NHL 16 Patch 1.04 Available Now For Xbox One & PS4, Full Details Included

[Gotmilkman24]

Re: NHL 16 Patch 1.04 Available Now For Xbox One & PS4, Full Details Included

I just played a few more games. 2 on default then went back to my sliders and played one. I seem to get one if two types of game. I get one that the CPU is very passive, no penalties, and the CPU dumps a lot instead of that skate back with the puck until they can enter garbage. The other type the CPU plays aggressive, I get penalties, but the CPU dumps less. I could live with latter. There is good in this update I can't put my finger on it but some things just feel better. I still believe that much like the sliders when EA tunes or updates this game by fixing one thing something else gets affected and often not in a positive way. When I said the Dev team was in over their heads I meant that they are trying to tune an AI that's fatally flawed. It's not their fault and I should have been more clear they are trying to help and work with what they have. Unless the powers that be allow them to rebuild the AI from scratch all they can do is try and tune this up the best they can and it's never, in it's current state be what it should be. If I can find away to eliminate that odd game where the CPU goes into passive mode I will be happy.

One thing I've noticed that feels better is I can beat the computer on board play now. And also poke check them a lot easier now. Its about where it should be for poke checking Computers & even stick lift seems to work on the computer a lot better now. Like how it would on a player.

[bad_philanthropy]

Re: NHL 16 Patch 1.04 Available Now For Xbox One & PS4, Full Details Included

BTW, small but nice fix is editing players and not having their draft info change.

[Sparkles]

Re: NHL 16 Patch 1.04 Available Now For Xbox One & PS4, Full Details Included

New roster update as well

[Efbomb]

Re: NHL 16 Patch 1.04 Available Now For Xbox One & PS4, Full Details Included

BTW, small but nice fix is editing players and not having their draft info change.

They fixed that too? F'n sweet!

As a roster freak, that was a killer bug.

Now, with a patch, new goalie gear, new 3rd jerseys, a roster update and that bug squashed, I can't wait to get home and get busy on editing.

4 o'clock can't come soon enough!

[actionhank]

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The funny thing is.. at increments of 5, they announce the goal totals after a goal. Tarasenko scored his 5th of the season for me last game and the announcer said, "His 5th goal of the season, scored by Vladimir Tarasenko".

I agree.. they need to code that and should have by now.

Even more strange, sometimes it works. I've had a few games where my first game, it will show up at the start. I'll see Tarasenko's goal totals (still working on the sliders...so he's got 11 goals and 11 assists in 13 games...) and then they'll show goalie stats too...

then, next game the Goose Eggs are all back.

[bcruise]

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"Failed to retrieve data; please try again later" when going into Online Versus with the intent of checking for tuner/roster update. Anyone else?

[bad_philanthropy]

Re: NHL 16 Patch 1.04 Available Now For Xbox One & PS4, Full Details Included

They fixed that too? F'n sweet!

As a roster freak, that was a killer bug.

Now, with a patch, new goalie gear, new 3rd jerseys, a roster update and that bug squashed, I can't wait to get home and get busy on editing.

4 o'clock can't come soon enough!

Yeah it's fixed. Unfortunately if you create a player he defaults to first overall since there is no option to select round or pick.

[Efbomb]

Re: NHL 16 Patch 1.04 Available Now For Xbox One & PS4, Full Details Included

Yeah it's fixed. Unfortunately if you create a player he defaults to first overall since there is no option to select round or pick.

Well, we can't have everything. This patch is a step in the right direction.

Anyone get a chance to check the new roster update? How's it look? If only 70% of the missing AHL players made it, I'll take it.

[cowellj]

Re: NHL 16 Patch 1.04 Available Now For Xbox One & PS4, Full Details Included

Will these changes integrate into your already-started Be A GM mode ??
Or do you have to start a new one ?

[Hunkerdown]

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Is the 3rd period AI shoot fest better. Seemed like everytime I played AI solid 2 periods. 3rd period comes and start hitting shots left and right.

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[bad_philanthropy]

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Holy crap is the skating ever different. The effect of momentum seems dramatically reduced. You definitely have a lot more control of your players. I'm not sure if it's a more accurate representation of the physics of skating or not. Feels somewhere between NHL 12 and NHL 14.

It is way easier to defend and maintain your gap on the rush, and it's also easier to keep the puck in the zone on passes to the point. I guess I would say skating is more precise. There seems to be less of a dramatic effect on movement acceleration and momentum with every input of the left stick.

Make no mistake, the skating, and general movement is as dramatic a change as I've seen to core gameplay in this series in a long time. Probably as big as the November patch for FIFA 15 last year.

[bcruise]

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I'm definitely seeing the difference in hitting tendencies noted in the first post. On default All-Star hardcore the CPU is taking the body quite a bit more on defense (because it won't just hit from the front now), and it's resulting in some boarding calls which were extremely rare before. Previously almost all penalties the CPU would take involved the stick (tripping, hooking, slashing, high-sticking) so getting a physical penalty back in there is a welcome sight.

Of course the passing and shooting sliders still need a tweak to get down to realistic levels, but I'm just on default for now like Mill was suggesting we do.

[bad_philanthropy]

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I feel like the roster made an effort to lower some of the ratings. Not to a huge degree, but there seems to be more of a gap in the 80's range. Guys like Raffi Torres or Chris Neil would be an 83 before, and now they're 81. Seems like higher rated guys have remained the same, but the 84 and below have dropped an overall point or two, or three.

[jake19ny]

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Will these changes integrate into your already-started Be A GM mode ??
Or do you have to start a new one ?

Most of it will. You will not be able to have the 3rd jerseys though because once again, instead of EA putting the jerseys in the patch they put them in the roster update.

[Zuuuuc]

In HUT i believe that ea added a Default and a Generic goal horn option for your team, and removed the team's horn that belongs with your arena. I have MSG as my arena, but the Default and Generic horns are the Devils, when I assumed that Default would be the Rangers's. Does anyone else have this problem or am I doing something wrong? Also props to ea for fixing the horns, now they need to add the missing horns and songs