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
Bingo. There could be a better balance for sure, but you're absolutely correct in that people are making terrible reads on possession changes. Having to battle against Wheels makes those decisions even more timely and consequential.
I personally think both things are true; Wheels needs a bit of a nerf and people need to play better defense. (Also, truculence has no place in this game)
I'm not gonna keep losing games because I am too stubborn to adapt and overcome.
Well said! People clamour for a new game every year, they get it - and then incessantly moan about how things have changed without giving themselves time to adapt.
Yeah I imagine it's hard to balance, because a lot of people are wanting to play two-way or offensive D and then still get back and play traditional defense as well. Doesn't really translate. I just find that if I'm not already getting close to the red line by the time they come out of the zone, they're already blowing past us 3 on 2 by the time we get to our blue line. Just feels weighted a little poorly and it does make it fairly difficult to contribute offensively.
But that's just it... your job is not to contribute offensively for the most part. Your main job is to stop them from putting the puck in your net. If you want to play that game instead and get super offensive, then expect to give up breakaways and that is not the games fault for giving them wheels. That is instead, your fault for not wanting to play defensive.
Its just like in League games when I see a game is tied up with seconds left because the leading team had an odd man rush and they go for the shot only to have it hit off the post. The trailing team then picked up the puck and went back the other way catching the defense off guard and tying up the game. So many people would blame the game saying they got "EA'd" by them hitting the post when the real question should have been why the heck did the forward not just take it to the corner and secure the win?
It's simple, people only think in terms of offense and that's why games are tailored to that. If you want that mindset, then by all means have at it and win games 8-6. But don't blame the game or the perk for every time you are getting beat because you wanted to be "in the play" on offense. That is not your job. Plain and simple.Your job in the defensive zone is to stay between the forward and the net, for sure. Your job in the offensive zone is to hold the puck in the zone, contribute to the cycle, etc. It's no fun to play half the game because three forwards are sharking around waiting to go on a 3 man fast break and the only way you can prepare is to stay a whole zone ahead. It's like when people used to complain about the toe drag wrister and people would say "just defend it". Yeah, it's doable. I'd still like the game to be tuned so that multiple avenues are equally effective and represented, so the experience stays fresh, yeah?
I'd still like the game to be tuned so that multiple avenues are equally effective and represented, so the experience stays fresh, yeah?
Exactly. 100%.
Respectfully, I ******* love you and how you approach the game. You can tell you watch and or play real hockey. Your thoughts are almost identical to those of my own. Secure the W. Play for the W, not for the score sheet. The game would be incredible if more people thought like you do.
