Can we pls consider removing x-factor abilities from world of chel as they make for an unfun time and half the time don't work correctly, would much rather world of chel was skill based .

I feel there’s an issue with player builds. You can create a player with gold X-Factors by having low accuracy and shot power while investing everything into speed, effectively turning them into a cyborg that can do it all. Truculence can be obtained by smaller players as well.There are also gameplay aspects to consider. The game allows for too much puck control, making it difficult to separate the player from the puck. This certainly gives an advantage to small, fast players, for whom the skill of close quarters is overly powerful. The same goes for the Big Tipper ability—defensemen have few ways to counter moving forwards, and Big Tipper allows players to score cheap goals without needing to find a good position, simply by skating past.If you had to be big to use Truculence, it would balance that skill and serve as a way to combat those smaller players. Right now, it’s banned in many tournaments.

at the same time, the second problem of close quarters is throws from the zero angle to the near corner. goalies do not have a tool to close this shot at 100%. yes, there are such goals in reality, but from the masters, and we can have 80 skills and score such a goal several times per game. if the necessary condition for close quarters is an accuracy condition of 88-90, it will be more balanced, there will be fewer questions. it's the same with truculence - it's enough to give a requirement for a lot of weight and strength, it will be understandable and fair.

I'd have to agree that scoring is a bit too common from further out shots. I understand any shot can go in, but it still feels like its a bit too often that a leaky one is the one to go in and not a "good play" imo. Personally, I'd like to see more 90+ OVR goalie builds and allow the skill of the player be more prevalent than if the build holds up and right now it feels like goalie builds especially just don't hold up against shooters and their abilities.

Hey there. Can you tell me which ones aren't working correctly? Video would also help.As far as removing them goes, we'll have to see what the future holds. Years back when we had the more static builds for everyone to choose from, we got a ton of requests for customization like there was in NHL 09 - 15. Over time, more customization was added and it seems to have been pretty well received. Is there anything else you would change or do you just want X-Factors removed?Personally, I could live without them, but I also don't think they're unfair. I would absolutely love to see Truculence removed though. That just promotes goon-style play. It's annoying. We've had feedback saying Close Quarters is overpowered against human goalies. Some also complain that Big Tipper is overpowered. I think Big Tipper is in a good place. I don't see tips going in like they used to. Close Quarters is questionable. I might feel different if I played goalie. Still though, if you're letting someone get in that close, that's kind of on the D.Thanks so much for the feedback. If you have any other details to add, feel free. It would be good to hear how you'd change up ability customization in WoC.

I appreciate the custom builds.. but my biggest gripe are the EA builds.. you have builds with 90 some checking and 90 some speed.. I tend to go against more EA builds than I do custom builds anymore.. gave us custom builds but then made some of the EA builds far better and having abilities we can't have and speeds we can't get to.. As far as just abilities go there are certainly tiers of effectiveness. Many are just not good/ worth putting on the build. Some need some balance work.. personally I think there just needs to be a system similar to HUT you get X amount of ability points.. if you use something like a zone CC or 1T it uses all your ability points, while something like an injury ability wouldn't use many points at all and you could potentially stack a bunch of less useful abilities.

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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
3 months ago

but it just seems so consistently inconsistent.

Kinda like real hockey, right? Hockey is full of bounces, good and bad. You just notice the bad ones a lot more. I'm not saying we don't need to improve with shots going in that you feel shouldn't though. The team is aware of the feedback on this.
luvstrattz
New Novice
3 months ago
hey there, would love to have a take on this. I do agree that x-factors are brutal when it comes to online play. My suggestion would be to disallow them for EASHL Club Play, or create a ranked game mode to where you can't use them. The game should fully base itself around how you build your characters atributes, and not have super powers controlling the pace of the game. I would love to see the game go back to a skill based game, and it would make it much better when it comes to skill gap
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
3 months ago
While I would like this, I don't think XFs are super powers. Especially, when everyone has access to them. So, the skill gap is the same as it would be without them. Someone good at scoring with XFs is going to be good at scoring without them too.
Dalejr88628
Seasoned Rookie
3 months ago
So basically what keeps happening is we have specific builds where our abilities should be working and don't do anything or our opponents use the skating glitch that hasn't been removed yet and we can't even hit them , like for instance they will score a bunch off the one tee ability even tho I'm right there and my stick is in the way , the luck just goes through my stick like it isn't there
KlariskraysNHL
Hero
3 months ago
Many and I mean many of people have asked for the removal of Truculence. I had the opposite of wanting it removed. I wanted it reworked to be more like a tool that gives back energy to you and teammates. When big hits happen in real life the crowd goes wild and that is like a shot of adrenaline so I wanted it to be like an energy type boost. But removing it would be much easier too.
Big Tipper this year isn't so bad as compared to the previous.
As for Closed Quarters I would also like this removed as we have plenty of other abilities that should instead get used. Like Crease Crasher and Make It Snappy
EA_Aljo
Community Manager
3 months ago
Can you get a video of this? Just put it up somewhere it can be streamed and respond with a link. Thanks!
Jroth2681
Seasoned Novice
3 months ago
The x- factors are hit/miss. Not all are bad, but you can't really build out a complete player. I would expand them to 5 or 6 to make the player/avatar more well rounded or I would do it like other games where you go skill trees and they get a certain type of player depending where you put there skills. I don't mind the skill tree. The only other option is to get points and add to your player until you become a 99. Everyone starts as a 65 and you build your guy up.

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