This never was an issue in NHL 23, started last year with NHL 24 and now still around in NHL 25.
D-Men always leading rushes as an outlet up the ice and when you get settled in the O-Zone they always below the face-off dots in front of the goalie.
It doesn't matter how you have your team strategy set, it always happens.
Will this ever be addressed or will we be stuck with an NHL 2004 issue (yes NHL 2004) in NHL 24/25?
Community ManagerThe AI players aren't behaving based on what their real-life counterparts would do. It would be cool for sure, but we don't have the "brain" of every individual player matching up with their AI version. They just use general behavior based on the on-ice conditions at that moment as well as what strategies are set. Hockey is a very dynamic sport. It's not unusual to see players playing out of position as the play dictates.
There were very big changes with the AI this year so of course it's going to be different than previously. That doesn't mean it's all working perfectly though. We'll continue to tune it in the future.
Personally, if they have the opportunity to step up and create offense, I'll take advantage of that every time rather than wait for everyone to get in position in your own end and then break out.
Thanks so much for all the feedback as well as capturing those videos. That really helps.
Well, these changes need tweaks made to them for the d-men and it's obvious. Watch any NHL game and you won't see the d-men doing what you see in the game. Some, yes, but not how over done it its in your game. It needs fixed, not danced around.
Season tickets for 53 years for the Penguins in our family, hockey is dynamic and it is very unusual for how much the d-men jump up and stay up. That needs addressed.
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