NHL 10 Title Update Details

[Steve_OS]

EA Sports posted the NHL 10 title update details.

"Hey everyone, Rammer here. I want to start by thanking everybody for all the great feedback that we've been receiving via the NHL 10 forums and the NHL 10 twitter feed. Just recently, we talked about our first roster update as well as our new tuner sets that allow us to tune over 2000 variables in gameplay on a nightly basis if we wanted to. We will continue to listen to feedback and tweak gameplay as needed but unfortunately, these tuner sets do not extend outside of gameplay.

So, I want to let you know that we have a Title Update that is currently being tested by Sony and Microsoft. Once we get the final go ahead from them, the update will be made live for you to download. We are hoping both console updates will be available to you by November 5th but the way things work at times, it may be sooner (or potentially later). As I get a more solid confirmation of when the TU will be available, I'll post the info on twitter."

[PORTUGESEPIKACHU]

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http://insideblog.easports.com/archive/2009/10/20/nhl-10-title-update-details.aspx

I suggest adding this to the thread:

Hey everyone, Rammer here. I want to start by thanking everybody for all the great feedback that we've been receiving via the NHL 10 forums and the NHL 10 twitter feed. Just recently, we talked about our first roster update as well as our new tuner sets that allow us to tune over 2000 variables in gameplay on a nightly basis if we wanted to. We will continue to listen to feedback and tweak gameplay as needed but unfortunately, these tuner sets do not extend outside of gameplay.
So, I want to let you know that we have a Title Update that is currently being tested by Sony and Microsoft. Once we get the final go ahead from them, the update will be made live for you to download. We are hoping both console updates will be available to you by November 5th but the way things work at times, it may be sooner (or potentially later). As I get a more solid confirmation of when the TU will be available, I'll post the info on twitter.
Here are a couple of the key fixes that we've made in the Title Update:
Fixed the exploit to slap-shot a 5-hole goal from below the face-off circle.

• Although our goalies are much improved in NHL 10, there was an exploit when shooting from below the face-off circle that resulted in a goal more often than not. The goalies are now tuned to better handle shots from this area.

Increased speed of passes with Manual passing on.

• This year we added Hardcore Passing (manual passing) that gave you total control of your pass speed and direction. Overall, the new passing was well received but the consensus was that you should be able to pass the puck harder and that the bottom-end speed was too slow. We've increased the bottom-end speed so the passes are crisper and also increased the top-end slightly as well.

Reduced the ability to boardplay players who are far away from you.

• It was a little unrealistic being able to 'suck' a player into boardplay as he was skating away from you so we've made it much harder to pin a player that is skating away. The further he is from you, the less likely you'll be able to boardplay him.

Tuning of trade logic.

• Too many superstars were being offered up for trades so we've dialed this back along with reducing how often players are repeatedly offered up for trade.

Added the ability for a user to apply boost slots to authentic helmets.

• We've added the ability to apply boost slots to an authentic helmet so users can get the benefit of the boosts without having to wear a helmet with a design on it.

Here are some of the other main fixes that will be in the Title Update:

