Make Hitting Great Again

My buddy is using a playmaker build in EASHL and is dishing out proper cross/shoulder checks just fine.

Didn't realize just needing to pull back then up would cause this much trouble - People also forget that we used to have a dedicated hipcheck button (R3) last gen

I think the hip check overall is fine and I don't care that it's meta but it is 100% overpowered. I got hip check on a forecheck when the other team had pressure last night and we were both skating the same way. I got touched and went flying and he picked up the puck. 

Please explain how to hip check a player skating in the same direction? If you cannot explain it, it is OP. I agree it's more in the animations and what happens when contact is made because you automatically go flying but it is also fairly easy to avoid by taking more time instead of flying all over the ice at top speed when your agility nerfed.

My problem is with how people use it.  In the video below it's being misused and the only way to correct this is by nerfing it's movement ability.  It should have a very small movement range when performed to combat inappropriate usage.  If it wasn't for having 97 agility I'd probably get smoked on illegal hipchecks to the front of the legs.

Regular checking works just fine in the game but if people use the hipcheck more than a common check it means change needs to happen.  Hipchecks are meant to be used as a pinch type check usually along the boards/narrow path.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHcmuZKE-dk

@KlariskraysNHL 

I don't feel like the hipcheck is being misused here - yes, they are typically used along the boards to separate the carrier from the puck, but mid-ice hits still happen from time to time. If we're gonna add clipping (and change controls to adjust the height of our hits) to the game, they better re-add boarding, hits from behind, and actually enforce interference and "unsportsmanlike" penalties

Hey, everyone. Just a quick update. We're keeping an eye on the reports of hipchecking being OP. It's currently being investigated. Thanks for all the feedback.

@EA_Aljo 

Y'all already balanced it to take size and speed into account; I can't shake the feeling if you nerf it any further, you'll force another era of ballernia skating since people already stopped cross/shoulder checking...

@TTZ_DipsyIt's the frequency of the use and the outcome that's the issue here, lol. Three people tried to hip-check him back to back to back. Now imagine a team that can utilize the hip-check at any time throughout the whole game, all the time. We got tired of it being done to us, so we learned how to do it ourselves. Again, it's the easiest way to separate the puck from the player. Easier than a shoulder check. Easier than a shove. Easier than a poke check. That's a problem.

https://i.imgur.com/nxd6ZjA.gif

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@Camekrug wrote:

It actually does the exact opposite because defenceman no longer have to be careful with the puck at the blue line because forwards can’t Physically strip them for rushes this year,

A lot of really bad defensmen  are loving the way this game plays for them in the offensive zone- ei less skill

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Good point. Last year it was automatic if you drew it back and hesitated for a second too long, now it's almost impossible. I hate keep away.

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@Jammalammalam wrote:

@TTZ_DipsyIt's the frequency of the use and the outcome that's the issue here, lol. Three people tried to hip-check him back to back to back. Now imagine a team that can utilize the hip-check at any time throughout the whole game, all the time. We got tired of it being done to us, so we learned how to do it ourselves. Again, it's the easiest way to separate the puck from the player. Easier than a shoulder check. Easier than a shove. Easier than a poke check. That's a problem.

https://i.imgur.com/nxd6ZjA.gif

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Perfect demonstration of how bad it is and how top teams will utilize it.