PS4 NHL19 EASHL 6v6 Matchmaking Issues

[JohnDoh]

Has EA released anything about the difficulty to join a drop-in 6v6 EASHL game for NHL19? It takes a ridiculous amount of time searching for a game and I have only successfully reached the ice a handful of times in a couple dozen attempts. I've scoured the net and can't find anything from EA about the lack of server responsiveness so I figured I'd post here. Thx

[TheVirus]

I'll see if I can find the direct post but the devs gave a vague "it's at the top of our priorities" on the EA Forums about the issue, luckily for me I've been getting in to games fine on PS4, but it sucks this is still an issue for a large majority of people.

[jemiller16]

Is there a way to play 6v6 online with NHL teams while not in a group? The only thing I can find is the EASHL which is OK, but I'd prefer NHL teams, arenas, and commentary.

Slightly off topic, but I'm sure this has been discussed, I just can't find anything definite.

[htskr21]

Just play offline.

[Stormyhog]

I did tweet EA Help & hey did say they are aware of the issue & looking into it. I'm still having issues & hope for a fix soon. https://twitter.com/EAHelp/status/1042194479065649153

[JohnDoh]

Thanks for the response, guys. Waiting patiently...

[bdawgdude]

Fwiw last night the "normal wait time" dropped down to about 30 seconds.... but then still wouldn't connect. So it feels like they're making progress. I guess we'll see if they are though.

[mjavon]

I'm having no issues making connections, but a lot of issues getting a game going.

Basically what happens is, I get in a lobby with 3/4 players on each team, and then when everyone realizes there are a couple CPU players they LOSE THEIR DAMN MIND and quit immediately, thus setting forth an endless cycle of lobby, quit, lobby, quit.

Would be better obviously if EA's matchmaking would just get a dozen people into the same lobby (shouldn't be *that* hard, right?), but in the meantime until they fix the technical issues I wish people would favor playing the game at all in drop-in over wasting time waiting for the perfect game.