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honestbleeps
Seasoned Novice
4 years ago

CPU Defense keeps coming to human D's side / playing right next to him

Product: NHL 22
Platform:Xbox Series X
How often does the bug occur? Often (50% - 99%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Play EASHL with one human D and one CPU D. Over the course of a full game, it'll happen several times.
What happens when the bug occurs? You will find that throughout the course of a game, many many times, the CPU D will come over and play the human D's side of the ice - meaning 2 d-men are near the center of the blue line rather than, for example, one at the left and one near the center, or left/right, etc. I exclusively play RD, for example, in EASHL. When we have a CPU D-man, at least a couple of times a period, he'll drift over to my side even if I'm decently in position.
What do you expect to see? I expect the CPU D to stay on his own side of the ice. Even if I vacate my position (maybe the AI thinks I am? I don't think I am usually), LD shouldn't be covering for RD and just abandoning his post at LD. It makes sense for forwards to cover for D, but not D for D having them both right next to each other.
Was the issue in online or offline mode? Online
Insert Game Mode or Feature here I only play EASHL - this may be an issue in other modes, but since I only play EASHL I can only confirm it occurs in EASHL.
What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) N/A
What is your time zone? CST - GMT - 6:00
What is your gamertag/PSN ID? stabbytime
PS4 Crash Reporting: Please copy the text you put in the crash report here. n/a
EASHL issues? Please insert your Club Region. midwest/central? don't think this is applicable.
What is your game language? English

Not much to add beyond what I already put in the bug report, which I'll paste again here because I'm not sure how this will display in my forum post:

When playing EASHL with one human D, you will find that throughout the course of a game, many many times, the CPU D will come over and play the human D's side of the ice - meaning 2 d-men are near the center of the blue line rather than, for example, one at the left and one near the center, or left/right, etc.

I exclusively play RD, for example, in EASHL. When we have a CPU D-man, at least a couple of times a period, he'll drift over to my side even if I'm decently in position.

I expect the CPU D to stay on his own side of the ice. Even if I vacate my position (maybe the AI thinks I am? I don't think I am usually), LD shouldn't be covering for RD and just abandoning his post at LD. It makes sense for forwards to cover for D, but not D for D having them both right next to each other.

13 Replies

  • honestbleeps's avatar
    honestbleeps
    Seasoned Novice
    4 years ago

    I'll have to go back and test it because it's hard to memorize, but going from memory:

    pressing X during a cutscene / replay does nothing

    pressing X during certain stoppage time brings up the dialog, but the buttons to cycle through strategies do nothing (and the screen / popup doesn't show them as being active - it seems they're disabled on purpose)

    pressing X during gameplay does nothing (like while the puck is out there and actively in play)

    I'll have to go back and test, as I said, to find the specific time(s) it does work -- I think maybe only pre-faceoff, going from memory? 

    either way, regardless of those strategies, the CPU D is still doing what it shows in the videos and playing my side at least a few times a game ☹️

  • Greyinsi's avatar
    Greyinsi
    Seasoned Veteran
    4 years ago

    I play mostly LD, and this is so annoying. If the RD AI ain’t stuck behind the goal, or first on the offence, he’s favourite thing to do is to push me to the boards. This is getting worse every year. When are we going to get this fixed? If I could choose playing with between AI D or a static traffic cone, I would choose the latter. 

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    4 years ago

    @Greyinsi 


    Thanks for the feedback on this. I'll pass it on for you. I finally had this happen last night. I'll have to keep an eye out for it more.

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