OBG's NHL 17 Sliders All Star-10 min Periods

[onlybygrace]

Premise (Very important, please read!!!)
Ok, first and foremost, I absolutely MUST thank Al Tito for his amazing work as it was my basis to work from coming up my adjustments. Well, its so much his work, that I only feel I can truly take credit ONLY for the goaltender/shot relationship issue of this slider set. Most of the sliders are the exact same as his, so much so that I simply copy pasted his table and changed what I had different than him in order to save an abundance of time. All in all, there are only about 20 differences from Al’s sliders and most of them are very slight.

Thank you, AL!!! You da man!!!

Ok, this is where I feel it gets important so stick with me and Ill try to be concise. My focus was trying to attain as close as I could to realistic stats as possible in goals per game combined, shots, powerplay opportunities, as well as find a variance in games ranging from high scoring affairs to low scoring games as well. Now, as some have pointed out, this may come down to play style but I did samples of 10 games where I tracked the stats on both sides and this is what I came up with. Actually, due to demand, I didn’t play the 10^th game so this is after 9 games.
In the 9 games played with 10 minute periods, which I feel is crucial to getting the desired results, here are the totals. There were a total of 46 power plays for an average of 5.1 calls per game. There were 46 goals for an equal average of 5.1 goals per game. There were 3 high scoring games: a pair of 5-4 games and a 5-3 affair. The other 6 games had a combined total of 5 or less goals; 2-1 (three times), 3-2 (once), 3-0 (once) and 3-1 (once). I was outshot on average by a 28.2 to 25.7 count. Some games I would receive 6 power plays to the CPUs 1…then the next game would be totally different. So allow time for the random nature of the game to average out over a decent sample size before making a decision. If anything, I will probably slightly raise the likelihood that my CPU team mates take penalties as I feel I have a power play chance advantage…5 clicks should do the trick. I’ll adjust for that right now before posting this so its in the listed slider values.
During Shootouts, I highly advise you to raise puck control on BOTH sides and lower BOTH HUM and CPU save reaction ALL THE WAY DOWN to about 30!!! Unless you just LOVE shootouts that go 20 rounds, which I highly doubt.

The biggest thing I did different than AL was aiding the HUM goaltender save reaction which might be because he probably has Carey Price between the pipes. Those of us with more average goaltenders need a bit of a boost to put up decent save percentages. Jake Allen has about a .910 save percentage with this set. That said, I also play with the CPU goaltender save reaction higher than Al’s is set as I was finding it too easy to score more often than not. Additionally, I made the CPU goaltender better at stopping my deflections as I was not feeling very rewarded when scoring those types of goals. It seemed to be getting out of hand. I also have the screen effect lower than Al’s.

There are differences in CPU and HUM shot accuracy. The CPU seemed to be able to get shots on net much easier and from all positions and was highly outshooting me by an average of 7 per game even when playing stout defense with STL. Since my adjustments the CPU still out shoots me but by just an average of 2 or 3 shots.

Anyways, here are the sliders…these are pretty much final as Im 100 percent satisfied with the gameplay and see no reason to chase my tail. I don’t really see how it could get much better than what I’ve been experiencing personally.
Ok, seriously, the sliders already...

Game Settings
	Game Style	4 / 4 Full Sim*
	Rules	NHL
	Period Length	10 minutes*
	Difficulty	All-Star / Superstar*
	Camera	Classic
	Goalie Camera	Low
	Shootout Camera	Medium*
	Away Line Changes	Manual
	Away Shot Aim	Manual
	Home Line Changes	Manual
	Home Shot Aim	Manual
Gameplay Sliders
General
	Gameplay Version	Latest
	Game Style	4 / 4 Full Sim (Custom)
	Attribute Effects	5 / 10
	Broken Stick Frequency	30*
	Game Speed	2 / 6*
	Fatigue Effect - CPU	75
	Fatigue Effect - Human	75
	Fatigue Recovery - CPU	45*
	Fatigue Recovery - Human	45*
	Injury Occurence - CPU	50
	Injury Occurence - Human	50
Skating
	Back Skating	45*
	Hustle Type	Authentic
	Puck Carrier Agility	40*
	Puck Carrier Skating	40*
	Player Acceleration - CPU	50
	Player Acceleration - Human	50
	Skating Speed - CPU	50
	Skating Speed - Human	50
	Skating Agility - CPU	45*
	Skating Agility - Human	45*
Shooting
	One Timer Accuracy - CPU	35*
	One Timer Accuracy - Human	35*
	Shot Accuracy - CPU	40*
	Shot Accuracy - Human	40*
	Shot Power - CPU	47
	Shot Power - Human	50
	Slap Shot Accuracy - CPU	35*
	Slap Shot Accuracy - Human	35*
	Slap Shot Power - CPU	50
	Slap Shot Power - Human	50
Passing
	Manual Passing	On
	Pass Assist	20*
	Min Pass Speed	35*
	Max Pass Speed	65*
	Saucer Pass Speed	50*
	Pass Accuracy - CPU	20*
	Pass Accuracy - Human	40*
	Pass Interceptions - CPU	80
	Pass Interceptions - Human	80
	Pass Reception Ease - CPU	0*
	Pass Reception Ease - Human	12*
	Reception Reaction Time - CPU	30*
	Reception Reaction Time - Human	30*
	Puck Control Rating Effect - CPU	65*
	Puck Control Rating Effect - Human	65*
	Puck Speed Reception Effect - CPU	60*
	Puck Speed Reception Effect - Human	60*
	Pickup Type Effect - CPU	70*
	Pickup Type Effect - Human	70*
	Bouncing Puck Receptions - CPU	40*
	Bouncing Puck Receptions - Human	40*

