Here's a great example of what I'm talking about with tie-ups: https://www.xbox.com/play/media/zqwJHm6dSs
Go to about 19 seconds into the clip. I'm playing right defense and am trying to tie-up and otherwise annoy the forward standing in front of the net. I'm standing right next to the player and am holding A to try to initiate a stick tie-up. The player is just standing there doing nothing and I STILL can't tie him up. From 19 seconds until the whistle, I'm trying to initiate a stick tie-up and can't do it.
This is so frustrating. I don't run a heavy, hit-oriented build. I run a light weight build designed to skate closely with opposing players, taking pucks away with stick lifts, poke checks, etc. So, it's not as easy as just shoving players in front. I need to be able to tie up the net-front guys and get them focused on trying to get away from me instead of being focused on offense.
Defenders desperately need a more reliable tie-up mechanic than what we have. It's very annoying when you give up a goal because the game won't initiate animations/mechanics when you're in good position to do so. It feels like the game just ignores my inputs.
Community ManagerI passed this on to the team. It's an odd one for sure. We can't really tell why the tie-up didn't work here. Thanks for capturing this.
