Fix the goalies in eashl
Why is it so hard to make both the goalies in eashl play at the same skill level like our goalie will let in the weakest shots ever while the other teams makes insane saves like fix your game pls
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerThe YouTubers really aren't the ones doing the complaining. It's the bigger part of the community. Changes are more likely when we get a high amount of feedback from the community as a whole. So, putting the blame on the YouTubers really isn't accurate.
There already are close games. Close games happen due to good play from everyone. Good goalies only go so far. And, the goalies are normally saving the vast majority of shots. Otherwise, the average goals per game would probably be 10+. People get upset when they make a partial save and it goes in. These happen in reality as well. The goal Draisaitl scored the other night in OT, if that happened in our game, we'd probably get someone sending in a clip saying this wouldn't happen in the real world. So, I don't agree that real hockey fans want goalies re-tuned. No matter how they're tuned, people will always find the cheese. That's the nature of video games. Every single game has something about them that can be exploited. We will never change the human nature of finding shortcuts. The thing we all can change is how we play. Yes, goalies could be better, but even if they were, we'd get the same complaints that we always have from the community as a whole.
If you want point shots to stop going in, break up those passes or block those shots. It's easy to tell when a team is setting up for these. My forwards are protecting the points and our D is keeping their positioning so they have the best chances at blocking these. Teams that actually play as a team are getting a more authentic hockey experience. Rather than the ones chasing everything that moves for a hipcheck or forcing cross-crease one Ts, shots from the point, far side/short side wristers, etc.
The playerbase isn't a bunch of kids and sweat-lords. The average player is an adult. And if by sweat-lords you mean being competitive, yeah, you'll find those in every competitive game. I hate that people resort to using exploits. However, what they're exploiting the most is the gaps in their opponent's play. They're going to exploit a bad defense just like a real team would.
If you can't stop a one button Michigan, that's on you. You can see it coming from a mile away. And if you're getting beat by silver abilities, that again is on you. Every build can be defended. I'm not saying the game is perfect by any means, but people will go to just about any length to not take accountability for their own play and put it solely on the game and everyone else that plays it. Yeah, the game has its issues and I'd love to see changes to make it more authentic. When it comes down to it though, it's a game of skill and teamwork that not everyone excels in.
I agree with most of what you said here, the only thing I would have to say is that I believe most people arent looking for a complete dismantling of goalie. I think goalies are actually very close to what we want as far as save capability, the change (at least for myself) is a small increase in saves overall. The best goalies average sv% in the game currently sit in the low .800-.810s and to mimic a more authentic experience I would like to see those "best" goalies average sv% be closer to .900 so in reality this is just under a 10% increase in what we already see. The only other fixes I would like to see are things more along the lines of floating goalies where the puck is going under the goalie when hes in butterfly, Id like to see post interactions be cleaner, I'd like to see the hug post be made more viable, for example when using a standing hug post and attempting to release it, it places the goalie on a very aggressive 45 degree angle instead of a more centered look, or when using the rvh hug post with the puck behind the net a goalie can completely cover 80% of the bottom of the net like goalies do irl. Being in butterfly seems to make goalies extremely small. I'd also like to see the cover animations be worked on so that my goalie doesnt throw the puck into the net. I don't think were that far off but obviously when you point out the issues we do see its gonna make it seem like a larger issue than it is.