What do I have to do to intercept passes this year? In previous years intercepting passes worked very well. intercepting passes needs to be fixed. I have ninety-two defensive awareness and this happens to me. I am in perfect position between the puck carrier and receiver of the puck, but my stick doesn't go down onto the ice to intercept the puck. I was facing the puck carrier as well
I typically have my defensive awareness at 93 and try to glide, as gliding makes it more likely that you'll intercept a pass. But, by and large, I have a lot of success just making body on body contact with the player trying to receive the pass. I find doing that causes a lot of disruptions.
body on body contact does work but it's pretty much impossible to do that when covering a small, fast winger that is moving back and forth trying to get open for a one tee. I just feel like if I am in between the puck carrier and the receiver of the puck while holding LT that I should be able to make the interception..........That's how it worked in previous years. I wish I could attach the xbox clip to show u what happened today, but I just lined myself up for the interception perfectly with the blade of my stick, yet the blade of my stick did not touch the ice. Therefore, the puck goes right to the winger for a one tee goal.
I don't understand what you mean by gliding, if I am covering a small, fast winger that is moving back and forth very fast to get open for a one tee, I can't just be gliding. please fix the game to allows us to intercept the puck while holding LT in the passing lane.
this year, hold LT worsens interception. The player lifts the stick off the ice. If release LT, then the stick is on the ice and the interception is better. I think so.
Try to capture a clip of a pass you feel you should've intercepted.
Community Managerthis year, hold LT worsens interception. The player lifts the stick off the ice. If release LT, then the stick is on the ice and the interception is better. I think so.
Holding in LT doesn't worsen interceptions. While your stick isn't on the ice, it doesn't make you less likely to intercept a pass. Your player will still initiate the pickup if in good position and if they have enough time to react. In many cases, while someone is in the path of the pass, they won't intercept it due to not having time to react. This happens when the defender is too close to the passer. Your defensive ratings are also taken into account.
I have 92 defensive awareness. is that high enough? what is the best way to send the clip to you. I can't figure it out.
I feel like I had enough time to react.
Community Manager92 is good of course, but there's never a guarantee that every pass will be intercepted. Even with good positioning and enough time to react.
You can record the clip on your console and then either publish it or put it up on YouTube. Just get a link to wherever it's hosted.
I was playing D for more than 10 years but I stopped because defensive awareness currently means nothing to this game. Every year you are systematically destroying defense. My DD build with DA 94 equipped with gold Quick Pick X-Factor ability refuses to even move the stick to intercept the passes unless you are perfectly aligned with the puck recipient with your stick on the same side, but forwards that skate out of our D zone can intercept strong passes and quickly move their sticks to another side even if they are not watching the puck and are turned to the pass sender with their back just to be able to support that stupid pressure system. Forwards skate into defense with full speed utilizing LT without any drop of puck control and skating speed !!! As a D I can't even extend my stick without speed penalty. I can't even skate backwards keeping my stick extended without speed penalty. You can clearly see in many situations, that offense is favored over the defense and this is not what I want to see in competitive game. And the last thing, super annoying, those weird skating animations that everyone is utilizing to confuse the opponent and make body contact event worse because of animations. I mean player's body broken in the waist that even my cat cannot track that movements. That should be completely removed from the game.
As a D I can't even extend my stick without speed penalty.
Yes you can.
Here I extend my stick multiple times without a speed penalty:
My DD build with DA 94 equipped with gold Quick Pick X-Factor ability refuses to even move the stick to intercept the passes
Post a video of a pass you think you should've intercepted.
Forwards skate into defense with full speed utilizing LT without any drop of puck control and skating speed !!!
If an opponent manages to cross your blue-line unimpeded to the point of achieving full speed, your problem began during the transition or turnover, and you left your defenders at a disadvantage long before the puck even entered the zone.
You can clearly see in many situations, that offense is favored over the defense and this is not what I want to see in competitive game.
If you're seeing this 'many situations', it means the players you're competing against are better at this game than you. It's really that simple.
I can't even skate backwards keeping my stick extended without speed penalty.
Yes, you can. Hustle still works while in Defensive Skill Stick. To enter DSS without a speed penalty, hold RS to the left or right and then initiate DSS by holding R1. You will immediately enter skill stick without a poke check penalty. While the stick is extended, you can still utilize hustle in an attempt to match speed with the puck carrier.
Community ManagerI've been playing D since EASHL first started. More than 15 years ago at this point. Obviously, this position, along with the others, has changed a lot. What I've done is adapt. Yes, it's challenging. D is a difficult position to play well. It's most certainly not impossible though.
We all know that LT'ing is an exploit. Hopefully, it'll be addressed in the next game. Regardless, those players can be stopped. You have to be more careful about staying in front of them. Which, a good defender is going to do anyway because speed has always been the killer attribute. If you're beat by someone LT'ing, you'd probably also get beat without it.
I see the claims that offense is favored by our developers. It's really not. Offense is favored by the players. There are obviously more forwards than any other position. People want to be the star. And those players are typically the ones that score. Yes, they get a whole bunch of dekes at their disposal. Those don't really make a difference if they don't know how to use them. And, if they're going up against defenders that don't know how to stop them, they're going to have a field day. In the end, any forward can be stopped by skilled defenders. I'm not saying D couldn't use some changes. I absolutely think there's room for improvement. The changes that have been made though were not just to favor offense.
