Why are my passes going straight toward the goalie?
Just got back into this series last month. I haven’t played since NHL17 but I’ve played since the Sega NHL93 days
One thing I can’t wrap my head around is why my attempted one-timer passes across crease keep ending up as passes (or sometimes shots) directed to the goalie?
I use the skill stick controls. And I’m referring to strictly squad battles (so the online pass assist setting is NA here)
Essentially, it seems to always happen when I’m on either wing. If I’m anywhere near the face off dot or near the corner and try to pass out front it goes to the goalie. I don’t recall this happening when I was playing on semi-pro but I’m playing on pro now and it happens a lot more now. Is this expected? I don’t believe I’ve changed any technique when it comes to passing so I’m a bit confused now
Any pointers are appreciated
One thing I can’t wrap my head around is why my attempted one-timer passes across crease keep ending up as passes (or sometimes shots) directed to the goalie?
I use the skill stick controls. And I’m referring to strictly squad battles (so the online pass assist setting is NA here)
Essentially, it seems to always happen when I’m on either wing. If I’m anywhere near the face off dot or near the corner and try to pass out front it goes to the goalie. I don’t recall this happening when I was playing on semi-pro but I’m playing on pro now and it happens a lot more now. Is this expected? I don’t believe I’ve changed any technique when it comes to passing so I’m a bit confused now
Any pointers are appreciated
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Additional note, you can practice passing in practice mode and/or check in replay to see where you were aiming and correct it next time you do it. You can see the inputs for the analog sticks at the bottom of the replay screen.
Thanks for that
Just a few clarifications... when you say there’s a function in the pass-assistance do you mean it’s automatically set? Or is this something I can enable? I don’t see any setting to do this
And by positioning your stick differently before making a pass, are you referring to keeping the puck away from the defender (by keeping it on your forehand/backhand) just before you release the pass/trigger? I read somewhere that can help
The part part in all of this is when I sometimes release the pass/trigger it sometimes shoots the puck instead of passing it.
The rebound shot function is automatically activated. You can’t disable it. It seems to be more probable lately, maybe they changed something somewhere in the code making it happens more. If you are careful and aim more toward the player and not the goalie, it should help solving it.
Yes, and moving your player also help. It is just a matter of removing the other possible passing lane that could be mistakenly chosen by the pass assistance. You need to aim where the player will be, not where he is currently. So if you position yourself in a position where there’s many different option and they are close to each other, the game might mistakenly take one that you don’t want. The game take the closest pass lane available where you aimed and if there’s none available, it sends it directly where you aimed (no pass assist). That’s why I say that you need to be careful to make sure you don’t have another player positioned too close to where you aimed. If you are in the top-left corner for exemple, and you aim for your Center in the slot, sometimes the game can think that you want to pass the the RD because his passing lane is closer to where you aimed.
I wish it help... I am not very good at explaining things. It just a matter of practice and understanding how it works, then you adjust yourself to make sure that it does what you want. It is harder as you go up in difficulty, so it might require some practice to get used to it. Like I said, when you see a pass that doesn’t go how you planned, you can go in the replay and see where you aimed. You might understand what you did wrong and adjust your technique for the next opportunity.
Thanks
Squad Battles are against the computer, but it probably uses the same online play rules since all of HUT is online. So, the online pass assist would still be valid in this mode. The lower the number, the more precise you need to be with your aim. The higher the number, the more you need to be aware of teammates along the same trajectory of the pass. As boumbidiboum described.
I'm trying to get more information on online pass assist for Squad Battles. I'll update here when I have them.
The fact that Squad Battles is actually identified as ‘offline/couch play’ within the game itself, insinuates it’s quite the opposite of ‘online play’, so therefore one would assume ‘online pass assist’ has no effect in this mode.
I'm still looking into this and will update when I have new info. My concern is that HUT is technically online due to it requiring an online connection so possibly those rules are in effect.
Just curious... how are you ‘looking into it’? Are you affiliated somehow with ea devs?
We DO have EA in front of our names...