Regular pass or saucer pass for in front of net?

[luballr41]

Okay so I have a question. Do you guys regular pass the puck in front of the net for a one-timer if there's traffic or do you saucer pass it?

[iCake]

Re: Regular pass or saucer pass for in front of net?

Saucer pass is crap in this game, you're just bound to hit someone's leg or witness a baseball player at work... If the lane isn't open they're gonna intercept it no matter what... The only thin the saucer is useful for is dropping the back somewhere in the open ice for your players to skate there.

[mjavon]

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I typically use a regular pass - purely because there is no pass-assist on saucer passes in this game, so you have to aim it just right. Hopefully that is something they look at changing for NHL 17.

[KidShowtime]

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I typically use a regular pass - purely because there is no pass-assist on saucer passes in this game, so you have to aim it just right. Hopefully that is something they look at changing for NHL 17.

I disagree. A Saucer pass should be harder to aim, and require more skill to pull off.

[mjavon]

Re: Regular pass or saucer pass for in front of net?

I disagree. A Saucer pass should be harder to aim, and require more skill to pull off.

I agree that it should be harder to pull off, I think a happy medium would just be making the accuracy variance higher for a saucer than for a regular pass.

[Simple Mathematics]

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I never use saucer passes in this game. They're just too hard for me to pull off.

[Fiddy]

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Honestly i forget the saucer pass is in the game. I never have to use it, passes zip through guys per usual without it.

[Cletus]

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I usually just use saucer passes as breakout passes to lead my forwards. If you don't think you can get a pass through, try a backhand shot low to the side your other forward is facing. For some reason backhands still give some crazy rebounds.

[Money99]

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Never use it. Way too hard to pull off as you seem to need pin-point accuracy to make it work.
Player attributes also contribute absolutely nothing in to how accurate they are.

Besides, the regular pass seems to be contextual in that great passers will saucer it automatically if the situation calls for it.
With the attributes playing a role, you're going to see more player separation and want to have the puck on the stick of a playmaker.

BTW, I don't think a saucer-pass should be that much more difficult to execute than a regular one.
Most NHLers can do it with nearly the same accuracy and effort as a regular flat pass.
That's why I think the EA team should simply get rid of it in lieu of the contextual pass.
Maybe they could then use that button for a non-assist pass instead?
Now you don't have to turn that option off in the settings. If you want non-assisted passing, just use that button instead.
Or hey, maybe that button's used as a tie-up button. I'm sure EA can think of better things to use it for.

[iCake]

Re: Regular pass or saucer pass for in front of net?

Never use it. Way too hard to pull off as you seem to need pin-point accuracy to make it work.
Player attributes also contribute absolutely nothing in to how accurate they are.

Besides, the regular pass seems to be contextual in that great passers will saucer it automatically if the situation calls for it.
With the attributes playing a role, you're going to see more player separation and want to have the puck on the stick of a playmaker.

BTW, I don't think a saucer-pass should be that much more difficult to execute than a regular one.
Most NHLers can do it with nearly the same accuracy and effort as a regular flat pass.
That's why I think the EA team should simply get rid of it in lieu of the contextual pass.
Maybe they could then use that button for a non-assist pass instead?
Now you don't have to turn that option off in the settings. If you want non-assisted passing, just use that button instead.
Or hey, maybe that button's used as a tie-up button. I'm sure EA can think of better things to use it for.

That's great and all, even mostly logical, but there is one thing I love saucers for... They're way less scripted than regular passes and they're a very good and sometimes the only way to get the puck to an open area, rather than to a teammate directly. That has a lot of usage.

[shogunofharlem3]

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I use saucer passes for dumping the puck into the offensive zone, clearing on the pk, etc. Very rarely if ever in the offensive zone as a method of connection. However, it is a terrific tool for the dumpers out there and for cycling.

[ChubbyD]

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I use them a lot. I am a manual passer, and I will use them for the cross-crease pass, unless its a 2 on 0. It rarely connects, which is realistic. But when it does, it looks fantastic. Even when it doesnt, it looks real. Along with Cycloniac's sliders that have a lot of missed passes, a lot of dirty loose puck fights, it really adds to the realism.

[cmulls]

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If I have 2 guys in front of the goal and I'm near the boards around the goal line, I'll saucer it in front of the net. It tends to be a decent percentage one timer.

[KidShowtime]

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Saucer's tend to make the puck more 'live' than regular passes. Seems the physics get a little more random than usual when using the sauce, so that's why I like to incorporate it in to my cycle game.

[timelydew]

Re: Regular pass or saucer pass for in front of net?

Sorry for straying off topic here, but, have you guys ever seen the cpu attempt a drop pass? Ever? I asked this in the Be a GM thread and want to double down on my chances of getting an answer.