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Seasoned Veteran

6 months ago

Nerf hitting and Trucelence

Please nerf trucelence and the insane hitting in eashl. That’s not hockey. Teams are hitting way after the pass, hitting in the back, boarding, charging etc.. every tiny nudge sends you flying and te...

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PaskaTykki92

Rising Rookie

6 months ago

There is no need to nerf hitting at all, finally they brought hitting back, it has been gone like past NHL games and now we are finally able to counter those LT/L2 ballerina skaters, hitting is big part of the hockey. Truculence could be balanced little bit but normal hits are totally fine. Atm pokechecks and sticklifts are totally broken and unuseable so you are thinking to take that last way to play defence in this game? NHL has favoured offence too long time, maybe there is need to nerf offence much more and give better tools to defence with better interceptions (no force hockey anymore), better stickplays and better hitting.

ChiTownSwagger91
Seasoned Veteran
6 months ago
I am a defenseman and I’m not saying take away all tools.. obviously if they nerf hitting they need to also severely nerf puck control for forwards and agility too.. and severely increase poke check for players in proper positions and angles.

I just want to play a Duncan Keith style where I’m a master with my stick and am fast with smart positioning and play..and IRL hitting and checks are more subtle where it knocks people off the puck but you don’t get massively destroyed from a little shoulder nudge or after passing the puck.. that and there’s so many penalties missed in this game from boarding, charging, interference etc..
you have the ballerina types who use trucelence so now they’re flying up the ice, skating in circles, and getting 30 hits a game all in a super small build.. that’s not normal!

brother I play D so I totally get you.. and big hits have their place but it should be more small to medium hits and then the big huge ones on occasion.
the defensemen and smart hockey players are the ones being punished the most. I have adjusted and used unstoppable and the other one that counters hits but it’s still too much and I shouldn’t need 2 factors to counter the overpowered trucelence. Last night my club played and it was every little hit that sent us flying and changed the game and most of the hit were way after the play or Tiny nudges that sent us flying..