Agreed 100%. How many hip checks do you actually see each year on tv? 5? You see 30 a game this year.
90% of the hip checks in the game should actually be tripping or boarding penalties.
It is also somehow a good way of cutting passes which makes no sense.
The whole thing needs to be dumped. It's just a ridiculously OP gimmick.
Hip checks still need to be aimed so at least there's a tiny bit of skill involved - they're in a much better state than regular truculence shoulder checks last year.
In any case, I think they're hilarious and need to stay as is
I mean, there is very little skill involved with a lot of things the game has to offer
Cross checks were as devestating as current hipcheck but you just needed to flick the stick like current shoves - it was instant and horribly abused with Truculence. Truculence also megated many penalties and was in a much worse state than you percieve hipchecks to be.
1st clip is a physics and animation issue with EA. I agree it is dumb but would have been just as back with a normal check. Technically this would be physically possible with the right momentum with the carrier off balance.
2. So what? They could have easily crosschecked you with a similar result and still aimed and timed their hits - By missing they'd be out of position.
3. Look how fast they recovered - like it didn't even happen. Yeah that was a clip but I think hipchecks can only lead to interference - no clipping is programmed into the game (which I think sjould be addressed).
4. First hit wasn't a penalty though yes, the momentum was weird.
It's very hard to get a hit from behind in this game - as far as the video game is concerned this was a clean hit. Could have just as easily smashed him with a crosscheck
Mate, I would freaking LOVE for Hitz to return.
I still say they require more skill than previous hitting (basically this year's shove) - they basically just swapped old hits for a 1 button hipcheck (remember - they have always been this devestating, it just had clunky controls so nobody used and noticed it). A proper shoulder check now is just as crushing
I just don't believe they need a blanket nerf - clearly something needs balancing around it.
Either forwards should have some sort of dodge feature or we can require people to have an xfactor or whatnot - but they already got a height/weight penalty
