Get Rid of Elite Edges/Wheels in EASHL
I've owned every single EA NHL game. I still have my Sega and all of those original games going back to the NHLPA Hockey days. To say I'm a devoted fan, and sometimes an apologist to this franchise, ...
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Personal opinion of someone who plays defense at 92 speed.. if youre getting beat, its because you cant, or choose not to read that your team has lost possession early enough and risk staying in the zone too long. Do I agree defense isnt balanced enough when it comes to running 90+ puck control, 90+ def awareness, etc. 100% which is why i take the hit at speed and put it into those attributes. This game rewards shooters who blindly pass and hold up, so im gonna make it my mission, not to necessarily win every game, but to make it as hard as I can for the opposing offense to score. That's my motivation. I don't need goals, I don't even need assists (although I get them anyway), if the offense can't score goals in a game that rewards it, that's not my problem, GAA is. And you know what, my record speaks for itself currently standing at 36-8-1. This isn't a challenge this is a testament that the game rewards teams that don't give up odd man rushes and defensemen who play full out defense. Maybe one day that changes or maybe the community as a whole just keeps doing the same thing expecting different results. But one things for sure, I'm not gonna keep losing games because I am too stubborn to adapt and overcome.
If you are not wiling to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
I don't get why everyone needs wheels or their lives are over? The perk, unless orange which I still haven't seen, is useless in getting past a defender. The only time it is useful is for when a teammate loses the puck in a stupid way and my guy is unable to get back. Wheels is good when you are already on a breakaway so you stay on that breakaway. If that breakaway happens, it's either because I messed up and didn't get back in time or my teammate decided to try and blindly chuck it through the crease with 3 guys there after i just pinched to help keep the puck in the zone. That's not my fault, that was my teammate for hucking the puck into the center of the ice. My Two Way Dman has 92 speed and he is not giving up breakaways because the second I see my team possibly losing the puck, I am already getting back. Blue wheels also drains your stamina so fast that one rush, if you make it that far, and you are gassed. In my opinion, wheels, much like truculence, is an overvalued perk people think they need to be relevant. I'm not saying it doesn't have its place, but not every single skater on the ice needs it.
