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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EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerI agree there's room for improvement with interceptions. I know the team is aware of the feedback we've received on this as well.
As far as your clips go, the 1st one is certainly curious. Not sure what happened there.
The 2nd looks to possibly be an issue with players coming in contact. I realize it's slight though. It looks like their skates were touching. The puck can't be played when this happens.
In the 3rd video, #11 not making a play for it is most likely due to being too close to react. It would have been nice to see 14 make a play on the puck sooner rather than waiting for it to pass him. At that point, it's grabbed by the opposing forward. This is possibly reaction time based as well.
The 4th clip is definitely frustrating. I wish players had more awareness of how close they are to the net so they would instead angle the puck away.
I think clip 5 is related to contact being made between the 2 players.
Thank you for gathering all these. It's most definitely appreciated.
@EA_Aljo I appreciate that there's reasons these plays turn out the way the do, but from a gameplay perspective they come uncross as undeserved goals and are unrewarding as a result. Not easy to address I'm sure but over the last couple of years, more and more goals for and against just don't feel right. I think that feeling it's causing a growing problem with the community.
Regarding clips 2 and 5 ( especially 2 ). If these played out the way they did because of contact between the two players, it's one of the more frustrating aspects of the game since contact only seems to impact the defensive player's ability to play the puck.
Regarding clips 2 and 5 ( especially 2 ). If these played out the way they did because of contact between the two players, it's one of the more frustrating aspects of the game since contact only seems to impact the defensive player's ability to play the puck.
- EA_Aljo
I'm in agreement with you. We'll just have to wait and see if this is improved in the future.
https://www.xbox.com/play/media/EisDaQdyLd
I took this clip last night. Skater near the boards forces a cross-ice pass, the defender in the slot is in pretty good position to pick off the pass and even starts a puck pick-up animation, but then the animation abruptly stops and the puck goes between his skates and right to the offensive player for an easy tap in goal.
When defenders complain that the game feels rigged in favor of forwards, this is what they're talking about. A defender in the passing lane with more than enough time to intercept a pass has his player stop doing a puck pick-up animation just so that the pass can go straight through him to the forward.
@SummerOfDekes wrote:https://www.xbox.com/play/media/EisDaQdyLd
I took this clip last night. Skater near the boards forces a cross-ice pass, the defender in the slot is in pretty good position to pick off the pass and even starts a puck pick-up animation, but then the animation abruptly stops and the puck goes between his skates and right to the offensive player for an easy tap in goal.
When defenders complain that the game feels rigged in favor of forwards, this is what they're talking about. A defender in the passing lane with more than enough time to intercept a pass has his player stop doing a puck pick-up animation just so that the pass can go straight through him to the forward.
My guess is the pickup animation was stopped in favor of the kick-with-the-skate animation. This failed and the puck went through.
I can see how some people see this and think the game is 'rigged' - but what attributes are at play here? If the defender has a poor defensive awareness rating, it's not uncommon to see mistakes like this - much like you'd see a mistake from a real NHler. Real-world experience will tell you that a pass in the skates is always hard to disrupt due to the lowered reaction time.
same vibes as this
#97 should've played the body on #20 and eliminate attribute RNG as a factor in these scenarios.
- EA_Aljo
Thanks for the clip. I'll send this over to the team.
https://youtu.be/es-asnvKtiQ?si=w-Nvi_09TxcvnbKY
The amount of times I get these chippy pickup attempts on defense sucks, not just in this clip but in general.
- EA_Aljo
Thanks for sending this over. Appreciate it.
