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hiperay
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2 days ago

NHL 26 Hitting window

NHL 27 needs a lower time to hit window before you are at risk of a penalty for interference. I am all for Truculence being as strong as it is but then stuff like this happens where I get injured for doing nothing wrong by passing it off to my teammate. I then am stuck as the first guy tries to hit me and either misses or stops, only for the second guy to come at me and kill me without repercussion. 

Hitting window example

You will see that when I recorded and watched it frame by frame. Going off of my best estimates here, 4.66 was when the puck was indicated off my possession and then at 5.70 is when the perk appears under his player indicating the hit. 1.04 seconds is just too much time. This window at MOST should be like .7 seconds, though my ideal request would be half the time at .5 seconds. Enough to finish a check on a person but not too much that it only really rewards those that were in a good position for a hit on a puck carrier and not a random skater.

As a side note I lose around half my stamina for this hit that has is in no way trying to play the puck or finish a check. Please tell me I am not the only who thinks this? 

Especially in solo player games, its frustrating having to watch your lines lose their energy because every time you go to pass the puck off to a teammate, that player than gets decimated with a late hit by a truck defenseman or something. Its rewarding players who take illegal hits, not ones who finish their checks and I really hope this example shows how bad it can get.


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  • hiperay's avatar
    hiperay
    New Ace
    1 day ago

    You know I think this would be a nice option here is to have it just allow reverse checks, or if that can't be done, being able to shove check someone next to you to establish your position since shove checks do not really do much anyways. This game got rid of its one use of shove checking in front of the net as I have seen myself get more and more penalties in front of the net trying to avoid these cut players trying to skate through me into the low slot.

  • RSall14's avatar
    RSall14
    Seasoned Ace
    1 day ago

    They made a conscious decision to leave this in the game. All penalties in general were significantly toned down since the new leadership came in.

  • hiperay​ , you are not alone in feeling this way.  Its been noted a bunch of times and EA is definitely aware as Aljo has confirmed.  He's also confirmed he sees it as an issue.

    But really it does suck.  The window is way too large.  In EASHL our defenders are now being targeted 1,2,3 seconds after they've made a breakout play and are just skating up the ice (no longer even on screen) and they are getting demolished behind the play.  Opens up fairly cheap breakaways too if the defense needs to do a long getup animation.

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    1 day ago

    Hey there. We've had a lot of similar feedback on this. The team is aware so hopefully, we'll see changes in the future. Thanks!

  • It's been a common complaint for several years.   I'd love to see it addressed, but I suspect it's more "feature" than "bug".

  • Nothing like getting hit once your eyes are already up ice trying to process the play and how you're going to join it. 

     

    If they want later hits, let people reverse check without the puck. 

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