LoL. That was a rant and a half, wasn't it? I'm sorry guys, but can you imagine if they took the effort that went into creating a whole chel store, chel coins, and HUT money into actual gameplay features and additions before the release of the game?
Instead, as a defenseman, I get to enjoy this happening over and over and over and over. Gold Stick 'Em Up with a 90+ Stick Checking gets you absolute nothing. I'm trying to abuse the Hip-Check, but with this happening, what other options do I have? Can't really hit regular because that barely works since I have to have my speed/accel at 92 just to catch the speedy wingers. I'm not saying poke should always work, but my goodness, the forwards don't have to do anything but keep skating like the D isn't even there.
@Jammalammalam wrote:LoL. That was a rant and a half, wasn't it? I'm sorry guys, but can you imagine if they took the effort that went into creating a whole chel store, chel coins, and HUT money into actual gameplay features and additions before the release of the game?
Instead, as a defenseman, I get to enjoy this happening over and over and over and over. Gold Stick 'Em Up with a 90+ Stick Checking gets you absolute nothing. I'm trying to abuse the Hip-Check, but with this happening, what other options do I have? Can't really hit regular because that barely works since I have to have my speed/accel at 92 just to catch the speedy wingers. I'm not saying poke should always work, but my goodness, the forwards don't have to do anything but keep skating like the D isn't even there.
this stuff simply cant happen if youre going to nerf DSS and also have poke checking result in almost a total loss of speed....i just dont understand how were still no closer to a well balanced online experience than we were in NHL 09 (we might be farther away actually)
just simple breakdown here:
offense - incorrectly sprints into a defender with almost zero puck protections as theyve initiated a sprint. Did literally nothing right = breakaway, beat his man by a mile
defense - incorrectly uses stick rather than body but timed the poke well enough for contact = flat-footed, completely out of the play, didnt slow the offense down at all as incidental contact was severely decreased in NHL 23 for some reason
how can we continue to pretend that defensive tools are why this game lacks time and space online without even remotely trying to address sakting speed, accelration, incidental contact, pass accuracy, shot accuracy, etc...? we have people that claim they want defense to be a skilled position yet we dont want to give them any of the tools that would push the game that route? We want defense to have a higher skill gap but we keep insisting that we need to be able to intercept every pass ever and that we shouldnt be allowed to skate or truly utilize our body position in a physical manner?
breaking down a simple 1v1 like this into rewarding outcomes for both sides is paramount!! this needs to be in a good place before we start balancing other things..we still do not have prper or expected 1v1 outcomes!!!
