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NHL 16 Tuner Update For September 28

07:16 AM - September 29, 2015 by Millennium

Hey guys,

So Sean Ramjagsingh (Rammer to most of you) has asked openly on Twitter for feedback on the latest tuner, and what better place than here for him to get constructive feedback to use? So here is what I want to do:

Post your feedback on the new tuner. But there are a few guidelines.

Post whether you commenting on offline or online gameplay

Post if you have altered sliders (for offline)

Post how many games you have played with the new tuner

Post constructively

This way we can give accurate and meaningful feedback. Post videos if you'd like, but again - keep it constructive.

Here are the tuner notes (Thanks Jake19ny!):

SEPT 28 - TUNER

Gameplay

Improved poke collisions to address issues where a puck would be dislodged even when the puck or puck carriers stick were not contacted.
Increased speed of player controlled goalie when using precision motion.
Increased the pass error for the lowest pass accuracy slider settings.
Tuned down agility and ability to generate speed when turning tightly with protect puck.
Lessened the effect of the speed penalty on the puck carrier slightly when stickhandling a puck.

OTP/EASHL only

Turned down effectiveness of AI players in online faceoffs.
Goalie will commit more towards the shooter/puck side of the ice to guard against short side shots.
Lowered the threshold to which a player is able to receive/pick up a puck cleanly.

UPDATE: (9/29) We have removed �Increased the likelihood to trip a player when a pokecheck goes into the opponents skates or legs.� after many players have stated that it resulted in too many tripping penalties.

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# 81 jaiman @ 10/01/15 10:16 AM

Damn this tuner madness!!!

# 82 jake19ny @ 10/01/15 10:27 AM

One of the most confusing things to me is why would EA bother releasing a tuner that addressed things that nobody was complaining about? I understand their intent was to make a better game for us but the old saying "if it ain't broke don't fix it" applies here. The game was not perfect but there was nowhere near as much negativity and complaining surrounding this game prior to the two tuners released on September 28 and 30th as there is now.

# 83 shogunofharlem3 @ 10/01/15 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Money99


	So what exactly are the pro's/con's of the 30th tuner compared to 28th? Or what did the 28th do better than the 30th?

From what I played last night, that feeling of the AI cheating was back, in my opinion. They didn't dump, they just kept like side stepping me and working their way to the slot without anything I could do, they kept burying the puck.

I will say this, I have the AI difficulty adjustment slider at 0 and after the tuner it was at 3. When I put it back it felt a bit better. They also put AI Learning at 3, which I usually have at 1.

Otherwise, I can't put my finger on it. But it was more frustrating than the day before. Still better than 15 and those prior. But different

# 84 raneman85 @ 10/01/15 06:15 PM

I'm not 100% sure but i believe there is some discussion that the sliders are reversed.

# 85 NDIrishRangers78 @ 10/01/15 06:28 PM

Haha unbelievable...just played the cpu where instead of dumping the puck into my zone, they retreated into their own zone while facing their own goalie and passing it and continued skating until they were almost directly in front of their own goalie....amazing how 2 days ago, I was loving this game and now it's so broken, I can't even stand to see the NHL 16 logo in my Xbox hub when I turn on my Xbox one....I seriously hope they fix this. It's like the only game I play. I bought an Xbox one really for NHL 15 so this pisses me off even more.

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# 86 THESHAMISASHAME @ 10/01/15 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by shogunofharlem3


	The Sept 28th tuner I thought was fantastic. So I went out and bought the game , played yesterday and it was not like 2 days ago. They'll get it going. I do agree that their should be an online tuner and an offline tuner. And we should have access to use all previous tuners if we so choose like the 360/ps3 versions

Been asking for separate online/offline tuners for years now so if its do able I think it would be the perfect thing to meet everyone needs and please stop over writing over base tuners .

I havent posted in a while as I wanted to get a good feel for the update as I personally enjoyed the game immensely before 9/28 on basically on allstar default in playoff mode offline and now not so much though to be fair I see what EA was trying to do but I personally like a more laid back hu gameplay .

