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NHL 13 |OT| You can't lock out virtual hockey

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pringles

Member
MacAttack said:
The problem is if you don't have teammates to play defense, working the puck to the points with AI means an automatic shot or tunover because they are out of position and can't make up ground/never hustle/oblivious to the puck.

I've had a lot of low scoring games that were decided by terrible rebound control or boneheaded AI awareness on the part of the defenseman.
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Yeah the AI is grotesque... you need atleast one guy playing D. If you don't, all you can do is try to keep the puck away from them as much as possible.
 
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Marvie_3

Banned
MacAttack said:
The problem is if you don't have teammates to play defense, working the puck to the points with AI means an automatic shot or tunover because they are out of position and can't make up ground/never hustle/oblivious to the puck.

I've had a lot of low scoring games that were decided by terrible rebound control or boneheaded AI awareness on the part of the defenseman.
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BUT THEY SPENT 3 TIMES AS LONG ON THE AI THIS YEAR

The rebound shit needs to get fixed. It didn't work much last year but we've played games where teams will try that shit all game.
 
Ardenyal

Ardenyal

Member
The rebounds are especially nasty against a human goalie. It still takes 2-4 attempts to cover a puck, every attempt having the chance of knocking the puck in net.
 
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Silly.Mikey

Banned
Ardenyal said:
The rebounds are especially nasty against a human goalie. It still takes 2-4 attempts to cover a puck, every attempt having the chance of knocking the puck in net.
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The rebounds are the only way to score in this fuckin game, u take that away and itll be like soccer scores. Funny how fifa13 is easier to score goals in than in nhl13 and it should be the complete opposite.
 
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Pikma

Banned
I've been playing this game a LOT these past three weeks, I'm a newbie, and everything was going very smoothly, been having a real blast with it, but this week I started to have problems getting sniper shots to work, before that I felt way better and way more confident too, are there any auto-aim aid settings that I accidentally changed or something? Not that I want any auto-help or anything since I'm doing just fine, but I'm just curious.

I'm starting to think I woke up one morning and forgot how to shoot effectively. :lol
 
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MacAttack

Member
Pikma said:
I've been playing this game a LOT these past three weeks, I'm a newbie, and everything was going very smoothly, been having a real blas with it, but then, this week I started to have problems getting sniper shots to work anymore, before that I felt way better and more confident about them, are there any auto-aim aid settings that I accidentally changed or something? Not that I want any auto-help or anything since I'm doing just fine, but I'm just curious.

I'm starting to think I woke up one morning and forgot how to shoot effectively. :lol
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EA updated the tuner set about a week ago and that is probably why you aren't scoring those shots anymore.
 
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Mike Works

Member
Pikma said:
I've been playing this game a LOT these past three weeks, I'm a newbie, and everything was going very smoothly, been having a real blas with it, but then, this week I started to have problems getting sniper shots to work anymore, before that I felt way better and more confident about them, are there any auto-aim aid settings that I accidentally changed or something?
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The game is punishing you for your grammar.
 
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Mike Works

Member
The passing in this game is so frustrating. Not because of the stick eliminations, but because my players simply don't pass to the right fucking person (or to anyone) almost half the time. So many pucks thrown back to the point only to have the defenseman watch it go past them.

Don't get me started on trying to saucer pass on a two-on-one. I'm elated when the receiver makes contact with the puck at all. Then there's the puck-swipes that also miss half the time, even when the puck isn't bouncing or anything.

I'm totally down with the new skating system, and the physics are good enough (or funny enough), but I'd like to be able to pass the damn puck again.

Also I can't stress how frustrating it is to have to turn into a d-man in order to stand up the other team at your own blueline. Leave it to the AI, and they just back the fuck up no matter what defensive formation you have it set to.
 
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Silly.Mikey

Banned
Hey i have a question, is there any way to get back my Gretzky card after i deleted my team and start a new one? Or do u only get it that one time? That would really suck ass.
 
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Marvie_3

Banned
New tuner:

Name: Tuner 1.05
Date: 10/12/2012
Notes:
All Modes

Increased goalie ability to stop slower shots from distance.



EASHL Only

Goalies ability to move laterally and stop one-timers toned down.

AI Skating attributes in EASHL increased slightly to keep up with User player progression.
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KillerAJD

Member
Apologies if this was posted before, but has anybody had any problems with automatically stick lifting in EASHL games? A buddy of mine gets penalties CONSTANTLY because his guy will randomly stick lift. He says he's not hitting the X button (on PS3), and he's tried a few different controllers, but it still persists. Is the X button the only way to stick lift? If not, he thinks it might just be how he plays the game (might hit other buttons accidentally), but if it is, he has no clue what he's doing wrong. For all I know, he's just a moron and is doing something stupid, but I can't physically watch him play to see what he's doing.
 
