@EA_AljoThey should never have nerfed Yoink. They have ruined the identity of a TWF by being below average overall. I see Playmakers doing the same amount of defense. TWF should be all about the stickplay imo but oh ya they complained about Yoink because they wanted to hold onto the puck too long in dangerous situations. I'm sorry but if you have 90 stickchecking and 90 def awareness and not lifting from far behind you should be taking that puck vast majority with no penalties.
Roles are meant to succeed where they should regardless of how people feel.
Community ManagerI don't ever recall hearing about people being upset about Yoink. I don't recall hearing about it being nerfed either. Regardless, the feedback is definitely appreciated. I'd love to see the classes balanced better as well.
@EA_AljoIf I recall correctly it was this update that caused a change. https://mp1st.com/news/nhl-22-update-1-20-patch-notes-skates-out-for-added-likeness-more-this-nov-4
When you used Yoink it was like a super high chance you were taking the puck away. It was an NHL 22 thing used early on before whatever changed.
But I don't view balancing builds how they should be hard at all. You just don't make the strengths strong enough and weaknesses weak enough. Obviously values would need to be reworked as their strengths should offer less for lowering them and weakness costing more to invest higher into.
You raised too many stats in builds which is what created god-like builds where you should be using them. We all know the Puck-Moving Dman is way too good all-around.