Puck Control Incidental Contact Puck Loss Stick, Legs and Body Incidental Stick Contact Immunity 0 Puck Control - CPU 0* Puck Control - Human 0* Deking Impact - CPU 60* Deking Impact - Human 60* Spin Deke Impact - CPU 65* Spin Deke Impact - Human 65* Skating Impact - CPU 60* Skating Impact - Human 60* Goalies Goalie Cover Frequency 75* Goalie Passing 40* Goalie Cross Crease Reaction Time - CPU 45* Goalie Cross Crease Reaction Time - Human 50* Goalie Save Reaction Time - CPU 55 Goalie Save Reaction Time - Human 62 Goalie Deflection Reaction Time - CPU 50* Goalie Deflection Reaction Time - Human 45* Goalie Screen Effect - CPU 60* Goalie Screen Effect - Human 60* Goalie Screen Persistence - CPU 60 Goalie Screen Persistence - Human 60 Checking Board Effect Non-Puck Carrier 60* Board Effect Puck Carrier 20* Hitting Assistance 10 Stumble Threshold 80* Agression - CPU 55 Agression - Human 55 Hitting Power - CPU 45* Hitting Power - Human 45* Size Effect - CPU 40* Size Effect - Human 40* Speed Effect - CPU 35* Speed Effect - Human 35* Checking/Balance Rating Effect - CPU 85* Checking/Balance Rating Effect - Human 85* Preparedness Effect - CPU 55* Preparedness Effect - Human 55* Incidental Contact Effect - CPU 75* Incidental Contact Effect - Human 75* Poke Checking Range - CPU 10* Poke Checking Range - Human 10* Poke Checking Accuracy - CPU 40* Poke Checking Accuracy - Human 40* Poke Checking Power - CPU 60* Poke Checking Power - Human 60* Stick Lift Effectiveness - CPU 60* Stick Lift Effectiveness - Human 60* Penalties CPU Penalties 75* CPU Teammate Penalties 60* Tripping - CPU 60* Tripping - Human 60* Slashing - CPU 60* Slashing - Human 60* Elbowing - CPU 30* Elbowing - Human 30* High Sticking - CPU 60* High Sticking - Human 60* Cross Checking - CPU 60* Cross Checking - Human 60* Boarding - CPU 60* Boarding - Human 60* Charging - CPU 60* Charging - Human 60* Delay of Game - CPU 60* Delay of Game - Human 60* Holding - CPU 60* Holding - Human 60* Hooking - CPU 60* Hooking - Human 60* Interference - CPU 90* Interference - Human 90* AI AI Learning 6 / 6 CPU Difficulty Adjustment 0-6* CPU Faceoff Difficulty 55* Fight Difficulty 50 CPU Strategy Adjustment 4 / 6* User Strategy Adjustment 0 / 6 BAP Strategy Adjustment 3 / 6 Rules Post Whistle Rules Authentic Fighting 2 / 2 Icing Hybrid Icing Injuries On Offsides Delayed Penalties 4 / 4* Trapezoidal rule On Penalty Time Scaling 2/ 6* Concurrent Penalties Time 0 / 6

[mikeymayhem]

I've always found myself in previous years loving your sliders, I'll definitely be giving these a shot later on this evening.

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[jaybird313]

Thanks again for posting...and for the well thought out intro. And of course, thanks to Al too, as I've been using his up to this point!

[Qb]

Your stats look pretty good. Just a hair low compared to recent NHL averages -- roughly 5.5 goals, 6 PPs, 60 shots -- but adding a minute or two in period length should accomplish that if desired.

I need to find time to plug in some sliders and have at it. These (and Al's by extension) look like a good base.

[speels]

Just played one quick game. Like these a lot. Tired of stumbling along the boards and missing the net, but overall these had a good feel. I plan on getting in a few more games this weekend so I will get a better feel for them.

[onlybygrace]

Quote: Originally Posted by speels

Just played one quick game. Like these a lot. Tired of stumbling along the boards and missing the net, but overall these had a good feel. I plan on getting in a few more games this weekend so I will get a better feel for them.

Missing the net is an annoying fact of life in the NHL. lol Look forward to your impressions. They are set in stone for me personally, so obviously feel free to tweak to suit your needs.

[canucksss]

Im confused with setting sliders...sorry. I tried putting this in and then Saved it.....then when i went to the rules, it changed the sliders too.

[onlybygrace]

Quote: Originally Posted by canucksss

Im confused with setting sliders...sorry. I tried putting this in and then Saved it.....then when i went to the rules, it changed the sliders too.

This is an extremely difficult thing to explain...I'd almost rather you call me on the phone lol. You have to be careful but once you figure out all the settings menus and how its set up, they do stay the same.