Goalie fatigue needs to go in NHL 25
The fatigue system was a good idea, but very poorly implemented. Puck retrievals during fatigue as well as clearing the zone continue to be absolutely atrocious. An NHL player can lob a puck from the...
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It’s because EA has always catered more to offence. They want goals! That’s what they think sells the game.
They admitted they nerfed the flip dump to cater to their pressure system.
Just in the statement above they admit it again. More stamina to gain a second wind to push for a goal. Why not also more stamina to the defending team that successfully clears the zone?
The goalie stamina is also so out of whack. My goalie loses instantly the majority of it with even just the slightest movement. I even have 90 or so endurance/stamina plus I use a trait to increase this more. Like previously mentioned it takes longer to gain it back than a positional player (especially a forward). Just another example of EA creating an unfair balance between offence and defence. Playing G is already hard and this is coming from someone who’s been playing it for about 10 years and has become way better than the average human G that plays.
EA needs to bring back “paddle down” too! Yet another example of them taking away a commonly used ability that helped goalies.
Are you a human goalie? I used to play 6's w/ goalie and LG in past games, but preferred not to do so the last two years. For some reason I thought fatigue wasn't something you had to worry about as a human goalie, but that seems even worse where I feel as if the goalie mechanics have been getting ignored as much as the defensive mechanics of the game. Now they're billing NHL 25 with "new" skating mechanics, dekes, shooting, etc.
Meanwhile... goalies...
And now they want to boost the offensive teams fatigue for sustained pressure but won't do the same for teams that actually clear the puck and pressure. ESPECIALLY GOALIES.
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I’m not a human goalie myself, but I can understand your frustration with the goalie mechanics and how fatigue might affect gameplay. It does seem like the focus on new features like skating mechanics, dekes, and shooting sometimes overshadows improvements in areas like goalie and defensive mechanics. Hopefully, we'll get some updates soon
