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Originally Posted by bubbsy
me either
i hate this tuner btw. i have won today's 2 hut games i played. my secret: Poke check like mad, and don't pass the puck once you get it, just swim/dangle around avoiding checks until you are on a break away or 2 on 1 down low.
offline the game is now worse. can anyone explain to me how you play defence (allstar/hardcore)?
- I can't poke check the cpu players,
- i can't hit them, as there is no player skating physics for cpu as they stop on a dime and pivot,
- the puck never bounces over their stick,
- they win all their defensive board battles easily (ie. even if i have 2 guys on 1 poking at the puck),
- i can't just play sound positionally, as i tried that but the cpu simply waits and waits for a cross crease play and with the defensive AI being stupid and player switching being dumb, there's no way to defend that
how do you play defense offline?
i love how even the content patch doesn't include things it was supposed to (3 stars) ea hockey development team (and the so called QA) can go eat a ****..
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Much of the same for me. Playing Be A Pro as a two way defender on hardcore. CPU can move on a dime. I don't hit everything that moves like in the past but I'm fine with that. The poke check isn't as effective and I'm fine with that two. My biggest issue is that you can't tie up people in front of the net. All you can do is float beside them and hope to block the pass or stick check and that only works until your partner or the centre blows coverage and their guy gets the one timer from the slot.
Other annoyances (BAP):
Coach feedback has now been added. This is good (still stupid comments though) but it will not clear the screen during shootouts.
You gain no experience points over the off season (I guess nobody trains).
I set period lengths to 7 minutes and consistently (even if saving right after) have to go back as they reset to 20 minutes.
Was in contact talks after my first year.
Simmed start of my second year. Games did not actually show up until the 4th game of the season.
What is the point of being injured for less than a day?
Also: "recoil"
A little effort and this franchise could be so good.