"winning" faceoffs in EASHL - D stuck in side-step animation
Am I the only one who has this problem where a fair amount of the time, my center will win a faceoff to me (I play D) and my character will be stuck in a side-step animation I cannot stop/control - allowing an easy poke check / breakaway for the opposition as long as they're rushing me?
This sometimes happens even if there isn't a side-step animation because the opposing winger can get to me just as fast as the puck, and I've yet to figure out a way to prevent it.
Am I alone in this? Is there something I can do to avoid this problem, or is this just a flaw in the game?
This sometimes happens even if there isn't a side-step animation because the opposing winger can get to me just as fast as the puck, and I've yet to figure out a way to prevent it.
Am I alone in this? Is there something I can do to avoid this problem, or is this just a flaw in the game?
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I unfortunately get stuck playing a lot of 2's and 3's(spare me the "youre a noob for not playing 6's, harambe for life" ****). Most teams dont even have a center because its just doesnt matter. Its almost easier charging forward and spamming pokecheck and stealing it than it is to just win the faceoff.
What? Haven't you listened to the devs? Seamless puck pickups are "completely in your control" and they "help" you do what you want when picking up the puck. Lol...yes, these animations are a total joke. They don't function well, they're clunky, and they're horribly irritating. They should've been scrapped immediately.
I agree that the wingers absolutely have too easy of a time reaching the D men on draws. It's annoying and sometimes downright unfair. Face-off win and the opposing winger has it poked the second my stick makes contact. There are a few ways to counter it however.
1.)"Defensive" face-off set up backs the D up a few feet. It's not ideal but it gives you more valuable space and time.
2.)Be quicker, know what you you want to do before the draw is ever won. I will sometimes tap pass repeatedly so that my player will pass ASAP. Same with one timers. Just gotta be quick. Sometimes works sometimes does not.
3.)Have an open communication with your center. Me and my D club partner have requested that our center tell us when he is doing the stick lift or kick pass faceoff win. These draws take longer to do and this gives more time to opposing winger to charge and steal. I recommend that you ask your C to let you know ahead of time and what you do is charge the faceoff. Don't let the puck come to you. Get you a** to the puck and make a play from there. Can be really effective.
these aren't cure all solutions, but they're adjustments you can make.
as for the "pickup" animation you're getting locked into, I had that problem when 16 first came out. I think its because of a certain way you're hitting LS. The game thinks you're asking it to do that. Sometimes you have to be in movement before the puck gets to you.
???? I mean Sorry for being productive and offering feedback. I should have trashed EA for their seamless puck pickups instead and fueled my own rage at a video game. My mistake. Wont happen again.
My tone was calm, I said "I believe" meaning I didn't know. All I said was that your suggestions wouldn't make a difference in these scenarios. Yes, they were good suggestions for a normal scenario, I was just politely saying that they wouldn't make a difference FOR THIS SPECIFIC SCENARIO lol.
Lighten up, bud.
Stop yelling man, don't be so hard on the fella.
It was sarcasm, not anger. But once again "This sometimes happens even if there isn't a side-step animation because the opposing winger can get to me just as fast as the puck, and I've yet to figure out a way to prevent it." I don't want OP to read this thread (whenever that may be) and see that legitimate suggestions to a portion of his post were written off. Believe it or not, what I suggested is actually very helpful. We have a clean slate on forums, I was never a big poster in the past because of how toxic these boards became with all anyone ever doing is hating all day. We have a chance to be better again