Re: Why is this year's online play so wildly inconsistent?
@Homie45677654 wrote: Some games I can just straight line skate through 3 guys and maintain perfect control but other games nobody on our team can hold the puck against the most minor of contacts. Seems to happen with good or mid connection against good or bad opponents. We smoked a team of elites the other day because they quite simply couldn't hold the puck. When you win it doesn't feel like you did so because of skill.
This is pretty ridiculous. It's almost as if some of you see adversity as a slight against you by EA rather than an obstacle (playing against skilled opponents) that needs to be overcome.
If "nobody on (your) team can hold the puck" then this means your opponent is really good at putting pressure on the puck carrier.
If you "smoked a team of elites because they couldn't hold the puck" - this means your team did an excellent job of pressuing the puck carrier.
@Homie45677654 wrote:Not uncommon to put up 30+ shots with perfect cross creases gloved, millisecond reaction saves on deflected pucks, and cartoonish flying leg split saves. Then the next game we'll score 7 goals on soft floaters from unscreened point shots. What could POSSIBLY be the reason not to give both teams the same level of CPU goaltending?
The humans playing in front of them.
@Homie45677654 wrote:
- Vastly varying speed levels. It's hilarious watching my friend's 5'7 max speed winger build (with full momentum) not be able to break away from the 6'5 enforcer defenseman who was caught flat-footed. Again like the other complaints sometimes this works in my favor and I can just dance around the offensive zone and have zero concern because of how slow and delayed the opposition are.
It's almost as if fatigue plays a factor.
