NHL25 Controls
Hi, I have played NHL since 2006. The skill stick was the best part of the game, and last year in NHL24 they completely ruined it by making puck protect holding left/right on the right stick. And on ...
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I just don't understand why we can't get the option? I hate having protect puck on L3. I've been playing the NHL series since 09 and have thousands upon thousands of hours playing this game. I find it so frustrating when I'm trying to stick handle and then all of a sudden my character is protecting the puck.
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerYou can't stick handle in stride. That was never possible previously. You have to go into a glide before stickhandling. Which, is how this always worked. You can see the discussion starting on the first page about this for more details.
I understand that- but when I am gliding, or am in the offensive zone, or just anytime I'm not hustling just trying to glide and stick handle I accidently press in L3. As I said.... it's the exact same same problem as having reverse hit on R3. I don't understand why we can't just have some common sense control mapping. I've played this game for so long and this has honestly ruined the experience for me, Everyone keeps say "skill issue" like man I'm a very high level player in this game and this is a real issue.
- EA_Aljo
I get what you're saying. I had the same issue and ended up remapping the controls. It's very frustrating for sure.
All the more reason to work towards having more customization IN GAME for control layouts. Here's another scenario using total control, you poke check the puck off an opposing player, there's that split second where the puck becomes free within reach of both you but you don't get possession right away, you attempt a stick lift hoping to at least stop the other player grabbing it again only to finally gain possession and end up doing the face button deke associated with the same face button and turning the puck over. I could honestly live with having an option to just disable face button dekes on total control as much as others probably wouldn't mind having the option to disable the reverse hit as well. Total control is still great for one button hip checks and the icon passing is pretty useful at times as well and why I feel it's superior over skill stick at this point. Before protect puck was changed holding forehand or backhand would override the hustle input and automatically put you in a glide. One problem solved and another one unintentionally is created. I'm not one of the people who has the issue with misclicking my sticks but I can understand the frustration of inputs working against each other in this game.
