AI Goalie Poke-Check Needs Work
The current goalie 'lunging poke check' mechanic needs work. For every rare occurrence where it's successful there's many more instances where it serves no purpose but to prevent the goalie from be...
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@PlayoffError The big thing to change I think to make this poke more effective is to allow the animation to be cancelled out of with anticipation slides. That would allow the goalie to poke if too close but still than desperation slide across to try and save the shot if the poke check fails. Anything that freezes you into a set of animations (like certain dekes but different topic for a different day) is not a good thing to have.
I think this issue is because for, I believe, all non-butterfly slide animations, goalie animation cause the goalie to freeze in place. Goalies, ai and human alike, need to be able to move throughout the animation.
