NHL 10 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here

[Lenkbron]

Quote: Originally Posted by Qb

I checked for the 3-slot CCM helmet right after DLing the update. It was there and I was able to assign 3 boosts to it. My guy was wearing a 3-slot helmet w/ assigned boosts from before if that's a variable worth considering... ***** I then played one offline game and one online game against a friend. I think I just had one of those games offline, as I rolled NJ 6-1 and chased Marty in 2nd period. I was using the same All-Star sliders I was before on manual/hardcore. Guess I need to get some more games to see if it was just an anomaly or if they need some changes. I LOVE the changes to manual passing. Now a long hold of the trigger gives you a good hard pass which I used to great effect on the breakout and passing laterally across the offensive zone. Very glad to see that we can still do a soft dish with a quick light press of the trigger. Overall, I think they have manual passing speed balanced quite well and I'm going to raise CPU pass interceptions back to max. I had dropped it down to account for the slower passes when using manual and maxed when I used assisted power passing. Board pinning seemed improved both against the AI and my human opponent. I completely whiffed on a few against the boards when I intentionally attempted to pin in the wrong situations. You can still really grind people along the boards with multiple pins (which is good in the right situation), but you need to have a bit more containment to initiate it. Probably still a little forgiving, but an improvement nonetheless. Hard to comment on a lot of the other stuff after only two games. But I think I'll mess around with a GM or season mode now that the patch is out and I have fairly accurate rosters. Lan did a great job, but I haven't kept up with them since I grabbed them...

I have updated Lan's roster a little bit, some goalie gear, and fixed the wrong numbers every NHL team had, including captaincy's. Now i just have to do the transactions since his came out, but that isn't much, i'll do it either today or tomorrow.

Let me know if you want them.

[TeamLogo]

Quote: Originally Posted by DevilsEve666

Can someone please tell me what the heck the "passing stat tracking bug" is?? because to be honest since i play offline online, i may not want to download the patch...unless it screws w/ important stats in my franchise

Passes weren't being counted as completed if you were using manual passing. I don't think these stats are even tracked anywhere outside of the in-game stats summary.

[matt8204]

Got it handed to me online after downloading the patch last night but I can't tell you how much happier I am with the game now. Saw some clean goals, the shots are harder and overall it's a much smoother experience from my perspective. I'll try offline tonight. Great job so far, EA!

[matt8204]

Quote: Originally Posted by plaidchuck

It's good to know the shoddy D hasn't been fixed: (This was purely CPU vs. CPU, i was the other goalie in BAP) http://www.easports.com/static/110.6...ediaplayer.swf width=640 height=360 type=application/x-shockwave-flash flashvars="height=360&width=640&file=http://cdn.content.easports.com/media2/nhl10/13138360/761A0001_3_FLV_VIDEO_dRb.flv&link=http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/12535157&linkfromdisplay=true&linktarget=_top&image=" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent">EA Sports: bsgoal Also, online vs. random people is a friggin joke. It's a one-timer fest. After playing 2k10 for a month waiting for this patch (in vain, it seems) I played some online games. After playing a few glitchers , i decided to fight fire with fire. It was ridiculous, I won a game 5-2, with my 12 shots to his 5. The other player was literally trying to cross-crease pass even when a player wasn't on the other side. I can see playing online as fun in some private leagues, but other than that, it's a waste of server space...

Want to play online sometime? My PSN ID is matt8204. I take shots from anywhere on the ice (within reason) and try to play realistic hockey. If a one-timer opportunity is there, I'll take it but that's certainly not all I look for.

[Myloman]

Quote: Originally Posted by matt8204

Got it handed to me online after downloading the patch last night but I can't tell you how much happier I am with the game now. Saw some clean goals, the shots are harder and overall it's a much smoother experience from my perspective. I'll try offline tonight. Great job so far, EA!

I played 4 or 5 club games last night and I didn't score on one clean wrister all night, and I shoot almost everything from the slot. EA needs to turn up shot power and turn down accuracy online to get more realistic results.

[DevilsEve666]

So does new trade logic prevent me from trading "joe blow" for say alex ovechkin in season mode?? because i really liked the fact that i could trade whoever i wanted w/out cpu overiding it

[matt8204]

Quote: Originally Posted by Myloman

I played 4 or 5 club games last night and I didn't score on one clean wrister all night, and I shoot almost everything from the slot. EA needs to turn up shot power and turn down accuracy online to get more realistic results.

Try mixing it up a bit. If you always shoot from the slot, the defense and goalie will adjust to that. If you become too predictable, it makes it easier to stop you because they can anticipate your moves and get a jump on what you're doing.

[Qb]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lenkbron

I have updated Lan's roster a little bit, some goalie gear, and fixed the wrong numbers every NHL team had, including captaincy's. Now i just have to do the transactions since his came out, but that isn't much, i'll do it either today or tomorrow. Let me know if you want them.

Thanks for the offer, but I did some editing to mine and moved a ton of FA pool guys (retirees, older Euros unlikely to come back) to Euro & National teams to hopefully keep them out of GM mode. I'd hate to lose all of that...