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Quote: Originally Posted by 18 eighty 5

I agree with all of this. It is a shame that the CPU gets such obvious advantages because the complete transparency in what is happening really detracts from the good stuff in the game. I would love it if the CPU just didn't have such severe boosts even if it meant I won every game because at least the play would center around some balanced universals. Those universals would dictate how hitting and suction behaved They would dictate the speed of the skaters according to the stats of the players and would either allow both teams to have small, fast turning circles or turning circles dictated by stats and the physics engine. It is a killer to see so many loose pucks go straight to the CPU who are given faster bursts of speed, tighter turning, bubble protection and magnetic sticks. The other thing is to rework how all AI respond to loose pucks evenly or according to their stats. The CPU already knows where the puck is going to be the moment the puck comes off a stick, goalie or board. The human player ai are so transparently dumbed down on this that it looks ridiculous to see elite hockey players unaware and incapable of doing simple things like motor for the loose puck or take possession of the damn thing as it comes within stick reach. The player ai are made to look plain foolish and again it takes away from the immersion of playing in the NHL. Also, why is every team rated so high? Is it because they don't want potential customers turned off the game if they discover their favorite team sucks as bad as it does in real life? Is it to stop everyone from playing with only the best teams? I don't understand this. If it is to appease the potential consumers that they can have a competitive team no matter who they support then I think that is silly. It is irrelevant in the end anyway because the poor AI and weighted CPU advantages will make up for it the end.

Try the edits I posted in this thread. No CPU boost, they have to play fair and square like us. Give it a go. I was done with this game until I started tinkering with it.

Hoping to get NHL View working and I'll take the last EA update and globally edit and post that roster with skater and goalie attributes.

Check this thread: http://www.operationsports.com/forum...-ea-style.html