Community ManagerHey there, @vinnyfbaby88
The reason this wasn't intercepted is due to the power of the pass so your players reaction time was a little late. Also, the defensive awareness attribute is in play so if that is on the lower end, interceptions won't be as likely. Thanks for getting the video. That greatly helps understand what happened.
@EA_Aljo wrote:Hey there, @vinnyfbaby88
The reason this wasn't intercepted is due to the power of the pass so your players reaction time was a little late. Also, the defensive awareness attribute is in play so if that is on the lower end, interceptions won't be as likely. Thanks for getting the video. That greatly helps understand what happened.
If that's the reasoning then why can the offensive player play the puck without losing speed here? He's not even facing the play and receiving it on his back hand.
The power of the pass should only matter if you're close to the passer. He's right next to the receiving player. Rocket passes are a serious issue that needs addressing.
Thank you for your reply. For clarification the pass is hard enough for my player not to react accordingly but not hard enough for my stick to change the trajectory of the pass? Yesterday I played with a TWF 88 defensive awareness and silver quick pick. I found that in some situations like this I would intercept it and in others I would just interrupt the pass as in the puck deflecting off my stick into the corner or out of the zone. I do understand the broader problem with an overall buff to the defensive awareness in the game as 5v5 can get very congested in the o zone, However, in EASHL 3v3 specifically I believe an overall buff to defensive awareness would be received positively as too many players are being rewarded for making a bad hockey play.
The defensive awareness attribute doesn’t work right. I’ve had plays where I was in position and the game decided the pass was getting through.. at 99 d awareness. It should never get through if you hold L2 and are facing the pass OR if your stick is angling towards the play and you time your poke check.
So tired of people coming up with excuses of why things don’t work right
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@couture2fat2fly wrote:
@EA_Aljo https://youtu.be/8gi6m9PWEYc?si=YvG2tp059xmRG_Qa
This one looks pretty odd. I'll pass it on to the team. Thank you.
@EA_Aljo wrote:Hey there, @vinnyfbaby88
The reason this wasn't intercepted is due to the power of the pass so your players reaction time was a little late. Also, the defensive awareness attribute is in play so if that is on the lower end, interceptions won't be as likely. Thanks for getting the video. That greatly helps understand what happened.
That would be fine if the pass power and reaction time also mattered for the offensive players but it doesn't. Different rules for defense and offense.
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@couture2fat2fly wrote:
@EA_Aljo https://youtu.be/8gi6m9PWEYc?si=YvG2tp059xmRG_Qa
Thanks for sending this over. The player performed a one touch pass. They didn't just let the puck through or miss a pick up.
@EA_Aljo wrote:
@couture2fat2fly wrote:
@EA_Aljohttps://youtu.be/8gi6m9PWEYc?si=YvG2tp059xmRG_QaThanks for sending this over. The player performed a one touch pass. They didn't just let the puck through or miss a pick up.
Are we seriously going to blame the user on this one?
With one touch passing there's an audible noise, is there not?
@TheUnusedCrayon wrote:
@EA_Aljo wrote:
@couture2fat2fly wrote:
@EA_Aljohttps://youtu.be/8gi6m9PWEYc?si=YvG2tp059xmRG_QaThanks for sending this over. The player performed a one touch pass. They didn't just let the puck through or miss a pick up.
Are we seriously going to blame the user on this one?
With one touch passing there's an audible noise, is there not?
I'm quite confused at the explanation for this as well. I don't see a one touch pass animation. I see a reception animation that was suddenly cancelled. If it were a one touch pass, where was this pass supposed to be headed?
Community ManagerThanks, @KidShowtime1867. I see what you mean. I passed this on to the team and it's being reviewed.
@kezz123one thing to consider is the kind of shot you take. For example high slapshots from the point are easily blocked, but low wrist shots from the point, I find, will go through 5 guys easily and in or deflected in.
Update Mike Inglehart said in an interview on sleeveless gaming that the team is aware of inconsistencies when manually intercepting passes.
