MizzouRah NHL 18 AS sliders

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07/31/18 Sliders using latest Roster Update

Morale ON, Morale meetings OFF


All Star
6 minutes
Trading hard
Shot Aim AIM ASSIST (works well with Attributes slider maxed)
Fighting 2/2
Penalties 4/4
Penalty Time Scaling 3/6
Coincidental Penalty Time Scale 0/6
Camera DYNAMIC MEDIUM
Camera Perspective ALTERNATE
Puck Highlight MEDIUM
Puck Size NORMAL
Auto Save OFF


GENERAL

Gameplay Version Latest
Game Style Custom
Attribute Effects 10/10
Broken Stick Frequency 30/100
Game Speed 6/6

Fatigue Effect
CPU & Human 70/100

Fatigue Recovery
CPU & Human 35/100

Injury Occurence
CPU & Human 50/100


SKATING

Back Skating
50/100

Hustle Type
Authentic

Puck Carrier Agility
50/100

Puck Carrier Skating
50/100

Player Acceleration
CPU & Human 50/100

Skating Speed
CPU & Human 50/100

Skating Agility
CPU & Human 50/100


SHOOTING

One Timer Accuracy
CPU & Human 50/100

Shot Accuracy
CPU & Human 50/100

Shot Power
CPU & Human 50/100

Slap Shot Accuracy
CPU & Human 50/100

Slap Shot Power
CPU & Human 50/100


PASSING

Manual Passing ON
Pass Assist 50/100
Min Pass Speed 40/100
Max Pass Speed 70/100
Saucer Pass Speed 50/100

Pass Accuracy
CPU & Human 50/100

Pass Interceptions
CPU & Human 80/100

Pass Reception Ease
CPU & Human 20/100

Reception Reaction Time
CPU & Human 25/100

Puck Control Rating Effect
CPU & Human 50/100

Puck Speed Reception Effect
CPU & Human 50/100

Pickup Type Effect
CPU & Human 60/100

Bouncing Puck Receptions
CPU & Human 55/100


PUCK CONTROL

Incidental Contact Puck Loss STICK, LEGS and BODY
Incidental Stick Contact Immunity 0/100

Puck Control
CPU & Human 20/100

Deking Impact
CPU & Human 50/100

Spin Deke Impact
CPU & Human 50/100

Skating Impact
CPU & Human 30/100


GOALIES

Goalie Cover Frequency 60/100
Goalie Passing 70/100

Goalie Cross Crease Reaction Time
CPU & Human 60/100

Goalie Save Reaction Time
CPU & Human 60/100

Goalie Deflection Reaction Time
CPU & Human 60/100

Goalie Screen Effect
CPU & Human 50/100

Goalie Screen Persistence
CPU & Human 50/100


CHECKING

Board Effect Non-Puck Carrier 35/100
Board Effect Puck Carrier 35/100
Hitting Assistance 10/100
Stumble Threshold 50/100

Aggression
CPU & Human 100/100

Hitting Power
CPU & Human 50/100

Size Effect
CPU & Human 100/100

Speed Effect
CPU & Human 35/100

Checking/Balance Rating Effect
CPU & Human 85/100

Preparedness Effect
CPU & Human 51/100

Incidental Contact Effect
CPU & Human 20/100

Poke Checking Range
CPU & Human 0/100

Poke Checking Accuracy
CPU & Human 30/100

Poke Checking Power
CPU & Human 50/100

Stick Lift Effectiveness
CPU & Human 45/100


PENALTIES

CPU Penalties 100/100
CPU Teammate Penalties 100/100

DEFAULT for the rest


AI

AI Learning 6/6
CPU Difficulty Adjustment 0/6
CPU Faceoff Difficulty 50/100
Fight Difficulty 50/100
CPU Strategy Adjustment 3/6
User Strategy Adjustment 3/6 (user preference)

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Franchise Settings
Owner Mode OFF
Asst. Coach Edits Lines OFF
Morale Meetings OFF

Quick Settings
Trade Difficulty HARD

Advanced Settings
Auto Rotate Goalies OFF

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**LOAD YOUR PRESET FROM THE SETTINGS MENU**
Remember, when you make changes, do those in the MAIN menu (not in franchise) save your preset and then load it back in once you are in your franchise (if needed).

Check Penalty Time Scaling and Coincidental Penalty Time Scale settings under rules in franchise as those changed to 6/6 and 5/6 so I had to change them back to 2/6 and 0/6. (They need to fix this!) You should even get into the habit of checking your settings before each game!!


