Hey everyone,
Welcome to our very first patch notes for NHL 26. Before diving into today’s update, we want to thank everyone who has picked up the game and shared feedback. We’ve been listening, reading through it all, and taking the right steps to act as quickly as possible.
This first patch is focused on improving overall game stability and addressing some of the most noticeable issues that could affect your time on the ice. While this update is about making sure the foundation is solid, future patches will have a continued focus on gameplay feedback, with tuning and adjustments in key areas, along with further improvements across modes and features.
As previously mentioned, we’re actively investigating adjustments to LT (Vision Control), Saucer Passes for short distances, poke checks, and post hit frequency, and we’ll have more to share in upcoming patches.
With that, here’s what’s included in today’s patch:
Patch Go-Live: Tuesday, September 16th, 1 PM ET.
Server Downtime is expected for up to one hour after deployment of the patch.
1.1.1 Patch Notes
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue where a player who was AFK was not being removed in a World of CHEL game
Be a Pro
- Tuning adjustments to Health to include TOI as a factor and scaling down the amount of health reduction that hits thrown, hits received and shots blocked give.
- Updated the following form score contributing values to make form score feel more balanced for games that are low event for the user:
- Goals
- Assists
- PP Pts
- SH Pts
- Body Checks
- Plus/minus
- Giveaways
- Takeaways
- Shots
- Fixed an issue where the Custom option was not available in the Play Game flow
- Fixed an issue in the Draft Interview media convo where some responses didn’t line up with the correct Brand, Management or Teammate impact
Franchise Mode
- Fixed an issue where line chemistry was not being generated properly from X-Factors
- Fixed an issue where AHL coach conversation were not available
- Fixed an issue where earning the Quick Draw X-Factor through a season goal could cause a crash when entering Edit Lines
Hockey Ultimate Team
- Fixed an issue where completing training camp objectives did not give users access to the Auction House
- Fixed an issue where when matchmaking in Ranked users would see an error message
World of CHEL
- Fixed a crash when navigating from the club members menu in EASHL 6 v 6
