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25 days agoRising Novice
Fix the Goalies
Why do the AI goalies suck so bad year after year? I shouldn't have to turn sliders all the way up and make my goalie super human just to be able to make a **bleep** save.
I do agree goalies need a bump, but the player base also would need to learn to play better defense. Year after year the best user goalies in the game sit around .800, maybe .815. That's a whole 9-10% lower than irl goalies. And I think if the consumer is looking for that simulation feel that we expect from an NHL game , that's ultimately where EA should look to balance the game. However, I have noticed that the community finds defense to be boring, in that aspect, its a little too much simulation because its a very "let the play come to you", "dont over commit", "youll get burned on a single mistake" kind of situation and ultimately the community and just the general public are not good with patience and are looking for more instant gratification. I think there has to be a balance of simulation to the game as well as a tune when a game isn't played as expected. There are no incentives to play good defense in this game so until that can be rectified, a bump to the goaltenders who are "forced" to play the position in a more simulation way is needed to make the game feel more balanced. Much less leaky goals if youre in a solid to perfect position, we know goals go in in the nhl but for this game, they shouldnt yet. The rest of the game just hasnt caught up with "leaky" goals. I think if you got rid of the leaky goals for now and left the rest it would be a step in the right direction. I wouldnt try to make goalies into gods because then youll have a reverse issue where people find goalies too OP, but if you make small increases, i think youd find people would enjoy the grind of having better, closer games that arent decided because the goalie just happen to bobble a puck off their chest and it goes in.
I agree with you who has been in the top 100 best defensive previous years not every year but most years I can safely say well there taking more and more tools from the US **bleep** and it's making it nearly impossible to play defense because right now it really bad and it's been getting worse for years for the **bleep**
Youre not wrong, there is a huge emphasis on stick position and facing the puck when it comes to interceptions and poke checking and right now that isnt the easiest thing to accomplish, but this is a team game and the 3 players on the defensive side of the ice need to work together a little bit better and the 3 forwards need to support them. I only play defense every now and then but the things I see a lot that hurt defensemen are not allowing the play to come to them, they go for hits when its not needed, they dont use the defensive skill stick to guide the attack to the outside, instead theyll go for a hit as a guy skates into the slot but miss completely when a sweep of the defensive stick wouldve been all thats needed. I'm not saying in any way that defense doesnt need a buff, but they also need to find some patience as well. This kind of thing has been happening year after year even when things were better. Just as an example, there are plenty of other things needed on the defensive side as well.