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I used twf or ply mainly in both tournaments. Pwf is nice but endurance is bad thats why i dont want to use it that much as a center. Of course it depends how you like to play, but I usually pick my build depending on who im playing against. Imo pwf works better for wingers, especially for those who carry the puck alot. Passing and puck control are fine. Defence is all about hitting, because its pretty much all you can do properly with it besides sticklifting which is really random in this game.

This is something I've been mulling over for quite some time, ever since EA introduced "locked" player classes where you couldn't change attributes. For those of you who've been around for the entirety of NHL 16 EASHL, odds are you've seen the player type "Powerforward" being used in EASHL (and ECL) games. In fact, you might have wondered why 90% of forwards out there use this player type. I know I have. Then you play against the PWF and it becomes quite obvious. They seemingly have the best puck control, the best hitting, the size and strength combined with a curious case of good dangles, passing and shooting. Now, I know the people playing the PWF are usually highly skilled individuals who take the physical attributes of the PWF and combine that with their individual skill so it's not "ALL EA's FAULT" (as some would say ) and I'm not trying to take anything away from the numerous of insanely skilled players who use this class to their advantage. However, my topics for discussion are these; - Is the PWF overpowered in terms of it being the only class you can remain competitive with in the EASHL/ECL-community? - What player type do you use, and why? - When was the last time you saw a Sniper/Playmaker/Dangler at the ECL level? And if you haven't seen any, why do you think that is? - Do you feel the different types are balanced as they are? If not, should EA strive towards improving the classes to create more balance and encourage players to play different types? Maybe my bias is shining through a bit here so as you may have guessed, I feel the PWF is ever so slightly overpowered compared to other classes. I'm curious to hear your thoughts!

It´s overpowered, at least when you compare to other classes. I still use it quite often though, especially when playing winger and feeling like throwing my body around. I mean you can do pretty much everything with it. I would even go as far as saying powerforward has a better shot than the Sniper class. Although I have not played nearly as many games as Sniper, but for some reason for example the one timers fail to hit the net with Sniper more often than with PF. (That might be just me though :p) TWF is what I use the most still, more agile and the stick checking is just the best, great for my playing style. Powerforward is pretty solid defensively as well, you can hit more and the stick checking is not that much worse than with TWF. Playmaker/sniper is terrible when it comes down to stick checking, even if you do everything ´correctly´ you might still end up hitting the face or tripping the guy over. With TWF, you don´t get nearly as many penalty mins from tripping/highsticking. Powerforward is a somewhat easy choice when you compare the builds between each other. Hopefully the classes will be different in nhl 17, so we could see more variety in ECL and in eashl games in general.

Nothing is sweeter than playing a Playmaker while all of your opponent's forwards chose a PWF, so I disagree

Well it was pretty much a joke but but.. I've used previously hybrid goalie (besides NHL 12) but in this version I always felt that it's not strong enough, since butterfly goalie tends to feel more agile and faster regarding the reflexes. Butterfly is also the strongest class when it comes to rebounds which tends to be pain in the ass (at least for me). It's just my opinion, but since hybrid is only ''good'' in pretty much every category, butterfly is ''great'' in some categories and pretty weak on some other categories. The point here is that the categories where butterfly is weak are pretty much irrelevant so it's not worth to use hybrid eventhough you will get job done with that class also. For example butterfly lacks vision, which actually is pretty important stat in this game but since I myself play quite aggressively in net, it doesn't matter if my goalie has no vision when I can just push out from the net and close the angle. Some other goalies like to just stand on the goal-line so butterfly might not be for them since without vision deflections and shots behind the screen are pretty hard to save. Standing goalie has always been weakest in my opinion in pretty much every NHL, but it also depends what is your style as a goalie. Standing goalie has always been so weak against low shots no matter if you are standing in the net or in a butterfly. In the other hand butterfly should be weak against high shots, but when played aggressively enough you can close the angle pretty easily. Standing goalies strengths are just crap, so when choosing between hybrid and butterfly, it all comes to how you play in net. For me butterfly is just outstanding (in my opinion NHL 16 butterfly is the best class ever in NHL games). But yeah those are only my thoughts and opinions, everyone might not agree with those but since I have something like 5000 games in goal overall I think I might have a small clue

There is no OP-class besides butterfly goalie

Main problem with PWF is his shooting ability, it should be closer to DFD for balance sake. Lot of power but also lot of shots ending up in boards. I haven't had that big problems playing against PWFs with 2-Way-D but yeah, they seem a tad OP, or better to say OP compared to other forward classes. Lets see what they come up with NHL17 but I hope that more variety is welcomed. "Tactical" aspect of class selection in offence is pretty dead atm, and defense is either D or 2W. You see some OFD's but usually that is also the side to come into zone ^^

I think i read somewhere it will be some new classes in nhl17? One bigger sniper with no playmaking skills but big hits and a bigger playmaker that would remind off Joe Thornton. Not sure though. Muddymosquito plays sniper and sniper only. He just play like 5 games every other month tho. Skål