Stick Handling
@EA_Aljo In NHL24, maneuvering the stick, particularly on breakaways or 1v1 situations, is less fluid and much more prone to unintended results than in years past. I understand puck protect is now ...
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EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerI agree with you on this. Hopefully, we'll see improvements on it in the future. Stick handling very often has unintended results for me. I've had to disable clicking down on the right stick so I'm not accidentally doing the fake shot. However, I also just have a hard time going from FH to BH. There's often an odd animation and I end up shooting FH. Like you said, it's not so bad in free skate. I think this is due to not being under pressure so you can make more precise movements. Regardless, I know what you mean.
I’ve been playing this game for a very long time. What I notice is the ping is way more volatile this year than it has been in years past. I think this is really causing a lot of the issues that get posted here including this one about stick handling. Games with bad ping my skater can’t really do much of anything including stick handle.
I do think that's part of it as well. My player will do the protect puck animation after I let go of it, as if the game can't keep up with my R stick movements and the protect controls. At the hash marks, I'll release turbo/protect, bring it FH then BH and he is doing that animation all the way through. The times where he doesn't do it are very slow and clunky, animations coming up in between R and L movements, making it very hard to have fine control in close quarter situations.
Previous games had this aspect down pact and the R stick was am innovative, fun, and responsive feature.
- EA_Aljo
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I do think that's part of it as well. My player will do the protect puck animation after I let go of it, as if the game can't keep up with my R stick movements and the protect controls. At the hash marks, I'll release turbo/protect, bring it FH then BH and he is doing that animation all the way through. The times where he doesn't do it are very slow and clunky, animations coming up in between R and L movements, making it very hard to have fine control in close quarter situations.
Previous games had this aspect down pact and the R stick was am innovative, fun, and responsive feature.
Thanks for the feedback here. With these controls being new this year, hopefully, we'll see the kinks worked out down the road. It's been very frustrating for myself personally, but my teammates have no problem with it. So, I think it's more of a "me" issue. I'm just trying to have a lighter touch with more precise movements, but it's been a challenge for sure.
@EA_Aljo wrote:"... It's been very frustrating for myself personally, but my teammates have no problem with it. So, I think it's more of a "me" issue. I'm just trying to have a lighter touch with more precise movements, but it's been a challenge for sure."
I am in the same boat. My teammates use stride dekes and toe drags in close proximity, and I'm more of a quick L/R deke guy, so they aren't having the same issues I am. I'm sure I've annoyed them to hell and back with my questions and complaints regarding the R stick up close, so I appreciate that others who play similarly are having the same issues. At the very least, it helps me confirm it's not just me.
