Five Features We Would Love to See in NHL 19

[shogunofharlem3]

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I'd like to see:

Coop Online Franchise with Team Play
Roster Share
Access to a Roster Editor (Crazy I know, but be the first to fully unleash the power of the Community with an app to edit rosters, opportunity to be pioneers).
AI can always be improved, it is better in 18, but don't rest on it, expand and always improve.
AI Skating - improve their skating ability to that of the user. They can still stop, stutter, turn, accelerate faster than human. Although I find it better, it is still there at times. When was the last time you saw them curl? They don't, they stop and start....quickly.

This was in order of priority for me. I'm still playing 17 and having fun. 18 will be purchased when I finish this current season in 17.

I really hope for the pioneer recommendation. Unleash the community! They are ready and WILLING!

[Simple Mathematics]

Re: Five Features We Would Love to See in NHL 19

I'd like to see:



Coop Online Franchise with Team Play

Roster Share

Access to a Roster Editor (Crazy I know, but be the first to fully unleash the power of the Community with an app to edit rosters, opportunity to be pioneers).

AI can always be improved, it is better in 18, but don't rest on it, expand and always improve.

AI Skating - improve their skating ability to that of the user. They can still stop, stutter, turn, accelerate faster than human. Although I find it better, it is still there at times. When was the last time you saw them curl? They don't, they stop and start....quickly.



This was in order of priority for me. I'm still playing 17 and having fun. 18 will be purchased when I finish this current season in 17.



I really hope for the pioneer recommendation. Unleash the community! They are ready and WILLING!

THIS!!!! I would LOOOOVE to have an app on my computer or even my phone to edit rosters. It is so much quicker and easier than doing it on your console.


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[lunch pale gang]

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This is a good article but so much of what is listed in it and in posts are things we have wanted since the series was ported to next gen. Definitely things we've asked for since the game changers events inception. Yet year after year it's all ignored. I'm not holding my breath for anything because it's always "maybe next year".....hope I'm wrong and if I am here's my list and it's more than 5 but I put my top 5 in bold

1) Roster share
2) Commentary that actually follows what's going on during the season or at least accurately reflects the game your currently playing
3) More play by play names. This list has not changed in a decade
4) better goalie AI
5) better defensive AI
6) better breakout AI
7) 5 man celebration
8) line matching by CPU
9) proper timeout usage and goalie pull by CPU
10) make a big game feel like one...(commentary and presentation)

On a side note regarding AI, if they just addressed some legacy issues that we have complained about for YEARS that would go a long way to improving AI alone. (EXAMPLES: your CPU teammate abandoning a guy in front of the net, players flocking together, your AI teammates skating into you, wandering AI players, Goalies going down before the shot is taken, having a player who was knocked down still get up and maintain control of the puck over your still skating player.)

Great list. I agree with everyone's concern about overall gameplay, so I won't repeat them.

Form me, an offline player who plays 20 minute periods, #9 is crucial. I can never understand why EA hasn't figured out how to get the cpu to use its timeout.

Two things I would add:
1. Let the home team choose to shoot first or last in an overtime shootout. Its a pretty basic NHL rule thats been around for a while now. 2K had this option years ago.

2. Allow for players to be kicked out of the face-off circle for jumping too early. Again, 2K had this years ago. It would also be nice if a team received a delay of game penalty if two players in a row are thrown out of the circle.

[bad_philanthropy]

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A lot of great suggestions in here. A lot of the stuff we've been asking for for a long time too.

One small thing I want is the ability to edit any player once inside franchise so I can update guys around the league as I see fit. And also it would also be great if they'd allow player movement and cpu roster editing as well so i could update rosters on the fly or fix any nonsense that might occur.

I'd want that option to be available alongside the regular ai driven trade and signing features and not disable one for the others. I want to have the ability to intervene in some way if I see fit (not to cheat and build a super team which seems to be an issue for EA for whatever reason). EA needs to let us curate our experience however we want.

And yes, for the love of everything do something about goal celebrations. The score and then pause, and then two man celebration while everyone else glides about soullessly raising their arms looks awful.

[Ebpmd]

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1. Roster share
2. Ability to edit player names to create classic rosters
3. Classic goalie masks
4. Team rebranding as in NBA 2k
5. Ability to play without helmet

[actionhank]

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A lot of great suggestions in here. A lot of the stuff we've been asking for for a long time too.

One small thing I want is the ability to edit any player once inside franchise so I can update guys around the league as I see fit. And also it would also be great if they'd allow player movement and cpu roster editing as well so i could update rosters on the fly or fix any nonsense that might occur.

I'd want that option to be available alongside the regular ai driven trade and signing features and not disable one for the others. I want to have the ability to intervene in some way if I see fit (not to cheat and build a super team which seems to be an issue for EA for whatever reason). EA needs to let us curate our experience however we want.