What do I do here. In the first video Lidstrom has gold quick pick on and doesn’t intercept the pass. The second video I am in the passing lane. In the third video I am moving to where the rebound will be and the defensemen use hit foot and kicks the puck to the other guy instead of using his stick to intercept the puck. Please help
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https://youtube.com/shorts/L920WUfCv_M?si=2muRZ803XzLoPRIm
@Twin1788 wrote:What do I do here. In the first video Lidstrom has gold quick pick on and doesn’t intercept the pass. The second video I am in the passing lane. In the third video I am moving to where the rebound will be and the defensemen use hit foot and kicks the puck to the other guy instead of using his stick to intercept the puck. Please help
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https://youtube.com/shorts/L920WUfCv_M?si=2muRZ803XzLoPRIm
https://youtube.com/shorts/ql2Rrqpe4kc?si=kAqg1XkqfZ0XrHr5
Gold quick pick is basically useless this year. Really does absolutely nothing. I've tested it out and it's a literal waste of space. Doesn't improve your reach, doesn't improve your hand eye, pucks still deflect off of you.
You can literally have 97 defensive awareness and gold quick pick and passes will still go right through or off of your player.
This thread needs to stay towards the top of the list along with any thread discussing the absurdity of invincible puck handling vs. perfect defensive positioning.
Why does passing and stick handling have to be so magnetic in this game? It’s obviously unrealistic and really damages the mechanics of the game. There should be more jostling back and forth for the puck when the defender is in good position to battle for the puck.
Instead, defense either has to go with ridiculously big hits (that aren’t as common as this game would make you believe) or an uncontrollable stick check that debilitates the defender if not sending them to the penalty box. And if you choose to simply play good defensive positioning without using any of the aforementioned impractical techniques, the puck handler has freedom to skate right through you without hardly a moment of loss of control.
By the way, I understand that hitting would be effective in this scenario with the current game mechanics, but it’s so unrealistic that it irritates me as both the defender and the puck handler. It’s either so overpowered that the puck handler is sent to the ground without the impact having any consequence to the defender, or (on the other hand) it’s so clumsy that the defender flings himself out of position leaving the puck handler with all the space in the world. It’s all or nothing; but it shouldn’t be as that is not what real hockey is like. Real hockey tends to be more of a physical bodying/sticking back and forth battle on the puck. It’s not like basketball where as soon as a 50/50 ball is secured by a player, the opposing player has to back off to avoid a foul… but unfortunately that’s kind of what this game feels like.
More of my thoughts on the subject: https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion-News/Big-Hits-Should-Impact-Hitter-Too-Sometimes/m-p/13187456#M8466
@ssoliz91This right here. This year defenders are left with all or nothing scenarios and it completely sucks. At this point the D are left with just backing up into the zone and just being a pylon because any other defensive action you take is just going to screw you. I'm so sick of this game catering to bring in casuals with OP offenses as it never occurs to the devs that you're empowering good teams and players that can exploit the mechanics even more. Throw in nerfed intercepts, nerfed zone clears, and a poorly executed pressure system and you have a recipe for one of the worst sports games to come out year after year.
Why is every defensive action a cause for a nerf? Why?? I don't get it.
@Jammalammalam wrote:@ssoliz91This right here. This year defenders are left with all or nothing scenarios and it completely sucks. At this point the D are left with just backing up into the zone and just being a pylon because any other defensive action you take is just going to screw you. I'm so sick of this game catering to bring in casuals with OP offenses as it never occurs to the devs that you're empowering good teams and players that can exploit the mechanics even more. Throw in nerfed intercepts, nerfed zone clears, and a poorly executed pressure system and you have a recipe for one of the worst sports games to come out year after year.
Why is every defensive action a cause for a nerf? Why?? I don't get it.
Because competitively the games were too low scoring is my guess but there was also the complaints about goalies so instead of making it harder to get to goal scoring areas and getting rewarded with good shots it was better to take away defensive tools and buff the goalies so more shots could increase save percentage.
