@rsandersr47 wrote:
@JagavekovI'm fine with no dump ins tbh. Also puck battles are hard to figure out.. should there be a bit less perfection with puck control? Sure! But there have been what 5-6 Michigan goals in NHL history? I scored 2 in my VERY first 6's game. Had 1 in 5 quick 3's games in a row.. I've probably had more hip checks than I've ever seen in the NHL. Broken glass, cool way to have an unneeded faceoff and stop play! Cool! Broken sticks are back!? Awesome! I have been begging EA for the ability to break my stick on a goal attempt! *sarcasm* I think some things should be diff from the real sport like Broken sticks.. why add that? I also like the stronger puck control but it's too good you can be poked and just reach back and regain possesion and slide right by a defender because offense takes precedence.. They also stop play for icing many times even when the offense gets there first so stoppage in play.. forces fights to stop play.. why? I'm just so sick of all the stops in play. Then the post goal sequence where we get to see our player's sweaty face and your teammates just skating behind him like their dog just ran away and you can't skip it..
I guess what I'm saying is I do want more real hockey BUT without all the stoppages in play. Dump in to me feels like a stoppage of sorts. I like continous puck movement and controlled entries. Hip checks and Michigan goals are insane.. I'm fine with the Michigan being in the game but 1 button and any build can do it? Wild. You should NEED the X factor ability for it.. honestly, it should have to take up a player's zone ability. Then when you face that player you are fully aware you need to watch for it. People on here say it's easy to defend and it can be but when they snake around the back of the net and you're blocking the 1T on the opposite side... you're giving it up if someone isn't able to get there in time.
Sorry buddy, but this post is the definition of why the devs are confused, people that plays this game are confused 😐 By trying to please each and everyone, it becomes a ball of confusion…
You are fine with:
- No dump in's
- No puck battles
- No broken sticks
You don’t like:
- The goal cellys
- Any sorts of stoppage of play
You are not sure about:
- The Michigan
- The dump in's
- The hip checks
See what I’m trying to say ? Each and everyone got their opinions and likes and dislikes in the game. Because of what ? Because the game over the years derived from REAL HOCKEY pure and simple. And now we have this….A big ball of confusion !
Again, I will say it again, this game really needs two versions. One for REAL HOCKEY with dump in’s, puck battles, board battles, broken sticks, puck that gets deflected in the crowd and so on and one version for people that wants to just smash buttons as quickly as possible and trying to counter cheese with cheese with fluorescent skates and clown gears.
real hockey is more messy.. there is no way to program puck battles without it feeling unfair for whomever loses the puck..
Get rid of the heavy aim-assist on poke checks, have pokes actually do something along the boards (make attacker have to pick it back up). They could do this, it just slows the game down and hampers offense - which they clearly don't want to do. At least not in the way of killing the rush and having poke checks be OP because people complain about it all the time.