And yes, for the love of everything do something about goal celebrations. The score and then pause, and then two man celebration while everyone else glides about soullessly raising their arms looks awful.

Ignoring AI, which will always be my biggest gripe, I think customization is the next biggest problem. Every other sports title is miles ahead of the NHL team in terms of player likeness. The majority of teams in NHL still look nothing like the real players. Even games like Madden, where a mask hides the majority of their faces has more accurate looking players. If the team can't do it, that's fine. I would rather they work on the game itself.

But, give the fans some control. Let me edit in-game players. Let me import logos and jersey designs and share them online. The game looks good, but the players and custom jerseys look so cookie-cutter and dated.

[jimnehls]

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Easy fix.....anyone but EA....could take a little from 2K or the show.....game is so stale....used to love this franchise in mid 90s and early 2000s....been same game since 2012

[Madwolf]

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Better passing would be great, because as Elliot states in the article, it can be infuriatungly eratic at times. I'm so sick of icing the puck for no good reason.

[shpankey]

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PC version
Lighter, faster menu's
Roster Share
Slider Share
Frostbite
AI improvements
Better player and facial likenesses
Crowd Meter levels and record setting (anyone remember this from WAY WAY back??)
Better situational crown noise (game 7 stanley cup tieing the game w/ 2 minutes should have crown going insane and literally drown out the announcers even)
Team celebrations
Special nights, like player specific nights, bobblehead, etc, where that player gets a boost in rating for the game.

Turn off dumbing down of teammate CPU players in order to make games closer.

Turn off magnetic pickup of puck by opponent CPU players and total inability of teammate players.

Turn off unrealistic CPU speed bursts (solvable now w/ sliders, but still)

The game as is basically cheats to be competitive, which just shows its complete and utter stupid AI and lack of ability to create on its own. It makes games really stupid, you have the puck 90% of the game and out-shoot them 10 to 1 and still the games are close. If you turn all of this down/off, you win in a complete BLOWOUT.

[sportomatic75]

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I want to see coaches appear on the benches and play more of a role in the games. I'd like to see a lot of cutscenes during games pointing at the bench and during timeouts. Ice girls/mascots involved as well. It just really is an odd experience compared to the other sports games out there

[jack72]

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The goalie argue with the ref before going to check if a goal is under review.

[Tomasson84]

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Alot to people have already mentioned most of the things i want so i just wanna say.

Goal celebrations, seriously who had the bright idea to remove group hugs and implement the celebration we currently have? I seriously get tilted when i see that celebration when i score. It is ridiculous that someone went "I have this great idea for goal celebrations!" and somehow they agreed that it was a great idea, are they watching any hockey? This seriously bugs me so much. Anyway there is alot that needs to be done as others have mentioned earlier.

[jaibubwan]

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- Better presentation. Add SportsNet and Hockey Night in Canada broadcast presentations.

Tampa & Preds fan. I can't stand Canadian-based coverage of hockey. It's all god-damned Toronto all the time. I have to deal with it online & on prominent hockey talkshows. No way I want to see "Hockey Night In Canada" or "SportsNet" creep into this game.

That said, I wouldn't mind a custom EA play-by-play team. NBC guys (with the exception of Ferraro) are annoying as hell. Willy Daunic (Preds) & Ken Daneyko (Devils) are two of the best...Daunic's a great play-by-pay, & Daneyko does incredible color commentary.

[juhis83]

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Great list u have here. I must say i totally agree with previous post. My thoughts that i would love to see nhl 19 are:

1. Better roster editing. Search player tool would be great. And Ea could place ex NHL players who are playing on KHL on section "on other leagues" And also give us editing program to pc where it would be so much easier edit rosters.

2. Full roster controll to franchise mode. And able to use custom rosters with 32 teams mode. And also we would have option to edit anything we want on that mode.

3. Better Be a pro mod. Coach dosents make other roster and line change than moving me up or down. Its just stupid and boring.

4. Better crow.

5. Change commentators.

6. Bring back international tournaments. Also when u edit internationall teams u should able to copy player from teams. Now u must move them so after moving them for international team they are not anymore on their nhl team.

7. ROSTER SHARING. Come on ea that cant be that hard!!!

Anyone interesting to start new gaming company Lets make new better nhl game. I would make so much better game

[RicoLaguna]

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I havent played NHL this year....but one of the great things I like about Franchise Mode in NBA 2K and MLB the Show series is the ability to pick any game on the schedule and jump in and play that matchup in your League.

Its also cool to be able to play out all the post season playoff games as well.

I like controlling one team throughout the year, but I also like to randomly play key games from time to time with other teams. It makes it fun

Im wondering if the NHL 18 allows that this year in Franchise mode.....?