Blues sign C N. Krag Christensen
Blues sign C T. Kaspick
Blues sign C R. Thomas

Preseason Game 1 at Nashville

Schwartz - Stastny - Tarasenko
Steen - Barbashev - Schenn
Fabbri - Soboka - Berglung
Jaskin - Brodziak - Bennett

Parayko - Pietrangelo
Bouwmeesster- Gunnarsson
Edmundson - Bourtuzzo

Allen

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Blues sign FA D Mike Weber (77)
Blues sign FA RW Brian Gionta (77)

COL signs FA D Jakub Kindl
CBJ signs FA D Fedor Tyutin
ARI signs FA LW Jiri Tlusty
COL signs FA RW Jaromir Jagr
BUF signs FA D Alex Gudbranson


Preseason Game 2 vs Colorado

Schwartz - Stastny - Tarasenko
Steen - Schenn - Berglund
Fabbri - Barbashev - Gionta
Jaskin - Brodziak - Bennett

Pietrangelo - Bouwmeester
Parayko - Gunnarsson
Prosser - Weber

Hutton




* Shots seem high.. but this is preseason. I wasn't seeing any teams get into the 40's when doing a "play now" game. Will keep an eye on it. Penalties still need a bump. The good thing is.. even though we did get smoked, Colorado was nothing like playing Nashville and my poor shooting and an early 5 on 3 PP for Colorado killed this game for us.

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BUF signed FA C Aleksi Saarela
FLA signed FA D Simon Despres
WPF signed FA C Anni Suomela
ARI signed FA RW Jarome Iginla

PRESEASON - Game 3 - Chicago (3-0-0) at St. Louis (0-1-1)

Schwartz - Stastny - Tarasenko
Fabbri - Schenn - Steen
Sobotka - Berglund - Gionta
Jaskin - Brodziak - Bennett

Pietrangelo - Bouwmeester
Parayko - Gunnarsson
Edmundson - Bortuzzo

Allen




Still high shot totals.. but I'm standing pat until the regular season and teams have all their starters playing. If they stay high, then I'll either reduce game speed down a notch or figure out some other combination. Since all my play now games were fairly accurate, I think the high shot totals are due to teams playing backups. Penalties go up another +5 to 55/100 for both CPU and HUM.

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VGK signed FA RW Jiri Hudler
WPG signed FA LW Daniel Winnik
VGK signed FA RW Jack Rodewald
COL signed FA RW Jack Skille

Preseason - Game 4 - Winnipeg (0-3-0) at St. Louis (1-1-1)

Schwartz - Schenn - Tarasenko
Steen - Barbashev - Berglund
Fabbri - Sobotka - Gionta
Jaskin - Brodziak - Bennett

Bouwmeester - Parayko
Edmundson - Bortuzzo
Weber - Prosser

Hutton





Much better shot totals this game, lots of sloppy game flow. Not sure if this was tuner related or just one of those all around good games. Penalties get raised again as I'm not seeing much as well as goalie screen persistence.

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COL signed FA RW Tuomo Ruutu
COL signed FA C Michal Vondrka

Preseason - Game 5 - St. Louis (1-2-1) at Minnesota (4-0-0)

Steen - Stastny - Schenn
Schwartz - Sobotka - Berglund
Fabbri - Barbashev - Bennett
Jaskin - Brodziak - Gionta

Bouwmeester - Pietrangelo
Gunnarsson - Bortuzzo
Edmundson - Prosser

Allen





Gameplay felt great all around. I wish there was a slider to lessen the times you get pinned against the boards, happens way to much by the CPU players getting close to my players even though I'm moving. Jaskin has an 82 puck control rating and lost the puck on a simple turn so I lowered the effect skating has on puck control. Penalties are still not where I want them. Goalie screen and screen recovery is too high so I've started adjusting them.

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WPG signed FA C Andrew Desjardins

Last Preseason Game - St. Louis (1-3-1) at Dallas (2-2-1)

Schwartz - Stastny - Tarasenki
Steen - Barbashev - Schenn
Fabbri - Sobotka - Berglund
Jaskin - Brodziak - Bennett

Bouwmeester - Pietrangelo
Gunnarsson - Parayko
Edmundson - Bortuzzo

Hutton





Only one win this preseason, that concerns me a little bit. Good thing is we are healthy going into the season and we get a tough test against the Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins. This game was back and forth and pretty even on both sides. I'm going to bump up the penalties a bit more as well as lessen the board stumble frequency and have goalies cover the puck more.

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STL signed FA RW Teddy Purcell

We have 22 contracts expiring after the 2017-18 season.

11 will be UFA.

C Paul Stastny does not want an extension so I doubt we will pursue him. He currenty makes $7.0M so we can put that towards another top tier C in the offseason.

