Tips for Defending in '23
Seems like many people have some gripes about defense - myself included. Over the last couple of weeks, I've refined and adjusted defensively, and I feel that I've gotten more comfortable in defendin...
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EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerIf we returned the ability for AI players to poke, hit and stick lift, it would be easier to let the AI play defense for you. That's why I say without it, the skill gap is higher.
Passes aren't auto-sauced as much as they used to be. In my experience at least. We also don't get near the amount of complaints we used to. I think making one timers full auto would add more frustration than fun. I could see it for WoC and BaP, but in other modes where you control the whole team, I think it would add an unnecessary step. Play in those modes can be very frantic. In many cases you don't have the time to make a pass and then wind up for a one timer. A lot of the cross-crease goals are pucks that are redirected so I don't think you'd need to wind up for those. In that case, holding up, as it is now, would probably be the right control for them. I certainly wouldn't mind it being an option like it was in previous games, but it would also need to be useful. Possibly give you a bonus to accuracy to balance the challenge of timing it.
I just found this thread. I read your comment about y’all not getting complaints about the current state of the game, so I felt compelled to give you mine.
Skill gap should not take precedence over making a game that functions like a hockey game. Hockey is a team sport. When you reduce 4 of the 5 players on the ice to literal pylons, it stops being a hockey game. This game is basically a glorified obstacle course on ice.
Skill zoning or “defending the slot” was never an issue. The issue was that shots from dirty areas literally never went in. Deflections were non-existent. Shots from the point were completely unreliable. Thus, someone could literally sit in the slot to cover all short side cheese and cross creases, which were the only reliable, and way too overpowered, ways to score.
NHL 23 is by far the most infuriating hockey game I’ve ever played. It does not resemble the real life product whatsoever. All NHL 23 does is allow people to exploit cheesy goals far more often, so the most toxic part of this community can call themselves “skilled” because they’ve mastered all the cheese. It’s pathetic.
- EA_Aljo
Thanks for the feedback, @DBacon123
I hate the cheese as much as anyone else. I really hope we'll see this improved in the future. However, this is a video game and no matter how much we try to avoid ways to play unrealistic hockey, it's probably going to always be an issue. People will look to exploit the game and take advantage of the higher percentage shots.
If only there was some mechanism where the gameplay could be tuned from time to time to reduce the effectiveness of exploits as they become widely abused.
@EA_Aljo
"People will look to exploit the game and take advantage of the higher percentage shots."
Yes like the real life NHL players do too.
They even try to cheat the reff sometimes by exaggerate diffrent situations.
You either win or you loose, thats the name of sport.
Also the reason why people are willing to do anything that it takes, to win.
Even if it mean you have to cheese.
So video game or not, cheese is very much real.
Cheese is not necessarily an excusse for this game to be unrealistic, the key should be to create 'realistic cheese'.
Although im very well aware of what im asking for is no 'walk in the park'.
But, more authentic cheese is just what we need!any reason why the defenders could have played that way?
how to play defense, sat down with me playing dolls.versus super star. This is a tournament game (
sorry for the quality. friend's video
How can you play defense if you can't play defense.- EA_Aljo
Can you provide some more details? I'm seeing opportunities to defend. Were they not taking control of their defenders and just letting the AI play for them?
https://clips.twitch.tv/HardLitigiousJamNononoCat-fJmzD6z3LwH7DuvT
yes. This time I have a replay
@EA_Aljo написал (-а):Can you provide some more details? I'm seeing opportunities to defend. Were they not taking control of their defenders and just letting the AI play for them?
@EA_Aljo написал (-а):Can you provide some more details? I'm seeing opportunities to defend. Were they not taking control of their defenders and just letting the AI play for them?
episode 2 in this game
https://clips.twitch.tv/CovertConfidentMoonFeelsBadMan-U_6kBhO-Agog2UsJ
- EA_Aljo
In your first video, this could have been defended. There were multiple opportunities to do so.
In the second clip, I understand what you're saying, but even on the PK, all the defenders aren't going to stack up in front of the net. Again, there were chances to defend this play, but they were not taken advantage of.
