Make Hitting Great Again
Put the same controls we've had for 15 years back in the game.
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I don't remember ever saying that lol.
I'd like to think I'd excel at it with how my team gels together but the vast majority of players would have an extremely difficult time if all one timers were fully manual to the point it'd be scrapped almost immediately.
I don't think there is any vision control in the offensive zone like before and people are already posting how they keep hitting instead of shooting
@TTZ_Dipsy wrote:I don't remember ever saying that lol.
I'd like to think I'd excel at it with how my team gels together but the vast majority of players would have an extremely difficult time if all one timers were fully manual to the point it'd be scrapped almost immediately.
I don't think there is any vision control in the offensive zone like before and people are already posting how they keep hitting instead of shooting
Right, so it's all good when defensive actions require precise timing and analog movement, but offensively there is no timing or precise movement required. This is why the game is Harlem Globetrotters on ice and doesn't resemble hockey at all. Automated contortionist no-look puck receptions, one button Michigans, skating into the boards full speed with the puck with no consequences, etc.
- @Jagavekov Yep.. go to quick 3's and search as a "skater" there are 2 forwards and one defenseman. So theoretically you should be a defenseman about 1/3 of the time correct? Well you will almost NEVER play forward unless you search for that. Nobody wants to play defenseman because they've stripped every tool they have. Then anytime defenseman have any tool or advantage in the game 90% of the people who play this game (forwards) complain about the advantages they have. So the defense having pole checks that aren't strong enough to dislodge the puck and hits that are more risk than reward are fine and in a good place. Suggest the hip check is too strong (to that I agree) and they all are QUICK to agree because it would handicap the defense even more if it's nerfed. They start giving more tools to the defense and yes, people are gonna complain but maybe some more people will "want" to play defense? Right now I just feel myself keeping them to the outside and not giving up a high danger shot. I can get hits once in a while.. get pokes once in a while but usually they either get it back or my stick goes for their feet instead of the puck.. it can be risky even with good attributes. Then they nerf the ability to send the puck down the ice to kill a penalty. Meanwhile offense gets icon passing in case they can't aim and one button dekes in case they're too hard because we want everyone to be able to use them.. I mean how far do we gotta go to get SOME love for defense? I know defensemen are by FAR the minority of this community but it's getting pretty bad..
- I'm personally loving the hitting this year. The mechanic isn't hard to figure out, either. You pull the RS back when you want to move into the hit, then you push the RS forward when you're close to the guy to finish the hit.
I'm currently running a 6'2" 210 defensive defenseman, gold truc and silver shutdown, 90 checking. I'm racking up hits like crazy. I can routinely get 15 or so hits per game.
@Jagavekov
They made some really stupid decisions this year but I don't think hitting is one of them - Say what you want about the dedicated hipcheck button I've been begging for for years, but it's about time they made hitting a little more nuanced.
Offense and defense has always been imbalanced and pretty much nobody but the L2 abusers enjoy it; Defense requires you to be too perfect to pull off anything useful and you're further punished by horrid AI D/goalies- @TTZ_Dipsy Yep. And all the posts asking to bring that back and make puck protect easier. Having to use the analog sticks to protect the puck is hard but defensemen aiming hits and using DSS "balances" the game. I play Center when I can but pick "skater" if playing drops.. this game is doing an awful job with balance. Expected after hearing all the changes but it's pretty bad.
