Why did you changed the hitting ? The hitting and hitting controls in this game is not working at all . Are you planning on bringing back hitting and the hitting controls (skill stick ) that we have had for many years that worked fine or should we try to get our money back ?
Community ManagerThanks for the feedback on this. Definitely appreciate it.
I wouldnt say it works well. I also wouldnt say its impossible. Id say its unnecessarily difficult. My personal opinion and everyone i play with dont feel there was issues with it so not sure why it was changed. We still average probably 50-60 hits a game but we dont even think the animations are not as good either. The penalty for missing a hit and being completely out of the play isnt the same penalty as a player that gets hit… they bounce right back up most times and get into the play. I have more of an issue with that then the pointless control change(in our opinion)
I find the hitting mechanics in this game atrocious.
I try to line up and it takes a second to do the animation of the should check or "Shove" and either it doesn't do anything, hits and looks broken, or lunges the wrong way.
I agree the hitting in past games was substantially better. No one ever did complain about it.
Merging the two hitting mechanics to keep the simplicity and adding a power hit that works like it does currently. I think this would give us better options across all play styles. Also more fluidity with the physicality in the game.
Just being able to rub a player our on the boards without that shove animation would be awesome. If i want to dump him over the boards (L1 + Hit Button) to create the power move to put him over or an open ice hit that is amazing vs just a plain hit. Can use it to knock someone off the puck so you don't get a penalty vs (L1 + Hit button) to power shove him down and potentially take a penalty if executed wrong.
Obviously the power hit vs non hit can be mapped differently for how the chosen control scheme is set (hybrid vs SS).
Just my two cents on the matter,
Community ManagerWe're aware of this and have plans to address it.
@Blacksunshine93I agree.. going for a hit while minimizing the risks of taking yourself out of position has always been hard, but this year it's just extra penalizing because of the exaggerated animation. It's also much harder to execute this year because of the time-wasting wind up and the speed of the forwards. Add in the input lag (been getting 100ms gameplay feel with 13ms ping for the last2 weeks) and it's near impossible to be physical yet to remain responsible defensively.
Tell me about it. The amount of times that failed hit animation and trash execution has left me short handed is insane. I just don't bother hitting people anymore. just run into them hoping the get staggered enough to let go of the puck or fall over.
Most unrealistic expectation of a hit i have ever seen.
It's more like a crappy Madden football shoulder check than a hockey one.
Trash..this is why nhl keeps going downhill year after year in users...it took me 5 minutes to get in the game...never has that happened to me and I've been playing since 93 (before internet play).why is that? Because hitting and absolutely smashing people who couldn't get out of the way was so fun...now it's all skill stick BS and way too hard to check as a casual player....a lvl 10 player has no chance against a P3 player...it's stupid...there should be 2 game modes...1 real life hockey and 1 throwback game that you can choose to play with the easy big hits, that way you'd get a lot more people on the servers. Give the people a choice with the new gen.
No it's not the same.
Yes this is the worst game and gameplay by faaaar. So arcade whit the stupid hitting and speed boost. Everyone go look youtube creators videos what they are saying about this game. Tony sauce, trash94 gaming, imhence...
Little tip for the next nhl25 game @EA_Aljo this hitting needs to be gone or fixed if u want make people happy and play the game +buy packs and your pruducts