Now even though the last tuner is improved I find the game now plays a bit boosted where speed is used and cpu scores when they want when they go in turbo mode and are now goalies horrible and many times I seen a total collapsed when the game is 1-1 and then they score on 4 shots in a row ,Tilted Ice ?

I think another said less human feel as I find the game more robotic but Im sure slider tweaker will like the volume added to the depth of some sliders .

Its really disappointing each year EA releases the game that I love on near default out of the box and then after a game update or this year a overwriting of tuners our options to enjoy this game with our own style and skill is lost .

I not a tweaker or a slider guy so I dumbed the game down to play on Pro to remove the burst and made the goalies tougher but its just not the same so I guess Ill take a break from the game or work on HUT trophies as the organic gameplay I enjoyed is gone but hopefully EA can repost a pre 9/28 tuner .

# 87 jake19ny @ 10/01/15 07:35 PM

Hey sham, in another thread CupCrazyManiac discovered a way to get the game back to somewhat normal. I'm not sure what system you play on but go into your saved data and delete the user profile for NHL16. DONT DELETE THE GAME. Just user profile. You will still have your rosters and be back to day 1 release tuner. It plays great and the only thing it's missing is the tuner update that fixed penalties but I would rather have the game play good and lack of penalties then the garbage we have now. At least until they fix it I hope. Check out my thread on Thoughts on tuner for more info and credit to CupCrazyManiac for the fix

# 88 THESHAMISASHAME @ 10/01/15 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jake19ny


	Hey sham, in another thread CupCrazyManiac discovered a way to get the game back to somewhat normal. I'm not sure what system you play on but go into your saved data and delete the user profile for NHL16. DONT DELETE THE GAME. Just user profile. You will still have your rosters and be back to day 1 release tuner. It plays great and the only thing it's missing is the tuner update that fixed penalties but I would rather have the game play good and lack of penalties then the garbage we have now. At least until they fix it I hope. Check out my thread on Thoughts on tuner for more info and credit to CupCrazyManiac for the fix

Thanks Jake Im on PS4 but wont I get a prompt for the most current tuner again ? I never seem to DL any tuner it just gives me the prompt game update and then next game I play changes ?

Ill give it a shot as I never had lack of penalties issue and I would just keep the game online but I have to have current rosters and with no roster share no way Im doing hundred of transactions .

# 89 NDIrishRangers78 @ 10/01/15 08:00 PM

I did all that and playing an entire game, the cpu still played like robots and never dumped it and just skated in and shot it....and numerous times, the cpu still did the turn around and skate towards its own goalie and pass it back and forth to its teammates retreating and using nothing that resembled any hockey strategy whatsoever. I've tried different sliders, leaving it on default and everything and still the same ****....3 days ago this game was perfect....sorry if it sounds like I'm beating a dead horse.

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# 90 shogunofharlem3 @ 10/01/15 09:10 PM

Posted this in the other thread as well.

But since the last tuner update the ai plays like this. its brutal. I don't play hockey, I defend their side steps and they refuse to enter the zone unless they can get an angle on me.

# 91 canucksss @ 10/01/15 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by shogunofharlem3


	Posted this in the other thread as well. But since the last tuner update the ai plays like this. its brutal. I don't play hockey, I defend their side steps and they refuse to enter the zone unless they can get an angle on me.

are you serious!!????? whats wrong with EA....sorry...but good thing i just rented this game.

# 92 NDIrishRangers78 @ 10/01/15 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by shogunofharlem3


	Posted this in the other thread as well. But since the last tuner update the ai plays like this. its brutal. I don't play hockey, I defend their side steps and they refuse to enter the zone unless they can get an angle on me.

Thank you! I'm not losing my mind! Ice seen them skate back even further towards their own goalie....This happens all game! What a disgrace these tuners have done to this game.!

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# 93 NDIrishRangers78 @ 10/01/15 09:19 PM

They need to dump the puck into the zone...for strategy and line changes....I've seen neither since these last tuners.

