@Big_E_Bronco50The point is you should be able to use either puck protect or stick handles when you speed up by clicking L3, not 100% forced into puck protect...Like it has ever been before.
Clicking L3 is a choice (to some degree) but also a poor excuse to leave a bad mechanic/buttons combo in place they introduced this year. When you're forced to use the hustle to get away of whatever situations because, yes it happens several times through out a game, it's not so much of a choice anymore...and yet I want to be free to use my stick the way I WANT....not the way the game decided to for me. Pretty straightforward to understand.
The real choice is to use stick handles or protect puck whether or not I'm using L3 (hustle).
If they are allowing to remap puck protect to paddles for thoses with elite controller....then damn, I'll be buying an elite controller specifically for this. 😩
the most frustrating thing about this entire mechanic is that releasing puck protect does not work instantly. There is a delay of up to a second before your character disengages from the puck protect mechanic.
This causes issues game after game while on breakaways or maneuvering around tight spaces. For those of us who experience the "fat man lag", it is even worse. But even on servers that feel good and proper, the delay is still there.
As much as I hate to say it, it felt 1000x better to control the puck and maneuver your player in 23. The wrong things were changed for 24.
