NHL 10 Patch Available, Post Impressions Here

[gbx34]

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Played two game online.

Skating is still to easy. Could next if anything was touch.

Maybe easier to score goals also there were more rebounds.

[SinisterAlex]

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I absolutely love the boardplay! Pre-patch, I was always afraid to even skate near the boards because I always ended up pinned every time. Now post patch, I played a couple of games and I can actually skate near the boards and not get held up as much. Although, I still have those moments where I'm like "how the f did he do that?" but not as much as pre-patch.

I love the new way the CPU plays defence and offence. Cross crease goals are now very hard to come by and the slot is now very well protected. Sometimes I find the Defence can be a bit too aggressive, but its better than before. I love how the CPU finds alternate ways of gaining the zone. One user posted before that they don't always use the wing, which I find true. Although, when everything is covered I sometimes find the CPU struggling to gain my zone and never dump it >_>

EASHL and OTP are much more improved with the better passing and better CPU's (when you have them of course). I'd much rather have them now when I play goalie instead of humans, but thats just me.

As for the helmets, I've read on the EA forums that you need to unlock a 3 slot helmet to make the CCM helmet appear.... but I know this isn't true. Although unlocking the 3 slot helmets are easy as pie. The patch for me took 3 seconds to install, dunno if it installed properly but I'm sure it, my internet connection is really good.

I've also read alot of post lately on the EA forums reguarding the curve shot. Everyone says this is back. But how? The animation is now gone so how possibly could it be back? I haven't tried it yet, I'll do that tomorrow after school. Also is it just me, or a heck of alot of people doing the stupid wrap around goal tries lately.... -.- bothers me so much thats for sure.

But anyway thats my opinion on the patch.

[DevilsEve666]

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It seems as though after the patch the CPU is more timid to take shots, but they score at a higher percentage...last game i played the scored 4 goals on 18 shots...in my previous 20 or so games before the patch the CPU never had less than 23 shots and when they did they never scored more that 2 goals

[Vikes1]

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All-Star.
I just got outshot in my second post-patch game 38-29, so I'm beginning to think that's been fixed. Plus, as I said before, the CPU seems way more aggressive with the puck, and also defensively. I turned the puck over a lot in this last game.

The Sabers post patch, out shot me by the same exact number...38-29. Once the cpu got going...wow, they were all over me. The patch seems to have made some nice changes.

Also...my pass percentage seems a bit higher now as well.

[bukktown]

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Online I haven't noticed anything different. I haven't even noticed the smaller pinning radius. Check that...just remembered that there seems to be a new forcefield around the goalies 5 hole when you shoot from in close.

[JKidd10]

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Have the 360 version and i don't see the helmet.

[dorismary]

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To be honest I havent really noticed much different except maybe board work But im playing with some Very good Superstar sliders with out cpu boosts .
I guess im pretty happy now with the game as is

I still think they should have addressed cpu stratgies as they are still too extreme on either end of the spectrum.

[plaidchuck]

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Don't know where everyone is seeing the CPU out shoot them on all star, I am still outshootign them at around a 3:1 ratio... even on goalie BAP.. and this is with pass accuracy 0 for both teams and game speed and accel around 3/4..

CPU D seems utterly ridiculous especially on the PK... for example a right d-man will abandon his part of the box to go after a puck carrier on the left side and leave the right side of the net completely open... it would help if you could edit other teams strategies in all modes...

[QB1]

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Played a few games last night and one thing I noticed was that there were times when the CPU player had the puck and would skate from one side of the blue line to the other without passing or dumping the puck into the zone. He simply skated straight into the boards, turned around and skated across the ice into the other boards and did it again before finally passing the puck.

I just sat there and watched thinking, "you got to be freaking kidding me"! It looked like pinball!!

[QB1]

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To be honest I havent really noticed much different except maybe board work But im playing with some Very good Superstar sliders with out cpu boosts .
I guess im pretty happy now with the game as is

I still think they should have addressed cpu stratgies as they are still too extreme on either end of the spectrum.

What sliders are you using? Would you post them?

[bosshog78]

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So, since I am not seeing the helmet, do you already have to have a 3 boost helmet to unlock the CCM V10 helmet?

