NHL 20 Patch 1.60 Arrives Tomorrow - Patch Notes Here

[Steve_OS]

A new NHL 20 game update is scheduled to arrive tomorrow, fixing some gameplay issues, improved...

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[panniniclaus]

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Thanks Steve.

Get Slovenia and Hungary added to international rosters and i'll be happy.

Korea is actually higher ranked but until the Asian league gets added, there is not much point in adding them.

[The EVHL]

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Very excited to test out the AI improvements later today. The 2-on-1s and the 2-on-2 rushes have been crippling the VS, HUT, and offline experience for awhile now. If this is fixed, this will be a HUGE improvement!!

[mdgoalie37]

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I'd like them to fix the issue with being forced to send players like Morgan Frost back to juniors instead of the AHL. And put in the Flyers new scoreboard.

[AllIn989]

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Did anyone try these yet to see if the AI is fixed?

[Grentthealien]

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What does this part exactly mean? Are these logos for create a team or?
“Art – Logos

Adidas Hockey
Belle Tire Hockey
Ohio AAA Blue Jackets
Shattuck-St. Marys School
Total Package Hockey.”

[Detroit Tigers]

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What does this part exactly mean? Are these logos for create a team or?

“Art – Logos



Adidas Hockey

Belle Tire Hockey

Ohio AAA Blue Jackets

Shattuck-St. Marys School

Total Package Hockey.”

Yes they are

[Vellu]

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I'd like them to fix the issue with being forced to send players like Morgan Frost back to juniors instead of the AHL. And put in the Flyers new scoreboard.

This bug shows how much EA wants to fix their product in updates. But I manage to solve this problem for Franchise mode. Transfer these player (Frost, Tippett, Heponiem few to mention) to some European team.

For example I edited rosters so that for example Frost is playing finnish Liiga, at Pelicans. Now when you start franchise mode for example with Philadelphia, you have Frost on your AHL team, but if recall him and later drop back to AHL he won't be send to CHL anymore.

Hopefully you get some sort of sense, how to fix these AHL / CHL error players to stay in the AHL, and also being able to be called up on NHL if needed.

[MizzouRah]

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I fired up NHL 20 today since I have all of this free time and had a heck of a home opener against the Capitals. Down 3-2 with less than a minute left and Vince Dunn buries a slap shot to send the game into OT.

We go into the shootout and Parayko buries the winner!

I always have trades on hard and did trade away Brouwer, a prospect C and two late round draft picks to Carolina for Justin Williams. They actually offered me him for another trade offer, so I countered. He adds some good depth at RW and veterancy as we try for back to back Stanley Cup Championships.

I thought the game played great, AS, 7 minutes - penalties 4/4 and 50/100, and speed on 2.

[PowerofRed25]

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Yikes. This patch absolutely destroyed online play. I don’t play offline at all so it might have helped a lot there, but it has made online play very close to unplayable.

First, they completely reset rosters and reverted them to what appears to be Game 1 but with trade deadline trades accounted for. Out for the season players are back in the lineup and the lines are a jumbled mess. Not a *huge* issue but considering you have to change it back every single time you play AND every time you back out to the main online versus menu, it adds up.

Second, goaltenders are super overpowered going post to post all of a sudden. What should be easy tap ins and one timers from the dot are getting stopped over and over... EXCEPT:

Third, shot accuracy has just gone haywire. A lot of these easy tap in and one timers are just nowhere close while wristers are as accurate or even more. Online play has just devolved into skate left shoot right snipe fests with no one even attempting to pass.

I think a big part of the issues with goaltenders going post to post and tap ins and one timers going haywire is that CPU controlled players just aren’t skating into position. It sure looks like their “fix” for getting weak side defenders to stick to their man is to draw the offensive AI player in closer. I’ll be on a 2v1/3v2 rush and just have players stop now as if they’re sucked into the defender and they just give up. Spacing is atrocious. That is putting these shots at slightly worse angles and so goaltenders are getting to them easier or they’re missing wide.

I have 200+ games online averaging over 4 goals a game and I’ve scored 4 just once in 8 games since the patch, a game I ironically lost in OT.

[PowerofRed25]

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I should also note this patch completely failed to fix the only thing that has actually been wrong with the game, the network/server connection error issues that crop up every single time I play.

There is nothing actually wrong with the connection and I am able to play after clicking through the error multiple times on my way to Chel or Online Versus but it is absurd and has been plaguing the game for months.

I play NHL more than any other game and usually all the way through the off season but think I’ll be calling it quits now. This is hilariously bad.

EDIT: I also forgot to mention what is with the goalie fights online all of a sudden?! If you barely even tap a goalie after a whistle it’ll prompt a fight, which naturally morons online are always happy to do.

[Fiddy]

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I fired up NHL 20 today since I have all of this free time and had a heck of a home opener against the Capitals. Down 3-2 with less than a minute left and Vince Dunn buries a slap shot to send the game into OT.

We go into the shootout and Parayko buries the winner!

I always have trades on hard and did trade away Brouwer, a prospect C and two late round draft picks to Carolina for Justin Williams. They actually offered me him for another trade offer, so I countered. He adds some good depth at RW and veterancy as we try for back to back Stanley Cup Championships.

I thought the game played great, AS, 7 minutes - penalties 4/4 and 50/100, and speed on 2.

I had an itch to dive back in today after 24 straight days of MLB The Show 20. LOL

I haven't even turned the xbox on since.

I was thinking how to pick up where I left off, 3 games in etc. Have to find a way to grind a season. In MLB I have played through 4 different MTO's (March to October, play moments throught out the season), simmed a year 2 Mets frachise that came over from an MTO, just played critical moments and played full playoff games.

Man, wish hockey was like this.

/rant

[MizzouRah]

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I had an itch to dive back in today after 24 straight days of MLB The Show 20. LOL

I haven't even turned the xbox on since.

I was thinking how to pick up where I left off, 3 games in etc. Have to find a way to grind a season. In MLB I have played through 4 different MTO's (March to October, play moments throught out the season), simmed a year 2 Mets frachise that came over from an MTO, just played critical moments and played full playoff games.

Man, wish hockey was like this.

/rant

Yeah I like Play the Moments in Madden, so with NHL I only play the home games and sim the road games.

[coopsta007]

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What does this part exactly mean? Are these logos for create a team or?
“Art – Logos

Adidas Hockey
Belle Tire Hockey
Ohio AAA Blue Jackets
Shattuck-St. Marys School
Total Package Hockey.”

A real developer would have made these teams playable in the game.

[Dirkk1974]

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I play this Game only Offline in Franchise Mode, and, oh boy, i don't know what EA did on the Gameplay but the Gameplay feels better as ever before. I can't exactly describe what is different but it feels awesome - The overall "flow" of a game feels so "polished" now (on PRO-Difficulty-Sliders, Game-Speed 0, True-Broadcast-Camera).

Great Job EA !