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Mikko_Haikala
Rising Rookie
4 months ago

Big BAP problems

There seems to be few big issues with BAP this year.  When I play as a goalie, my team (Stars) can't score more than max 2 goals a game. Skaters make weak shots, if they even are able to make the shot. Slap shots which they take in stupid situations especially take for ever and the puck is usually picked by opponent. If they can make some weak shot they are hitting the posts in a rate that is ridiculous.

Defence makes so many own goals (both ends) that it just kills immersion. After 80% of rebounds they try either move the puck to a goalie who is still recovering from the save. Sometimes they just shoot the puck against goalie and if the puck is free on the crease the own defender is the biggest threat. After one season as a goalie I've yet to see any saved situation by my defenders but dozens of own goals.

Pass interceptions by opponents are ridiculous when I play as a skater. It doesn't matter if opponents are facing the puck or not, they will intercept every puck without even seeing the pass. They never miss. They must have some kind of bat radar?

Whereas BAP player development was maybe a bit slow grind in previous games, now it is too fast. After one season, I'm already OVR 94 goalie... Sure I took the starter position at the latter half, won Stanley cup and received Conn Smythe but still. Ceiling is coming on very quickly. 

P.S. Last update 1.2.0 Improved many things. Form Score improvements and play time adjustments in lower lines was great improvement. NHL Goalie Jerseys got a bit better. They a still pretty hideous but a LOT better than they were. So thank you for those EA. Now try to balance the game play in BAP Skater and BAP Golie and I will be a happy camper since the core BAP game (I never play any other mode so I wouldn't know their problems) is a big improvement from last year.  

 

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  • Oh I forgot: What is going on with shoot outs? Sometimes when I play as a goalie the camera starts to shake and stutter like camera man is having a stroke. There was a similar but lot less interfering effect in previous games but this new effect is absolutely ridiculous. Even a slight movement of goalie makes the camera stutter so much that it is impossible to even try to make the save. I'm getting motion sickness from that sh*t - I don't even understand what is the purpose of the effect? I know it must be some kind of goalie nervousness situation simulation but it seems to totally random and it feels like there is an earthquake going on so I think you should just remove the effect. Shoot outs as a goalie are difficult and nerve wracking enough, you don't need any additional effect. Especially the one which is totally unreal and feels really unfair.

  • I thought it was just me. I play BAP goalie and on Pro level, my guys do not score. And the shots from both teams are pretty even. 

    However, when I move down to semi pro. My guys will score at will and they will outshoot the other team 50-16. I cant find that golden middle way. Ive tried to go Semi Pro and bump up the difficulty, but that doesnt help. my team still out shoots the other team by a wide margin. 

    The name bar still looks bad, but its better than it was before and the jerseys still looks bad and the limbs and extremities look awful and my goalie thinks his love hand side has a blocker and will try to deflect shots with his elbow despite having a glove in said hand. 

  • Juvenlast's avatar
    Juvenlast
    Rising Vanguard
    4 months ago

    I've had the same experience. Fellow BAP goalie :) Alright! It's been so bad for so long, I was wondering if we all existed.

    I'll only add one thing to your list of which I too have observed. 

    I play with the Redwings and guys like Seider and Soderblom are getting absolutely LIT UP with checks. And the thing is... there is literally NO SKATE UP. Guy is standing right next to them and all of a sudden they are on the ground again - coughing up the puck. 

    And most of the time I get scored against... it is because my defensemen shove the puck to me or put it in the net. 
     

  • Yeah I've noticed similar problems. Good defenders make so much stupid passing mistakes from behind of the goal to front center of the goal. They leave short side post unguarded and move to a lane where there is already a defender. It is just a mess. My star forwards like Rantanen, Hintz, Duchne, Robertson can't deke or pass at all. Instead they just shoot to opposite goalies Jersey logo or those freaking posts... 

    I still think there is a best Bap Goalie game hidden inside this mess. Mostly it feels pretty good. I usually play at Allstar level but since my team didn't make goals (and also lost shots like 20 against 40) . I tried Pro level and it worked pretty well when I dropped the CPU skill adjustment from 6 to 3. Still not much more goals but other teams shots dropped too low to my liking (always under 30). So next season I went back to Allstar but I made my teams shot accuracy 90 and made their better in every way and I also dropped other teams goalies sliders almost to zero. Still my guys are mainly having problems in scoring but every now and then they get 3 or even moro goals. I didn't make other teams skater worse (except  pass interception which was way OP for them). Now it sort of works (oh btw I dropped game speed to 2/6 speed since 3/6 is a bit too arcade for my liking). 

    P.S. I kind a like the elbow saves since that seems to be what (some) goalies nowadays do.

    BAP Goalies Unite! 😄

  • Mikko_Haikala's avatar
    Mikko_Haikala
    Rising Rookie
    4 months ago

    Oh I forgot now my CPU Skill Adjustment is 0/6 in Allstar level...

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