EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerHitting acceleration reverted today 2/5
Hello, NHL Fans. The change that was made in last week's update regarding the accelration with hitting being removed, was reverted.
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The nuance of balancing hitting in this game is exacerbated by the effectiveness of the hip checks as well. In woc after the update the hip check was by far the best method for separating the skater from the puck again and actually getting the puck pick up after. I'll argue that it still could be more effective than regular checking even after the revert today, you don't get the recovery animation after, can never be called for charging/elbowing. There are hardly any * to going for a hip check vs a regular hit in almost any situation where you think body contact would be needed. On top of this all is the fact that the hip check caters to the small shrimpy speedster builds that can exploit their speed to go for crazy back check hits or forecheck hits that would otherwise be called charging or boarding if attempted with the normal hitting mechanic.
I'm sad they have reverted the hitting acceleration ☹️
I really don't like how suddenly you get an acceleration just because you wind the hitting up. When playing, it always feel like a surprise hit because it is so sudden and unrealistic. I really believe that is one of the big reason why many players had difficulties in Moments with having cpu surprise attack with a big hit.
Yes, the hitting was nerf but I feel like it is not the acceleration that is the problem but the power of the windup to hit. It is still very doable to do a big hit without the acceleration. Just need the power into it, that's all.
Now, I guess I will need to get used to all the surprise attack from sudden acceleration.
This needs to be considered:Full post:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-News/REAL-Total-Control-Not-Arcade/m-p/13161058#M7851
- @ssoliz91 This needs to be implemented. Sucks it never will
- @RatedxPGxEnigma Just a general question but why does tuning things like this have to be a 0 or 10 thing? We either have 5 hits a game or 25 hits a game. Why can't the devs leave the slider in the middle so we can average, idk 12 hits a game (which is close to the league average)
