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Backhand, forehand, backhand, goal. I feel trying to make good plays and set up 1T shots, or anything else just seems far less effective than just backhanding for every goal.. it's sad that it can ev...
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You need to read my post again.
It’s not about the wins! I actually have more this year in less games compared to last year at this time. I’ll probably have a lot more wins at the end of this year in less than total games played than last year. Yet my SV% will be much lower.
This year I’m even more selective with whom I play with and against. One of the reasons why I have a better winning % than last year. Yet my SV% is much lower.
I’m a better than average goalie. I’m very capable of adjusting and adapting to the game play each year. I’ve gotten better at playing goalie each year except this one. Actually I’m still playing better than I did last year but the difference? Those “EA” crap goals and those unnecessary animations that cause my goalie to flop around resulting in goals. That’s the only logical reason I can think of that has caused my SV% to drop so much.
There is also a lot more players complaining and noticing this year than years past about playing as a goalie. A lot more that have even stopped playing goalie as a result. The reason? Those crap “EA” goals caused by those stupid unnecessary animations. That is the reason why EA has broke the goalies this year. That’s all the proof I need.
Furthermore, how does anyone reason why they removed a very well used tool “paddle down” to replace and in the process duplicating “desperation save” to two different buttons?!?! That would be like removing your toilet paper holder with another soap dish/holder. Now you have two soap dishes and no toilet paper holder. That would be idiotic making absolutely no sense whatsoever. Yet that’s EA!
No response eh. 🤔😏
There is also a lot more players complaining and noticing this year than years past about playing as a goalie. A lot more that have even stopped playing goalie as a result.
Based on what metrics? There's always a bunch of goalies who 'quit' every year because they refuse to adjust. This is nothing new. There's also a bunch of new goalies who adapt to the changes without issue and enjoy it.
Actually I’m still playing better than I did last year but the difference? Those “EA” crap goals and those unnecessary animations that cause my goalie to flop around resulting in goals. That’s the only logical reason I can think of that has caused my SV% to drop so much.
Congrats, you're doing amazing this year. That's great. Maybe you can post a goal scored on you that you believe is an unnecessary animation so that the development team can identify potential issues?
Furthermore, how does anyone reason why they removed a very well used tool “paddle down” to replace and in the process duplicating “desperation save” to two different buttons?!?! That would be like removing your toilet paper holder with another soap dish/holder. Now you have two soap dishes and no toilet paper holder. That would be idiotic making absolutely no sense whatsoever. Yet that’s EA!
I don't know enough about goalie controls to know what you're angry at here. Maybe someone from EA can chime in and explain the control changes.
No response eh. 🤔😏
Much of your post is just about how amazing you are as a goalie and how you're going to get more wins this year. Not sure how to respond to that lol.
Anyone that plays this game can easily notice way LESS people playing G. Drop ins are one example. It takes me longer now to find games because I’m backing out of lobbies that don’t have a human goalie. More CLUBS are running games without a goalie. Anyone that plays this game daily during peak hours will notice and agree.
I NEVER said I was playing “amazing”. Don’t use words that I didn’t use!
Once again with the video clips? Waste of my time when it’s so obvious to anyone that plays the game consistently who will see all the goals caused by these unnecessary animations. That’s the #1 reason people are complaining about in game and on social media platforms. The DEVS should’ve recognized this when testing the game. They probably even did but just said screw it like they do to so many other aspects and release it regardless. Doese EA need video clips (proof) of sticks going through players, the boards etc? No. Why? Because it’s so obvious to anyone that has been playing the game for years and video clips aren’t needed.
Anyone doesn’t need to know anything about goalie controls to know how idiotic removing one tool while duplicating another is. I don’t know enough about bathroom renovations but I know how completely IDIOTIC it would be to remove a toilet paper holder with another soap dish. If I hired someone to renovate my bathroom and they did that then I would immediately fire them. The only reason I can think of why nobody at EA has responded to this is because they don’t want to admit to such an idiotic mistake.
Keep defending EA and its many glaring mistakes and all the other problems with this game. The majority of the people that play this game know the truth.
EA_AljoCommunity Manager
Once again with the video clips? Waste of my time when it’s so obvious to anyone that plays the game consistently who will see all the goals caused by these unnecessary animations.
Video clips are the best way to bring about change. This is an incredibly dynamic game. We can't just be told something happened and reproduce it. There are a lot of other details normally and a lot of people aren't going to recognize those. Our developers can watch a clip and have a general idea of what the issue is. That also doesn't mean it's easy to fix though.
Doese EA need video clips (proof) of sticks going through players, the boards etc? No. Why? Because it’s so obvious to anyone that has been playing the game for years and video clips aren’t needed.
We don't need clips of the stick going through the boards. As has been said many times, that is intended. Unfortunately, we're not at a point where players will perfectly avoid objects with their stick. Currently, we would see more issues if we didn't allow the stick to pass through objects/players at specific times. Again, video helps a ton. This is why it's so heavily requested.
Keep defending EA and its many glaring mistakes and all the other problems with this game. The majority of the people that play this game know the truth.
The majority of people playing this game don't post on the forums. It's a very small percentage of the playerbase that does. I'm not saying everyone outside the forums thinks the game is perfect though.
We've never said everything is working as intended. We would love for there to be no issues. It would be amazing if that were the case. The reality is that there are bound to be bugs, glitches, animations that don't always line up or wrong animations playing, etc. Hockey is incredibly complex. It's pretty much impossible to perfectly replicate this sport in a video game. It has it's issues. It also still provides a very competitive and fun game for many of us. People are entitled to defend it just as they are to be negative about it. Especially when we frequently see people blaming the game when it's more about how they're actually playing. Again, the game isn't perfect, but neither are humans. We all make mistakes. This is a hyper-competitive community though and not everyone is going to be accountable for them. Video tells us when an issue is legitimate or if it's human error. We're obviously no strangers to our own mistakes here. I'm not saying there's no fault on our end either and we want to be accountable for those. I have said many times over the years here when something's an issue on our end.
