Ok hero lol I’m not here to argue—I’m just sharing my experience, because for the first time in six years of playing this game, I felt frustrated enough to speak up. And not just that—this is literally the first time in my life that I’ve ever made a forum post or publicly complained about any video game. That alone should tell you how much this has gotten to me.
I’ve been part of a decent +500 team with a solid win rate against high-level competition. I’ve faced Diamond and Elite teams and can admit when we’re simply outplayed. I don’t mind losing—never have. But when the mechanics feel inconsistent or outright broken, it becomes less about skill and more about fighting the game itself. That’s when it stops being fun.
One of my biggest gripes is with the repetitive goal patterns—especially the “backhand/forehand/backhand” move that goalies just can’t seem to stop. It’s predictable, it’s stale, and yet it’s still somehow effective every time. I’ve personally opted out of doing it because scoring that way doesn’t feel rewarding—it feels like I’m just exploiting something the game hasn’t fixed.
Your response felt more like a defense of the game than a real attempt to understand where I’m coming from. If it plays perfectly for you, great. But that doesn’t invalidate other players’ experiences.
I even have video clips backing up what I’ve seen, though I doubt they’ll change anything. That’s just the reality of these forums sometimes.
Either way, I’ll keep sharing my thoughts when I think it matters. You can ignore them or not—that’s up to you. But I won’t be replying again. I’ve said what I needed to say.
No hard feelings—just being honest.
This game is so consistently inconsistent which makes it feel like we’re playing against the game itself rather than our opponents a lot of the time.
I can defend against the best of them but when certain players attempt the same exploit over and over and over eventually it’ll work or they’ll switch it to another exploit catching me off guard. Same thing when I score my many one timers from the point. A player can defend against me successfully but if I keep doing it over and over and over I’ll eventually score as they’ll eventually breakdown. So no not everything is 100% defendable and that’s why it’s a strategy of certain players to repeatedly try the same thing over and over and over. That’s not how I want to play hockey.
Agreed. Thanks for sharing
