What happened? Game was great, now its ridiculous.

[Scrif]

Up until the weekend I was loving NHL13. Games were competitive, goals we 'real' looking, besides the lack of penalties I 'was' saying this is the best NHL yet....then, something happened. I changed no settings in my offline season and now Im being lit up by all CPU teams. Rebounds everywhere for CPU, they pick the top corner like nobody's business.

I didnt change the way I played, I even lowered my tweaked settings for All-star. Was there a patch in addition to a tuner upgrade? Anyone else notice this?

[Taku]

yeah i agree. I switched back to tuner 1.01. They said that they just increased tripping and interference penalties but i think they also tuned something else.

[Taku]

its like the games are much more open with 1.02. Lot harder to skate around with the puck using tuner 1.01.

[Scrif]

Yep. Its almost like my players offensive and defensive awareness has dropped. They are nowhere near the puck, but the CPU is on it like a rash. And the CPU seems alot more aggressive. I understand EA is trying to patch the game to satisfy everyone's complaints, but they really should tell people 'hey, we made it harder by doing this and this'. I find it hard to believe that the latest tuner had only 2 updates.

I had to go play a game on Pro just to win and feel better

[Taku]

My guess is that 1.02 tuned game because EASHL players whined about players bumping into opponents without the puck. No penalties called because they didnt use "bodycheck" to do this. So its possible that there is less incidental contact and/or aggressiveness in 1.02.

[crosbie87]

This adds more fuel to my argument that 1.02 isn't working out that well. Go back to 1.01 if you want FAIR and competitive games.

[Scrif]

Yep - will go back to 1.01 and post my experience.

[Taku]

I really hope that I'm wrong and gameplay in 1.02 is identical to 1.01. That's because if they fix the penalties with tuner 1.03 and it plays like 1.02 which is worse than 1.01 then I'm pissed.