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Rising Traveler

5 months ago

WOC Defense

Nonexistent. Kinda getting ridiculous at this point. Poke Checks rarely work, stick-lifts are non existent. maxed out d awareness with quick pick and force passes are going through two defensemen. S...

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FourZeroVI

New Veteran

5 months ago

What would make a goalie react incorrectly then? It seems like a shot will happen and my goalie will make an animation that doesnt correspond with the shot being taken.

Like why? this shouldn't go in and its not even me.

EA_Aljo

Community Manager

5 months ago

I don't think there really are any shots that should never go in. I'm sure we've all seen goals happen in the real world that would be save 99% of the time. For the clip above though, it's too small to really see exactly how it's going in. It looks like it's under their arm. Maybe we need better coverage there. Is this a goal that can be scored every time with doing that same spin-o-rama? I'm also not going to claim that there are no issues with goalies. It's always possible there's something unintended happening here. I would need a bigger video that I can send over to the team for review.

FourZeroVI
New Veteran
5 months ago
It just feels like there are so many holes. And it feels like I can do everything right as a goalie and it doesn't matter. I understand the whole realism thing but it is a video game at the end of the day and sometimes you have to manipulate the game to make it fun as well as real. xfactors arent real but here we are. it needs balance. if a goalie moves in the correct direction or puts himself in the best position, he should be rewarded.

On a separate note, the same is with defense. There too much punishment, if the puck is 6" behind your player youre not intercepting it, if youre poke checking or shove checking, the puck will go right through you, etc. Is it real? absolutely, but is it balanced for the game at this stage... probably not. Pass assist and icon passing arent real but again we use them to balance the offensive portion of the game.

I could do this all day with real vs balanced mechanics. My point is, it just feels like it punishes the entire defensive side of the ice way more than it should for where this game is currently.