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jprovo1's avatar
jprovo1
New Rookie
3 months ago

AI defense

this question is mainly for EA. did you fix the player AI defense so that they don't play like 5 yr olds on the ice and actually play defense like the NHL. if not PLEASE DO SO. I'm sick and tire of have to play defense (or make a defensive player) all over the ice and can't play my position because the AI defense lets the offense crash the net and stands there like statues. even when I play as a defenseman, my other D-man lets them come straight in on my goalie or he gets burned. I sure hope you fixed this.

  • Its done like this so you dont rely on the AI, in versus guys try not to play defense and let the AI do the work. 

    In club the idea is for more humans, 

    • Bahamuta's avatar
      Bahamuta
      New Adventurer

      But for people who play BAP and Franchise mode, the AI is pretty important

      • cogsx86's avatar
        cogsx86
        New Traveler

        Can you provide some video clips? Would love to see what your talking about 

  • I hope so too; I don't need them to be insanely good, it'd just be nice to not immediately think "game over" when i'm not there right away

  • I mean for BaP (which is all I play, mainly). I can try and get a video. but what I mean is just the other day I had a 2 on 2 (me defending). me (LD) and my RD started skating backwards towards my goalie. I took the guy to my left (which is what I'm supposed to do) and he was in front of the other guy (who had the puck). as we entered our offensive zone. my RD kept skating backwards to my goalie and all of a sudden, he just skates more right, letting the guy with the puck go 1 on 1 with the goalie. never tried to poke check, stand him up, nothing. just veers right and was like "go ahead and score". the guy never deke, nothing, just went straight on to the goalie. thank the Lord the goalie saved it. nearly every time I have that 2 on 2 at their goalie I get pummeled when I get even close to their goalie, even when I pass to my other player. that is just one in a thousand times that has happened and that's just the start. if I play a winger it's even worse cause I'm not near the net to help defend it. if I do and they score, I get gigged big time for 'being out of my position'. I would say it's about 85% of the time my D lets them shoot on my goalie without doing anything. sometimes they play right in a game but it's usually me having to play every position just to win. that's just not realistic. I like playing my position even when I'm a defenseman which means I don't have to score every game to get good coaches score (especially an enforcer). I have an enforcer and had like 20 or more hits in a game and they only scored less than 5 goals, and only scored about 2 while I was on the ice, but I did not score a goal or have an assist and they thought I was the most horrific player that hit the ice. change that too please.  sorry but had to throw that one in there.