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Originally Posted by Yamer
How irritating is it to not be able to edit and permanently set your strategies (rhetorical)? I have to do it before every game.
Also, can anyone figure out the sliders on the strategy screen? In previous years you would slide it to one extreme or the other (Carry vs Dump), but now it's all jumbled up. Is it incremental or still on a scale? For example, if I want my line to carry the puck in do I slide it all the way to the right or to the left towards the 'Carry' indicator?
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You can permanently change your strategies (D setup, PP setup, type of forecheck etc.) It's in the same menu area as the sliders.
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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
The sliders do nothing. I've now played 30 games with various sliders. You can nerf the CPU on pro sim to all zeroes and the game play changes not at all.
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100% disagree. After starting with the default All-star sliders I was constantly having games with at least 10 or more total goals. After decreasing the shot power and accuracy and increasing goalie quickness, the highest scoring game I've had is 4-3. It also helps to have a collapsing D and as a previous poster mentioned, letting the D control themselves and using a forward to deflect/intercept the cross crease passes the CPU is addicted to, has made it very realistic for me. I also rarely go for a big hit and I let the opposing team skate around in my own end as long as they stick to the perimeter and I am a shot blocking machine. Since tweaking the strategy and sliders I've had realistic outcomes:
Loss to MTL 4-1 (outshot them 33-24, Price was a beast.
Beat TB 3-2 in OT after tieing it up with 7 seconds left with the goalie pulled.
Beat CAR 2-0 (Hiller was solid stopping 21 shots.
Lost to NSH 4-3 in a SO, but came back from being down 3-1 in the 3rd.
Was also able to trade D. Jones and Byron to MTL for a 1st and a 2nd.