NHL 09 Q&A: EA Sports Hockey League Revealed (Gamespot)

[wildhockey19]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bahnzo

.....It's a brilliant idea, but with the fiasco that NCAA has shown so far with it's online dynasty, I really have my doubts as to how well it will work...at least this year. I suspect it will take a year of having it out there and letting the masses find all it's holes before it will be really worthwhile. But here's hoping.....

Exactly. Its going to be like every other MMORPG; people without a job/friends/girlfriend or any other thing that pulls a normal person away from a game will alway be the ones with all the best attributes and items. Theres just nothing to do about it other than try and level the playing field for the everyday gamer. Patches and such will probably take care of the major problems, but like you stated this feature will have to take time to mature as the flaws and bugs arise. Hell, look at WoW, how long has that been out, like 4 years! And they are still trying to improve on the fairness of the game.

With that said, I am as excited as Michael Jackson at a Chucky Cheese. I cant wait for this game to drop. The christening of the first ever sports MMORPG is epic and for it to be in my favorite sports franchise is unfathomable! Sure I know that again, there are going to be those few who use all the loop holes to win, but lets face it, I 'm not buying the game to try and be #1 on the leaderboards; thats just asinine to think of, so I will take my 1-2 *** kicken of cheesers to play those 15-20 quality games with the everyday gamer.

Peace.

[ChaseB]

Do you guys have leftover questions as it relates to this feature, gameplay, etc?

[wildhockey19]

do you know if in Be a Pro both off and online if you can "loss" attribute points.Like, if you go out and have a really bad game, 4+ mins in penalties or having a plus/minus of something like -3, can you actually loss points rather than just not gaining that many?

[ChaseB]

Quote: Originally Posted by wildhockey19

do you know if in Be a Pro both off and online if you can "loss" attribute points.Like, if you go out and have a really bad game, 4+ mins in penalties or having a plus/minus of something like -3, can you actually loss points rather than just not gaining that many?

It was just a general query. If you guys have various questions still about the game as a whole I'd pursue something to alleviate that.

[ohyeahbaby123]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaseB

It was just a general query. If you guys have various questions still about the game as a whole I'd pursue something to alleviate that.

That would be great!

My question: Will we be forced to play dump n chase this year? I mean, does the CPU have good enough neutral zone a.i to where I have to dump it in and set up that way?

[wildhockey19]

Quote: Originally Posted by wildhockey19

do you know if in Be a Pro both off and online if you can "loss" attribute points.Like, if you go out and have a really bad game, 4+ mins in penalties or having a plus/minus of something like -3, can you actually loss points rather than just not gaining that many?

This is my question.

[kerosene31]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaseB

Do you guys have leftover questions as it relates to this feature, gameplay, etc?

Basically, does it reward players for how well they play, or how often? As was said, will people with tons of time to play stack up a super team, and leave those of us with a life in the dust?

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaseB

Do you guys have leftover questions as it relates to this feature, gameplay, etc?

The only question I still have Chase is what can be done about the passing being too tape to tape, can we get any confirmation that theres a slider for this and that it works properly when set lower, or has there been any changes to puck physics that allows the puck to hop over a stick blade on a long outlet pass? I know we have stick lifts this year and the redefined sweep checks look much smoother, but I'd still like to see less tape to tape passes in general.