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Marvie_3

Banned
KillerAJD said:
Apologies if this was posted before, but has anybody had any problems with automatically stick lifting in EASHL games? A buddy of mine gets penalties CONSTANTLY because his guy will randomly stick lift. He says he's not hitting the X button (on PS3), and he's tried a few different controllers, but it still persists. Is the X button the only way to stick lift? If not, he thinks it might just be how he plays the game (might hit other buttons accidentally), but if it is, he has no clue what he's doing wrong. For all I know, he's just a moron and is doing something stupid, but I can't physically watch him play to see what he's doing.
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Never even heard of this happening.
 
S

Slurmer

Banned
Mike Works said:
The passing in this game is so frustrating. Not because of the stick eliminations, but because my players simply don't pass to the right fucking person (or to anyone) almost half the time. So many pucks thrown back to the point only to have the defenseman watch it go past them.

Don't get me started on trying to saucer pass on a two-on-one. I'm elated when the receiver makes contact with the puck at all. Then there's the puck-swipes that also miss half the time, even when the puck isn't bouncing or anything.

I'm totally down with the new skating system, and the physics are good enough (or funny enough), but I'd like to be able to pass the damn puck again.

Also I can't stress how frustrating it is to have to turn into a d-man in order to stand up the other team at your own blueline. Leave it to the AI, and they just back the fuck up no matter what defensive formation you have it set to.
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These problems and the unintuitive player switching are the biggest issues IMO. The game has such a difficult time letting you change to the player closest to the puck it is really frustrating.
 
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Cake Boss

Banned
They really need to take out the option of a goalie throwing the puck out when he covers it without no one calling for it, the team ties it at the end because the goalie decided to throw the puck out in the traffic in front of him even though no one called for it.
 
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Marvie_3

Banned
Cake Boss said:
They really need to take out the option of a goalie throwing the puck out when he covers it without no one calling for it, the team ties it at the end because the goalie decided to throw the puck out in the traffic in front of him even though no one called for it.
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It didn't do that at first but lately the goalies have been doing it more. EA's fucking tuners probably broke that again.
 
Ardenyal

Ardenyal

Member
KillerAJD said:
Apologies if this was posted before, but has anybody had any problems with automatically stick lifting in EASHL games? A buddy of mine gets penalties CONSTANTLY because his guy will randomly stick lift. He says he's not hitting the X button (on PS3), and he's tried a few different controllers, but it still persists. Is the X button the only way to stick lift? If not, he thinks it might just be how he plays the game (might hit other buttons accidentally), but if it is, he has no clue what he's doing wrong. For all I know, he's just a moron and is doing something stupid, but I can't physically watch him play to see what he's doing.
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R3 lifts stick aswell... at least it did a couple years ago, never use it so don't know if they took it out.
 
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Marvie_3

Banned
NHL 13 patch is out next week:

Gameplay Updates
• Separated ability for backwards to forwards pivot for ‘with puck’ and ‘without puck’ and made it quicker to pivot without the puck.
• Poke checking – fixed bug causing players to always miss to the same side of the puck.
• Goalies will be more aware of shots right off a faceoff in the offensive zone.
• Goalies will have a harder time dealing with screens.
• Ability to tune shooting back against the grain so it can be less accurate/effective than shooting with your weight behind the shot and moving towards your shooting direction.
• Ability for players to be more susceptible to lose the puck when getting hit while skating backwards with the puck at speed.
• Prevented desperation shots from knocking the puck away from the goalie minimizing the strategy of diving at the goalie to knock the puck loose.
• Fixed shootout logic in GM Connected to include both locked and unlocked users.
• Allowed BAP games to resume from simulation in the middle of a shift (fixed crash when sim intervening).
• Fixed goals screening goalie stat.
• Goalie has a better chance of squaring up to shots from far out.
• Improved orientation of off-puck players in one-timer situations.
• Improved AI behavior against a back skating puck carrier.
• Fixed hit power sliders so only the hitter’s slider value matters.
• Fixed AI players occasionally standing around looking at the puck when resuming from simulation in BAP.
• Fixed BAP being taken off the ice after a short shift that results in a stoppage.
• Fixed rapidly spinning players in BAP when resuming from simulation.
• Ability to tune players puck control coming out of a 45 glide deke.
• Ability to tune CPU pass error on long passes.
• Improved puck hop behavior when it hits the boards.
• Pokechecking effectiveness range tweaked. Players with better stick checking skill will stand out more compared to players with lover ratings in that category.
• Tuned goalies and shooting accuracy to ensure shots in the slot/middle of the ice are more effective than shots from sharp angles.

