People would always freak out at launch and they would basically just revert everything back to the previous year's model but starting a few years back they decided to just stick it out instead but regardless, they have consistently never been able to introduce a patch to "fix" certain community concerns like you want until around the January mark, give or take (patches aren't like flipping a switch but, in theory, should definitely not have to be pushed till the next title)
1. While I hate just how much an unsuccessful pokecheck slows you down, they aren't really in a bad spot in terms of skill gap - we should be making better pokes instead of being allowed to spam. Players getting the puck right back though? That's always been something I don't see them able to ever fix (to a point everyone will be happy).
2. You must be new to 3on3, and to a lesser extent, 6on6? Speed has been the bread and butter of chel for more than 10 years now - The streamers and very vocal community can't get enough of dat speeeeeeeeed
But yeah, the new Xfactor boosts are crazy right?
3. My buddy and I basically invented the Truculence meta before it was even invented using Grinders in 3v3 - Trust me, I know more than anyone that this is some total BS and we don't even have Truculence+ yet haha. Game's changing into something disgustingly not hockey that even Shoresy wouldn't approve. CM says the team is well aware of community concerns but we've heard this before...
4. I have used stick lifts like 5 times in total over the years and I've gotten a penalty probably 3 of those. I will never ever recommend using em, no matter how confident you are.
5. I'm the biggest hater when it comes to the goalies but even I have to admit the AI seems to be able to handle breakaways and wraps better this year (thank god), though i will never recommend anyone attempt to be a competitive human goalie in EASHL lol; you're asking for heartache.
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