NHL 14 Patch v1.01 Details, Available Now - Post Your Impressions

[Schmackity]

Quote: Originally Posted by Qb

Oh, I didn't realize they removed it for all majors. If they're going to use NHL rules for the EASHL, checking from behind should be 5 and an automatic ejection. Boarding, charging, elbowing, and interference can be either 2 or 5 minutes, but should not result in automatic ejection (per NHL rules linked in my previous post). An unaccounted for variable is the recent addition of majors+misconducts for checks to the head, but the game doesn't recognize that, although elbowing majors w/ejection more or less serve the same purpose. A key rule to prevent repeated idiocy is that 3 majors in a game results in automatic ejection. This covers people who want to fight all game, as well as someone looking to run people all game, especially with auto-fights in response to big/dirty hits. However, I don't think this is implemented in 14, despite having been there in the past.

The issue people probably had with majors is that EVERYONE online just goes around hitting people instead of actually playing defense on someone. So when you have a ton of 10yr old kids just going around with 6'9" players hitting people, they're going to complain. I agree that if you don't want to get kicked, don't go just for hits.

Again, they need to make it that the bigger you make your guy the less attribute points you get so that, yeah you can be a giant and wreck people but you won't be able to have speed or anything else. The problem is EA developed a broken system and now they're letting the moronic arcade people make their decisions for them and getting more and more away from real hockey.

[javs]

Is there any way to download this? Anyone have a link?

[Garism]

Quote: Originally Posted by javs

Is there any way to download this? Anyone have a link?

Forces you to download it once you turn on the game.

[javs]

Quote: Originally Posted by Garism

Forces you to download it once you turn on the game.

I cannot currently connect to the internet with my PS3...

[Gagnon39]

So.... backup goalies still play 50% of the games. SWEET!

[bad_philanthropy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gagnon39

So.... backup goalies still play 50% of the games. SWEET!

I could be wrong, but I believe roster update 4 is supposed to correct this? Which of course means any custom rosters makers need to start over if they want the goalie issue fixed.

[nVschultz1325]

Was really hoping they adressed the hitting. It is so bad. Way too much of it and no consequence for that action. Just very uneven.

[Dougie_G_93]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

I could be wrong, but I believe roster update 4 is supposed to correct this? Which of course means any custom rosters makers need to start over if they want the goalie issue fixed.

Yeah. According to EA_HLT over at the EA forums somehow they fixed the goalie rotation bug in roster update #4...