Add legacy (NHL 23 and prior) skill stick control scheme. It's very frustrating that you can't dangle with the right stick anymore, the player ALWAYS goes into protect puck. This reduces the fun of the game and only add frustration.
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@KidShowtime1867 wrote:
I'm with you on this. Not sure why it's so difficult to not click RS while executing a deke.
Yep. As much as I tried, I just couldn't stop clicking it. It drove me crazy. I'm comfortable now with moving those functions to the paddles, but still wish I could just have the old controls back. Except protect puck. I'm glad that was moved.
@Big_E_Bronco50The problem is not the puck protect in itself...but the fact that you can't either use the puck protect OR stick handles when you click L3. Not clicking on L3 is not a fix...Sometimes you are not really given the choices to use it or not when pressured, need to rush between two players or need to gain some distances from a opponents. And when I do so, I dont want to be forced in protect puck everytime agaisnt my will.
Even though the old protect puck was exploited and abused, I was able to chose which one to use depending on the situation. Not anymore.
If we all had elite controller like Aljo with paddles, we could move the puck protect proc/modifier to a paddle and everyting would be perfect, but we cant with the normal controller. I know they wont bring it back to B unless they make some major adjustement to avoid the abuse again. But at least give the option to deactivate it. It's not like some of us are asking the impossible.
The way you choose which one is literally by clicking or not clicking LS. You can still choose. Just need some stick discipline.
@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.
In my experience, it depends on the wear on your particular controller. On my standard Xbox controller, the sticks wear down to the point where just breathing on the right stick causes it to click.
Not a huge issue if you have a controller that has button mapping. On my Gamesir G7 SE, I just mapped the right stick to do nothing when pressed.
@SummerOfDekesAre you talking of protect puck or reverse hit? Because R3 has nothing to do with protect puck, it's L3 that's proccing it + the right stick to protect left or right (while holding down L3).
Clicking R3 (with the puck) is for reverse hit....and without the puck + aiming a direction, it does a puck chop which can be very handy at times.
@Tigidooh wrote:@SummerOfDekesAre you talking of protect puck or reverse hit? Because R3 has nothing to do with protect puck, it's L3 that's proccing it + the right stick to protect left or right (while holding down L3).
Clicking R3 (with the puck) is for reverse hit....and without the puck + aiming a direction, it does a puck chop which can be very handy at times.
You're right, I got my button actions confused. That said, my original comment still has merit in regards to your complaint.
The problem you're having is because you're using L3 to hustle/speed boost while trying to dangle with R3 which protects the puck. If you want to dangle, you need to stop hustling first.
Of course, this can be an issue if your left stick is worn out, as merely moving the stick can trigger an L3 click. What I did was I remapped the L3 click/hustle to one of the extra back buttons on my controller.
@SummerOfDekesOh okay, yeah I get what you mean, you did like Aljo...but that doesnt resolve the problem, I want to be able to hustle and stick handles at the same time, not forced in protect puck. Just like it was in any previous NHL editions. Whether or not I'm using the hustle, I should still be able to chose to protect puck or just stick handles. It's not the case anymore. It take off from our liberty to control the puck/hands the way we want.
@Tigidooh wrote: I want to be able to hustle and stick handles at the same time
No, you want to hustle and deke at the same time. Your player is automatically stick handling for the most part (alternating between forehand/backhand during sustained periods of possession), until you decide to go forehand/backhand. At this point, your feet stop moving and it doesn't make sense to use hustle here - which is why it was doubled up as protect puck.
EA doesn't want you to be hustle skating while holding forehand/backhand, and rightfully so.
