I was just on the EA forums and my suspicions of the sliders being mislabeled are indeed correct. The sliders for ''human hitting'' and ''cpu hitting'' are actually reversed. Human hitting does not mean YOUR hitting power, its actually the strength of the cpu when it hits you. Same with the cpu slider. Turn the cpu slider all the way up, and your hitting power will increase. Decrease it all the way down and you have no hitting strength. I'm going to try this when I get home tonight, but this would explain why I have my human slider all the way up, cpu down, and I bounce of every single hit that I lay on and fall down. F'ing ridiculous how this is setup. I don't even think the sliders really have any accuracy to them. I turn my shooting slider all the way up, and magically the opposing cpu has same shot velocity as me. Turn mine down, and the cpu shots decrease as well. It's as if they are both linked together.
I enjoy the NHL series to a certain extent, but the more I play it, the more angry I get. This years version just has so many stupid glitches that ruin the flow of the game.
-The ''Aids'' puck. Seriously, wtf. Did no one test this out? Why do none of the new tuners fix this? How was this even allowed to happen?
-The trades the CPU makes. Kipper traded for 2 scrub goalies immediately after winning the Hart Trophy?
-I win the Art Ross, Rocket, and MVP and when I request a trade, I have to ''prove myself'' before I can be put on the trading block?
-Iginla retires...at the age of 36??
-The hitting system licks balls (although I'm hoping when I try the new slider format it will fix this, but I'm not holding out hope)
-The on the fly shift changes in BAP suck. I come out on the ice, and 2 seconds later a whistle goes and I am back off? This can happen many times in a row. Or if the cpu passes the puck to me immediately after coming onto the ice, I cannot control my player? WTF.
-The menus are just horrible. It's like watching a crappy powerpoint presentation with full slide animations on a slow PC.
This game makes me angry, yet I can't stop playing it because of the lockout and I need my fix. It's like a terrible addiction, where I know I would be better off without it, but I can't stop.
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