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@TheUnusedCrayon wrote:
@EA_Aljo lol and this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeM_YNXbxPY&ab_channel=TheUnusedCrayon
The defender turns to aim for the hit and doesn't make full contact. Also, you have to take in to consideration the player ratings. That's going to affect the impact of a hit.
@TheUnusedCrayon wrote:
You need to sacrifice a slot for truculence if you want your skater to aim properly for hits. Otherwise it doesn't activate hits properly.
Hitting is absolutely broken without truculence. With it, it works.
I don't use truculence and haven't had a problem landing hits that make good contact where there's a good amount of opposing force. My build is a PMD also so not the biggest hitter. Admittedly, hitting isn't my main line of defense, but when I do use it, my hits tend to at least separate the carrier from the puck.
Community ManagerIn the first video, the carrier is using puck protect. This stabilizes them better against hits. Also, the defender is backskating. They aren't going to have as much momentum behind the hit.
In the 2nd clip, the carrier is being hit from the side. Again, there's not as much momentum behind the hit. They also go in to puck protect right after so possibly they hit that button at the same time as the hit from the side. The defender also looks like they're smaller than the carrier and we don't know the ratings between both players.
For the 3rd video, the hitter is chasing the carrier. They also lose speed when they hit their defender teammate. This is another example of not having enough momentum. If you have 2 objects traveling in the same direction, the object behind trying to hit the object in front of them won't make as big an impact is if those 2 objects were colliding head on.
The 4th clip is more of the same. The defender decides to make a sweeping turn and try to hit them into the boards. They also don't make good contact. It would have been a lot more effective to hit from the front or boardplay.
None of those are showing any sort of hitting bubble.
