NHL 24 Discussion

[Rodgerwilco]

So, not only does the gameplay suck ass, even the simple shit developers got right 2+ decades ago seem to be beyond EA’s grasp.

So frustrating to navigate the insane customization system to create jerseys just for them to not even display properly in the game.

The customization interfaces are the worst they've been in recent years. If it doesn't crash, that is.

I like spending time customizing my team's jerseys, arena, presentation, etc. and even that is so difficult in this game.

 

[belair]

Is it worth getting? I don’t give a shit about ESHL or HUT or anything but the feel of the game.

Just want good game play for versus mode with friends. Skipped 23 bc it felt like shit.

Versus has been a ragfest for the last half decade.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Versus has been a ragfest for the last half decade.

Idk what that means. Don’t play online. I just play in person or online vs buddies.

 

[belair]

Idk what that means. Don’t play online. I just play in person or online vs buddies.

Oh, local is fine.

I'm talking about online versus against ultra competitive players who rag the puck unrealistically until the opponent's CPUs can be manipulated enough to create a clear path to the net.

The game on its own is fine.

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

Underrated completely unnecessary change they made to the Chel game searching system is adding a mandatory 3 minute wait to "search for teammates" unless you have a full squad that includes a goalie. Club or drop-ins, 3s or 6s, it doesn't matter.

You literally have to wait before you can search for a game EVERY SINGLE TIME. And that's if you find a game. And that's if your opponents don't back out of the lobby once you've matched up, which happens half the time anyway - more once you prestige and almost every time once you're max level.

I literally played a game with 150+ ping against some squad probably in Europe because I didn't want to wait another 15 minutes to potentially find another game.

If you're going to change something, why would you make it worse?

 

[Bgav]

Is it worth getting? I don’t give a shit about ESHL or HUT or anything but the feel of the game.

Just want good game play for versus mode with friends. Skipped 23 bc it felt like shit.

I got it for free so I'm enjoying it lol. I would wait for a sale if i was you.

 

[izzy]

uh whats the deal with be a pro?

how do your ratings work? if my offense is C, my defense is C, my team play is C why is my overall D+?

all 3 main categories could be sitting high 70s and my overall would still be low 60s

i didnt play be a pro the last fee, but is this the norm or is something f***ed up

 

[Travis093]

for those who like being able to track their franchise I have created a spreadsheet that should allow you to have an insane amount of detail that I have tried my best to make automatic.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EANHLfranchise/comments/173b3hz/autumnsouls_presents_nhl_24_historical_fran...

Features include: Player and goalie Leaderboards for your franchise that track every award each player has won

League leaderboards.

Automatic GM Tracker

and much more.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Oh, local is fine.

I'm talking about online versus against ultra competitive players who rag the puck unrealistically until the opponent's CPUs can be manipulated enough to create a clear path to the net.

The game on its own is fine.

14 circles in the corner until the cross crease opens up.

Such a fun game.

 

[izzy]

for those who like being able to track their franchise I have created a spreadsheet that should allow you to have an insane amount of detail that I have tried my best to make automatic.
https://www.reddit.com/r/EANHLfranchise/comments/173b3hz/autumnsouls_presents_nhl_24_historical_fran...

Features include: Player and goalie Leaderboards for your franchise that track every award each player has won

League leaderboards.

Automatic GM Tracker

and much more.

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amazing.

also sad ea has yet to have any sort of useful tracking. the info is in there, why have it “hidden”

 

[Frosty415]

If you're this miserable, don't buy the f***** game.

The game f***ing sucks, stop defending this garbage.

 

[blundluntman]

Does anybody know when the next patch/update comes out? I bought it last week thinking the hybrid option was available for goalie mode but apparently it's not yet. I've tried playing with it but I just can't get used to it so I'm gonna wait for it to come out before even trying to give offline play a try. Online mode does feel different and more realistic but the one thing that really hurts it for me is the nerfed dump n chase. I really rely a good bit on dumping the puck in deep to set up a good forecheck so it's really hurt the way I strategize. I find myself turning the puck over a lot more often when entering the zone and trying to forecheck because I'm forced to make passes rather than work the puck around the boards. If these two things can be fixed, I'll probably enjoy the game a good bit because everything else seems fine. Also, would it really be that difficult to patch the sim engine so players like McDavid actually score similar to how they do in real life? I'm not asking for 150 every year but he should be hovering around 125-135 at least during his prime.

 

[Gaud]

uh whats the deal with be a pro?

how do your ratings work? if my offense is C, my defense is C, my team play is C why is my overall D+?

all 3 main categories could be sitting high 70s and my overall would still be low 60s

i didnt play be a pro the last fee, but is this the norm or is something f***ed up

haha I was struggling with the "if my goalies are both 99s, how can my goaltending be 98?", but i think they fixed it now

I actually like this version of the game more than the past 3-4 years; sure there are new glitches, but I find the AI is more intuitive. I also like that you can see how much time is left right on the boards. I am still getting used to using buttons instead of the right stick, but all and all i think i like the changes.

