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Re: We will never play this game if the hitting isnt back soon

@recipe87 wrote:
I think its really really sad to see what EA has done to this game that used to be fun.
If you were good at doing body hits and had a big player you could really do hard hits and now thats gone .
EA advertised that hitting is back HAHA the hitting and the physical game is Goone .
And the gamespeed also.
I dont understand that anyone likes this game
Me and my team HEAVY HITTERS will never play this game if they dont fix the Hitting and all the bugs
Please go back to basic

Hitting is fine. There appears to be some players abusing the hip check - and although it's annoying to have to see every game it IS avoidable - but other than that, the new hitting is so satisfying and works really well. I think people just need to learn to adapt to the new mechanic. It's not like it used to be, and trying to execute it like you used to will only leave you frustrated.

3 Replies

Sega82mega
2 years ago

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misterflugietime
New Hotshot
2 years ago
The hip check abuse is on a skyrocketing rise as I didn't see it happening at all since release and have run into it several times in recent games. The problem is the game isn't taking physics, momentum or positioning into account when somebody barely makes contact with your player while holding the hip check button. Can be avoided but if you are smart in how you abuse it, it becomes very hard to get around players you should easily be able to get around. My bigger issue is the reality that connecting a body check needs to have a lot more reward than it does. I can lay a bone crushing hit that would send a person to the hospital in real life but in game they are up on their feet in less than a second or two 90% of the time. The risk of missing is way over the top than the reward you get from landing the hit. We were preached about the risk reward aspect of the new hitting system but I am only seeing the risk part of it.
recipe87
New Ace
2 years ago
We have played this game for many years in eashl clubs division 1 with different player types and now we cant stand this game anymore . We have tried to play a few games but wa have had enough so we dont play anomore bacause this isnt a good hockey game .