Player switching is broken. Video
https://www.xbox.com/play/media/rXDxgX3ts5
Forum Discussion
It does not go to the player you want on a constant basis. in your post above you admitted the game may choose the player it thinks has the best play on the puck. That is not want the player wants, They want the game to let them pick the player they are trying to pick as they may have a different way to defend the play than the game thinks that hey should.
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerWhen you manually select a player by holding in RT/R2 and then flicking the stick in the direction of the player you want, this overrides the automatic player switching. Regardless, I know it's not the easiest to get the player you want unless there are no other players along the same path you're aiming.
@EA_Aljo wrote:When you manually select a player by holding in RT/R2 and then flicking the stick in the direction of the player you want, this overrides the automatic player switching. Regardless, I know it's not the easiest to get the player you want unless there are no other players along the same path you're aiming.
I have tried this several hundred times and it absolutely does not work the way it is supposed to. Does it sometimes land on the player I wanted? Sure but it's a crapshoot and that is a huge problem. Maybe they built it out for it to be the way you have stated but in actual gameplay it just doesn't do it. The game is already offensive based enough and not allowing people to control the players they need to on defense to overcome poor AI is extremely important. Glad you are passing on the feedback and hope something is done to get it taken care of.
I am interested in this. The current system does not work well. I like the button selection idea.
