all my complaints are to whoever in EA codes this game and not to you. just like right now while playing this game. I have my poke check accuracy and power to 100 AND have stick em up Xfactor and I only connect with less than 2 out of 10 poke checks. I just had a pass get by me in my zone while I was stride for stride with the the other player. there should be NO reason I missed that pass. the computer AI blocks 8 out of 10 passes when their not even looking but I can't hit a poke check when I can see it's coming. that pisses me off and to boot they scored. and it wasn't even a hard shot but of course my goalie can't stop a paper air plane when I'm on the ice but their goalie can stop 4 or more slap shots in a row on rookie or pro. it wouldn't be so bad if I would not get gigged on that stuff. I shut the game down so fast I didn't see what it gave in defense but I know it would have been a missed assignment or not guarding the net or bad line defense or a combo of both. do they not understand that you WILL get scored on even if you do everything right? and again I go back to they give more negative coaches score than positive. that is wrong. if I spend 80% of the game in the offensive zone, is that not good defense as well? yes, but you get nothing for that. I let 1 goal in while on the ice and I get a -5% or up in defense even if I'm in the right position but I would have to poke check and/or block shots at least 5 times to just get a +1% or up to +3%? that is just wrong. I scream and cuss at this game more that any other game and even more than I did playing NHL25. it is going to give me a heart attack or an aneurysm. the computer thinks a trillion times faster than a human brain so even though I see the entire playing area and know where everyone is at the computer AI KNOWS what I'm about to do and counters it. for example, I'm going to pass to a teammate and even though he has a stride on the opposing player, the opponent can block the pass because the pass is to slow. but it's not that the pass was to slow, it's the fact that the computer "sees" the pass faster than the puck is traveling. EA is not taking into account that a human has a slower thinking process and reaction time (like me). even though I see everything, I have to wait to see where the puck is going then hit a button. in that time, the pass is almost to me or passed me. that doesn't happen with the computer (except my teammates, they have no clue where the puck is 90% of the time). and even while getting hit the other team AI can get the most accurate pass or shot off like they didn't get touched. now if there is a slider that can adjust this, I'd like to know. I know there's one or two that says something about reaction time but someone will have to explain how that works because I don't understand it. I've watched several real NHL games and a pass or shot gets by the defender 80% of the time if not more than that but not in this game. but even if there are sliders to adjust this, I know this would effect my teammates and they let that crap go by them now. I can imagine what they would be like if I adjusted sliders. my teammates should play like the opposing team but they do not. the sliders should be: AI team/player team. so if I up my shot power on human team, then ALL the players on my team has their shot power raised, not just me. sorry for the long post but I love hockey and want to play this game but I just can't right now