Any love or changes to Defence players?
With the new pressure and exhaust system, defence will be even worse to play. will there be any changes for defence players or will the game just always make changes so that it’s easier for off...
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@KlariskraysNHL The pursuit of artificially forced "wow moments" is one of the reasons the game has become harder and harder to enjoy over the last few years.
There's the obvious problem that "when everyone's super no one is". When a "wow moment" happens multiple times a game it ceases to impress anyone. They become just another play. In the worst case scenario they become part of the meta and lose their impact entirely. Part of the reason the Michigan is exciting IRL is because of how rare it is ( and at this point it's lost a lot of its mystique ). If it's happening every other game it's no longer exciting. For my club "wow moments" are when we set up a great passing play or make a great read on defense. With how lopsided things have become in favor of the offense, one man shows are no longer impressive, they're the norm.
Making offense easier and easier while nerfing defense and crippling goalies has lead to another problem over the last couple of years. More and more close games feel like they're decided by wonky game mechanics than by the skill of the teams playing. And I'm not talking about the game picking a winner. I mean poke checks that don't move the puck, goalies letting in goals from terrible angles that should never be dangerous, passes going through multiple defenders waiting for it, etc. Sure there are lots of games where the skill level is lopsided and in those cases the better team usually wins, but when the skill levels are even it feels like more games are decided by broken mechanics rather than skill. It's hard to be satisfied with a win when it seems undeserved.
There's the obvious problem that "when everyone's super no one is". When a "wow moment" happens multiple times a game it ceases to impress anyone. They become just another play. In the worst case scenario they become part of the meta and lose their impact entirely. Part of the reason the Michigan is exciting IRL is because of how rare it is ( and at this point it's lost a lot of its mystique ). If it's happening every other game it's no longer exciting. For my club "wow moments" are when we set up a great passing play or make a great read on defense. With how lopsided things have become in favor of the offense, one man shows are no longer impressive, they're the norm.
Making offense easier and easier while nerfing defense and crippling goalies has lead to another problem over the last couple of years. More and more close games feel like they're decided by wonky game mechanics than by the skill of the teams playing. And I'm not talking about the game picking a winner. I mean poke checks that don't move the puck, goalies letting in goals from terrible angles that should never be dangerous, passes going through multiple defenders waiting for it, etc. Sure there are lots of games where the skill level is lopsided and in those cases the better team usually wins, but when the skill levels are even it feels like more games are decided by broken mechanics rather than skill. It's hard to be satisfied with a win when it seems undeserved.
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