The NHL 12 Info Thread

[TDKing]

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Now that the Demo is out will there be anymore anouncements ? Will we be getting the online communities like Madden? So at least we can have custom sliders when we play our friends online. I need something else to push me towards a buy. The little tweeks are nice but goalie fights and a sim engine just doesn't do it for me. Have there been any changes or updates to the online league feature (not hut) ? I don't play the CPU much and I hate playing randoms! I play against my friends online, what's new for us ? So what's the deal anything left to announce ? Luger, huh... A yes or no will do.

[porky14]

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Didn't have time to read these 8 pgs......................................

So just wondering........................

If U EA can put legends in game, could U please put real coaches in game.....................(ex- Ott coach bald come on)

Was their going to be suspenions in this game.............................

If these are answered nevermind then................................

[BaylorBearBryant]

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Haven't played since they stopped making it for PC.

You'll love NHL 12. I must say, try out the Online Team Play and EASHL once you get the hang of it.

[Qb]

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Stumbled across a compilation of developer quotes from the EA Forums at the Penguins SB Nation blog:

NHL12 Information from EA Developers

It's almost exclusively EASHL/OTP related info, complete with links to the appropriate posts. I can't view the EA forums at work, but even what he has at Pensburgh is worth a read.

The most surprising item to me:

Just an FYI to get to Legend 3 level this year, you will need to play 350 games and have 200 wins, and have an A- . This was done to add more depth to the game. Many players are usually able to get to the 150 game mark within the first few months, this just adds a little more incentive to play the game for a longer period. Also Legend 1 is at 150 games, so there are an extra 200 games needed to earn an extra 340 XP. 340 isn't a lot of XP given that the cost of attributes go up as you add to them, so it shouldn’t be too much of an advantage.

Sadly, I'm fairly certain I only reached 350 games very recently. 340 XP isn't a lot to go without, but I suspect many will be disappointed by this.

[gopher_guy]

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Does anyone know if players will be able to gain and lose traits throughout their career?

I hope so, it would be cool in BeAGM if you can train guys during the offseason to nudge them towards picking up offensive or defensive traits.

[Qb]

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I was reading the posts by EA_HLT (EA Hockey Live Team, a bunch of NHL dev teamers) over at the EA Forums when I stumbled upon something we wondered about a month or two ago:

Game Mode Tuners work in a similar fashion to the gameplay ones except they tune Game Mode sliders. I'm not sure exactly how they work, but the intent is to be able to adjust certain aspects of Be A GM/Be A Pro post launch.

I think we assumed this meant separate online/offline tuning updates, but it sounds like this is something they added to improve post-launch support of BAGM/BAP. While separate tuning of online/offline play could help, being able to tinker with the guts of the offline game modes without a patch might be even better.

Sorry I'm not linking directly, but I was reading on my phone and can't access EA sites at work. Yes, I'm too cheap and/or stubborn to buy Tapatalk.

[RealmK]

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Does anyone know if players will be able to gain and lose traits throughout their career?

I hope so, it would be cool in BeAGM if you can train guys during the offseason to nudge them towards picking up offensive or defensive traits.

Awesome idea gopher!!

[BRxSKINSx]

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I'm no hardcore hockey fan...but wouldn't mind playing the game....would u recomend I get NHL or not....?

[Majingir]

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If you're not a hardcore fan,maybe get NHL11 next week since price will drop(and it might be 1/3 the price of nhl12). I'm doing that for Madden since I'm not really a NFL fan.

[savoie2006]

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I'm no hardcore hockey fan...but wouldn't mind playing the game....would u recomend I get NHL or not....?

Yes, go ahead buy NHL 12. It may not a huge improvement over 11, but it's still an improvement. If for no other reason, the new sim engine.