EA NHL 26 CHEL WOC IS A JOKE
I'm a franchise player who now tried CHEL because franchise mode is completely forgotten... nothing worth it cuz no one BUYS anything there. Well tried CHEL and got run over by overpowered "enforcer...
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Pokecheck and sticklift helloooooo are you there?!?!?!??!?
There is an inherent problem with pokes and sticklifts- they're underpowered, yes. But if someone is running no contest, and your player has less than decent stick-checking...the opponent will maintain the puck every time. Frustrating? Absolutely because making contact with the puck should knock it away/disrupt the carrier. Unrealistic? a little, but hockey IRL it can be easy to fight through stick lift to regain control.
Reverse hit
My personal issue with this is that it's automatically triggered, and shouldn't be. You can see this by how quickly it happens, usually FAR too quick to be a reflex. That being said, it's easy enough to avoid. If they reduced the power of them I'd be ok with that
every game has to end like a Mighty Ducks movie…. two seconds left “he shoots, he scores”
I've got to give you this one...too many literal last second goals. Way too many.
My personal biggest complaint is getting up, even when not winded still takes WAY too long. If you're injured it takes almost 1.5 in game minutes. They need to decrease that time by at least 50%
Well sticklift is really bad this year and it dosen’t matter if you have 99 defens and 99 in poke check and the x factor you will poke check the same without x factor and 80 in poke check, sometime i even think i play better defense with my OD than my DD 🤷♂️
And yeah you only play with friends, try to play drop in with people that dosen’t know anything about hockey and your stats will drop hard, Be the only guy playing defense on the ice is pretty hard when sticklift and poke check is so bad, last year i could do it pretty good but this year naaaa, and even if i play proper defense the goalie will let in the most ridiculous goal.
Everything is ”ok” if i find a good team to play with were i can trust the other defense dude.
But i have no friends in CHEL so drop in is the only thing for me
EA_AljoCommunity Manager
Well sticklift is really bad this year and it dosen’t matter if you have 99 defens and 99 in poke check and the x factor you will poke check the same without x factor and 80 in poke check, sometime i even think i play better defense with my OD than my DD.
Yes. Stick lift is not good this year. I'm really having very few issues with poke check. I use the Stick 'em up XF and have 93 stick checking.
I do play drop-ins, but only with clubs. I back out of the outdoor rink games because clubs normally are a lot better.Well sticklift is really bad this year and it dosen’t matter if you have 99 defens and 99 in poke check and the x factor you will poke check the same without x factor and 80 in poke check, sometime i even think i play better defense with my OD than my DD.
I don't understand how an EA employee, who is supposed to pass on community feedback, can consistently acknowledge this issue, and yet still we haven't seen any adjustments, after the game has been out for a couple of months now; it is a crucial part of the game of hockey. Is this going to be fixed?
- EA_Aljo
It was actually someone else that said that. I just missed quoting it when I was responding. Regardless, as I've said, I agree with the stick lift not working well enough, but I'm having very little issue with poke checks.
While I work for EA, I'm not a developer. I relay the feedback, but it's not something I can personally address.
Couldn't upload the video clip, but these pictures show how well the poke check works.
Lifts the stick over his stick !?!?!? WHAT?
but these pictures show how well the poke check works.
I'm not sure how effective a poke check should be when you're not even facing the puck carrier:
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