@TTZ_Dipsy wrote:
@KidShowtime1867Crazy thought, just spitballin here - how about... AI just worries about it's own positioning and role and lets it all be on the humans for any "mistakes" they make?
I've actually always been a proponent of that. When I say there are A.I. mistakes because of human mistakes, I'm not saying that's how it should be. I'm just saying that's how it is. I think people conflate that and think I am demanding nothing be changed and EA is perfect lmao
However, I do believe if this change was made ( the a.i. worries only about their position) - you would see a waterfall of complaints because the EA NHL players who complain the most about the current A.i. are the ones pulling players out of position and they likely ignore the times that the a.i. bails them out. If the a.i. stopped bailing people out for making poor decisions - the community would be in a complete uproar demanding they go back to observing for and taking over coverage.
@TTZ_Dipsy wrote:
I've never needed the game to be perfect; like you said it's basically impossible to do so -- I think it's more than fair to expect them to actually buckle down and work on fixing a ton of quality of life stuff. Many issues we're all used to have been around for literally a decade +. I should not and will not just "it is what it is, roll with the punches" this, it is 100% unacceptable.
I agree. Quality of life stuff has taken a backseat for some reason. That said, I've given up trying to encourage change to fit my view of what hockey should be. Rather, I come here to point out how things work, why things play out in clips the way they do and how to get better outcomes. Some people think this is me agreeing with how things play out and every decision EA makes and that's not the case.
@KidShowtime1867 Nono, I completely understand the logic behind your posts; there is a direct cause and effects with every unique play that goes on. I truly believe we have the most of the pieces we need for something everyone likes, we just need to uh, rearrange em better.
Mm, I can't speak for 6v6 but I promise you no matter what setting they're on, the AI defense will bail you out with a hit or poke like 2/10 times. Goalies are a tiiiiiny bit better on breakaways compared to last year but you're talking a neglable amount. AI are taking atrocious penalties when they have no reason to and we all know penalty shots are pretty much guaranteed, even with thr new logic/movement system in place.
You can literally just skate up to them to the point everybody acts as if they truly dont exists and that is a massive problem. They even have a 2 second delay on every faceoff its insane!
They don't need to do much, just try even a tiny bit. I firmly, truly, honestly believe nobody will miss them trying horribly to "cover" you - especially defensemen along the offensive blue line and forwards criss crossing near the net to cycle.
@TTZ_Dipsy wrote:You can literally just skate up to them to the point everybody acts as if they truly dont exists and that is a massive problem. They even have a 2 second delay on every faceoff its insane!
That is actually insane. I didn't notice the delay until you mentioned it. Now I can't unsee it lol