We will work on resigning RFA - C Barbashev, D Edmundson, LW Fabbri, LW Jaskin, D Hakanpaa, D Lindbohm, LW MacEachern, D Schmaltz, LW Sundqvist

The rest of the UFA will have to show me something during the season before I offer any of them an extension.

2017-18 St. Louis Blues Roster

LW A. Steen (A)
LW J. Schwartz
LW R. Fabbri
LW D. Jaskin
C P. Stastny
C I. Barbashev
C V. Sobotka
C K. Brodziak
RW V. Tarasenko (A)
RW B. Schenn
RW P. Berglund
RW B. Gionta

D C. Parayko
D A. Pietrangelo (C)
D J. Bouwmeester
D C. Gunnarsson
D J. Edmudson
D R. Bortuzzo

G J. Allen
G C. Hutton


Game 1 - St. Louis Blues (0-0-0) at Pittsburgh Penguins

Lineups

Blues

Steen - Stastny - Tarasenko
Schwartz - Barbashev - Schenn
Fabbri - Sobotka - Berglund
Jaskin - Brodziak - Gionta

Bouwmeester - Pietrangelo
Gunnarsson - Parayko
Edmundson - Bortuzzo

Allen

Injuries: None

Penguins

Hornqvist - Crosby - Kessel
Sheary - Malkin - Hagelin
Wilson - Guentzel - Kuhnhackl
McClement - Rust - Reaves

Schultz - Letang
Cole - Dumoulin
Maatta - Hunwick

Murray

Injuries: None

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1st Period
PIT Malkin (1) (Sheary, Hagelin)
PIT Guentzel (1) (Cole, Kuhnhackl)

2nd Period
None

3rd Period
None

3 Stars
* PIT Murray (0.00 GAA, 31 Saves, 1.000 Save %)
** PIT Malkin (1 Goals, 1 Hits)
*** STL Allen (2.03 GAA, 26 Saves, .929 Save %)

Tough loss to start the 2017-18 season. Murray was a brick wall, but we were also shutdown from the high scoring areas of the ice but the Pittsburgh defense. Allen looked sharp and overall we played a good game against the Stanley Cup Champions.

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Game 2 - Dallas Stars (0-1-0) at St. Louis Blues (0-1-0)

Lineups

Blues

Steen - Stastny - Tarasenko
Schwartz - Schenn - Berglund
Fabbri - Barbashev - Sobotka
Jaskin - Brodziak - Gionta

Pietrangelo - Bouwmeester
Parayko - Gunnarsson
Bortuzzo - Edmundson

Allen

Injuries: None

Stars

Benn - Seguin - Radulov
Janmark - Spezza - Ritchie
Roussel - Hanzal - Pitlick
McKenzie - Shore - Umberger

Methot - Klingberg
Oleksiak - Hamhuis
Lindell - Nemeth

Bishop

Injuries: None

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**TEST**

I put the game back to 4/4 full sim defaults except for penalties 100/100 on the two main CPU and CPU AI teammates sliders. THE BIG CHANGE was I moved the Attribute Effects slider all the way up 10/10. Stat wise.. not all that different, but the gameplay was FANTASTIC! I could finally tell top lines vs 3rd and 4th lines. Tarasenko and Benn were doing things other players couldn't do. Quite refreshing...




I forgot to note who scored. I know Steen scored first, then Tarasenko and Sobotka. Jamie Benn scored with 30 seconds left in the game on a beautiful deke to send the game into OT where Radulov buried the game winner for Dallas.

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I always like following along with your set up. Because you don’t stray away from mostly all default.

I go through phases, I’ll use my sliders for a while then go back to default with minor changes for a bit.

I may try out the attribute 10 as well and see how that goes for a bit. Keep the updates and game notes coming.

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I always like following along with your set up. Because you don’t stray away from mostly all default.

I go through phases, I’ll use my sliders for a while then go back to default with minor changes for a bit.

I may try out the attribute 10 as well and see how that goes for a bit. Keep the updates and game notes coming.

Thanks Fiddy! I'm the same as you.. I fiddle with sliders and then eventually I go back to defaults and try different minor things, especially after a tuner/patch is released.

One thing to note with Attribute slider at 10, lesser rated players will miss the net quite a bit and that might turn some people off. Of course the closer they are, they can place a shot nicely.. but they definitely don't have the accuracy as a top line player.. like it should be imho.

One thing I know from this series though.. I need at least 3-4 more games before I can really draw any conclusions.

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Please keep us updated after 3/4 more games or so. I’m interested in seeing the results. Just seems like with it at default 5 we don’t notice the separation like we should since that means players play to their attributes. Maybe being at 10 even though it groups players together more, the better players will shine more so than default 5.