found on bug on the wbs pens: brian dumolin and brian gibbons have the same pic.
overall i like the game but it's taking awhile to get used to. the menu switching (rosters/gm stuff) is slow as hell.