Defenseman AI
Ea please fix the defenseman AI they are always getting beat and they are not poking checking
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No matter how arcadey you get, i think all modes should still follow the proper rules of hockey - The biggest issue players face is the fact AI itself is never updated to catch up to new human capabilities.
Not talking about the human brain creating complex and even funny plays, but when we're given more speed to emulate real world events but the AI never gets the memo it just makes for a horrible time. Nobody wants the cpu to dominate, we just need them to put in minimal effort -- in koder for that to happen, the devs need to work on major overhauls
@TTZ_Dipsy Yeah, the problems are the AI seems to HAVE to play the same across every mode.. no idea why..
In EASHL I honestly have no issue with bad AI because I think clubs should do everything they can to play with real humans because people don't play that mode to play against AI. So imo I'm okay with punishing teams for this. You also routinely find teams who force their AI to play defense for them while they cherry pick hoping for an easy goal this should be punished! A.i. is really good at breakout passes to them and will pass almost perfect off boards, they make the correct line to the puck and win about 90% of 50/50 puck battles so they are really good at getting any loose puck and throwing it up the ice. In that mode, I'm 100% fine with them being AWFUL and with all the mistakes they make because in nearly every game they make a handful of great plays. I don't think people (who play with AI routinely) notice how often they get to loose pucks, or how often they make a really good pass. They notice all the mistakes they make. Take a look at the end of a game at offensive puck possession and the teams with more AI generally will have a higher possesion time. This is due to loose pucks, 50/50 puck battles, and good breakout passes. They do make REALLY bad mistakes but what they do well goes unnoticed. It's also often the people who depend on the CPU to bail them out the most in EASHL that have the biggest issue with them. When they're not getting bailed out on defense and getting as many of those perfect passes up the ice they blame the CPU. Forget getting a human defenseman who will make mistakes themselves or complain to them that they need help in the defensive zone and get irritated that they are cherrypicking all game.
In WOC I understand skill zoning or w/e is an issue.. but you can't control your whole team. They probably need to be made to be a little more competent.
In offline modes and online vs they need to be better for sure.
In EASHL I honestly have no issue with bad AI because I think clubs should do everything they can to play with real humans because people don't play that mode to play against AI. So imo I'm okay with punishing teams for this. You also routinely find teams who force their AI to play defense for them while they cherry pick hoping for an easy goal this should be punished! A.i. is really good at breakout passes to them and will pass almost perfect off boards, they make the correct line to the puck and win about 90% of 50/50 puck battles so they are really good at getting any loose puck and throwing it up the ice. In that mode, I'm 100% fine with them being AWFUL and with all the mistakes they make because in nearly every game they make a handful of great plays. I don't think people (who play with AI routinely) notice how often they get to loose pucks, or how often they make a really good pass. They notice all the mistakes they make. Take a look at the end of a game at offensive puck possession and the teams with more AI generally will have a higher possesion time. This is due to loose pucks, 50/50 puck battles, and good breakout passes. They do make REALLY bad mistakes but what they do well goes unnoticed. It's also often the people who depend on the CPU to bail them out the most in EASHL that have the biggest issue with them. When they're not getting bailed out on defense and getting as many of those perfect passes up the ice they blame the CPU. Forget getting a human defenseman who will make mistakes themselves or complain to them that they need help in the defensive zone and get irritated that they are cherrypicking all game.
In WOC I understand skill zoning or w/e is an issue.. but you can't control your whole team. They probably need to be made to be a little more competent.
In offline modes and online vs they need to be better for sure.
- @rsandersr47 Lmfao dude said punish teams that don't have a full 5 person squad... It shouldn't matter if you have 2, 3 or 4 members, AI should at least be serviceable. There's times where only me and one of my friends can play at the same time, I watch the AI defense let these people breeze in and score on something that should be saved more often than not 90% of the time.
If you have only 2 people on and want to play 6's play drops. Try to pick up new players. What purpose do you play EASHL for? I play alone most of the times because my friends got sick of the gameplay. However, if you HAVE to play club and play with a friend and HAVE to play 6's (which 4 humans on the ice and 8 computers just sounds like an awful time) at least they have the same number of CPU players. Idk what to tell you, are you giving them good passing lanes? I play with CPU sometimes and they're bad but they're a beast at getting loose pucks and as long as I set myself up for good/ short passing lanes they more often than not get it to me. I just can't trust them to play defense at all. They also win most battles in front of the net and can score 1T's really well so typically having them play forward over defenseman is advisable. I just wouldn't play with CPU defensemen, especially in a mode made for max number of humans. Good luck!
- @rsandersr47 Well then we're playing different games, cause the AI on our team rarely wins puck battles, we'll poke check the puck and it'll go right to the other team, we hit someone, puck goes right back to them. I'm not talking about offensively, I'm talking about the defense AI, they should not be that bad. Not to mention, there's been games where our AI took FIVE penalties before the 3rd period even started.
Also, I don't like drops, out of the drop ins games I've played, I've met maybe one or two people that are decent, the others are either awful or troll the entire game.
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