Hitting acceleration reverted today 2/5

If we build are players to be strong and big hitters why cant we have nice and brutal hitting like it always have been before this game ? This is a Game it should be fun and not like this non violence game.  no one gets injured for real . High skilled players are better to avoid beeing hit than low skilled players  . Let them learn to avoid beeing hit instead . Bring back the original controls and hitting 

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.

The checking was exponentially better in 2018-2023!

Sorry,thats just the way it is to me

If you all want to do something with hitting and checking make WAYYYYYYY more animations and reactions!

Hitting should not be difficult considering its one of the easiest things to do in hockey!

The delayed reactions look stupid

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.