REAL Total Control (Not Arcade)
[Update (1/23/24)] Towards the bottom of this post, you will see my original post that I posted a few months ago (it may be worthwhile to first start your reading down at my original post). Since...
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@KidShowtime1867 wrote:
@KlariskraysNHL wrote: You always feel bad for yourselves, but you can easily do everything your opponent can do. Why aren't you taking full advantage of what is given to you? Handicapping yourself isn't the answer.Exactly. The people so quick to make claims about things being 'too easy' etc are the ones having the most difficulty mastering them. For the most part, they're upset that they're competing against people online who make these things look easy. It's almost as if being really good at something can come off as making it look easy.
@hiperay wrote: it would add a skill that would need to be mastered which would then raise the skill ceiling of the game.If there's anything I've learned over the past few years, it's that introducing anything that can't be mastered within 2-3 play sessions results in major backlash from users who take a few successive L's immediately after something has been adjusted.
I understand EA’s need to do so to attract new buyers but to punish loyal long term ones? As one of the long term players, yes I can adjust and play the “easy” way but I shouldn’t have to. I don’t want things to be easy. I want the opposite. I’ve enjoyed the challenge of improving my skill and mastering things throughout the years. I should (well still am) be better at things in this game than the casual newbie. I’ve put in my time. New players should have to adjust to us long time players.
@thebrazenhead75 wrote:
@KidShowtime1867 wrote:
@KlariskraysNHL wrote: You always feel bad for yourselves, but you can easily do everything your opponent can do. Why aren't you taking full advantage of what is given to you? Handicapping yourself isn't the answer.Exactly. The people so quick to make claims about things being 'too easy' etc are the ones having the most difficulty mastering them. For the most part, they're upset that they're competing against people online who make these things look easy. It's almost as if being really good at something can come off as making it look easy.
@hiperay wrote: it would add a skill that would need to be mastered which would then raise the skill ceiling of the game.If there's anything I've learned over the past few years, it's that introducing anything that can't be mastered within 2-3 play sessions results in major backlash from users who take a few successive L's immediately after something has been adjusted.
I understand EA’s need to do so to attract new buyers but to punish loyal long term ones? As one of the long term players, yes I can adjust and play the “easy” way but I shouldn’t have to. I don’t want things to be easy. I want the opposite. I’ve enjoyed the challenge of improving my skill and mastering things throughout the years. New players should have to adjust to us long time players.
I just find it funny that there's legitimate esport vets in here saying the game is too easy/unbalanced but apparently we're able to dismiss all claims and "UNO reverse" card the argument with responses like this. This game is the easiest its ever been. The skill gap couldn't be lower in the competitive scene. 16 was a "great equalizer" of a game that saw a large shift to "team play" compared to old gen titles where elite skill could and would take over games, and 19 might as well have made the game a coin flip when any two semi-positionally sound teams play. Comp 6s is actually unwatchable when games like Rocket League, CS:GO, R6 exist. The skill gap required to compete on the respective highest levels of those games absolutely dwarfs the NHL series. It's almost like saying "im a pro too" while playing hotshot racing to an iRacing Pro License holder. Just complete apples to oranges.
You don't need to be bad at a game to not like it and the opposite is true as well. I had tons of non-hockey friends playing the NHL series back when the game speed was at least semi-close to reality and the game balance was in a much better spot. They weren't good but they had fun playing. I was a really good baseball player and hated the sport my last two years playing.
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