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ssoliz91
Seasoned Rookie
8 days ago

New Stumble/Imbalance Animations, Hitting, and Collisions

I love to see the responsive animations play out on the ice! Makes the game feel more realistic. 

However, it seems that often times there is a lack of a physical response when going in for hits or even simply running into someone/something.  Don’t get me wrong, I love that hitting isn’t the ridiculous arcade smash fest that it was in 24.  But I feel like there should be some kind of consequence/response/reaction for any and every player that comes in contact with one another or the boards or the net. 
Again, I don’t want to see every hit be an immediate knock down and turnover, but I’d like to see that the characters are responding to all the forces in the environment (including contact with the boards).  

I also see real professional hockey players losing there balance and falling over or letting their skates slide out from underneath them from time to time.  It would be a nice touch of realism if you could add these types of animations into the game into situations where it would be appropriate.

 

  • I feel  that the stumbling, collisions are far too dramatic taking upwards of 10 seconds to recover and get back into play

    • hiperay's avatar
      hiperay
      New Traveler

      Don't skate full speed into a brick wall and you won't have a 10 second recovery time.  I do think colliding with the boards should trigger something as what a lot of people do at the higher level of EASHL is immediately stop up and turn into and collide with those boards. They then try to almost bounce right back out to cut to the inside which can be very annoying to play against as a dman.

      What I do want to know in regards to the stumble animations (ankle breaker types more specifically). Have those been completely removed from EASHL? I have no problem triggering it on CPUs or even some human controlled players in HUT, but it seems like it is impossible in WoC as I have yet to see it or have it be done to me. Just thought I would ask. 

      • EA_Aljo's avatar
        EA_Aljo
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        What I do want to know in regards to the stumble animations (ankle breaker types more specifically). Have those been completely removed from EASHL? I have no problem triggering it on CPUs or even some human controlled players in HUT, but it seems like it is impossible in WoC as I have yet to see it or have it be done to me. Just thought I would ask. 

        This is based on if you pivot while someone performs a deke on you. So, if you're playing positionally, it wouldn't impact you so much.