Here are some things that I thought were interesting from the live event:
Intimidation Factor/Loose Pucks
NateHL:
there is no attribute that you can spend points in to help pick up loose pucks. each player does have an attribute that affect puck pick ups that is behind the scenes. however, your ability to pick up loose pucks goes down if you are intimidated (i.e. get hit hard, knocked down post whistle, lose a fight etc.)
NateHL:
you gain back the intimidation "you lost" by intimidating other players. big hits during gameplay, and knocking players off their feet post whistle are ways you can regain a bit of what you lost.
NateHL:
intimidation works by doing big hits and winning fights. glancing off players from hits do not intimidate. you only gain intimidation when you knock someone off their feet or win a fight. intimidating players do not increase your attributes, but slightly lowers the person you intimidated.
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Trade Logic
aagostini:
We are aware that the trading logic has a few glitches. Too many superstars getting traded is one we are looking at improving this with some updates to the trading logic.
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Attributes
EASPORTSNHL:
We see there are a ton of people wanting to know about attributes. Due to the amount of people that are wanting answers, we'll work to put something out in a future blog to clear the air.
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Suggestions to the Devs
drog1602: I would love to see the skating attribute divided into forward and backward skating.
EASPORTSNHL:
That's a good suggestion.
sharks: We should be able to do different types of checks. We should be able to do body checks, stick checks, hip checks, and simple shoves. Perhaps the direction we flick the right joystick could determine which type of check we do
EASPORTSNHL:
Those are good suggestions.
sharks:
I would like to see a feature where we could chip the puck up to ourself and try to go around the defenseman. This is where a lot of pushing happens too.
EASPORTSNHL:
Definitely...another good suggestion.
I didn't post ALL the online-focused questions because, well, I don't play online.