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MasterB89's avatar
MasterB89
Seasoned Ace
21 days ago

Unnecessary/forced Diving Shot

Could some one at EA NHL explain to me why a diving shot attempt seemed to make more sense for the AI then doing a basic one-timer? There was no clear chance for this type of shot attempt to work at the player position, range and angle + position of the defensive player. 

These shot attempts seem to happen far too often in NHL 26 compared to NHL 25 overall (tested in HUT and franchise mode gameplay). 

This video clip was taken while playing in single player HUT. 

https://www.xbox.com/play/media/zEHwmfm7q7

8 Replies

  • Kaner1138's avatar
    Kaner1138
    New Adventurer
    21 days ago

    It’s just another issue we’ve been talking about for a while. How often do you see desperation moves like that in real life? That’s right. You don’t. Lol

  • DistortedFuzz83's avatar
    DistortedFuzz83
    Seasoned Vanguard
    21 days ago

    Agreed, That diving shot is the most unrealistic feature they easily brought into the game. Clearly shows they have 0 hockey knowledge when they bring in animations that have literally been done in real hockey 0 times this season alone lol, its kinda sad honestly how bad at their jobs they are, usually in life you get fired for being terrible at what you do :/

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    19 days ago

    I've seen some really wonky ones as well. I'll pass on the feedback. Thanks!

  • EA_Aljo​ 

    Here is an even worse example of this happening in instances that make no sense. 

    Puck carrier looses the puck, player on my own team has a chance to regain possession of the puck, closest player to the puck. 

    However the after I switched to the closest player the AI (original player who lost the puck), decided to dive and poke check the puck away from his own teammate and allowing the opposing team to gain possession of the puck. 

    I need someone at EA NHL to explain and display how NHL IQ and edge data factors into this play.  

    https://www.xbox.com/play/media/7kmnFuH8Yp

    This is actually worse then the one I posted originally and actually lead to a goal against. 

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 days ago

    Hey there. We're aware of this. The desperation shots are going off to easily. Hopefully, we'll see this updated in a future patch.

  • MasterB89's avatar
    MasterB89
    Seasoned Ace
    2 days ago

    This is not even a shot attempt.

    I understand that the desperation shot is going off easily, however this is not that sort of instance.

     Can you please explain what sort of shot attempt was being made cause I wasn't aware a diving poke check towards the boards was a shot attempt?

    If this is what EA NHL is defining as a shot attempt under the AI logic there is more issues then I even thought there was. 

    Where was the net in the view of the video evidence I showed? What trajectory did the puck have that directed it towards the net to deem it a shot attempt? 

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    2 days ago

    Again, we're aware of this. These shots shouldn't be happening as frequently as they do. The team is investigating it.