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New Hotshot

2 months ago

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...

New Hotshot

2 months ago

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_Aljo

Community Manager

2 months ago

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.

Hacrosse
New Traveler
2 months ago
EA_Aljo wrote:
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
  Community Manager
  1 month ago
  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.
  - Hacrosse
    New Traveler
    1 month ago
    I understand that, I don’t think anyone here asked you to be the one to specifically fix this issue, what we have asked is that you bring the feedback from the community to the people who make the changes.
W00PEX
New Hotshot
2 months ago
Couldn't upload the video clip, but these pictures show how well the poke check works.
Lifts the stick over his stick !?!?!? WHAT?
- KidShowtime1867
  Hero
  1 month ago
  W00PEX wrote:
  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:
  - W00PEX
    New Hotshot
    1 month ago
    At least not jump over the opponent, You keep making it sound like we don't understand anything about hockey. I don't want it to be like it used to be when people went around spamming poke checks….. you guys talking avout us like we suck at this game when all of you playing with friends……... ”defend it” yeah sure i do even when i’m forward i have been a better defenseman than the clowns playing defens many times… you can’t enjoy drop in when sticklift and poke checks are weaker than the offensive skills, so many times i have played defense alone cuz the other guy is a level one enforcer or more offensive than EK65…. last year i could handle it okey and i could trust the goalie more, but this year i can be there and brake passe but if they shot at goal the goalie gonna let it in, left-right and a backhand between the goalie and the post 🤷‍♂️ if i go for him the other dude have open goal…. well you super stars maybe you can teach us NOOBS how to do it?!?!?