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CabRelix
Seasoned Rookie
1 month ago

Faceoffs and the pressure system

If we have to deal with this terrible pressure system, then let's make this more like real hockey. If there is a faceoff, and it isn't icing, then both teams should start with full health after the faceoff. The coach would have changed lines and the players would not be forced to remain on the ice.  Icing , you can't change lines, this should be the only time you start with less than full health. How ridiculous is it that the team who has just been scored on, has no energy on the faceoff after the goal. How does it make sense that players are still out of energy after a goal has been scored?  Why are the effects of the pressure system still there?  The game is so broken as it is, why keep making it worse?

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  • Totally agree on the stamina issue. Something EA never put thought into.

  • We've needed tons of tweaks to faceoffs for years now but they probably can't do that with the current tech.

     

  • Modulater83's avatar
    Modulater83
    Seasoned Vanguard
    1 month ago

    100% agree with this. I kind of hate the pressure system due to how prevalent it is.  I think it would work better in smaller doses or more subtley.  If we have to live with it, I like this idea.  All non-icinf faceoffs should reset the pressure meter.

  • Yeah, they are so set on keeping this system because they made it and refuse to admit it was a poor choice/ poor execution.. nobody asked for it, nobody likes it, but someone at EA decided it was good. I suppose it did come with penalizing teams for ragging so that's good.. but now with Xfactors it can be stupid how quickly pressure can start. Then you can't get a breakaway on them because you're too tired.. it looks so stupid 🤣 almost as bad as how goalies looked last year flopping like fish. Pressure was their main selling point for 1 year or work so they can't get rid of it. If they had talked to the consumers it wouldn't have happened and wouldn't have been a waste of time. Luckily for us they learned from this and chose to continue not listening to the consumer! (Looking over at the lack of match my room size)

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