NHL 09 360 Patch #2 Online -- Impressions

[Qb]

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Finally picked up my first interference penalty in my fourth game:
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Dumb play, correct call and one we rarely, if ever, saw prior to this patch. And for the record, that was the ever-dangerous Zack Stortini that I didn't want to get the puck with two players in good defensive position.

[seasprite]

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Really happy with this patch as far as Club Play and online goes. I dont play single player so I cant comment on the patch's affect on it. This patch has renewed this game for me!!! Good job EA.

[Bumble14]

Is Robo Goalie still present, or can you actually beat goalies on shots that should beat them?

[Qb]

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Is Robo Goalie still present, or can you actually beat goalies on shots that should beat them?

The PS3 folks seemed to think it was improved. I've scored 7 goals in four 10-min period games, but I've got it set up for a more defensive game and the AI seems to play better defensively after the patch. With shot accuracy at 4 on All-Star prior to patch, I was starting to see too many goals. I put it back down to 3 in those four games I played today. This was all offline and I guess that wasn't much of answer...

EDIT: Just checked my friends list and it looks like he just finished an OTP game that ended 7-4. Maybe that's a better indicator...

[LanteriX]

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God, I'm so glad the juicers are gone online. I've been tearing it up in the 3 games I've played cause now I dont have to worry about getting checked at will away from the puck and having guys be so much faster than my player even though I set my guy as a dangler.

Woo.

[seasprite]

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God, I'm so glad the juicers are gone online. I've been tearing it up in the 3 games I've played cause now I dont have to worry about getting checked at will away from the puck and having guys be so much faster than my player even though I set my guy as a dangler.

Woo.

Not so fast, the 99 is still out there. This has been confirmed that some people are able to still get into OTP game being juiced. This is a huge example of "DROPPING THE BALL"!!! Thanks EA for getting my hopes up that you would actually fix the problem that has crippled this game.

[Qb]

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Not so fast, the 99 is still out there. This has been confirmed that some people are able to still get into OTP game being juiced. This is a huge example of "DROPPING THE BALL"!!! Thanks EA for getting my hopes up that you would actually fix the problem that has crippled this game.

Link? Not trying to question you, but that's something none of us want to hear, so something to back it up would be greatly appreciated.

I finally got around to doing a community OTP game -- what a difference! Neither team was playing undisciplined, but the few times we got careless away from the puck, it was called. I was able to check a guy standing on the far post as a pass came across twice without being whistled. We posted a shutout and scored four, mostly on some nice passing & movement. Definitely a noticeable difference, even though all six of us involved appeared to know what not to do...

[seasprite]

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Link? Not trying to question you, but that's something none of us want to hear, so something to back it up would be greatly appreciated.

I finally got around to doing a community OTP game -- what a difference! Neither team was playing undisciplined, but the few times we got careless away from the puck, it was called. I was able to check a guy standing on the far post as a pass came across twice without being whistled. We posted a shutout and scored four, mostly on some nice passing & movement. Definitely a noticeable difference, even though all six of us involved appeared to know what not to do...

My "link" is a guy that is on my club and he has been juiced for the last couple of weeks. Not trying to justify why he was juiced, but he was a beginner and a pretty horrible player. Anyway I have been talking to him today and he has told me that he has been able to get into games all day and has not changed his guy and he is still at 99. I understand that you want some proof, but I can assure you that this will come out all over most boards in a couple of days when other people realize this.

[7up3345]

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sorry if this has been asked, but im in my second year in my dynasty, and i was wondering when i download the patch, will i have to start a new dynasty in order for it to take effect?

[Ridgeberg]

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Cool deflection goal I scored in my first game post-patch.

[Qb]

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My "link" is a guy that is on my club and he has been juiced for the last couple of weeks. Not trying to justify why he was juiced, but he was a beginner and a pretty horrible player. Anyway I have been talking to him today and he has told me that he has been able to get into games all day and has not changed his guy and he is still at 99. I understand that you want some proof, but I can assure you that this will come out all over most boards in a couple of days when other people realize this.

That sucks. I played one community OTP game and it seemed like no one was juiced. Hopefully your buddy is an exception, not the rule...

sorry if this has been asked, but im in my second year in my dynasty, and i was wondering when i download the patch, will i have to start a new dynasty in order for it to take effect?

Redshirt_EA has stated that you won't have to restart to see the changes.

Cool deflection goal I scored in my first game post-patch.

Gotta love the deflections. I'm playing a game with Minnesota right now and no one is screening the front of the net on the PP. Frustrating...

[seasprite]

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That sucks. I played one community OTP game and it seemed like no one was juiced. Hopefully your buddy is an exception, not the rule...

I am hopeing this as well. I told him to keep his guy the way he is until tonite when I can see it first hand.

[Qb]

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But Marian "I'm not injured yet because it's only the first game of the season" Gaborik just did this:
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It put me up 4-3 with a little over five minutes left in the 3rd. I added an empty-netter to ice the 5-3 win, quite satisfying as I blew an early 2-0 lead by allowing 3 straight Boston goals before Zidlicky tied it up at 3-3 a few minutes before Gabby's goal. Three of my goals were on wrist shots -- two to the glove side, one to the five-hole -- and two of those were at least partially the result of a screen by the d-man in front of me when I shot. The other goal was a cross-crease to a wide open Koivu for a slam dunk...

[DrUrsus]

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Users without Xbox Live can get the patch from a link in my blog for use with Xplorer 360 and Xport (or some other way to get the files onto your hard drive). Check my blog for details on how to put it on your HDD. This is actually named NHL 09 Title Update #3 by EA in their file.

[bad_philanthropy]

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Always Up control scheme still isn't correct. The shot aiming height controls are reversed. Is there any way that a fix could be snuck into the trade deadline roster update?