Issues with the AI "balance"

The in-game AI feels as though its consistently manipulating gameplay in ways that break immersion and fairness, tilting matches in its own favor. Instead of providing a fair challenge, these behavio...

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NBLSXSopeX

Rising Traveler

1 month ago

EA_Aljo I genuinely don't even know what to say about this one🤦‍♂️

Also, on an irrelevant side note, in HUT, I think my season 3 free captain pack bugged out yesterday? I picked Sam Reinhart with 🟨(PS5), had the glow effect around it, but the next screen gave me Rasmus Andersson? I doubt anything can be done about it, but since I've a laundry list of issues here already🤷‍♂️

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EA_Aljo

Community Manager

1 month ago

Wow. That's really crazy. Did try to deke there by chance? If not, do you recall what you were doing?

Any chance you have a video of the Rainhart issue?

NBLSXSopeX
Rising Traveler
1 month ago
EA_Aljo No, I was playing through the wildcard event and from what I remember, I was bringing it out from behind the net with Seguin to start my cycle but the pass bugged out and gave me possession in time to get crushed. I think I was gonna send it low on the other when the guy on the blueline got it? Not sure exactly.
As for the Reinhart issue, no I didnt think to hit the share button and consistently forget it can go back a few minutes😅, the cards were both red so it didnt register immediately until I couldnt find him as a forward for my lineup but had an 89 Andersson Capt available in my defensemen, but I've already burned a bunch of cards to make 5 McDavids to make another Sam Reinhart Captain card🤷‍♂️
- EA_Aljo
  Community Manager
  1 month ago
  Thanks for the details. Unfortunately, we can't do anything about either of those. We'll have to wait and see if we get other reports. Definitely let me know if they happen again and try to get a video. Appreciate it!
  - NBLSXSopeX
    Rising Traveler
    1 month ago
    EA_Aljo how does this game get regular updates, and each one proceeds to make the game feel progressively worse and throw the idea of "competitive play" out the window? The AI are absolutely ABYSMAL when you are playing in the defensive zone, hustling from their zone to the back of my net with no stamina loss while player cost seems ONCE AGAIN amplified even worse than prior, as keeping pace with that same AI will leave me drained way before the corner... poke checking is atrocious both in accuracy and power, if I'm the slightest bit off in either I'm getting absolutely dogwalked ALL game. And the AI suddenly skating into walls and then backwards to avoid incovenient bodychecks is getting beyond old and is mentally tiring at this point, I can literally switch players, hold the body check button and with no change in movement the AI starts stutter-stepping and changes pathing to keep you "just out of range" at all times. I don't get how over the course of an update, It feels like having to relearn defensive spacing and positioning just about every time something is tweaked. Given the odd chance to actually achieve my intended defensive maneuver (body or stick check) theres always a "convenient change in trajectory" and the puck just drop or flies directly to another.
    What point does contributing clips and context to the issues experienced with the game actually hold? Like, what explicitly needs to be shown, to show that the issues experienced in this game are worthy of significant changes from the ground up so it can start remotely scratching the surface of resembling the sport? My intent with the whole initial post was to hopefully contribute to adding constructive criticism that would help improve the game, yet it consistently goes in the opposite way and feels worse the more they "improve it"