Passes not being intercepted
This happens all the time I will get more clips, in this case you can actually hear the puck hit my stick while directly going through my legs while I am face up to the puck. I have also been on the ...
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Skill gap? What skill gap? When you can keep forcing passes through players with a high reception rate is it even because you're skilled anymore? The lack of decent interception rates for forced passes and good intercept anticipation is extremely low. I guess top teams with goals in the thousands already is right where this game should be, am I right?
Playing as a sniper is pointless on defense, you can be right in the lane and your lucky if your skater acknowledges the puck going by him at best. Any nhl character in an nhl video game controlled by someone with enough hockey sense to be in position to intercept or at least disrupt a pass should be! This issue is infuriating for defensive play.
EA_AljoCommunity Manager
Just a quick update on this. We are aware of the recent feedback you all have been providing on intercepts. The team is looking in to it so when there's news, we'll get it relayed to the community.
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Even when your player is in proper position, and even when they do make contact with the oncoming pass, they very frequently just bobble the puck and immediately lose it.
I use a PMD and stay between offensive threats, intercepting passes. The majority do not stay on my stick for me to retain possession. 84 def awareness and 90 puck control 86 hand eye. I would thjnk that is enough to not consistently mishandle soft easy loose pucks or passes.
In general, picking up loose pucks is a big issue on both ends of the ice.
https://youtu.be/Wym2jMfhnw4?si=78REBu_gMqESgZrT
https://youtu.be/2W_qATbItLE?si=-hYi1M9-fVXicDC-
https://youtu.be/a0FHvsmU9Ow?si=RGd5gsIIKthcufqN
Not that all passes should be intercepted or even disrupted but there has to be some middle ground here. The passer should have to think twice if someone is actually well positioned to cover their target or in the lane at a reasonable distance to react to the pass. Don't get me wrong a well timed pass in the gap between a defenders feet and stick at close proximity where it is tough to get a handle on the puck should sneak through more often than not but this has to be recognized by well timed passes not the forced garbage we see now.
Third clip my guy could at least react to the puck whizzing by his feet or maybe get it deflected to some extent. The rest of this clip shows the fight glitch in club where you can get drawn into a fight you did nothing to instigate, will also post in that thread.
