Hitting acceleration reverted today 2/5

Why @EA_Aljo u have to ruin this game whit the arcade hitting? That speed boost is so stupid and bad. I have played this nhl games for years and i know how to play this game but the point is this is not fun. So So arcade and no one is enjoying this. I have talk about this for many people and they all say the same. Pressure system was good fix when u took that douwn but the hitting needs to be fix please. No More acceleration /speed boost. 

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@Jutila22 wrote:

Why @EA_Aljo u have to ruin this game whit the arcade hitting? That speed boost is so stupid and bad. I have played this nhl games for years and i know how to play this game but the point is this is not fun. So So arcade and no one is enjoying this. I have talk about this for many people and they all say the same. Pressure system was good fix when u took that douwn but the hitting needs to be fix please. No More acceleration /speed boost. 

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We removed the speed boost, but the community was very upset about it. So, it seems there are a lot of people enjoying this.

@EA_Aljo 

If this is true, than I really don't want to know what next game will look like :D There are lot of people who are upset with this hitting nonsense ..

Maybe there is no need to remove speedbost completely. After january tuner the gameplay was just fine even with speedboost. So maybe some balance?

Also as I mentioned earlier in online play total controls players are in obvious advance with this speedboost compared to skill stick players now. So maybe some fair play?

Last patch just messed up whole game (goalies sucks more, more glitch moves and goals ...).

@daftkilla 

What glitch goals and moves are new since the update?

Yes! Hitting needs to balanced and not like this ultimate hitting arcade game @EA_Aljo 

@EA_AljoI will collect some gifs / videos and then post it. As my english is not so good it's hard to explain it.

Yes! Agree! Can u @EA_Aljo listen and do something about this please? 

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@Jutila22 wrote:
@b0dlak@EA_Aljoyes game just rewards players whos just hit and shoot the puck from everywhere no skill needed🤢🤢thats no realistic to have that acceleration /speed boost everytime u go hit..
Community is 50/50 about this hitting so can u please balanced this hitting?

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There shouldn't be a speed up or slow down to the hitting mechanics in general. NHL 23 hitting was fine if they toned it down a bit. We these mechanics I don't think there is a fix. Who knows maybe they can find a balance. This game would be great if it had 23 hitting. 

I liked the slower gameplay with the tuner that killed hitting, I think they should have tried an aim assist to it before reversing it and if that didn't work just chalk it up and reverse it back.

I use more reverse hitting than regular hitting, for one ,and I'm  not a button guy and two I found that hitting this year puts you out of position more than it should when using skill stick ,just MY Opinion 

  This guy all he did was run my players and he only got one penalty and was for tripping 

https://www.xbox.com/play/media/f756SmmEd3

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@Jutila22 wrote:
@phomi99@EA_Aljoyes in nhl 23 hitting was fine. But now hitting is too much and un realistic

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It's terrible animations and very ugly to watch. It's like some invisible push they are attempting. And sometimes you clip a leg with the awful timing mechanic and the player goes flying or other times you line up a guy perfectly only for him to skate right by you lol. 

They basically took away the satisfaction of lining up a nice hit. People just skate straight at you because it's a 50/50 chance the hit works. Beginning of the game was too overpowered but it forced players to cut and be more cautious entering the zone.

Yes the hitting animation is a big joke . It looks and feels very stupid and unrealistic 

Are u gona do or answer anything about this? 🙂 @EA_Aljo 

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@Jutila22 wrote:

Are u gona do or answer anything about this? 🙂 @EA_Aljo 

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Why don’t some of you head into practice mode and get the hang of it?

It’s not hard to grasp. Maybe it’s not perfect. But many of us have moved on and adapted. Once you get the hang of hitting, it’s actually quite satisfying. I’m not a fan of the acceleration into the hit animation, but the majority is and many of us have adjusted our game to adapt.

no doubt it’ll be tweaked more, maybe via tuner or in ‘25. 

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@Jutila22 wrote:
@KidShowtime1867Mayde u like this arcade ultimate hitting game but not everybody. This game rewards players whos just hit all the time, shoot the puck everywhere no skill needed.
Eki sayed good todays stream " i wish this gameplay have more hockey iq then just hit, skate and shoot everywhere"

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HUT is garbage and should never be expected to represent the game in the most realistic manner. Ever.

Theres a reason Eki and many other sweats only play HUT - it’s the easiest mode to exploit everything about this game.

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@Jutila22 wrote:
@KidShowtime1867Omg the reason is tournaments and competitive. Best players play in hut. Hut is by faaar most fun gameMode. But hey thats my opinion

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Agree to disagree on that.

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@KidShowtime1867 wrote:

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@Jutila22 wrote:

Are u gona do or answer anything about this? 🙂 @EA_Aljo 

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Why don’t some of you head into practice mode and get the hang of it?

It’s not hard to grasp. Maybe it’s not perfect. But many of us have moved on and adapted. Once you get the hang of hitting, it’s actually quite satisfying. I’m not a fan of the acceleration into the hit animation, but the majority is and many of us have adjusted our game to adapt.

no doubt it’ll be tweaked more, maybe via tuner or in ‘25. 

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When hitting got killed you said many liked the change and you told another person that didn't like it that they were the "minority" and yet it got changed back. 

At what point do you say to yourself maybe I don't know what I'm talking about? 

@EA_Aljo people who where angry about revert, was exactly players like this. Simulation of NHL, with 71 hits per game...

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@Jutila22 wrote:

Are u gona do or answer anything about this? 🙂 @EA_Aljo 

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Why don’t some of you head into practice mode and get the hang of it?

It’s not hard to grasp. Maybe it’s not perfect. But many of us have moved on and adapted. Once you get the hang of hitting, it’s actually quite satisfying. I’m not a fan of the acceleration into the hit animation, but the majority is and many of us have adjusted our game to adapt.

no doubt it’ll be tweaked more, maybe via tuner or in ‘25. 

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When hitting got killed you said many liked the change and you told another person that didn't like it that they were the "minority" and yet it got changed back. 

At what point do you say to yourself maybe I don't know what I'm talking about? 

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Why are you being so rude? We’re just discussing subtle changes to a video game we all share an interest in. I make suggestions to help people get better and I really enjoy dissecting clips and people’s problems with the game in an effort to maybe give people a better understanding.

I still think those of us who appreciate a more simulation experience across all competitive and offline modes didn’t welcome the changes at first because there was already such a fundamental change to begin the year with. But after a couple of play sessions it was clear that people who leaned on the unrealistic explosiveness of the new hitting mechanic were getting exposed for doing so.

And it was clear many players were leaning on this defensively because you could see your opponent throwing hits and expecting to make contact, only for me to blow by them. 

In turn, once you learned you needed to get closer to make contact and learn to time your hits better, opponents expecting you to misfire on a hit were suddenly met with a player closing the gap and getting better positioning for a disruptive stick check or well placed shove.

I have a suspicion the timing of the change had too much of an affect on upcoming NHL-Sponsored events and maybe there was some feedback given to EA directly from the NHL by way of their own feedback channels.

In any case, I hope a common ground can be found when it comes to the acceleration into a hit and how much it can be a crutch.