NHL 17 Patch 1.04 Available Now, Full Details Here

[PardonTheAmbush]

In terms of logos/uniforms, I'm only waiting on the Late 90s Black/Red Sabres Logo, or that uniform set added, to get a Franchise Started.

[MizzouRah]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nickflyers

That's my plan too. Can get more natural faceoff fights. Instead of say Dorset facing off against Schenn when Gudas is on the ice.

I've always wondered how you do a faceoff fight, care to enlighten me?

[Mdcn90]

I play be a pro goalie 95% of the time, Im loving the new update, I found a usable slider for it to have a good season and put up solid numbers, going into my draft year I'm a 77 overall and finally liked playing goalie, only problem was that due to the amount of sloppy or glitchy goals, the only way to counteract it was to turn game speed to 0 and player speed down to 25, after playing the 1st 2 games of season which happened to begin the day after the update, I feel like I can finally play a faster game and still post my solid numbers! (Attached pic is end of regular season so playoff and offseason progression bumped me up to 77)

[Nickflyers]

Quote: Originally Posted by MizzouRah

I've always wondered how you do a faceoff fight, care to enlighten me?

Double tap triangle or Y should be it

[MizzouRah]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nickflyers

Double tap triangle or Y should be it

Ok the same as starting a fight but on the faceoff?

[Nickflyers]

Quote: Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Ok the same as starting a fight but on the faceoff?

Indeed good sir(Would say yes, but 10 Characters and all)

[Therion7]

Quote: Originally Posted by RayRay34

I've been wanting to pick up 17 since release. Loved 16 after all the patches and have been holding off getting 17. With this patch is it worth a buy now or should I keep playing 16? Basically I'm a quick play, season mode and HUT guy. Any opinions are appreciated.

Enjoying my season enough to play every game on 7 minute periods. If you liked 16 offline, then 17, now a few fixes have been rolled out, is considerably more enjoyable in terms of goal variety and *slightly* better AI. New goalie anims are in and look cool, the custom celebrations definitely work in season mode and most importantly of all, the stat overlays during a game are much improved with proper season goal totals, career points ( you get special cutscenes at milestones, 50 goals, 100 goals, a rookie's first NHL goal etc. ).

Create-a-team is decent enough for a first stab and you can put any freshly created team into an NHL season not just relocation in franchise mode.

The menus are slightly faster, the whiteness is a nice change but it's still a bit of a nuisance accessing league leaders in key categories. Having to go through quite a few button presses just to find out who has the best save percentage in the league gets real annoying after a while.

The new 1-100 gameplay sliders also work. For example, after this week's patch, I was getting less penalties, bumped the sliders and back to "normal". You can also save different slider sets which is handy because "play now" definitely seems more juiced up than "season".

In summation, if you like offline, go for it. There's plenty of room for improvement but I feel like I'm getting my money's worth this year and for once the tuners and patch have improved offline gamplay. Goalie rebound control and movement around the crease was horrible with the day one patch. Soft goals would go in every game. Much better now.

[Josam27o7]

Quote: Originally Posted by Therion7

Enjoying my season enough to play every game on 7 minute periods. If you liked 16 offline, then 17, now a few fixes have been rolled out, is considerably more enjoyable in terms of goal variety and *slightly* better AI. New goalie anims are in and look cool, the custom celebrations definitely work in season mode and most importantly of all, the stat overlays during a game are much improved with proper season goal totals, career points ( you get special cutscenes at milestones, 50 goals, 100 goals, a rookie's first NHL goal etc. ). Create-a-team is decent enough for a first stab and you can put any freshly created team into an NHL season not just relocation in franchise mode. The menus are slightly faster, the whiteness is a nice change but it's still a bit of a nuisance accessing league leaders in key categories. Having to go through quite a few button presses just to find out who has the best save percentage in the league gets real annoying after a while. The new 1-100 gameplay sliders also work. For example, after this week's patch, I was getting less penalties, bumped the sliders and back to "normal". You can also save different slider sets which is handy because "play now" definitely seems more juiced up than "season". In summation, if you like offline, go for it. There's plenty of room for improvement but I feel like I'm getting my money's worth this year and for once the tuners and patch have improved offline gamplay. Goalie rebound control and movement around the crease was horrible with the day one patch. Soft goals would go in every game. Much better now.

How is everyone feeling about how this latest patch ruined the skating. There is a floatiness to it now. It has completely ruined the experience. Why devs? why?