Goalies Are Horrid In This Game

[PuckinNutz]

I am the type of player that like to play all positions, I can be very competitve in all spots. This year however, playing goalie has been etrocious, I went out and even bought Hybrid and Butterfly boost packs to get me started. I feel like a computer being exploited on in the upper corners or the goal. Im not a goal line sitter, I play the angles and Im constantly sniped, crazy bounces that shouldnt be going in. I help with several 6v6 sim leagues and there has been a huge downturn in players signing up for goalie, even D is a tad thin then normal.

Goalies are by far my biggest issue with the game thus far. So many fluke goals its not even funny.

[Steven547]

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I am the type of player that like to play all positions, I can be very competitve in all spots. This year however, playing goalie has been etrocious, I went out and even bought Hybrid and Butterfly boost packs to get me started. I feel like a computer being exploited on in the upper corners or the goal. Im not a goal line sitter, I play the angles and Im constantly sniped, crazy bounces that shouldnt be going in. I help with several 6v6 sim leagues and there has been a huge downturn in players signing up for goalie, even D is a tad thin then normal.

Goalies are by far my biggest issue with the game thus far. So many fluke goals its not even funny.

Can't disagree there. I'm a position lock player. I finally created some good sliders that give me the gameplay based on the skill of the team and players. However, the goalies go to sleep. I can be outshot, and completely dominated by Boston, yet still beat them 5-1 because the goalies play as if they are rookies. Heck, I was outshot 39-14 at one point in the game, and was winning 4-1. It's frustrating because I'm so close to having awesome gameplay.

[jyoung]

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A simulation style hockey game is only as good as the type of goals it allows.

Unfortunately, with NHL 14, you will see maybe 1 or 2 legitimate "hockey goals" out of every 10 goals that are actually scored.

When I say "legitimate hockey goal," I mean screens, deflections, realistic rebounds and open shots from prime scoring areas.

Most NHL 14 goals are of the "how on Earth did that go in" or "what the heck was the goalie doing" variety.

[Steven547]

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The other part, is that the AI Goalie is just terrible. A Martin Brodeur or J Quick play like they are a 50 OVR. This game is so unbalanced it's like EA said, "Oh well, we're done. They buy it anyway."

[metalslasher24]

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Wait didn't Rammer say he had a developer or programmer work on the goalies for a whole year. Guess that was another lie from EA.

[Woody19]

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This is a thing that really p***** me off: I play quite a lot of BeAGM and so far none of my starting goaltenders have had a save percentage of more than .85 (in more than four seasons).In two different dynasties with BUF and FLA I had Miller and Hiller as starters, so I would assume that they should be able to reach something like .90-.91.Anyway, I don't see the point paying them salaries of 5-8 million if they post the same statistics as my 82OVR backup who costs me roughly 2 million. Apart from that, they really annoy me to the brink of madness when letting in a bunch of easy goals. For example, I played the Penguins yesterday and outshot them 35-17. Final score was 5-4. Playing my backup definitely is better for my nerves, as I know what to expect ...

[DaRK]

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yeah goalies suck.

i'm on toronto in live the life. this was before the roster update so the leafs don't have bernier, so they signed bryzgalov. well let me tell you, bryzgalov might be the worst goalie in this game. gives up backhands from the sides, halfway across the ice, shots that don't even make it in the air, every one timer in existence. just lost 8-1 to florida. he has a 3.33 GAA and a 89.26 SV%. there's no amount of points i can get to make up for a terrible goaltender. it's just extremely frustrating.

admittedly i might get a lot of cheese goals, but not nearly in the capacity that bryz gives up.

[Fiddy]

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A simulation style hockey game is only as good as the type of goals it allows.

Unfortunately, with NHL 14, you will see maybe 1 or 2 legitimate "hockey goals" out of every 10 goals that are actually scored.

When I say "legitimate hockey goal," I mean screens, deflections, realistic rebounds and open shots from prime scoring areas.

Most NHL 14 goals are of the "how on Earth did that go in" or "what the heck was the goalie doing" variety.

goal variety has been terrible in all games since 07.

the ONLY way to get decent variety, is on auto shot aim. end of story/.

[CanuckJ]

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I agree, it's been really frustrating to watch the goalies sit down on their *** to make a save that in the actual NHL would be routine, leaves things wide open for rebounds and easy goals for the AI, the saves are just so stupidly random, that working on the goalies thing EA bragged about was Crap!

[Sora_529]

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They choke really hard too. I'll often be leading 3-0 or something with 2 minutes left in the game, and my goalie will give up 4 goals on 4 consecutive shots from the blue line and I lose. Frustrates me beyond belief.

[Sixp]

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NHL doesn't really have any competitors on the market, so EA obviously isn't motivated enough by customers to actually MAKE A DECENT GAME WITH DECET GAMEPLAY? And not bothering to update their rosters either, aw man I'm just waiting for my PS4 and fifa14 on that, at least they've done a decent job on that game since it has a decent competitor.

[jack72]

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I play offline and have the shot sliders to 0 or 1 on Accuracy and Shot power at 1 or 2 for both AI and me. The goalie slider is between 4 and 5 and the average number of goals scored is between 3 to 5 per game.

What gets me is that my goalie give up rebounds on every shot that goes to the opposition;s stick 90% of the time, while the AI goalie never give a rebound, and if it does, their defenceman pass it out.

If EA was working on the goalies for a year in development,,then I bet he was playing solitarie instead of working.

[jyoung]

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is worth...a million?

http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/176297953

[Scribe1980]

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Been playing the hell out of The Show and FIFA 14 to this point, but was thinking of finally picking this up.

But I've read so many negative things about the game I'm not sure it's worth it now. Don't mean to go OT here, but would I be tossing away 60 bucks? That Lundqvist clip was laughable. I'm a BeAGM guy, not an online player. I hate arcade hockey -- nothing makes me want throw my controller at the TV more. Any feedback appreciated. Thx.

[jyoung]

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I'm a BeAGM guy, not an online player. I hate arcade hockey

Then NHL 14 is definitely not the right game for you.

Online play is its only redeeming value, and even that is a rock-em-sock-em brand of end-to-end arcade hockey.