 

[ElectricDreamMachine]

Underrated completely unnecessary change they made to the Chel game searching system is adding a mandatory 3 minute wait to "search for teammates" unless you have a full squad that includes a goalie. Club or drop-ins, 3s or 6s, it doesn't matter.

You literally have to wait before you can search for a game EVERY SINGLE TIME. And that's if you find a game. And that's if your opponents don't back out of the lobby once you've matched up, which happens half the time anyway - more once you prestige and almost every time once you're max level.

I literally played a game with 150+ ping against some squad probably in Europe because I didn't want to wait another 15 minutes to potentially find another game.

If you're going to change something, why would you make it worse?

Can’t your lobby leader just switch the ”allow dropin skaters and goalie” off? I’ve played plenty of games 5v5 and 4v4 without a goalie without having to search for teammates.

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

Can’t your lobby leader just switch the ”allow dropin skaters and goalie” off? I’ve played plenty of games 5v5 and 4v4 without a goalie without having to search for teammates.

There's a function for club matches where you can turn off the "allow drop in skaters." I don't recall whether or not that skips the 3 minute period of "searching for teammates."

Even if it did, that still doesn't give you the option to exclude the mandatory 3 minute search for drop ins.

Club has become a rag fest and basically unplayable with the AI player. I've tried every setting to get the AI defenseman to not be deliberately in the way of me and my teammate while we're backchecking and nothing seems to work. He doesn't stay at the point while we're in the offensive zone and he just sort of floats around in the defensive zone without covering anyone or cutting off any passing lanes.

Playing with a human defenseman solves the AI problem, but you still have to deal with ragging in club which really kills any fun/competitiveness that mode used to be. So me and my teammate are stuck playing 1 or 2 drop in games per hour instead of the 4 or 5 we used to be able to enjoy.

 

[Gonzothe7thDman]

This difference was that people LIKED the skill stick and thought it was awesome (it was). So nobody was upset about learning it.

This control system just plain blows ass.

100% spot on.

The EA forums back in the day were in love with the skill stick. The other top VS players in the world I used to talk to loved the skill stick.

I’d say the people that hated it were the outliers.

As someone who used to be a top eashl player on Xbox, I don’t really like total control.
But you’re seemingly at a disadvantage if you don’t use it since hitting mapped to the face buttons seems to be a leg up. Mapping the Michigan to a face button was a terrible idea as well.

You’re taking something that should happen once in a blue moon and giving people the ability to push one button to execute it. Just looks silly on top of an already “gameified” version of hockey

 

[NYR94]

 

[DamonDRW]

Aaaaaaaaa, matchmaking improvement is what I've been waiting for... As of now I'm getting drunk faster than play a single game...

 

[Gaud]

100% spot on.

The EA forums back in the day were in love with the skill stick. The other top VS players in the world I used to talk to loved the skill stick.

I’d say the people that hated it were the outliers.

As someone who used to be a top eashl player on Xbox, I don’t really like total control.
But you’re seemingly at a disadvantage if you don’t use it since hitting mapped to the face buttons seems to be a leg up. Mapping the Michigan to a face button was a terrible idea as well.

You’re taking something that should happen once in a blue moon and giving people the ability to push one button to execute it. Just looks silly on top of an already “gameified” version of hockey

im on the fence on this one, to be honest. I like the skill stick for certain things but on the last game, i did a michigan like.. once maybe? by mistake? I think this game needs to figure out if they want realism or arcade-like games, or hell, maybe split the two up.

There are stupid little features that make the game so much more fun for me. First nhl game i played was nhl 94, and the check button gave you a small speed boost, so most of our games were using this button to get to the puck first or to check, and to get sometimes unintentional penalties in the process. I see they have made it so you can hit people into the players' benches again, which is a nice little touch. I used to like to check players after whistles on EASHL.

Maybe the key is to do like call of duty and split up the gameplay for folks who want tactical play (squads), people who want to camp or just run around and shoot. Have an EASHL squads and EASHL Arcade type thing.

 

[FiveHoleTickler]

Quicker matchmaking is great news, but was it really necessary to do it at the cost of ping?

 

[NylanderBros]

This game is legit awful

 

[RangersFan1994]

Why release a roster update that isn't finished? No Adam Sykora, Ryder Korczak, Brennan Othmann, Adam Edstrom on Hartford? They are on Hartford roster in the AHL and played 1 game in the AHL. I know they release the game without it being finished so this isn't surprising but it shows how lazy EA Sports is. Edstrom and Othmann already in the game but not on Hartford with new roster update. Othmann scored 2 the other night for Hartford. EA Sports "if its in the game, we're lazy to put it in the game"

 

[Coffee]

What a joke

 

[J bo Jeans]

New controls are hard to get used too. But the better players ive talked too all agree once you get used to them they are better.

 

[Saskatoon]

Yea I think if they would have just not had an auto Michigan button they would have been fine.