Community ManagerApologies. I read that as us here at EA are blaming the player. Which is something that I've seen numerous times over the years. I fully understand how you feel about the controls as they echo my own sentiments. Personally, I think it's partly a skill issue. There's some skill associated with having a lighter touch. That's just how some people play though. Just like there are those of us with a tighter grip and a heavier touch. The NHL games are intense. Especially with how competitive we all can be. We rely on a lot of muscle memory. Something we've done for the last couple of decades with the old controls. I'm definitely an advocate for adapting. I gave it a good shot. I spent a couple months trying to and just couldn't retrain myself to not click down on the sticks. Unfortunately, I just couldn't get it. So, I think it's more about our nature with how we handle controllers than actual skill.
I don't see the controls changing any time soon. They are most likely staying this way for the foreseeable future. We're either going to have to adapt or remap the controls. The latter isn't ideal, but it's been a very good solution for myself. With as much as I play this game, investing in a controller with this functionality has been worth it.
@EA_AljoNo problem, I didnt say EA was blaming me, I'm just pointing out to whoever tell me it's a skill issue and to ''adapt''. Not one person in particular.
But in other hand, EA awknowledged the reverse hit issue by tweaking it later on so why can't they awknowledge the same issue with protect puck? It's the same thing, just a different button. I know this one is a lot harder to change since it's not going back to a face button..but there's alternative possibilities and they are just being ignored.
Like I said to Kidshowtime, I dont see it as a skill issue....More like an handicap in which case thats how I use my controler all the time, an habit I dont see going away anytime soon.
And again I'm not calling out to change the controler setting as it is, thats not what I saying at all. Just the option to move it or disable it.
Because I'm the only one actively calling it out on the forum to this day, it doesnt mean I'm alone with the issue. It was being called out by many others too earlier when the game came out. There's like what, 1-2% of the actual full community coming on this forum at this time of the year? Most peoples just ''deal'' with it or even though they dislike it, they wont ever come here to let us/you guys know. It doesnt make it less of an issue for many peoples.
