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thegarden94
Seasoned Ace
2 months ago

It's Nov 4

Going on 2months and we still haven't heard if they plan to fix the poke checks, stick lifts and goalies ,if they're broken at all or are they just nerfed so their shinny new xfactors can work and how about the penalties that hardly exist ,like open ice charging, elbowing and roughing

So instead of fixing these problems they gaslight the player base by increasing the hitting for LTING something that you were always able to do further making this game play more like an arcade cartoon game than a Sim hockey game ,it's an actual disgrace what's happening and has happened to this series, I mean for the love of God everything is an xfactor, a one timer off the face now can be done only if you have quick draw, something you could always ways do in previous years 

This is for online play

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  • The cpu defense not really doing anything to stop you is a feature - too many people were complaining about "skill zoning" in HUT so now it's like the don't even exist.

    A little bit of phasing needs to happen to get animations and collision in check but what I hate the most about emanually extending your stick is how it can break your arm and make you lose all operational control until everything "resets"

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    thegarden94
    Seasoned Ace
    2 months ago

    Well i posted clips with a few others having done the same that sometimes when you poke check the stick phases thru the puck and the opposing players stick and game changer streams have also noticed the same thing ,last year this wasn't a problem, became even if you hit the stick it still knock puck off the stick 

  • Offline cpu don't poke check just checks you and human at 100 poke check slider is still hit and miss as well as no cpu stick penalties. 

  • They might have gotten the odd extra animation here and there but goalies haven't had a meaningful update in over a decade now so don't hold your breath about anything being overhauled this year.
    I never use stick lifts but what issues are you experiencing with poke checks?

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