NHL 16 Patch 1.05 Available Now For Xbox One & PS4, Full Details Included

[PES3Paul]

Are we ever going to get 2015-16 Moments? Still none of those yet.

[bad_philanthropy]

So one thing I always do to test the game and its updates is play a bunch of CHL, AHL, Euro, and NHL games.

In the past, the attribute ranges and player separation have been tuned in such a way that at levels lower than the NHL, the ability of skaters is usually so closely clustered around mediocre to low attributes (relative to the game's tuning of the 0-100 scale) that the goalies dominate and it is difficult to consistently generate offense. As a result the games have a very uniform feel. I wouldn't call it defensive—more like ineptitude. The NHL level yields an opposite in which skaters shooting abilities often far outclass goalie ability (unless re-balanced with slider of course.) and save percentages sit between .850-.899 on average.

This is also somewhat the case with Euro leagues, and this seems a combination of attribute ranges and the AI not understanding the larger ice very well.

The preceding rating/gameplay stuff has been the case since forever in the series.

So, after the most recent patch and tuner I'm getting a variety of results in CHL games. From kind of sloppy to wild and wooly high scoring affairs (these seem to relate to teams and goalie ratings). In addition to that, there are a good variety of NHL scores, and the goalies do not seem too inept, nor do skaters seems overpowered. It seems like NHL games will produce a credible sv% at .900 and up with deviations from that in either direction at an acceptable quantity.

[jake19ny]

Just had another amazing game. Enjoying the puck physics a lot. I saw something I've never seen before in the series and looked so good I watched the replay like 20 times. I passed the puck from the corner with Rick Nash to Brassard in the high slot. The pass was a hard wobbler that missed Brassards stick and hit in his skates. The puck bounced up off his skate and Brassard knocked the puck down, quickly settled it, and I fired off a wrist shot that hit the crossbar and deflected down into the net. The gameplay is outstanding now. Not perfect but really going the right way.

[sweetjones]

Quote: Originally Posted by BigBadAss33

I play with ATTRIBUTE SLIDERS at 0. Playing as the Bruins, Marchand and Bergeron are on my penalty kill and each got a step on the dman after blocking a shot and they were gone!! Here are the Sliders i use. http://www.operationsports.com/forum...y-removed.html

This brings us back to square one. Does anybody really know/understand what the Attribute Slider really does? I've asked EA and Rammer on their twitter account last night. Waiting on a reply.

[BigBadAss33]

Quote: Originally Posted by sweetjones

This brings us back to square one. Does anybody really know/understand what the Attribute Slider really does? I've asked EA and Rammer on their twitter account last night. Waiting on a reply.

With the research i have done and reading various posts from different website I will give this a shot and try to explain.

As far a I can tell The ATTRIBUTE slider give every player a bump in ALL attributes across the board. So with attribute slider all the way up all attributes are boosted. So with this slider at zero it makes every player, play to their assigned number.

Trust me try it for 10 games and you will see the 4th liners miss the net from 5ft in front of the net and the true snipers pick a corner from the top of the slot..

This patch/tuner update is by far the best.

I will NEVER play another NHL series without the Attribute slider at zero

hope this helps!!

[jaiman]

Quote: Originally Posted by sweetjones

This brings us back to square one. Does anybody really know/understand what the Attribute Slider really does? I've asked EA and Rammer on their twitter account last night. Waiting on a reply.

Curious to know this too. I also play with it at 0.

[MDgolf]

I thought it meant that the players play to their true attributes at the highest setting


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[sweetjones]

Quote: Originally Posted by MDgolf

I thought it meant that the players play to their true attributes at the highest setting Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

lol. Exactly. I thought the same thing. Until we get an official explanation from EA, it's a mistery. I dont know how to get them to answer my tweet. I guess just keep my fingers crossed.