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NHL 09 Fridays: Community Questions #2

03:44 PM - August 15, 2008 by RaychelSnr

The folks up at EA Canada are nearing their goal as NHL 09 skates towards its September release. They are undoubtedly working very hard since they have a hard act to follow considering how well NHL 08 was received by most gamers. Also, with such high expectations, it's no surprise that the OS community has tons of questions when it comes to NHL 09. Due to this fact, we here at Operation Sports felt it was important to get the NHL developers to answer some questions from the Operation Sports community. So every Friday, until NHL 09 releases, OS will be running five-question-Q&A sessions with NHL 09 developers. This is the second Q&A session we have had thus far. Enjoy!

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# 21 buzzguy @ 08/18/08 04:02 PM

I'm not for "total team control" (seems pointless, since in dynasty mode, you expect the other teams to follow their "own" agenda"), so the improvements noted make sense to me. I'm cool with what EA Canada is doing, as long as the fix the "online roster download bug". That was my biggest beef last year.

# 22 Ruffy @ 08/18/08 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaseB


	PS when I spoke with these developers at the showcase, they were adamant that next year they wanted to really focus on Dynasty. Priorities clearly were gameplay, online, and be a pro this time around so yea, some things took a bit of a backseat.

Good to hear Chase....slide them a fifty and tell them to bring back PLAYOFFS mode!!

# 23 Ruffy @ 08/18/08 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by buzzguy


	I'm not for "total team control" (seems pointless, since in dynasty mode, you expect the other teams to follow their "own" agenda"), so the improvements noted make sense to me. I'm cool with what EA Canada is doing, as long as the fix the "online roster download bug". That was my biggest beef last year.

Thats why most of us want a season mode just like MLB 08 The Show has....but until then having trades off etc is the next best thing if you want to update things on your own.

Playoff mode is what i want more than anything...but yeah the roster DL thing fixed for online would be nice too..and more roster updates online more often would be very good...

Waiting all year for a decent goalie for the Coyotes was a bummer last year!

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