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I 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.