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# 94 jake19ny @ 10/01/15 10:11 PM

You know what's scary? If you go over to the EA forums everyone talks about how great it is now. I posted over there they should go back to the pre 28th update and was met with negative reaction. If EA goes by their own forum this won't get addressed.

# 95 shogunofharlem3 @ 10/01/15 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jake19ny


	You know what's scary? If you go over to the EA forums everyone talks about how great it is now. I posted over there they should go back to the pre 28th update and was met with negative reaction. If EA goes by their own forum this won't get addressed.

Crazy. I'm usually really positive about everything. I still am, but, just watch the snippet I posted. That has been every game I have played in the last 2 days. I didn't have that after the 28th update, but now do after the 30th.

I can't imagine many enjoying this with the ai that just keeps going east west until they can get past you.

Reminds me of when I was a kid and roller blades just came out. A group of kids on roller blades challenged the sneaker kids. Roller bladers thought they'd kill us. But we footers just side stepped, juked, and destroyed them.

That is what this game reminds me of..........except this time, I'm the roller blader.

# 96 NDIrishRangers78 @ 10/01/15 10:26 PM

I made a post on the Facebook Ea NHL page this am that they need to go on operation sports and hear our concerns, maybe they will....I don't remember NHL 15 being this bad.

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# 97 THESHAMISASHAME @ 10/01/15 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jake19ny


	You know what's scary? If you go over to the EA forums everyone talks about how great it is now. I posted over there they should go back to the pre 28th update and was met with negative reaction. If EA goes by their own forum this won't get addressed.

Not surprising their mostly onliners there but I tried the delete profile trick but as thought I still got prompted that the gameplay was updated notice when I went into game .

So Im playing on V100 for kicks who knows and though its still robotic to me I learned to adjust as position on D is very important with this update and hopeful I dont start seeing the cpu getting speedy and my players slowly responding like in wet cement that I cant control that I saw alot yesterday .

UPDATE : Nah I scored and they came right back like they did before and Im not saying it cant be adjusted maybe lower there pass when they go into boost mode tac tac toe and scored for 2 quick shots and two goals ah that organic default feeling is gone and how do you adjust a slider for tilted ice other then hitting them back big ?

Its not horrible and its surly challenging but Im also seeing alot of that tilted ice through intimidation we used to have as Im getting more success after big hits but at this point who knows I dislike having to play like this .

Oh and after I got hit big now I cant hit a 10 foot pass to my player on the PP with nobody on him ? so I guess Ill have to hit big to rebalance the tilted ice intimidation ?

# 98 shogunofharlem3 @ 10/01/15 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by THESHAMISASHAME


	Not surprising their mostly onliners there but I tried the delete profile trick but as thought I still got prompted that the gameplay was updated notice when I went into game . So Im playing on V100 for kicks who knows and though its still robotic to me I learned to adjust as position on D is very important with this update and hopeful I dont start seeing the cpu getting speedy and my players slowly responding that I saw alot of the day before .

This is why since NHL 13 I've always put my skater acceleration slider 1 click higher for user. It will quasi neutralize their speedy, controller reading robot butts.

But I want to get back to playing the best hockey I ever played from 2 days ago

# 99 NDIrishRangers78 @ 10/01/15 10:52 PM

You know how bad this is? I didn't post on here in 2 years for various life reasons, but this game has me so pissed off like no other game

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# 100 THESHAMISASHAME @ 10/01/15 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by shogunofharlem3


	[/b] This is why since NHL 13 I've always put my skater acceleration slider 1 click higher for user. It will quasi neutralize their speedy, controller reading robot butts. But I want to get back to playing the best hockey I ever played from 2 days ago

Yeah I used that trick when I played on Allstar level in past games and I used the fatigue trick when on pro but I just hate to have to out cheat the AI when the game played responsive , fair and balanced on default before the 9/28 tuner

Update : As you mentioned Shogun Im gonna lower the AI learn to avoid some of that they know what your gonna do next stuff directional that is and to be honest in past years I always left that low but in NHL 15 and 16 before updates or tuner I didnt have to touch that .

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