@KlariskraysNHL wrote:
@TheUnusedCrayonVideo 1 - You start hustling as the pass is coming so your stick is in the air.
Video 2 - You did everything right he was just there to pick it off because of stick on stick contact. It just stunk you picked it up and were at like a stop.
Video 3- Way too early and far on a stick lift attempt. The defense in front managed to keep the player from getting a solid shot off.
Video 4 - You are skating backwards at the very start when there is literally no reason to be. You and the Ai are in the same area which means if you were a dman you should be farther wide or farther back and thus could have retrieved the puck in the corner and challenged, but since you didn't.... You stood still facing towards the other end of the rink when you should be facing the person with the puck for the best chance as intercepting it.
So forwards are allowed to pick up passes hustling, but defenders can't.
Video 2 isn't about the first interception. It's about the 2nd one that's literally in perfect positioning and it goes off his skate for a breakaway.
Video 3 there is no stick lift or one that I care about. I'm saying I'm in between the player and the pass perfectly, as close to the shooter as possible so the "You're too close so they overpowered it through you" argument doesn't apply. Why does the puck go to the forward and not the defenseman who is in proper position, facing the proper way to have tape next to tape, and still can't pick it up?
Video 4 is just you making up weird scenarios for why a puck going slow as molasses can't be picked up as it snails past the stick. Are players in this game incapable of rotating their eyes to see different fields of view or are they incapable of turning their heads towards the play? Why are you creating scenarios of how I defend poorly when the puck literally gets passed to me? If I back up more, then I'm just taking away what the goaltender already has, if the player that he's passing to gets back into an acceptable passing position then I've got the pass. Either way...
Why must we keep creating these lame excuses for why defense is playing like they have blindfolds on? Come on, guys. Be better.
@TheUnusedCrayonWhen the devs had been on the forums and answered questions and people didn't like their reasons they got angry at the devs and that ended up ruining the communication here because a devs word wasn't good enough.
But don't worry you can post whatever else you want I'll just refrain from giving my 2 cents on the plays because it isn't what you want to hear.
@KlariskraysNHL wrote:
@TheUnusedCrayonYou just don't like hearing how what isn't the answer you want. When the devs had been on the forums and answered questions and people didn't like their reasons they got angry at the devs and that ended up ruining the communication here because a devs word wasn't good enough.
People are fine with the answers when they make sense. It's a tired excuse for poor communication.
I'm bringing logic to the discussion. Others are intentionally removing it and saying logic shouldn't apply to the video game. I expect higher standards for a billion dollar company to put in basic things (that already exist by the way) that make the simple things work.
I dunno what happened in vid 2 but the player wasn't even looking at the puck in 3 and 4 and definitely shouldn't have stopped the puck.
I can't say for certain but I'm pretty sure the team didn't program eyes and heads to shift the way you want them to. Clearly, there is a lot to be desired when it comes to authenticity and overall gameplay but at the end of the day this is still a mish mash of 1's and 0's and we needa do they best we can with the tools (currently) given.
It's all about vision control. Hold LT/L2 between the puck carrier and receiver. It works 9/10
If it's an active 2 on 1. The best available option is either switching to goalie or dive block.
Plenty of the examples here also work when making your opponent double think their set up approach.
Who cares right... "it's just a game!"
What a response from people who spend their time discussing and defending said game on forums. It was right in years past, how hard can it be to make it right again? Paid 100$ for this.
This replay of my friend playing as a Defensive Defenseman:
