Exclusive NHL 12 Producer Blog: Online Innovations

[mondoguitar]

Everyone complaining about the "club hopping" rule, find a better team that has 6-8 regular guys so you're never left out and stay on that team. I played with a core group of 4 other guys last year and it was great. I hated club hoppers who joined our team for the playoffs or a few games and then left. At least now there's going to be some accountability and loyalty before simply joining a team without any thought given.

I want to see more stable teams that don't fall apart because of club hoppers always looking for something better.

[KillHammer]

I'm not liking the changes to OTP at all. I am very skeptical about the part where they said "This new Club Scouting screen will not cause any more pauses than a normal user would make."

I feel pausing needs to be removed from the mode completely. Let people check stats between periods and after the game. Not in the middle of the period.

The separate legend cards for goalies is also not cool. I like to play goalie once in a while, but now I'm going to be at a significant stat disadvantage later on in the year because I don't play goalie all the time.

The position presets are the only useful addition IMO.

[mondoguitar]

Quote: Originally Posted by KillHammer

I'm not liking the changes to OTP at all. I am very skeptical about the part where they said "This new Club Scouting screen will not cause any more pauses than a normal user would make." I feel pausing needs to be removed from the mode completely. Let people check stats between periods and after the game. Not in the middle of the period. The separate legend cards for goalies is also not cool. I like to play goalie once in a while, but now I'm going to be at a significant stat disadvantage later on in the year because I don't play goalie all the time. The position presets are the only useful addition IMO.

I agree, I'm not an exclusive skater or goalie... good luck getting a legend goalie card when you're a casual goalie. EA should be pushing human goaltending, instead they seem to be dissuading people from using it.

[plaidchuck]

Quote: Originally Posted by mondoguitar

I agree, I'm not an exclusive skater or goalie... good luck getting a legend goalie card when you're a casual goalie. EA should be pushing human goaltending, instead they seem to be dissuading people from using it.

Yeap another reason to believe human goalie controls will be an absolute train wreck, especially considering it now has "live goalies".

[AutoMG]

Quote: Originally Posted by plaidchuck

Whew say bye bye to human goalies. I barely have enough time to play 100 games in the EASHL let alone play 150 per skater and goalie.

I completely agree with this. I like to get a few cards before playing goalie just so I don't have horrible attributes when playing in net but I guess now I won't be getting my goalie legend ever(maybe eventually over a year or so).

But I guess it all depends if goalies are fixed at all or still as bad as they are in 11 but I am skeptical on this since now that goalies are live it will probably cause some form of shoving a goalie so someone can score easily without a penalty.

[jyoung]

Definitely not feeling the way they are forcing you to grind through 300 games to get your skater and goalie legend card separately.

They should be doing everything they can to get people to want to play goalie, not pushing them away from playing it.

I may actually play HUT more than EASHL this year now that Play a Friend has been added to HUT.

Very pleased that they added that!

[fenster24]

I see that you can lose XP when you play poorly. Does this also mean that you rank DOWN? For example, is it possible to go from Veteran 1 down to Pro 3, therefore losing attribute points?

[FBeaule04]

Quote: Originally Posted by wEEman33

Definitely not feeling the way they are forcing you to grind through 300 games to get your skater and goalie legend card separately. They should be doing everything they can to get people to want to play goalie, not pushing them away from playing it. I may actually play HUT more than EASHL this year now that Play a Friend has been added to HUT. Very pleased that they added that!

Oh, don't be affraid about that goalie thing. In one month, someone will put the card online and you'll be able to mod it so you have their boost and profile, so you can tweak your goalie like he as played 150 games. That's not to mention the XP glitch we're going to get later after someone find the door left open in that version of the game.

If the BaP thing is as good they entertain us, I might also spend a lot less time playing online with glitchers and cheaters, while getting most out of the mode and the fact that HUT can now be played against friends.

[AutoMG]

Quote: Originally Posted by FBeaule04

Oh, don't be affraid about that goalie thing. In one month, someone will put the card online and you'll be able to mod it so you have their boost and profile, so you can tweak your goalie like he as played 150 games. That's not to mention the XP glitch we're going to get later after someone find the door left open in that version of the game. If the BaP thing is as good they entertain us, I might also spend a lot less time playing online with glitchers and cheaters, while getting most out of the mode and the fact that HUT can now be played against friends.

Lol, that is good for you people on the box but they protected the profiles on the PS3, so we on the PS3 don't get that luxury and we don't get all the same glitches you do on the PS3 either.

[FBeaule04]

Quote: Originally Posted by AutoMG

Lol, that is good for you people on the box but they protected the profiles on the PS3, so we on the PS3 don't get that luxury and we don't get all the same glitches you do on the PS3 either.

Yep, I know. The advantage of beeing on the XBOX is that the community is larger but in counterpart, we have more morons, cheaters and glitchers.

At least, on the PS3 side, you know you are playing with a level field instead of always trying to figure if you're playing a cheater.