Hitting acceleration reverted today 2/5

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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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@phomi99 wrote:

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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? 

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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.

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@sirajs wrote:

@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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You're not gonna like me for bringing this up but how do you allow 12 goals against??? Most I've had is 6 and that was during Michigan glitch time.

@KidShowtime1867 Just to correct a glaring factual error, Eki does not play HUT exclusively. He plays a lot of 6s and participates in all the 6s leagues and tournaments in the European scene excluding a few country-specific leagues. He's consistently one of the top players in 6s on this side of the pond.