NHL 10 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here

[Dino]

Helmet is there for me on first page, 2nd row, in middle of helmets. Plugged that baby in as soon as i downloaded patch. Played one BAP team online game and i am loving the fixes!
Thank you EA for fixing that faceoff circle 5 hole goal.

[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

[Spear]

Quote: Originally Posted by Guigsdaddy

After the patch I played an exhibition gamr and there was mcdonalds ads everywhere. Started a newfranchise no ads to be seen anyone see this?

Just dynamic board ads. They were there before the patch too.

[bosshog78]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dino

Helmet is there for me on first page, 2nd row, in middle of helmets. Plugged that baby in as soon as i downloaded patch. Played one BAP team online game and i am loving the fixes! Thank you EA for fixing that faceoff circle 5 hole goal.

Funny, you are the only one that is saying that. Do you have the XBOX 360 version?

If so, it may be a PS3 problem cause on other boards including EA's it has numerous players saying that the helmets aren't working.

[gbx34]

Played two game online.

Skating is still to easy. Could next if anything was touch.

Maybe easier to score goals also there were more rebounds.

[SinisterAlex]

I absolutely love the boardplay! Pre-patch, I was always afraid to even skate near the boards because I always ended up pinned every time. Now post patch, I played a couple of games and I can actually skate near the boards and not get held up as much. Although, I still have those moments where I'm like "how the f did he do that?" but not as much as pre-patch.

I love the new way the CPU plays defence and offence. Cross crease goals are now very hard to come by and the slot is now very well protected. Sometimes I find the Defence can be a bit too aggressive, but its better than before. I love how the CPU finds alternate ways of gaining the zone. One user posted before that they don't always use the wing, which I find true. Although, when everything is covered I sometimes find the CPU struggling to gain my zone and never dump it >_>

EASHL and OTP are much more improved with the better passing and better CPU's (when you have them of course). I'd much rather have them now when I play goalie instead of humans, but thats just me.

As for the helmets, I've read on the EA forums that you need to unlock a 3 slot helmet to make the CCM helmet appear.... but I know this isn't true. Although unlocking the 3 slot helmets are easy as pie. The patch for me took 3 seconds to install, dunno if it installed properly but I'm sure it, my internet connection is really good.

I've also read alot of post lately on the EA forums reguarding the curve shot. Everyone says this is back. But how? The animation is now gone so how possibly could it be back? I haven't tried it yet, I'll do that tomorrow after school. Also is it just me, or a heck of alot of people doing the stupid wrap around goal tries lately.... -.- bothers me so much thats for sure.

But anyway thats my opinion on the patch.

[DevilsEve666]

It seems as though after the patch the CPU is more timid to take shots, but they score at a higher percentage...last game i played the scored 4 goals on 18 shots...in my previous 20 or so games before the patch the CPU never had less than 23 shots and when they did they never scored more that 2 goals

[Vikes1]

Quote: Originally Posted by BleacherCreature

All-Star. I just got outshot in my second post-patch game 38-29, so I'm beginning to think that's been fixed. Plus, as I said before, the CPU seems way more aggressive with the puck, and also defensively. I turned the puck over a lot in this last game.

The Sabers post patch, out shot me by the same exact number...38-29. Once the cpu got going...wow, they were all over me. The patch seems to have made some nice changes.

Also...my pass percentage seems a bit higher now as well.