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NHL 17 Patch 3.1 Available Now, Full Details Here

01:28 PM - January 26, 2017 by Steve_OS

EA has just released NHL 17 patch 3.1, which fixes a few issues from patch 3, released last week.

Fixed an issue that caused Be A Pro and Franchise Modes to crash at the end of the season
Fixed an issue that prevented HUT Contracts from refreshing in Competitive Seasons
Fixed an issue that resulted in negative points for a win in HUT Competitive Seasons
Fixed an issue with Willie Mitchell's Outdoor Classic Set Master item. It is now back to it's original art and will refresh.
Fixed CCM Extreme Flex Pro 3 Blocker.

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# 21 jeebs9 @ 02/06/17 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jake19ny


	This patch has totally ruined the game for me. I posted often what a great season I had going but I was waiting fir the shoe to drop. It not only dropped but EA put it on and kicked me square in the you know what....it's beyond bad. Skaters that don't move, bizarre ricochet pucks, constant own goals, goalies who have no idea where the puck is, super insane hits, low shot totals. It's as if EA released a whole new game, and a bad one. I'm quite sure my slider set is not meshing with the new patch but I simply don't have it in me to tweak all over again. Pretty disappointed. I was really enjoying the game this year but looks like my season is over. So sick of these patches and tuners and their horrific unintended consequences

I understand what you're trying to say. But if you liked the game.before the patch with fixes wouldn't you try it out on default settings first and then day I'm not playing the game anymore. Just a thought lol

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# 22 MizzouRah @ 02/06/17 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jake19ny


	This patch has totally ruined the game for me. I posted often what a great season I had going but I was waiting fir the shoe to drop. It not only dropped but EA put it on and kicked me square in the you know what....it's beyond bad. Skaters that don't move, bizarre ricochet pucks, constant own goals, goalies who have no idea where the puck is, super insane hits, low shot totals. It's as if EA released a whole new game, and a bad one. I'm quite sure my slider set is not meshing with the new patch but I simply don't have it in me to tweak all over again. Pretty disappointed. I was really enjoying the game this year but looks like my season is over. So sick of these patches and tuners and their horrific unintended consequences

That sucks getting the game playing great and then a patch/tuner ruins it.

Thankfully.. I was the opposite, game was so frustrating for me before the last patch/tuner and with some tweaks, it's finally playing good enough I'm not rage quitting anymore.

I agree the goalies, for some odd reason took a step back, but I've changed the goalie settings to what I have below and it's made a HUGE difference for me so far, at least after 10 or so games in my franchise post patch/tuner.

High scoring games are rare, I haven't seen an own goal, deflection goals are realistic and not the goofy ones, scoring seems to come from my better players like Tarasenko, Schwartz, etc.. in fact, goal variety has been great.

I was about to shelve the game, but messing with the goalie sliders (and a couple other "minor" tweaks) has made the game fun for me again. (until the next update, LOL)

I've even went back to 4/4 full sim settings as I think the extra fatigue helps to keep scoring down to a realistic pace.

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Goalie Save Reaction Time – 60/60
Goalie Deflection Reaction Time – 60/60
Goalie Screen Effect – 50/50
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# 23 jake19ny @ 02/07/17 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by jeebs9


	I understand what you're trying to say. But if you liked the game.before the patch with fixes wouldn't you try it out on default settings first and then day I'm not playing the game anymore. Just a thought lol Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I know, I just walk away for bit because Im so angry about losing what I had I will never constructively work on the game without my head wanting to explode. It's just annoying that it's back to the drawing board every time a patch or tuner comes out. Oddly the patch didn't seem to mess my game up but when I played online it automatically downloaded the tuner and it's been a wreck since then. I still have the option to go back to my old tuner but it's just not the same anymore

# 24 Splitter77 @ 02/07/17 10:23 AM

game is easily my favorite hockey game alltime now.
Hitz Pro is probably second.

