NHL25 Controls
Hi, I have played NHL since 2006. The skill stick was the best part of the game, and last year in NHL24 they completely ruined it by making puck protect holding left/right on the right stick. And on ...
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@FlowBacco I am sorry but just like many others who complain and complain, it gets tiresome and I am here to defend it. You said "it removed the fun of skill from the game and dangling in a sense" which has to be the most contradictory statement about the controls. You can skate at top speed and you can even protect the puck at near top speed (which only the superstars can do while at full speed) but it is physically impossible to puck handle while at top speed. Again you could be near top speed but to be at top speed while moving left to right with the puck is insanity, again unless you are a top class superstar. Any ways back to what you said, there is a skill added to puck protect (you HAVE to let go to then begin stickhandling) which is why people are complaining because it is harder to do. The typical thing for this community is something gets harder, so people complain about it.
NHL 19 - The poke check hitting the skate of the player would guarantee a tripping call. Caused 10 penalties a game because people weren't used to NOT SPAMMING the poke.
NHL 22 - Passing changes requiring more precise passing and punishing players who over cooked passes to bounce of their sticks.
NHL 24 - The Goalie Tether System (could have been fixed with a quick tweak of the location of the stick for post hug) but instead, the goalie community crucified EA with one person saying "they wanted to be able to play with one hand".
NHL 24 - The new hitting system requiring precise accuracy when going for a hit and again PUNISHING them for missing. Added a skill of knowing when to hit and when to shove. People still want it reverted though.
NHL 24 - The hitting boost mechanic was removed and it became HARDER to hit. Yet people complained and it was quickly reverted within a week.
All of the above are examples of the game being made tougher and the community complaining about it. So yes the puck protect is on the RS. Learn the skill of how to let go to start stick handling and stop complaining.
I realize someone like you who probably had no success and low win % on the previous controls would have this perspective. It’s also hilarious your someone who probably never played real hockey at a high level would say you can’t stick handle left to right while at top speed. Please refrain from trying to come across as well informed and educated on hockey as your entire comment is contradictory to that. I understand your only experience with the hockey is on a videogame console. Please refrain from commenting on my posts, the game is terrible, and the least played of any in recent memory. Thanks for coming to my TEDTalk.
@hiperay has been around for so many years and is honestly a good player. To say he probably would have no success and a low win % is just your way of dismissing his points. Yeah you can stick handle at top speed, but in the real NHL constant defensive pressure put a strain on people and they mess up. Not everyone is Connor McDavid.
- @KingsniperE06 Funny thing you say not everyone is Connor McDavid, but the whole purpose of WoC/EASHL is like being an elite type player that can almost do it all. I mean we all rocking like 93+ speed and gold elite edges. Or in HUT once we advance far enough all the players 90+ are godlike. And I've said it for so many years... Offense must always trump defense because majority of people want to score goals. There are organized leagues out there that ban abilities to help promote offense even.
If we were all meant to be like McDavid, our player builds in EASHL wouldn't average out to be 78 overall.
Like yeah, the skating is always high in terms of speed and acceleration, but that's usually at the expense of agility and/or balance (plus Slapshot accuracy and power, obviously). I think eashl builds need a lot of work done to them but that's besides the point
@FlowBaccoOkay since we want to talk like that, I realize someone who lacks skill wants the game to be easier. I am sorry you lack the ability to get better at this game. I am sorry you have the inability to let go of the RS at the right moment so you can move the puck to the opposite side of where it was. My entire statement you said is contradictory, but you provide literally no proof of that? Sure I didn't play a lot of hockey you got me there, but I am smart enough to have an education and know that when you are diverting your brain to two different tasks (in this case skating at top speed and moving the puck side to side) they will not be performed at 100% efficiency. It might be close to 100% but never full.
Taken from verywellmind.com
"Multitasking takes a serious toll on productivity. Our brains lack the ability to perform multiple tasks at the same time—in moments where we think we're multitasking, we're likely just switching quickly from task to task."
This is how you make a counter to a statement with facts. I would like to not come to your TEDTalk ever again on the count of I might lose more brain cells by the time I have finished your zero proof statements on a forum but I must because people like you need to stop complaining or you will ruin this game.
P.S. Maybe I should go give you an old school Nintendo controller and you can play using just two buttons and a d-pad since the controllers of the current generation have too many options and are just too hard for you to utilize correctly.
Sorry Aljo, I am just tired of people attacking you and EA for the stuff you guys are doing right.I stopped reading your novel after you said “no, I never played hockey” because that’s all I needed to see. Anyone who plays in the ECHL and above can move the puck left to right at full speed without puck protecting. I know that must seem crazy to a house player like yourself but that’s reality. Enjoy living in your virtual fantasy, maybe try some more positive hobbies than commenting on random people’s posts, especially when your completely outmatched mentally and never played the game in real life 😘
- @FlowBacco Well I am going to stop having this conversation with you as I have made my point while you have done nothing to make yours. You have ignored my facts which means you are in your own delusional world. I am also stopping on the fact that I guess you have a difficult time with reading since you quoted me saying "no, I never played hockey" which was not accurate as I said "Sure I didn't play a lot of hockey". Those are completely different statements. Anyways go back and read my quoted statement on what multitasking is and how it effects the brain. Maybe you will understand but given that someone who provides zero evidence to their argument is saying that I am "completely outmatched mentally" (that's how you quote something by the way), I highly doubt it.
- @FlowBacco Funny thing I always notice is the best players stay the best players regardless of the changes. Also while the game is meant to simulate hockey it doesn't simulate it to 100% and never will. You play what is given to you and make the most of it.
