GOilers88
#DustersWinCups
- Dec 24, 2016
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Been a looooongtime fan of the series. I get the new one each year. I'm not sure why but 17 has really been an eye opener to me as to the laziness of EA. I don't play online, so my input comes only from offline modes, and mostly GM/Franchise. There's just so many goddamn glaring issues that I can't be supportive anymore. Everything from penalty calls to the always talked about "ice-tilt", to terrible AI, to the impossible task of switching to the desired player. I've never been a believer in ice tilt. I was always on the side of momentum shifts, as happens in real life. But the sheer frequency at which I will completely and utterly dominate teams in every facet of the game and still lose astounds me. I just had a run of 7 of 10 games on my franchise where I would outshoot my opponent somewhere in the range of 35-40/10-15 and some how would still wind up being scored on three or four times on complete trash sequences and shots and lose the game. It never matters whether my goalie is a 90 or a 70. When you can see the tides turning and you know a goal is coming, it suddenly becomes near impossible to properly select the player I want, my AI constantly skate away from the puck, and it becomes insanely hard to receive a pass. You can absolutely destroy a guy with a hit check, then all of a sudden have three of my players skate for the puck and be unable to maneuver around the motionless pile of crap I just laid out, and he somehow retains possession, dekes around everything and scores on a completely soft shot that was seen all the way.
The hits. I no longer believe physically dominating the opponent has any benefit to your team. I can be up 40 hits on a team, like complete trainwrecks for hip checks, and come the third period, all four of my lines are gassed and my opponent is all fresh. What the hell.
I imagine I'm not the only one to be mind numbingly frustrated by this stuff, and maybe it is just the way I play, but to consistently do everything better than the computer and just as consistently come up short for the same reasons is boggling to the mind.
I also set up a new franchise with the Oilers and simulated the whole season with injuries off. The first run through I went 21-50-11. I started over with the exact same team, strategies, lines, and no injuries and proceeded to go 62-11-9. It seems like everything is just completely random Everytime and the stats and ratings mean absolutely nothing at all from one play through to another.
Get your ****ing **** together EA. It's pathetically inexcusable.
The hits. I no longer believe physically dominating the opponent has any benefit to your team. I can be up 40 hits on a team, like complete trainwrecks for hip checks, and come the third period, all four of my lines are gassed and my opponent is all fresh. What the hell.
I imagine I'm not the only one to be mind numbingly frustrated by this stuff, and maybe it is just the way I play, but to consistently do everything better than the computer and just as consistently come up short for the same reasons is boggling to the mind.
I also set up a new franchise with the Oilers and simulated the whole season with injuries off. The first run through I went 21-50-11. I started over with the exact same team, strategies, lines, and no injuries and proceeded to go 62-11-9. It seems like everything is just completely random Everytime and the stats and ratings mean absolutely nothing at all from one play through to another.
Get your ****ing **** together EA. It's pathetically inexcusable.