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circlesaroundyo
6 years ago
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Rewarding trash play with stupid momentum system

Momentum should be built by controlling the puck and causing the other team to get tired. Instead energy hardly affects play while cheap players are rewarded for forcing a faceoff that they didn't ea...
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    EA_Aljo
    6 years ago

    Momentum was a feature in the last generation of the game, but NHL 15 (on current consoles) and beyond do not have the momentum system. There has never been any catch-up logic either. AI teams will play harder when they are down. They'll take more chances and this can lead to scoring, but there's nothing built into the game to force one team to catch up. Many people don't recognize what's happening and don't play defensively enough. If you chase the AI and go for the hits or try to cause a turnover, it's going to leave open lanes they will take advantage of. The best way to play against AI teams when this happens, for example, late in the 3rd when they're down by a goal, is to try to clog the slot and block their shots.

    Edit: Thread locked to prevent "necro-posting".

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CombatEX
Seasoned Novice
6 years ago

I mean, I'm not gonna assume your play time or what you actually do with the game here but this so called "momentum" builds up by alot more than what you just pointed out here. No point in actually listing everything that factors in it but to your credit, it's a very stupid and useless catch up mechanic (just like what Mario kart has) where skill should be the main and probably even the only factor in a win or loss. The bigger issue in my opinion is that EA has, to this day, never made that list public or released as an official mechanic. If I remember correctly, the "momentum" mechanic probably dates back to something  like NHL 2008-2010. It was even denied being present by some devs when asked about it on the forums. The fact that we don't have an actual listing of what ever drives momentum is beyond me. After all these years though, the community has a pretty good idea what makes it tick and it's alot more than just forcing faceoffs.

Again. To reiterate, this is very-very - very dumb when the whole point to a sport is competing with each other by putting our skills and hockey iq sense to the test. You can keep the participation ribbons  and medals to the battlefield community. 

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EA_Aljo
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6 years ago

Momentum was a feature in the last generation of the game, but NHL 15 (on current consoles) and beyond do not have the momentum system. There has never been any catch-up logic either. AI teams will play harder when they are down. They'll take more chances and this can lead to scoring, but there's nothing built into the game to force one team to catch up. Many people don't recognize what's happening and don't play defensively enough. If you chase the AI and go for the hits or try to cause a turnover, it's going to leave open lanes they will take advantage of. The best way to play against AI teams when this happens, for example, late in the 3rd when they're down by a goal, is to try to clog the slot and block their shots.

Edit: Thread locked to prevent "necro-posting".

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