DJ's NHL 12 All-Star Sliders

[DJ]

I'm throwing my hat into the slider ring once again with NHL. I thought last year's set was well-received, so those that used my NHL 11 sliders will be fairly familiar with these settings.

Period Length: 10 min
Offsides: Delayed
Icing: On
Injuries: On
Peanlties: Max
Post Whistle Rules: Relaxed (too many double minors with Authentic, imo)
Penalty Time Scaling: 5

Skill Level: All-Star
Game Style: Current

Tuner Set: V 1.1
CPU Aid: Hardcore
Broken Stick Freq.: 2
Game Speed: 5 (BIG CHANGE)
Attribute Effects: Max
Fatigue Effect: 4/4
Fatigue Recovery: 3/3
Injury Occurrence: 4/4
Puck Control: 1/1
Player Acceleration: 1/1 (CHANGE)

Created Plays: On
AI Learning: Max
CPU Difficulty: 0 (adjust if games become too one-sided in your favor)
CPU Strategy: 3
Be A Pro Strategy: 3
HUM Strategy: 0
CPU Faceoff Difficulty (I stink at these, so adjust accordingly based on skill): 4
Fight Difficulty: 3 (again, I stink at fighting)
CPU Penalties: Max
CPU Teammate Penalties: Max

Pass Assist: 3 (you could go lower, but this helps with animations)
Manual Passing: On
Pass Speed: 2
Saucer Pass Speed: 3
Pass Accuracy: 0/0
Pass Reception: 1/1
Pass Interceptions: 3/3

Shot Accuracy: 1/1
Shot Power: 3/3
Slap Shot Accuracy: 1/1
Slap Shot Power: 3/2
One Timer Accuracy: 3/3

Hitting Assistance: 1
Aggression: Max
Hitting Power: 1/1
Stick Lift: 2/2
Poke: 1/1

Goalie Passing: 3
Goalie Cover Puck Freq.: 4
Goalie Screen: 3/6
Goalie Reaction: 4/2

This is purely optional, but I am using AUTO AIM this year. I think it will help with the goal variety, but again, this is not required.

I'm open to feedback, so play some games, report your results and we'll see what needs to be tweaked going forward.

Happy gaming.

[actionhank]

I will give these a shot. The default sliders are making me rage. 5 goals scored against me in 3 games, and not a single goal scored for me.
I wish EA would give us a way to better affect the skating speed.
I feel like my forwards will never be as fast as the D. Maybe a separate forwards and defense speed slider. I want my guys to be fast, but it seems ridiculous to have guys skating backwards as fast as my fastest forward does normally...

[DJ]

I'm getting real good results from the current setup. You will notice a clear difference between elite and scrub teams. I took Toronto into Pittsburgh and got my butt handed to me, 6-1.

I then matched up two lower-level teams, NY Islanders (CPU) @ Colorado and I managed to win 2-1 thanks to 2 goals by Milan Hejduk.

Hopefully these sliders will transfer over to Be A GM without requiring further tweaking. Last year, Be A GM games played completely different from Play Now games.

[Jgainsey]

Hey DJ, I'm using a nearly identical setup and have had pretty good results so far.

I'm 5 games into a BEAGM and currently 4-1-0. Most of the stats are coming along nicely... shot totals, penalties, face offs, TOA, etc.

The 4-1 start has me a little worried about difficulty, but there have been long stretches in each game where the cpu completely dominated me. So I'll have a better idea after I play more games.

The only things I have different are 13 minute periods, pass reception 0/0, and pass assist at 3(I'm not too good with it any lower..).

I've had a blast with the game so far, and I would post some game stats, but I just realized you can't go back a get those after the fact... The Show has me spoiled, but I'll start posting some stats from here on out.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jgainsey

Hey DJ, I'm using a nearly identical setup and have had pretty good results so far. I'm 5 games into a BEAGM and currently 4-1-0. Most of the stats are coming along nicely... shot totals, penalties, face offs, TOA, etc. The 4-1 start has me a little worried about difficulty, but there have been long stretches in each game where the cpu completely dominated me. So I'll have a better idea after I play more games. The only things I have different are 13 minute periods, pass reception 0/0, and pass assist at 3(I'm not too good with it any lower..). I've had a blast with the game so far, and I would post some game stats, but I just realized you can't go back a get those after the fact... The Show has me spoiled, but I'll start posting some stats from here on out.

Good to hear. I'll keep an eye out on CPU Difficulty; the game plays differently (developers won't admit it, but it's true) in Play Now than Be A GM. If you continue to win, you could bump up that slider another click or two.

[Vikes1]

Hey DJ...the sliders I'm currently using are very similar to yours. Very similar.

The only real difference is, I have my aggression slider maxed...and the cpu's at 3. So far in my BEAGM, I'm 0-2-1. Man...I sux!

[Guffers]

I'm on a very similar set up and am 2-5-1 in my Be a GM. I've switched my sliders to your exact settings and am going to experiment a little.

I'm pretty sure you have an awesome base here DJ.

Edit. Super smooth stuff. I had the game speed and player acceleration set too low. This feels perfect. I lost 1-0 to Ontario as the Rangers, giving up the winner with less than a minute left in the 3rd, ouch.

I really like the way that the CPU will actually miss passes and basically feel a little more fallible. The goalie is still a brick wall to me but I'm working on it.

I think I agree regarding auto aim as well, the goals that I do score seem to be a little more varied.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vikes1

Hey DJ...the sliders I'm currently using are very similar to yours. Very similar. The only real difference is, I have my aggression slider maxed...and the cpu's at 3. So far in my BEAGM, I'm 0-2-1. Man...I sux!

Keep at it Vikes. I want you to make the playoffs this year.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by Guffers

I'm on a very similar set up and am 2-5-1 in my Be a GM. I've switched my sliders to your exact settings and am going to experiment a little. I'm pretty sure you have an awesome base here DJ. Edit. Super smooth stuff. I had the game speed and player acceleration set too low. This feels perfect. I lost 1-0 to Ontario as the Rangers, giving up the winner with less than a minute left in the 3rd, ouch. I really like the way that the CPU will actually miss passes and basically feel a little more fallible. The goalie is still a brick wall to me but I'm working on it. I think I agree regarding auto aim as well, the goals that I do score seem to be a little more varied.

Glad you are enjoying the sliders. I tried to make the game as sloppy as possible. I've found that, thanks to some tips from other posters, if I don't chase the puck on defense and play my position, the CPU will turn the puck over on their own. I like that.

Goalies are tough, but fair. Last year I had CPU reaction at 0-2 as I couldn't score with the slider any higher. I just left things at default for this year and I'm getting good results so far.

[Guffers]

Well now I'm 2-9-1 on a 7 game losing streak. Sadly I don't have time to become good at this game and it's starting to become far more frustrating than fun. Seeing as I can only play for an hour or so every few days I'm going to try lowering the CPU goalie reaction because they are just brick walling me each and every game.

Otherwise these sliders play great! The CPU is certainly challenging for a guy like myself.