But this game is great.
For some reason franchise mode gameplay is so much better than the season mode or play now mode. Cant figure out why

# 25 Hunkerdown @ 02/08/17 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Splitter77


	game is easily my favorite hockey game alltime now. Hitz Pro is probably second. But this game is great. For some reason franchise mode gameplay is so much better than the season mode or play now mode. Cant figure out why

I second that opinion, personally having a blast in franchise mode, besides penalties on low end. but basically the same in all EA sports games. [emoji12] [emoji106]

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# 26 MizzouRah @ 02/08/17 10:38 PM

I don't think I'm going to use this newest tuner yet (released today) but for those that do, can you tell me how the goalies play on default 4/4 settings? I upped my goalie sliders and from these notes, they might have fixed some things.. but I'm getting really good games, so I wanted to know how the new tuner is. Thanks in advance!

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	Tuner 1.02 Update (Feb. 8th, 2017) *We are overwriting the 1.02 tuner with revisions to the goalie tuning to better reflect our original goals after community feedback and further testing. - Increased top end of goalies precision speed - Increased goalies ability to make saves in tight to their body even more - Decreased screen effect some more - Delay tuning on reactionary saves is now less harsh and more forgiving for being slightly out of position compared to the previous tuner.

# 27 phillyfan23 @ 02/09/17 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jake19ny


	This patch has totally ruined the game for me. I posted often what a great season I had going but I was waiting fir the shoe to drop. It not only dropped but EA put it on and kicked me square in the you know what....it's beyond bad. Skaters that don't move, bizarre ricochet pucks, constant own goals, goalies who have no idea where the puck is, super insane hits, low shot totals. It's as if EA released a whole new game, and a bad one. I'm quite sure my slider set is not meshing with the new patch but I simply don't have it in me to tweak all over again. Pretty disappointed. I was really enjoying the game this year but looks like my season is over. So sick of these patches and tuners and their horrific unintended consequences

Why do you keep downloading patches and tuners when u have found your settings/sliders? Youve done this since 2 years ago from what i remember. I think you're an offline only guy like me so why take that risk? Youve been burned like this every year it seems

I refuse to download patches and tuners ever since i found my optimal settings/sliders/patch/tuner. I turn off my internet on my ps4 because it automatically downloads patches....

You just cant trust EA to take care of the offline portion because when they release a patch its mostly to cater to the online users.

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# 28 jake19ny @ 02/09/17 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by phillyfan23


	Why do you keep downloading patches and tuners when u have found your settings/sliders? Youve done this since 2 years ago from what i remember. I think you're an offline only guy like me so why take that risk? Youve been burned like this every year it seems I refuse to download patches and tuners ever since i found my optimal settings/sliders/patch/tuner. I turn off my internet on my ps4 because it automatically downloads patches.... You just cant trust EA to take care of the offline portion because when they release a patch its mostly to cater to the online users. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The patch automatically downloaded, I don't remember that ever happening before so it may be my settings set to auto download I have to check. The tuner force downloaded when I played a game of draft champions online. It's funny you bring up this happening to me before andcthat you log out because it made remember that I used to log out of online before even starting the NHL disc something I wish I remembered before this happened. I guess I have nobody to blame but myself

# 29 Splitter77 @ 02/09/17 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah


	I don't think I'm going to use this newest tuner yet (released today) but for those that do, can you tell me how the goalies play on default 4/4 settings? I upped my goalie sliders and from these notes, they might have fixed some things.. but I'm getting really good games, so I wanted to know how the new tuner is. Thanks in advance!

I haven't downloaded this one yet.
whenever they mess with goalies they seem to start making these funny looking saves where they go at light speed to make a cross crease save. I hate that.

I also like how the goalies are now. I like how the puck squeaks through their arms and 5 hole. Im fearing this patch will get rid of that

# 30 MizzouRah @ 02/09/17 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Splitter77


	I haven't downloaded this one yet. whenever they mess with goalies they seem to start making these funny looking saves where they go at light speed to make a cross crease save. I hate that. I also like how the goalies are now. I like how the puck squeaks through their arms and 5 hole. Im fearing this patch will get rid of that

Apparently, the tuner only applies to "human" goalies regardless of the mode, so I don't believe it affects AI goalies in franchise mode - I don't think any of the 1.02 goalie updates affect AI goalies at all, so that might explain why upping the goalie sliders has helped to fix the AI goalie issues as the tuner never did anything for this particular mode.

