Reverse hit is way overpowered. I go to poke check someone anticipating they will reverse hit me and they are able to reverse hit me even though I poke check them.
Reverse hit should only be effective when someone is hitting you. This was like this in previous years as well. Why is this happening?
it's already not working as what was expected originally
Please elaborate
One of the few things I do like in this game is the reverse hitting might be a little op ,but it's very effective against the total control guys and hip check guys
I've questioned EA_Aljo about it last year on this platform, the answer i got was iffy, if things were so clear cut as it is now apparently, we should have been told clearly, reverse hit allows you to plow through oponnent if there is contact between player even if opponent didnt input hitting instruction. Im sure they didnt envision pokecheck being punishable by reverse hit but here we are. It's like they make up things as they go. The last few NHL releases points towards that.
One of the few things I do like in this game is the reverse hitting might be a little op ,but it's very effective against the total control guys and hip check guys
A brace function would make more sense to nullify a hit, but to take out an opponent is too big of a reward for a player that was in a position to be hit to begin with.
Yeah this is one thing I have been wishing for and I think that's what the concept behind the "Reverse Hit" button is about. As I have talked about in the past, there are not a lot of options for the puck carriers after dishing off the puck with a good pass. You may see people getting hit over a second after they have passed the puck and, despite the good play they made, are now Injured and on the ice for 10+ seconds. It is COMPLETELY UNFAIR to punish a player for making the correct play but that is what makes hitting so strong in this game I feel and why having this reverse option gives the smaller forwards a little bit of help avoiding injury. I do wish there was a way like you said though to do what was listed in previous games to "brace" for a hit and maybe add the addition of correctly bracing for a hit doesn't cause you to lose stamina.
reverse hit allows you to plow through oponnent if there is contact between player even if opponent didnt input hitting instruction.
That's because reverse hit can be used to defend against a poke check and a board tie-up.
Im sure they didnt envision pokecheck being punishable by reverse hit but here we are.
Again, the poke check mechanic pokes to where the puck is when the input is pressed. If a player times a reverse hit after the player has hit poke check, there's a high chance the poke check will miss. I don't see how this is a problem.
And to be fair - if you're playing as a 5'4 sniper and a 6'3' truculence user is barreling towards you, a reverse hit will not allow the small sniper to "plow through" the 6'3 truculence. In most cases, the sniper still gets laid out. The odd time, there's a collision and the puck comes loose with no clear winner.
I agree with Denzy here, I can't imagine in today's hockey a Lane Hutson who is the most agile player I have ever seen with my own eyes, could easily reverse hit a player the size of Nikita Zadorov. I think there is food for thought here on the reverse hit.
I can't imagine in today's hockey a Lane Hutson who is the most agile player I have ever seen with my own eyes, could easily reverse hit a player the size of Nikita Zadorov.
But reverse hit doesn't always end up in a 'hit' and in the situation you've described, 9 times out of 10, a Hutson/Zadorov scenario would not end up in Zadorov being layed out. more than likely ends in a 'nulled' collision.
Again, the poke check mechanic pokes to where the puck is when the input is pressed. If a player times a reverse hit after the player has hit poke check, there's a high chance the poke check will miss. I don't see how this is a problem.
I saw you brought up that point multiple times and I'm not sure I understand it's relevance in regard of OP issue, maybe i'm missing something, let me know.
The way I see it, there is already multiple tools to protect the puck from a poke check. Only way "reverse hit" is effective at it as you pretend is faulty coding that should be corrected because, essentially the carrier let go of the puck to do the "reverse hit". It should result in an easy pick up for any opponent, if the poke checker is handcuffed in his previous poke command is more of a shortcoming of the current videogame, that wouldn't be an issue in real life.
Every players are allowed to stand their ground. But you cannot hit a player that doesn't have control of the puck, which is what happening when "reverse hit" is used. When used to shrug off hit it falls into the standing your ground criteria, that's realistic if balanced properly.
But when used against a player that didn't inputed a hitting command, it's probably a penalty. Same way if 2 players are racing for the puck, they can't hit or impede eachother until one gain possession. Sometimes it's hard to make the call in real life but it's really easy to sort in a videogame.
I honestly can't see how someone can defend the current state of "revese hit", while it should be called "throwing a body check while having the puck". It's not even hockey anymore.
Well allow me to. As I have said I think that this is the only really decent thing puck carriers can do to protect themselves during this games current state, barring any coding changes. The fear of being reverse hit on can prevent stuff like the following to happen.
Late Hits
I am tired of watching people go for these dumb late hits on players that are making good pass off plays like in the example. Two passes result in over a second later hits that are supposed to be "finishing their check" when they should be blatant penalties (at the very least the first one). This ruins the concept of passing off the puck and being injured vs holding onto it and performing the reverse hit on them. It puts the fear of the reverse hit in their mind for the rest of the game when they try to run at you and you knock them down that first time.
Its something I will always rely on vs these dumb body checkers that just throw themselves at a check. Just once is all that is needed and all of a sudden I got their guy with truculence no longer hitting my players and instead trying to poke check. Its the only fair way for a forward to survive these types of stupid hits. (which the window for it should probably be changed to more like .5-.8s of a person no longer having possession because anything over a second is an attempt to injure and nothing more.)
