Shoving in front of the net
Been running into a lot more instances while playing defence and attempting to use the shove function to clear the front of my net only to have little or no effect on offensive skaters. Sometimes it'...
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EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerI have the hardest time getting the net battles to engage. The stick tie up works for me, but of course it's dependent on the forward being stationary and good players tend to keep moving. As you mentioned, shoving them is often better. When I have some news, I'll let you know.
@EA_Aljo Yeah it would be nice if you could tie a person up in the slot or on the boards more easily. Maybe add the state of them being at low speeds. Would help a lot with some of the issues of players kissing glass when holding the puck and not really being able to do a lot about it as they will just turn and burn you when you start to approach. Actually seems like the CPU has the ability to do this at times.
- EA_Aljo
I use the boardplay very frequently. I just like it better than smashing players on the boards and potentially getting called for it. I haven't noticed opponents escaping boardplay attempts as you've mentioned. If you've got some vide of this, feel free to post it and I'll send it over to the team. I do agree on tying up players in front of the net. I'd like to see that become a little easier.
Unfortunately without a controller cam, I will be unlikely to get video proof of this. What I mean to say is that at lower speeds, you are unable to tie up players against the boards as they just skate away while you are holding down the Y button the whole time hoping for it to trigger. Its gotten better since previous titles but I still think players are able to escape the boards when someone is holding down the board play button just a little too easily. I'll try and clip a spot where I was holding it down while he does this, but I don't use it that often. I know from experience, its not always successful and has great risk of the player getting by me as the defenseman and having an open lane to the net.
