Community ManagerRegarding the Extra Padding x-factor, do one timers count as slap shots?
Community Manager
@SummerOfDekes wrote:
Regarding the Extra Padding x-factor, do one timers count as slap shots?
If they take a one timer with a full windup, it's a slapshot. Otherwise, it's more of a catch and release and can be a wristshot/snapshot.
@darkryd3r wrote:
thanks for the patch👍
Looking forward to jumping again into the boards as a celebration. Also I like that the trigger for the manual gpal celebrations has been improved🫶
@EA_Aljo just one little thing I have noticed:
is there a reason why the jersey of the Vancouver Canucks do not show up the sponsors? Neither on home jersey and helmet nor on away helmet. Will it be patched or is it a licensing issue? Maybe you have some information or you can pass it on. Thanks🍻
As you mentioned, that's a licensing issue.
@PlayoffError wrote:
Goalies have been terrible for a couple of years now, hopefully this patch is the first step towards fixing them.
@EA_Aljoquick question about the changes to push checks in front of the net. In 3v3 club games there are no cross-checking penalties. Will this change introduce them, or will defenders be able to spam the push check without worrying about taking penalties in this mode?
This is from the patch notes:
"However, multiple push checks within a short time frame, regardless of distance to net, can result in Cross Check penalty."
Yes, you'll still take cross-checking penalties when spamming shoves.
I am writing to say how terrible this update was. You changed the whole way the game is played and worst of all the gameplay speed. You could've updated the goalies, which are still basically irrelevant, and not changed the whole way the game is played in regards to HUT. Since the latest patch i no longer want to even play the game because of the amount of glitches and slowed down gameplay. I am a division 3/2 player and when i talk to my opponents they are saying the same thing. Why would you change so much in the game midway through the season? You nerfed the whole wheels synergy and removed the advantage that players gain after spending time trying to get these players to have an advantage in the first place. Please update the game back to where it was before the latest patch as it was much more enjoyable.
Updated Feedback:
The regular hitting isn't perfect but it is more reasonable.
Something strange I noticed is a hit against the boards on a perpendicular path can cause you to bounce backwards roughly 5 feet. I've only experienced it a handful of times so far.
Since regular hitting is no longer as effective, hip checking is taking over again. That issue was never properly addressed in the first place and now the gameplay is back to square one with hip checks being the primary check being thrown.
Entire teams skating backwards with their butts in the air is ... not immersive, to put it politely.
There are legitimate complaints about the state of body checking, but I feel a lot of that stems from the overwhelming advantage given towards offensive tools.
When the only way to shut down a dangling forward playing keep away in the offensive zone is to catch them off guard with a "speed boosted" body check, removing it creates/widens the imbalance.
Now even if you are successful connecting with a check, they can shrug it off and regain the puck easily.
Reduce the ability of players to quickly regain possession after a check/poke and it will help. There is way too much "magnetism" to put the puck back on their stick immediately after they are forced to lose control.
