Put back the protect button to X/A
Hi, Right now it's impossible for me to deke without triggering the protect puck animation and it makes this game feels TERRIBLE. I can't score 20% of my breakaways or my attacks in the crease aga...
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community Manager
@143mg wrote:
I can't believe this was removed. It's so game breaking.
This was heavily exploited and easily one of the areas of the game we had the most feedback about. It's gone and there are no plans to return it. I'm sure it could have stuck around if it was used as intended, but that simply wasn't the case when combined with LT/L2.
@EA_Aljo wrote:
@143mg wrote:I can't believe this was removed. It's so game breaking.
This was heavily exploited and easily one of the areas of the game we had the most feedback about. It's gone and there are no plans to return it. I'm sure it could have stuck around if it was used as intended, but that simply wasn't the case when combined with LT/L2.
I am ecstatic that the team is appearing more empathetic to the plight of the average player. The experience in this game can be ruined by the elite-sweats who abuse outdated mechanics and it's awesome that EA is putting their foot down.
- @KidShowtime1867 I'm right here saying the same thing. It should be heavily nerfed. People shouldn't be able to skate backwards and play the entire game that way.
That said, not being able to turn your body is ridiculous. It happens so many times in an NHL game. There were a million ways to nerf this (just don't let them be superstar backskaters. That stuff is ridiculous), and instead they just broke a button map and dusted their hands and called it a day.
