The First Sliders I've Ever Been Truly Happy With

[ChiTownKid]

Hey, guys.

I don't think I've ever posted a slider set before. If I have, it's been a long time. So be gentle. I'm sharing these, because I think I'm onto something. I don't claim to have found perfection, but I have, at last, found slider settings that makes play against the AI, at least for me, for the first time in my history of playing the EA NHL series (25 years), consistently fun.

I have played probably the better part of 60-75 Play Now games against the AI over the last couple of months tweaking these; generally making changes every 5 games or so as needed. But I haven't had to touch these now for the past 25 games or so. That's 25 consecutive games where, after I was done, I thought, "That was pretty damn good," and felt no pressing urge to change anything.

To me, that's a pretty big deal.

I find a great variety in how games play out. Sometimes I win, sometimes not. Sometimes I dominate possession, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I out-pass, sometimes out-shoot, sometimes out-hit. Sometimes I don't. It's always a surprise, but it's always challenging, and (almost) always feels fair.

If you want to give these a shot, I would recommend you be exact to start; even with things that might seem odd, like the passing aim indicator. There's a method to all of it. Still, I know how subjective this kind of thing is, so I don't expect them to be for everybody. But if there's even one person out there that gets the enjoyment out of these that I do, then it was worth typing out.

Anyway, here they are. Cheers.

Camera
Overhead

ON-ICE Trainer
Pass Aim Targeting - On
All other settings - Off

Quick Settings
Camera - Overhead
Difficulty - All-Star
Game Style - Custom
Goalie Camera - n/a
Period Length - 7 min
Rules - Custom
Shootout Camera - n/a

Advances Settings
Away Line Changes - Auto
Away Shot Aim - Manual
Home Line Changes - Auto
Home Shot Aim - Manual
Gameplay Version - Latest

Rules
Fighting - MAX
Icing - On
Injuries - On
Offsides - Delayed
Penalties - MAX
Penalty Time Scaling - NONE
Post Whistle Rules - n/a
Tie Break - n/a
Coincidental Penalty Time Scale - NONE

Gameplay - General (**All numbers represent Ticks from Left**)
Attribute Effects - 3
Broken Stick Freq - 1
Game Speed - 2
Gameplay Version - Latest

Fat.Effect CPU - 1
Fat.Effect Hum - 1

Fat.Recov CPU - 5
Fat.Recov Hum - 5

Inj.Occ CPU - 2
Inj.Occ Hum - 2

Player Acc. CPU - 3
Player Acc. Hum - 3

Puck Ctrl. CPU - NONE
Puck Ctrl. Hum - NONE

Gameplay Checking

Hit.Asst. - 3

Aggr. Cpu - 3
Aggr. Hum - 3

Hit Pwr. CPU - 3
Hit Pwr. Hum - 3

Poke Effect. CPU - 2
Poke Effect. Hum - 2

Stick Lift Effect. CPU - 2
Stick Lift Effect. Hum - 2

Gameplay - Passing

Manual Passing - On
Pas Assist - 1
Pass Speed - 4
Saucer Pass Speed - 5

Pass Acc. CPU - NONE
Pass Acc. Hum - 1

Pass Int. CPU - 1
Pass Int. Hum - 1

Pass Rec.Ease CPU - 1
Pass Rec.Ease Hum - 1

Gameplay - Shooting

One-Timer Acc. CPU - 4
One-Timer Acc. Hum - 4

Shot Acc. CPU - 3
Shot Acc. Hum - 3

Shot Pwr. CPU - 3
Shot Pwr. Hum - 3

Slap Shot Acc. CPU - 3
Slap Shot Acc. Hum - 3

Slap Shot Pwr. CPU - 4
Slap Shot Pwr. Hum - 4

Gameplay - AI

AI Learning - MAX
CPU Diff. Adj. - NONE
CPU Faceoff Diff. - 3
CPU Penalties - 5
CPU Strat.Adj. - MAX
CPU Teammate Penalties - 2
Fight Diff. - n/a
User Strategy Adj. - I MAX this, but I guess it's n/a

Gameplay - Goalies

Goalie Cover Freq. - NONE
Goalie Passing - 5

Goalie React.Spd CPU - 4
Goalie React.Spd Hum - 4

Goalie Screen Effect CPU - 4
Goalie Screen Effect CPU - 4


Good luck!

[robinson]

Try attribute on 5 and see if you like the checking better (more checking and less tackling).


Post whistle rules, try relaxed. Where anything goes has more scoring and authentic has less.