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I'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.
Hi EA_Aljo ,
thank you for your words, I fully understand what you are saying, I have adapted over the years, I would say, I'm playing decent D, but in my opinion, this game is not balanced properly. I'm in situation that I started to hate this game. But this is not for this discussion, but for another thread. Thank you.
- EA_Aljo3 months ago
Community Manager
You're welcome! Feel free to start up another thread to discuss balancing between the builds.
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