Interference penalties trying to shoot rebounds
Anyone else notice a ton of interference penalties when trying to shoot rebounds in front of the net?
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EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerHey, @de4c0nfr05t
I updated my recent post about that. I was wrong and it is NOT intended. The team is looking in to it currently. When I have some news, I'll post an update.
Please @EA_Aljo I beg you not to cater to these people that are complaining about interference penalties for shooting rebounds. Why should the forwards get that option when the only option for defenseman are to wait for the puck to be picked up by their stick? If defenseman don't have the option to desperation shoot it out of the zone, why should the forwards get the option to shoot it in the zone? It is already difficult enough (not impossible as other people put it) but if you give the forwards this, it is just another thing that rewards brain dead spamming up to shoot on the sticks instead of having to do what the defense has to do which is to skate onto and pick up the puck and carry/shoot it out of the area to a teammate.
- @EA_Aljo The desperation controls only work if you are being bumped as it happens. By that same regard, you can also desperation shoot too as a forward so again I say this shouldn't be changed. The desperation controls are ONLY ACTIVE when you are in a bumped state. The exception to this being practice mode where it does what I think it should do in game and can be activated from anywhere on the ice.
- @hiperay Defence do have that option aswell and are also put in a position where they may get an interference penalty. Neither should happen because its completely unrealistic and a broken horrible mechanic. I am all for skill gap(Really enjoy the skill gap created with hitting) but this is simply a bad feature.
- @HighTmatthew How is it unrealistic that you have to wait until you actually pick up the puck before you can shoot it? That is the most realistic thing you can think of. You can't shoot a puck that never comes to you right? So having two people battle for positional advantage in front of said puck before getting it and either A. clearing it as the defense. or B. shooting a rebound at the net as the offense should make the most sense then from a realism perspective should it not? Which is why I also say that you should be able to do those previously mentioned "aggressive" dives or desperation moves at the puck when its in front. This would be most true to hockey in the form of players making bold attempts at loose pucks in front of the net from both the offensive and defensive teams respectively.
@hiperayit's unrealistic because nobody has ever gotten an interference call when they are trying to shoot it makes no sense. In real life both players are fighting to chop at the puck which is MUCH more realistically represented by players slapping up on their stick, to bat in a goal or bat away a rebound on defence that by awkwardly standing around waiting to see who randomly picks it up. That does not happen in the NHL. Yeah its frantic and mindless in some ways but so is REAL HOCKEY. Have you ever watched? Players don't awkwardly stand around waiting when a puck is infront of the net, they go crazy trying to wack at it.
Either way in NO WAY would they EVER get an interference penalty when attempting a rebound. That looks so unrealistic. I am a defenceman and I have definitely enjoyed baiting people into interfering with me on accident but I know it doesn't belong in the game. Thats not hockey.
@hiperayYou are off base for two reasons, one may have something to do with whatever modes you play. Firstly, the way the game is setup is that you absolutely need to anticipate and "pre-press" an input any time you want to one-time something. Want to do a one-timer? One touch pass? Smack a loose puck? You need to press the input for it before you reach the puck or the puck reaches you. I feel for you as defense keeps getting nerfed and harder and harder to play but you are effectively arguing for removal of the ability of forwards to bat loose pucks into the net. The second reason is that in online modes, especially EASHL, there is a slight input delay that doesn't exist in offline modes. You do need to anticipate and occasionally spam a move you want executed a fraction of a second later instead of waiting for real time input. I get your logic about waiting to have the puck before shooting it, but with the input delay, even under good ping conditions you'd still get forwards unrealistically holding the puck in the crease for a moment before doing anything.