• Fixed the bug that would make a player sometimes exit pass blocking (L1/LT) when they got close to their goalie.
• Fixed the bug that would prevent offline Be a Pro player from getting ice-time in some situations.
• Fixed a crash that could happen on delayed penalty shots.
• Improved logic for how fighting affects teamplay scores in Be a Pro.
• Prevent L1/LT from allowing players to bypass stumble animations.
• Improvements to goalies to reduce 5-hole goals in some contexts.
• Tuned thresholds for injuries from hard shots.
• Added the ability to escape a prefight circle by pressing L2/LB.
• Fixed the bug that made it possible to "shoot" a puck slowly out of the one-handed animation such that nobody could pick it up.
• Improved goalie aggressiveness when poking the puck on cross-crease passes.
• Improved the ability of defencemen are able to do puck pickups behind them to help defend cross-crease passes.
• Reduced the ability to stuff the puck through the goalie by running into him without shooting (most common on wraparounds and reaching puck pickups).
• Reduced accidental interference in front of net.
• Fixed the offline Be a Pro line-change bug where the player is stuck at the bench.
• Prevent slap passes from being deflected at large angles.
• Fixed the bug where the goalie does not react to a shot if he's banging his stick on the ice to signal the end of a penalty.
• Fixed the bug that makes flip dumps to the middle of the offensive zone go over the glass frequently.
• Fixed the bug that makes CPU center win draws to the the same side all of the time.
• Fixed the bug in the stat tracking of passing.
• Prevent accidental saucer passes after receiving the puck while trying to poke check (because both actions are on R1/RT).
• Tuning to reduce occurrence of tripping penalties when the player being tripped is stationary or moving slowly.
• Tuning to game logic to make it a little easier to stay up on the NHL team during 4-game trial in BAP.
• Many other changes to improve our ability to refine the gameplay tuning with via tuner sets.

That's it for now. Join some of the developers and I during next week's NHL 10 Community Playdate where we will also have a Live Chat set up to discuss this and anything else NHL 10 related. Look out for more details on that soon!
I want to wrap up by wishing good luck to the all the EASHL teams that are battling it out for supremacy this October season. September was a great start and October is looking to be pretty exciting finish right to the end of the month!
Sean

[Myloman]

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Reduced the ability to boardplay players who are far away from you.

• It was a little unrealistic being able to 'suck' a player into boardplay as he was skating away from you so we've made it much harder to pin a player that is skating away. The further he is from you, the less likely you'll be able to boardplay him.

Added the ability for a user to apply boost slots to authentic helmets.

• We've added the ability to apply boost slots to an authentic helmet so users can get the benefit of the boosts without having to wear a helmet with a design on it.

Those are the two best things in my opinion.

[baseball66]

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Tuning of trade logic.

• Too many superstars were being offered up for trades so we've dialed this back along with reducing how often players are repeatedly offered up for trade.

big for franchise.

[Panther84]

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Guess a custom goal horn slot might make it next year...still some good changes in the patch

[mkharsh33]

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wonder if they are aware of the kane / toews free agency issue (just to name a couple players)? we've got another thread on this...

[BlueNGold]

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wonder if they are aware of the kane / toews free agency issue (just to name a couple players)? we've got another thread on this...

I really hope they fixed that. Glad they fixed the trade logic though.

[Johan]

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Maybe a little off-topic but, do you have to start a new franchise for the patch to have effect?

[Steven547]

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Wonder if they are even going to address the sim engine?

[Vikes1]

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Great to hear their still refining the game.

Tuning the trade logic is a big one. Thanks for the info.

[dorismary]

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How about real sliders that work all of the time and how about toning down cpu beserker mode on All star or higher .
Or at least a option to have game based on sliders and not just forced on and off AI or better yet a option to play with 09 sliders .

[phillyfan23]

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even with the new patch...simmed STANDINGS will be messed up. Really disappointing.....

I guess we have to get used to seeing the Islanders and the Blue Jackets be the division leaders in dynasty mode.

[aBiNeR]

Great patch for offliners. Unfortunately, it appears the crashes due to flawed online code has not been addressed.

Perhaps one day the NHL team will have a dedicated group of online personnel instead of the current "shared" code, team infrastructure.

[savoie2006]

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I would love to see the Cpu Aggressiveness on Offense tuned up a bit in the future. I think they spend too much time skating around in the neutral zone if pressured at all. Also the back and forth passing could be toned down if possible. Good to see the changes they have made however. It's nice that we are getting these kind of updates for the game. It keeps me on board that's for sure.

[Splitter77]

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How about real sliders that work all of the time and how about toning down cpu beserker mode on All star or higher .
Or at least a option to have game based on sliders and not just forced on and off AI or better yet a option to play with 09 sliders .

there is no beserker mode. I think you just suck at the game.