NHL 10 Community Event Preview (The Sports Game Guy)

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by Qb

So which one will it be for EASHL play? I have a bad feeling "hardcore" won't be mandatory and it will be up to the user. Paranoid? Perhaps...

I know.
But that's why I'd prefer to join an EASHL league with people you know want to be on the simmest settings possible.

[FootballSchemer]

Good Read

[Qb]

Quote: Originally Posted by Money99

I know. But that's why I'd prefer to join an EASHL league with people you know want to be on the simmest settings possible.

Well, all I know is that I saw the same thing happen with FIFA OTP ("FIFA Clubs") this year. A bunch of us who played 08 5v5 were so stoked for 10v10, but it ultimately disappointed us all in part due to allowing people to play with full assist. It was ping-pong cued up passing all over the place and since the controls were much more responsive, it made for quite the frustrating experience... if that makes any sense.

People would receive a pass, first touch away from the defender, fire another perfect pass, first-touch, perfect pass, and so on. It left those of us who wanted to use the manual or semi-assisted models two choices: (1) go assisted to keep up or (2) stick to your principles while putting yourself at a significant disadvantage. The FIFA 08 controls weren't as responsive -- not a good thing in general -- but it made for a different game online since you couldn't string passes together as easily...

If it's left up to user choice for EASHL play, you can bet full assist (ie, the same as this year) will be the overwhelming choice. Sure the team you're on may be full of idealistic manual-passers, but most won't. It'll be awesome for head-to-head against a friend or offline play (provided the AI isn't still tape-to-tape of course), but unless they disable assisted passing for ranked/EASHL play, it will all be for naught.

Not trying to blow things out of proportion, just a bad feeling based on prior experience as noted...

[Ridgeberg]

I wonder if we can make the producers aware of this? I would think there is still time if the development process to make changes.

Maybe we could strike up a conversation with Jason (EA_Redshirt) and let him know what has happened in a similar situation (FIFA).

[Qb]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ridgeberg

I wonder if we can make the producers aware of this? I would think there is still time if the development process to make changes. Maybe we could strike up a conversation with Jason (EA_Redshirt) and let him know what has happened in a similar situation (FIFA).

Sent him a message right after I posted.

[joker75]

Quote: Originally Posted by Qb

Well, all I know is that I saw the same thing happen with FIFA OTP ("FIFA Clubs") this year. A bunch of us who played 08 5v5 were so stoked for 10v10, but it ultimately disappointed us all in part due to allowing people to play with full assist. It was ping-pong cued up passing all over the place and since the controls were much more responsive, it made for quite the frustrating experience... if that makes any sense. People would receive a pass, first touch away from the defender, fire another perfect pass, first-touch, perfect pass, and so on. It left those of us who wanted to use the manual or semi-assisted models two choices: (1) go assisted to keep up or (2) stick to your principles while putting yourself at a significant disadvantage. The FIFA 08 controls weren't as responsive -- not a good thing in general -- but it made for a different game online since you couldn't string passes together as easily... If it's left up to user choice for EASHL play, you can bet full assist (ie, the same as this year) will be the overwhelming choice. Sure the team you're on may be full of idealistic manual-passers, but most won't. It'll be awesome for head-to-head against a friend or offline play (provided the AI isn't still tape-to-tape of course), but unless they disable assisted passing for ranked/EASHL play, it will all be for naught. Not trying to blow things out of proportion, just a bad feeling based on prior experience as noted...

Good comment! I also want to ensure that all players have the same conditions... disable all assisted passing for ranked/EASHL /league play is the condition for fair play !

[Qb]

Sounds like all players will have to use the same passing settings for EASHL/ranked play, which most likely will not be full-assist.

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by Qb

Sounds like all players will have to use the same passing settings for EASHL/ranked play, which most likely will not be full-assist.

Nice!