https://twitter.com/boredjason/status/1736976856560046140?s=46&t=VDcTiKkgVNHIhpeMzhe1jgSo can someone explain to me why when I’m attempting to pass towards my center (29) that not only does the pass avoid him, it doesn’t even go to the secondary target 👿 which I would’ve been ok with passing to, instead it’s going to the far D coming into the play behind the defender???? It in turn sets up a 2 on 0 breakaway for the CPU. What are we doing? The speed of the pass shouldn’t have mattered in this scenario either because if it was too fast one of the two *should* attempt to stop it right?? It’s almost equivalent to some of the early clips I posted in late October/ early November with the teammate lifting their skate even though that player was the intended target of the pass

@BoredJason13 Nobody can explain anything hahahha! They will let the devs know and they might look into it in 3-5 years. They only have 9 more months to make more chel clothes for next year's game! What I have found is that typically the offense always has the advantage with puck possesion and you REALLY have to do something on defense to change that. Simply poking often times means your guy plants himself into the ground and if the poke doesn't have the correct amount of power then they just regain possesion and skate past you as you have to start skating again. However, randomly on some passes it does seem the game WANTS to pass it to a defender. I've noticed (I use analog passing still) that when I try to pass to someone (maybe) I'm a TINY bit off in my pass but it seems the pass directs itself straight to a defender and they pick it off clean. It's not often, and seems to happen more in the offensive zone or near the blue line heading into the zone. It's the worst when your guy is in perfect position for the pass heading into the offensive zone and it just targets them on a breakaway. I mean if I missaimed by a foot in the game.. that's what 1/10 of a centimeter on the controller? The game didn't recognize who I intended to pass it to? It seems like they want people to use button passing. Personally I like the analog passing more and to me it helped create the skill gap but it seems EA wants to limit that as much as possible and create artificial parody.

@EA_Aljo Apologies, when I clipped it, the clip started at the passhttps://twitter.com/boredjason/status/1737129713389220280?s=46&t=VDcTiKkgVNHIhpeMzhe1jg

@BoredJason13 wrote:@EA_AljoApologies, when I clipped it, the clip started at the passhttps://twitter.com/boredjason/status/1737129713389220280?s=46&t=VDcTiKkgVNHIhpeMzhe1jgThis is actually a fantastic demonstration of how EA's passing mechanic needs some fixing.You can tell that EA decided the pass was intended for #29 and thus instructs #6 to avoid reception based on how the player control indicator switches to #29 (as it will always auto-switch to the intended recipient). Sometimes you'll see this happen with a subsequent animation like the player lifting their leg up to avoid disrupting the pass but any animation like that is absent in this sequence, so it makes it look as though #6 is just broken. Good clip! Hopefully this can be addressed and/or maybe there's a pass accuracy % we can set in our settings to try and limit these from happening.

I don’t know how an emoji got in there, the secondary target number was 6 haha

@BoredJason13 There are multiple calculations going on for this. Speed of the pass, passing ratings of the players involved, positioning, etc. It would be good to see a better video of this as the one you provided is kind of stutter-y.

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dhwjr8682
New Traveler
2 years ago
This is likely because EA's passing system is based on their bad understanding of hockey strategy and not based on where you're aiming your passes at all. I find my guys try to cycle the puck (straight to a defender) more likely than creating space, which is quintessential to hockey...just ask the Great One. Also they still don't seem to understand defensive positioning and when passes get intercepted or blocked vs when they get through. It's damn near impossible to feed the slot in this game yet if you look at NHL analytics, like 70% of scoring chances come from the slot - this means either NHL defenders aren't defending right or the EA team isn't programming right...your pick?
dhwjr8682
New Traveler
2 years ago
@EA_AljoI get this but despite calculations, why doesn't the puck simply go to the player you direct it to, even with pass assist at 100? Rather it arbitrarily goes to a direction based on the strategy chosen many times and frankly ends up going directly to the cpu players. I simply want passes to go to who I aim them to go to! BTW these are NHL players right? I get Draisaitl is a better passer than Joe Shmo but at the same time, these guys earn a living on this and most of them can pass EXTREMELY accurately when given a nanosecond...why can't the game reflect (and reSPECT) this? Ultimately passing should be more based on the choice of the user and not as much on the stats of the player.
KidShowtime1867
Hero
2 years ago
@dhwjr8682 wrote:
Rather it arbitrarily goes to a direction based on the strategy chosen
That's not how it works.
BoredJason13
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
@EA_Aljo I’ve moved the pass assist slider down to 33% but I’m still seeing this problem. Not as often as before but when the AI is skating near each other, it’s usually goes to the player in the worse position/ the lesser shooter of the two
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
2 years ago
@BoredJason13

Lowering your pass assist means you need to be more precise with your aim. As far as players letting passes through when they shouldn't be goes, the team is looking into this.
BoredJason13
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago
@EA_Aljo Oh yes I completely understand that. I’ve had a couple times where I know I missed a pass by a lot because I definitely didn’t aim properly

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