# 31 phillyfan23 @ 02/09/17 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jake19ny


	The patch automatically downloaded, I don't remember that ever happening before so it may be my settings set to auto download I have to check. The tuner force downloaded when I played a game of draft champions online. It's funny you bring up this happening to me before andcthat you log out because it made remember that I used to log out of online before even starting the NHL disc something I wish I remembered before this happened. I guess I have nobody to blame but myself

Ya the dreaded automatic download....it burned me once before so ever since then i made sure to not happen again. This is why they should let us to download a patch and if we dont like it go back to the previous patch. I dont know if thats possible but who knows....

Another reason why i update my nhl rosters after the summer free agency/ draft/ and roster moves. I have nhl 17 playing amazingly right now, and there is no guarantee that nhl 18 will replicate it. Ill buy 18 but if it severely lacks in a crucial gameplay aspect, i will go back to nhl 17 and use play now. Imagine if nhl 18 plays really well but the game reverts back to having 2 penalties per game like previous years. Another example is the cpu own goals in 17 after the latest patch/tuner. Gamekilling bugs....imagine u win a goalie duel game 7 in OT 2-1 because of a cpu own goal....

Too many variables in this game/series that could go wrong and render it unplayable offline. For my sake: if it aint broke, dont fix it

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# 32 MizzouRah @ 02/09/17 07:35 PM

Tuner seems fine so far....

# 33 jake19ny @ 02/10/17 11:18 AM

Just tried going back to my season after taking time off in frustration and quit one minute in. I'm playing against the blackhawks and as Keith skates the puck out of his zone, just before the blue line he drops a pass to nobody that goes on his own net. Despite it being a soft back pass Crawford goes down in a bizarre flopping desperation save giving up a fat rebound to his defenseman Seabrook who then desperately tries to stuff a back hand goal into his own net as if he's trying to win game 7 of the cup finals in OT. Crawford once again makes a diving save against his own man. What the hell did they do this game? I'm going to try some minor tweaking but this appears to be an AI issue with the last patch and I don't know what slider will fix stupid. Pretty bummed right now.

# 34 RoyalBoyle78 @ 02/11/17 10:30 AM

I must have a different game cause. After the patch I think the game play so much better , I'm loving his last patch

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# 35 jake19ny @ 02/11/17 10:47 AM

I'm off the ledge and have my game playing great again. I won't go into detail because I created a thread for those having the same problem I was and it's all there. Just super happy to be enjoying this game again and continuing my season. If you were having issues like me check out the thread and let me know if it works for you. Good luck

# 36 Fiddy @ 02/11/17 11:28 AM

Tuner 1.02 Update (Feb. 8th, 2017)
*We are overwriting the 1.02 tuner with revisions to the goalie tuning to better reflect our original goals after community feedback and further testing.

- Increased top end of goalies precision speed
- Increased goalies ability to make saves in tight to their body even more
- Decreased screen effect some more
- Delay tuning on reactionary saves is now less harsh and more forgiving for being slightly out of position compared to the previous tuner.

# 37 robinson @ 02/13/17 12:32 AM

Other then the goalies being a little better (which you can adjust in the sliders anyways) what are the differences in the original 1.02 and the new overwrite 1.02 other then goalie stuff. When its working right.

If you had the option to not do the update for the newer 1.02 tuner and keep the original 1.02 tuner would you rather do that.

# 38 jeebs9 @ 02/13/17 01:22 AM

CPU goalie did this to me the other night.

https://youtu.be/4domLgyFYzk

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# 39 MizzouRah @ 02/13/17 08:03 PM

Had my first high scoring post patch/tuner game (with goalie sliders turned up). Lost 7-3 to Arizona of all teams, they had 7 PP's to my 1 PP.

We better get it together these last 7 games or we will be playing golf and I might get fired. We have lost our last two against Arizona and will play them again in Arizona. They have a ton of injuries and are in rebuild mode.

# 40 drog1602 @ 02/23/17 08:54 AM

The first release of 1.02 seemed much better, now the re-write of 1.02 has caused issues and I am back to using 1.00
Why would they overwrite the tuner? Really stupid IMO
I will never understand the thinking at EA

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