Nope, sure can't position lock!! This is probably my favourite change in the game, seriously it makes me so happy that kids have to actually play with their teams.
OH finally!!! it just becomes a huge waste of time. I usually quit right away when I (or my buddy and I) match up against some loser(s) with lock ons, always love when they have Locked on LW & RW, no need to take faceoffs, play D or goalie. Far too many cherry pickers or guys who don't have a clue how to play defence and let their CPU do all the work.
Awesome job EA, game keeps getting better and better.
One of the worst changes to NHL 19 they are touting as a "fix". This only handicaps players who don't like, or aren't able to play as the whole team. It negatively impacts players who can't win faceoffs as well. Instead of banning players who misuse the feature, they have punished every player who didn't abuse Position Locking. This is especially true when playing against the CPU, the player should have the choice to position lock or not.
OH finally!!! it just becomes a huge waste of time. I usually quit right away when I (or my buddy and I) match up against some loser(s) with lock ons, always love when they have Locked on LW & RW, no need to take faceoffs, play D or goalie. Far too many cherry pickers or guys who don't have a clue how to play defence and let their CPU do all the work.
Awesome job EA, game keeps getting better and better.
What if you don't want to play as the whole team? What if you can't win faceoffs (ME!)? Does a player who can't master the skill of faceoffs deserve to lose every faceoff every game? Should position lock not still be available for play vs. the CPU? Could this have been better resolve by suspending or banning offending gamertags from the online portion of the game? Don't you think this change negatively impacts casual players of HUT?
Too many take advantage of the lock on feature, the amount of games I have played (Usually while playing Couch Co-op) where 2 Guys join a game locked on to LW & RW, who Cherry Pick and let the computer do all the defensive work and Faceoffs. Gets annoying real quick.
I'm not the best at faceoffs, most games im below 50%... but if you are desperate to play... watch a couple Youtube tutorials, I think there are even tutorials in the game for this type of thing.
Maybe they can add an option for Lock-ons only, but then that would thin out the searching parameters to find a game.
Eitherway, this is a huge blessing for people who utilize their entire team, and get constantly matched up with the "stick tapper" always calling for the puck at the blue line, while the rest of the CPU destroys everyone on defence and wins 80% of the faceoffs.
Sorry for the Spam, I do agree that yes... you should be able to do it against the CPU. 100% kind of silly they removed this from the CPU side of the game. Also 100% glad they did for online games.
Hey, i completely agree - i was only stating that playing with lock on online is garbage. CPU is a different story. hopefully they can adjust the game to throw that back in for the people who use it.
Why not have lock position against the CPU or against other players that uses the lock position? Lock position against lock position so that the game are on same conditions
because then it would narrow search parameters down even more. It would work is millions of players were playing at a time, but it's hard enough to match up against someone with a good connection sometimes.
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Since now, so people can’t stack their team and the let the A.I. Do all the work.
Awesome job EA, game keeps getting better and better.
What if you don't want to play as the whole team? What if you can't win faceoffs (ME!)? Does a player who can't master the skill of faceoffs deserve to lose every faceoff every game? Should position lock not still be available for play vs. the CPU? Could this have been better resolve by suspending or banning offending gamertags from the online portion of the game? Don't you think this change negatively impacts casual players of HUT?
I'm not the best at faceoffs, most games im below 50%... but if you are desperate to play... watch a couple Youtube tutorials, I think there are even tutorials in the game for this type of thing.
Maybe they can add an option for Lock-ons only, but then that would thin out the searching parameters to find a game.
Eitherway, this is a huge blessing for people who utilize their entire team, and get constantly matched up with the "stick tapper" always calling for the puck at the blue line, while the rest of the CPU destroys everyone on defence and wins 80% of the faceoffs.
I paid $99.99 for a bunch of HUT stuff. I should be allowed to position lock vs CPU.
I do play the other game modes, but I want my money's worth from HUT too.
Vs. What? In HUT?