Presentation and Graphics
• NEW - Added unique (green) Reebok 20K EA Sport branded skates and stick to the RBK pre-order pack (XBOX).
• NEW - Added unique (blue) Reebok 20K EA Sport branded skates and stick to the RBK pre-order pack (PS3).
• NEW - 2012 Winter Classic Jerseys (PHI / NYR) now selectable in regular game modes.
• Reduces frame rate jitter on the Xbox 360 as experienced by a number of players in all game modes but was most noticeable in OTP/EASHL (XBOX).
• Replay Wipe timing fixed.
• Commentary for replays won’t continue if a replay has been skipped.
• Action Tracker post effects (barrel distortion on net cam) is working correctly.
• Tampereen Ilves home/away jerseys now displays correct logo.
• Dynamic board ads added to Toronto’s stadium.
• Snow on players/goaltender/environment now fades out more smoothly/realistically.
• Flag holders in the Winter Classic stadium now stand correctly at all corners of the flag.
• Lulea HF center ice logo now displaying correctly.
• Transition wipes should no longer hold on white frame longer than necessary.
• Boston jumbotron no longer white; has proper textures (PS3).
• Rare occurrence of skate spray not lining up correctly with action now fixed inside of the Action Tracker.
• Shuffling of NIS’ has been improved. Less chance of seeing the same NIS inside of the same game.
• Goalie stick mirroring has been corrected. Blade will now be pointing in the right direction during shootout NIS’.
• NHL Moments Live snow build up on ice will now work correctly.
• Calgary Flames now have proper logos on helmet for both Home/Away.
• Prevented replay speech from playing over top a fight or if goof off is skipped.

Hockey Ultimate Team
• NEW - implement training duration item so training items can last for multiple games.
• Addressed an issue where some users were not getting Puck rewards for playing games and would sometimes get a Loss for actually winning games.
• Fixed an issue where players would continue to receive the Happy Hour bonus if they never disconnect from the EA servers and continued to play HUT games.
• Fixed an issue where after playing a game against the Team of the Week or a team from the Leaderboards screen, the wrong roster would be downloaded for all of the teams in the EAUHL 24/7 league when playing a Single Player game.
• Item Pack Art EASST Player Premium Pack art now shows Promo and not Deal.
• Fixed an issue where players would see an error message with missing text when bidding on the same item over and over until while being out bided by another player.
• Applied training boosts are no longer used up for players in the user's Scratched Roster.
• If user has a Stanley Cup edition item in their starting lineup, they are no longer able to add that same player from the New Items screen, thus resulting in them having 2 of the same players in their lineup.
• Fixed an issue where users are not getting wins for opponent DNFs when playing Online Tournaments against the same opponent twice.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when a player enters the Watch list and highlights a sold (green outline) item.
• Online Tournament opponent searches now check for player skill level and team star rating.
• Fixed the crash when applying Consumable items to some of the players in the New Items screen.
• Addressed an issue where spamming in and out of a challenge team game will cause a blank lineup screen to appear.
• Fixed an issue where users would advance through tournament rounds by entering the tournament tree and then playing through a regular non-tournament game (online and offline).

Be A GM
• Addressed an issue where players that should not be considered waiver eligible were being listed as waiver eligible.

Be A Pro
• Tuned off season player growth effect on the BAP player EXP Growth.
• Fixed an issue where the player’s BAP team would not sign FA’s or RFA’s to contracts.

GM Connected
• New - Trade messaging has been added to the mode.
• Speed up Hub loading times.
• Improved responsiveness when scrolling through the Main Menu to reduce accidently scrolling past the option players want to select.
• Improved scrolling when looking to selecting a team on the trade player screen and select team screen.
• Users should no longer be able to adjust the gameplay sliders during a CPU game.
• Improved responsiveness of league search screens.
• Fixed an issue that would sometimes cause a crash when bringing up the player list on the Trade Player screen.
• Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes crash while backing out of the mailbox screen.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash while loading into the GM Connected HUB.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when proposing a trade to a CPU team (also fixed in Be-A-GM).

