NHL 16 Penalties?

[jake19ny]

Re: NHL 16 Penalties?

Hi ,
Its not about right or wrong its how the hu player attacks the game and even after at least the two years I been here NY Jake member finally admits theres penalties .

Read the examples above on how others get penalties and please dont take it personal as its how the game is programmed and how you react and when I play real hockey I see more than enough penalties on Default .

Now if you looking for some randomly generated penalties ala mlb the show as an example you might be disappointed in this game as skill and what you do does matter IMO .

Whoa whoa....easy trigger.....please don't make it sound like I have finally seen the light and the game is just fine penalty wise....I'm a realist and I know I've been hard on you and it's definitely not your love for the game and your over enthusiastic view of it. I actually think that's cool and I'm glad you love it and have a personal success. I also do not dispute your theory on drawing penalties. Yes I'm having a decent amount of penalties and yes I do enjoy the game. You and I will always differ on the reason though. You believe it's about how you play the game.....and sure there is truth to that, but I will never accept that is the way it was designed. I still believe sliders are broken and discipline ratings are meaningless. I still think EA made great strides this year but still have work to do. I will have fun playing this game but will still yearn for more, after all if we the gamer do not demand more why would they work to improve? Enjoy the game but don't settle. Always raise the bar 👍🍺

[Flyermania]

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Jake, do you think the tuner update did or did not make any difference as far as penalties are concerned? How can I be sure I have the tuner (seems like it doesn't update the version number)?

I should be able to get tuner updates without Live, like roster updates....right?

[Gangrel]

Re: NHL 16 Penalties?

Tuners only come when you attempt to play an online game. Not sure if you can do that without Live or not.

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[MDgolf]

Re: NHL 16 Penalties?

Technically you should be able to get the tuner update if you don't subscribe to ps plus or live.


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[jake19ny]

Re: NHL 16 Penalties?

Jake, do you think the tuner update did or did not make any difference as far as penalties are concerned? How can I be sure I have the tuner (seems like it doesn't update the version number)?

I should be able to get tuner updates without Live, like roster updates....right?

for sure the tuner update helped and the tuner update just overwrote the old one so its the same number

[Tonic]

Re: NHL 16 Penalties?

I was able to get a few games in over the weekend. I'm still only seeing 2-3 penalties per game due to the CPU's tendency to body check instead of poke check or stick lift, resulting in much fewer opportunities to commit a penalty. I really hope EA addresses this in the next tuner, it's really taking a lot of enjoyment out of the game for me.

[rickster1]

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I agree, EA this is the issue its easy for the ai to just bump you off the puck, not much attempting poke check or stick lifts by the ai so chances of tripping or highsticking or hooking is reduced, as yet not seen an interference pen yet either. BAGM.

[Tonic]

Re: NHL 16 Penalties?

I was doing some more testing tonight and I was able to draw 4 PPs last game...2 slashing and 2 hooking! I'm using CPU Poke Effectiveness 6, CPU Stick Lift 6, and Aggression 1. The CPU seemed to be more interested in poke checking than body checking which I was VERY happy to see. I even saw a few plays where the CPU did a retreating poke check as I brought the puck into the zone - pretty cool! Anyone else want to test this out with those sliders too? Please post results!

[Smirkin Dirk]

Re: NHL 16 Penalties?

I was doing some more testing tonight and I was able to draw 4 PPs last game...2 slashing and 2 hooking! I'm using CPU Poke Effectiveness 6, CPU Stick Lift 6, and Aggression 1. The CPU seemed to be more interested in poke checking than body checking which I was VERY happy to see. I even saw a few plays where the CPU did a retreating poke check as I brought the puck into the zone - pretty cool! Anyone else want to test this out with those sliders too? Please post results!

Ill try it. Nothing left to lose.

[csamuelsvt]

Re: NHL 16 Penalties?

I was doing some more testing tonight and I was able to draw 4 PPs last game...2 slashing and 2 hooking! I'm using CPU Poke Effectiveness 6, CPU Stick Lift 6, and Aggression 1. The CPU seemed to be more interested in poke checking than body checking which I was VERY happy to see. I even saw a few plays where the CPU did a retreating poke check as I brought the puck into the zone - pretty cool! Anyone else want to test this out with those sliders too? Please post results!

I have actually drawn a LOT of penalties on the computer by decreasing cpu stick lift, turning up aggression all the way and decreased poke effectiveness, and increasing all penalties across the board on all-star.

A lot of the penalties are tripping, slashing, hooking penalties

[Tonic]

Re: NHL 16 Penalties?

I have actually drawn a LOT of penalties on the computer by decreasing cpu stick lift, turning up aggression all the way and decreased poke effectiveness, and increasing all penalties across the board on all-star.

A lot of the penalties are tripping, slashing, hooking penalties

My problem with Aggression at 6 is the CPU turns into a wrecking ball and tries to flatten you all the time. With lower aggression, the CPU seems to play better positionally. When the new patch is released for Xbox I will do some more testing with lower aggression and game speed at 1 (instead of 2).

[johnnydrum]

Re: NHL 16 Penalties?

I was doing some more testing tonight and I was able to draw 4 PPs last game...2 slashing and 2 hooking! I'm using CPU Poke Effectiveness 6, CPU Stick Lift 6, and Aggression 1. The CPU seemed to be more interested in poke checking than body checking which I was VERY happy to see. I even saw a few plays where the CPU did a retreating poke check as I brought the puck into the zone - pretty cool! Anyone else want to test this out with those sliders too? Please post results!

Tonic...How are you getting on with this?
Have you seen a steady amount of pens?

[Tonic]

Re: NHL 16 Penalties?

Tonic...How are you getting on with this?
Have you seen a steady amount of pens?

Only was able to play one game with this last night. As much as I know to not make judgements based on one game, the fact that I saw 4 CPU penalties of either tripping or hooking, along with the fact the CPU seemed to at least TRY to poke check or stick lift much more frequently is looking promising. I will hopefully be able to get a couple of games in tonight. I still find it crazy that we have to spend hours upon hours tweaking sliders in order to get more than 2 penalties a game called, but it is what it is.

[Smirkin Dirk]

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For those who are seeing penalties, can you explain exactly what you are doing? I like cycling the puck around the zone. Looking for a point shot, waiting for a deflection chance in front, seeing if a lane opens up. On numerous plays Ill have 8-10 passes before shooting.

No penalties.

Are you guys skating around holding 'protect puck' waiting for a slash?

[crosbie87]

Re: NHL 16 Penalties?

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to post here and let you know that I have seen a lot more penalties since I lowered my game speed. I had it at 3 and moved it down to 2 and now all of a sudden I am getting 4-5 penalties on avg/game