EHM The Blue Line

I'm happy that since the patch line matching is now working (in some cases) and I think it works a little too well at times.

I like to set my tactics to match lines, usually the 1-3, 2-2, 3-1, 4-4. Before the patch it didn't seem to really work and I know it's something they fixed in the patch, but now if my team plays another team who's coach likes to match lines, the game turns into a board hopping frenzy, especially if he has a different tactic than mine. I had a game where one of my defensemen logged 40 shifts in one game.

I've noticed as well on the flip side that my special teams don't change lines at all. All PP, and PK, as well as 4 on 4 lines will not change up lines at all during the entire penalty, leaving my PP or PK unit out there the entire time.

Any one else noticed this?

Whas that a bug? I tried it a few times but never had any success so I just thought my players sucked big time.

Now I gotta try it

noctambulist wrote:I've noticed as well on the flip side that my special teams don't change lines at all. All PP, and PK, as well as 4 on 4 lines will not change up lines at all during the entire penalty, leaving my PP or PK unit out there the entire time.

Any one else noticed this?

Works fine for me
Maybe it has to deal with the shift length of your special units

My special teams switch up normally though sometimes at inopportune times.

I should clarify, when I have my tactics set to match lines, that's when my special teams don't change lines at all. When I set the tactics not to match lines, then my special teams will change lines just fine. I have them set to the default 30 second shifts.

It's almost as if the game is looking for a line to match, but since there isn't one, it just leaves the same unit out for the entire situation. It also doesn't seem to matter which unit it is, if my second PK unit comes out to start the penalty kill, they stay out the entire penalty.

Wild...does the PP switch lines?

noctambulist wrote:I should clarify, when I have my tactics set to match lines, that's when my special teams don't change lines at all. When I set the tactics not to match lines, then my special teams will change lines just fine. I have them set to the default 30 second shifts.

It's almost as if the game is looking for a line to match, but since there isn't one, it just leaves the same unit out for the entire situation. It also doesn't seem to matter which unit it is, if my second PK unit comes out to start the penalty kill, they stay out the entire penalty.

Sounds like a bug
Did you mention it on SI boards? I don't know if they still devellop EHM07 or if they started to code EHM08, but in anyway they'll surelly take a look at this to fix it

keithv wrote:Wild...does the PP switch lines?

No, they don't switch lines either, neither do 4 on 4 lines whether because of penalties or in OT.

I'll post it on SI Forums, but I don't usually go there. Feels like shouting in a crowd to me. I like my homies on TBL better

noctambulist wrote:I'll post it on SI Forums, but I don't usually go there. Feels like shouting in a crowd to me. I like my homies on TBL better

Thanks a lot
But here we can't do anything about a bug or a crash, so you'll have to report this on SI boards

noctambulist wrote:I should clarify, when I have my tactics set to match lines, that's when my special teams don't change lines at all. When I set the tactics not to match lines, then my special teams will change lines just fine. I have them set to the default 30 second shifts.

It's almost as if the game is looking for a line to match, but since there isn't one, it just leaves the same unit out for the entire situation. It also doesn't seem to matter which unit it is, if my second PK unit comes out to start the penalty kill, they stay out the entire penalty.

the exact same thing happened to me with columbus in challenge 6. i didnt know why it stopped happening until now. its because i turned of line-matching. it was so annoying. some games my first pp unit played every singel minute of pp time for the whole game. this has to be a bug.

Did the bug mentioned above ever get fixed?

I want my Hartford Whalers to have shut down third line, so obviously one of my tactics will be Line Matching. My questions is; do I need a coach who is good at matching lines for this tactic to be effective?


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