Poke check and stick lifting
Fix them, make them work. I just had a game where we both skated through five players and scored a goal. Because poke checks or stick lifts aren't working, and if you jump towards your goal while an ...
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I'm hesitant to spread this across too many threads (this exact post has been made a lot), but...
Stick checking neds to create more separation of puck from player. I'm sure it feels great to skate through an entire team with Unstoppable and Big Rig on, but it doesn't feel good to try and defend, and the defensive X-factors are pathetic in comparison. Yesterday somebody reverse-hit one of our defensemen into the bench. That's not hockey, that's like watching Mighty Ducks 3 on Disney+. I can see fighting through a poke check or stick lift once or twice. Exceptional players have done it. Fighting through 11 stick checks and losing possession multiple times only to get it back in .3 seconds each time is apocalyptically bad.
EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerI know we're looking into the feedback on poke checks. I have plenty of good ones, then there are times when it seems like there should have been bigger separation. I think stick lifts are in a worse state as I'm really not sure I've even gotten one to work yet.
Fighting through 11 stick checks and losing possession multiple times only to get it back in .3 seconds each time is apocalyptically bad.
Yeah, this has been frustrating for sure.
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