Wait time to join different EASHL team?

[mrh61988]

I tried to joined a hockey team tonight and I got this message.

"You have just left a club and must wait before joining or creating a new one"

Why do I have to wait and how long?

[BaylorBearBryant]

It prevents club hopping. As a club owner I kind of like it.

Not sure how long it lasts though. A few hours?

[AllJuicedUp]

it lasts 24 hours and when combined with the 1 dressing room rule, is the most ridiculous decision ever.

It effectively kills competitive 6 v 6 hockey

Either you run a team with 6 or 7 guys and risk not having everyone on most of the time, in which case you have to play 3's or 4's, whatever... or you have a team of 15 to guarantee 6's, but if more than 6 are on people are forced to sit out.

Anyone who only plays 6's (or occasionally 5's) is SOL. Anyone who has a boatload of friends who all like to play NHL together with whoever happens to be on at the time is SOL. Call me crazy, but I play this game to have fun with my friends, and apparently that doesn't mesh with EA's agenda of catering to the leaderboard watchers.

If you hate this 24 hour "cooldown" period, please go to the EA forums and make your voice heard... the devs are reading those forums and have said the cooldown time is subject to change depending on the communities reaction (and there was already a good amount of pre-release complaints).

[mrh61988]

Just found out on the EA boards that the wait time is 24 hours. That just seems like overkill for me.

I can understand it come playoff time, but when you have multiple groups of friends that play OTP it's a pain in the ***.

[Fiddy]

Go play OTP and wait until a game opens up on your team.

[gsize19]

Quote: Originally Posted by BaylorBearBryant

It prevents club hopping. As a club owner I kind of like it. Not sure how long it lasts though. A few hours?

I agree with you... I love this feature... Wishing it was more like 72 hours versus 24 to minimize the club hopping.

[CigarCityBandit]

Wait a minute...Does this mean if I go into OTP as a random (I dont belong to any specific team) and play a pickup game of hockey with guys I dont know, I cant leave the game after it ends and re do the whole thing. In other words go back into the lobby and join another group of randoms for another pickup game of 6vs6. I have to wait another 24 hrs or play with the same 6 guys I played with in the FIRST game?? Please clarify.

[jokah03]

Quote: Originally Posted by CigarCityBandit

Wait a minute...Does this mean if I go into OTP as a random (I dont belong to any specific team) and play a pickup game of hockey with guys I dont know, I cant leave the game after it ends and re do the whole thing. In other words go back into the lobby and join another group of randoms for another pickup game of 6vs6. I have to wait another 24 hrs or play with the same 6 guys I played with in the FIRST game?? Please clarify.

No..OTP you can keep playing. EASHL you can't keep joining different clubs every 5 minutes.