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3 years ago

AI Penalties in franchise mode (or lack thereof)

I made a similar post for last year's game, and it's been an issue for a long long time. The AI opponents take few to no penalties, no matter what the penalty sliders are set to. I'm here killing o...

meetrasurik7

3 years ago

@avsfan3196 I really feel you on that, it sucks so much that the opponent AI can pokecheck me and stick lift me with 100% precision, but each time I stick lift, it’s slashing even if I’m in the best possible position. Penalty killing is fun, but so is being on the power play, of course it isn’t as fun lately because the strategies and formations thing is all broken but it still stands. It’s been like this for a while, the opponent AI never taking penalties. I remember getting so * off last year, and I think in 21 as well.

avsfan3196

3 years ago

I play as the Avs and not getting a chance to unleash that Makar-MacKinnon-Rantanen-Landeskog-Nichushkin powerplay unit really sucks

Bahamuta
New Ace
3 years ago
@EA_Aljo ^^^^^ This is a big thing. Opponents BARELY take penalties, like ever.
- EA_Aljo
  Community Manager
  3 years ago
  @Bahamuta
  
  We're aware of this, but I don't have any updates currently.
  - Caliboy6262_714
    Rising Hotshot
    3 years ago
    @EA_Aljo It’s been this way for at least five years. The AI doesn’t trip, slash, interfere, nothing. Whenever they do get a penalty if you watch the replay it’s almost always an accident where you turned “at just the right time”.
    I’m really not trying to be funny, or troll. But people have been pointing this out for a half a decade. Did you guys really just become aware of this?
    The funny thing was it actually wasn’t that bad until after the last few patches/tuners