I am using a 2 boost slot helmet and that may be the reason why, anybody have a clue?

Thanks for help..

[Qb]

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Funny, you are the only one that is saying that. Do you have the XBOX 360 version?

If so, it may be a PS3 problem cause on other boards including EA's it has numerous players saying that the helmets aren't working.

So, since I am not seeing the helmet, do you already have to have a 3 boost helmet to unlock the CCM V10 helmet?

I am using a 2 boost slot helmet and that may be the reason why, anybody have a clue?

Thanks for help..

I checked for the 3-slot CCM helmet right after DLing the update. It was there and I was able to assign 3 boosts to it. My guy was wearing a 3-slot helmet w/ assigned boosts from before if that's a variable worth considering...

*****

I then played one offline game and one online game against a friend. I think I just had one of those games offline, as I rolled NJ 6-1 and chased Marty in 2nd period. I was using the same All-Star sliders I was before on manual/hardcore. Guess I need to get some more games to see if it was just an anomaly or if they need some changes.

I LOVE the changes to manual passing. Now a long hold of the trigger gives you a good hard pass which I used to great effect on the breakout and passing laterally across the offensive zone. Very glad to see that we can still do a soft dish with a quick light press of the trigger.

Overall, I think they have manual passing speed balanced quite well and I'm going to raise CPU pass interceptions back to max. I had dropped it down to account for the slower passes when using manual and maxed when I used assisted power passing.

Board pinning seemed improved both against the AI and my human opponent. I completely whiffed on a few against the boards when I intentionally attempted to pin in the wrong situations. You can still really grind people along the boards with multiple pins (which is good in the right situation), but you need to have a bit more containment to initiate it. Probably still a little forgiving, but an improvement nonetheless.

Hard to comment on a lot of the other stuff after only two games. But I think I'll mess around with a GM or season mode now that the patch is out and I have fairly accurate rosters. Lan did a great job, but I haven't kept up with them since I grabbed them...

[Lenkbron]

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I checked for the 3-slot CCM helmet right after DLing the update. It was there and I was able to assign 3 boosts to it. My guy was wearing a 3-slot helmet w/ assigned boosts from before if that's a variable worth considering...

*****

I then played one offline game and one online game against a friend. I think I just had one of those games offline, as I rolled NJ 6-1 and chased Marty in 2nd period. I was using the same All-Star sliders I was before on manual/hardcore. Guess I need to get some more games to see if it was just an anomaly or if they need some changes.

I LOVE the changes to manual passing. Now a long hold of the trigger gives you a good hard pass which I used to great effect on the breakout and passing laterally across the offensive zone. Very glad to see that we can still do a soft dish with a quick light press of the trigger.

Overall, I think they have manual passing speed balanced quite well and I'm going to raise CPU pass interceptions back to max. I had dropped it down to account for the slower passes when using manual and maxed when I used assisted power passing.

Board pinning seemed improved both against the AI and my human opponent. I completely whiffed on a few against the boards when I intentionally attempted to pin in the wrong situations. You can still really grind people along the boards with multiple pins (which is good in the right situation), but you need to have a bit more containment to initiate it. Probably still a little forgiving, but an improvement nonetheless.

Hard to comment on a lot of the other stuff after only two games. But I think I'll mess around with a GM or season mode now that the patch is out and I have fairly accurate rosters. Lan did a great job, but I haven't kept up with them since I grabbed them...

I have updated Lan's roster a little bit, some goalie gear, and fixed the wrong numbers every NHL team had, including captaincy's. Now i just have to do the transactions since his came out, but that isn't much, i'll do it either today or tomorrow.

Let me know if you want them.

[TeamLogo]

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Can someone please tell me what the heck the "passing stat tracking bug" is??

because to be honest since i play offline online, i may not want to download the patch...unless it screws w/ important stats in my franchise

Passes weren't being counted as completed if you were using manual passing. I don't think these stats are even tracked anywhere outside of the in-game stats summary.

[matt8204]

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Got it handed to me online after downloading the patch last night but I can't tell you how much happier I am with the game now. Saw some clean goals, the shots are harder and overall it's a much smoother experience from my perspective. I'll try offline tonight. Great job so far, EA!