Online Team Play / EASHL
• Addressed an issue where team members from different regions could not match up together in a club practice and the matchmaking would fail as a result.
• Fixed PS3 microphone fluctuations when not set in HQ mode.
• Resolved an issue with EASHL matchmaking where it was returning the captain’s versus skill level instead of the club’s skill level. This will improve the accuracy of matchmaking.
• Addressed an issue where Hockey Shop Boosts were being unequipped to the player’s EASHL Pro upon reboot of their console.
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Pikma

Banned
Nothing related to the so many graphic glitches, specially during game pauses? or are those a given for the patch?
 
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iworkatjunes

Banned
Can you simulate a lock-out in this game and act as commissioner and/or head of the player's union?

I hate hockey but find these lock-out things fun.
 
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Marvie_3

Banned
iworkatjunes said:
Can you simulate a lock-out in this game and act as commissioner and/or head of the player's union?

I hate hockey but find these lock-out things fun.
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Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
Alright Folks, listen up!

Socreges and myself decided that it would be fun to add a little incentive to win the sought-after virtual Stanley Cup, apart from just fame and glory! Starting this season and retro-active for current league members (that's mainly for you, BigJonsson and Crazed), winners of the Stanley Cup in the NHL 13 GM Connected league will receive a FREE STEAM GAME as a reward! Prizes will vary depending on what's available at the time of winning, but I guarantee it won't be disappointing! The winner will get a choice between 2, 3 games to pick as well, again, all depending upon availability.

Bottom line: Get the Cup, Get Games. Enjoy!

New (or returning) members are more than welcome, signups, trash talk and trade negotiations can be found over here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=486538
 
Square Triangle

Square Triangle

Member
I was going through my games, finding one to occupy my time and I seriously forgot I even owned NHL 13 since launch. I might have played it twice? The lockout has really set an "out of sight, out of mind" on me altogether. :(
 
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BigJonsson

Member
Oilers fans, here is what your team could look like in 2021

Hall -87 RNH - 86 Yakupov - 88
Rautianen - 85 Gagner - 84 Eberle - 87
Paarjvi - 83 Josefson - 85 Vincour - 80
Richard - 77 Lundh - 77 Beranek - 77

Morrissey - 85 Petry - 85
Marincin - 83 Setoguchi - 83
Vendenbussche - 79 Klefbom - 78


Bernier - 85
Bunz - 79



And you have won 2 stanley cups since 2013
 
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Red_Man

I Was There! Official L Receiver 2/12/2016
Is that Devin Setoguchi on D? :lol I'm surprised RNH is only an 86, I started a new season just this weak and Galchenyuk is currently a 89 in the 2014-2015 season :D
 
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BigJonsson

Member
Red_Man said:
Is that Devin Setoguchi on D? :lol I'm surprised RNH is only an 86, I started a new season just this weak and Galchenyuk is currently a 89 in the 2014-2015 season :D
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lol no, Lou Setoguchi, I traded one of my excess 80+ d-men for Detroit's number 1 pick and it ended up being 3rd overall lol, he was an 82 overall 19 year old haha

Yakupov was an 89 by his 3rd season, Hall was an 84 until last season
 
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Red_Man

I Was There! Official L Receiver 2/12/2016
BigJonsson said:
lol no, Lou Setoguchi, I traded one of my excess 80+ d-men for Detroit's number 1 pick and it ended up being 3rd overall lol, he was an 82 overall 19 year old haha

Yakupov was an 89 by his 3rd season, Hall was an 84 until last season
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Jesus christ....a different season I had I got the first overall pick from the CPU and drafted some made up kid who ended up being an 86 overall out of his draft year. EA why you so crazy.
 
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Socreges

Banned
BigJonsson said:
lol no, Lou Setoguchi, I traded one of my excess 80+ d-men for Detroit's number 1 pick and it ended up being 3rd overall lol, he was an 82 overall 19 year old haha

Yakupov was an 89 by his 3rd season, Hall was an 84 until last season
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Red_Man said:
Jesus christ....a different season I had I got the first overall pick from the CPU and drafted some made up kid who ended up being an 86 overall out of his draft year. EA why you so crazy.
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You guys...
 
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Red_Man

I Was There! Official L Receiver 2/12/2016
I'm just playing the game the way other GM's treated Gauthier when he had a job
 
S

Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
Solo GM is super-easymode, why are we boosting our egos with it... Lol.
 
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Red_Man

I Was There! Official L Receiver 2/12/2016
Smiley just gets defensive towards anything that may be a slight towards his reign as the GOAT Virtual GM, however big or small that slight may be.
 
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