CPU Body Checking in Defensive Zone

[Tonic]

So I've made quite the discovery. I can literally skate circles in the offensive zone because all the CPU will ever do is try to body check me. Seriously, it's ridiculous. I'm playing in Be a GM withe the Wings on AS/Hardcore with Attribute Effects at 3 (only change I made). This has happened in every single game I've played, regardless of the time left in the game or the score.

I get the puck at the half boards, and the nearest CPU defender will try to engage with a body check, and I can easily protect the puck and skate away. I can do this with literally any player on my team. It's completely predictable, boring, and really takes a lot of fun out of the game for me. Has everyone else noticed this?

[sweetjones]

Re: CPU Body Checking in Defensive Zone

So I've made quite the discovery. I can literally skate circles in the offensive zone because all the CPU will ever do is try to body check me. Seriously, it's ridiculous. I'm playing in Be a GM withe the Wings on AS/Hardcore with Attribute Effects at 3 (only change I made). This has happened in every single game I've played, regardless of the time left in the game or the score.

I get the puck at the half boards, and the nearest CPU defender will try to engage with a body check, and I can easily protect the puck and skate away. I can do this with literally any player on my team. It's completely predictable, boring, and really takes a lot of fun out of the game for me. Has everyone else noticed this?

Try turning Attribute Effect & AI Learning up to 6. This should make it harder for you.

[speels]

Re: CPU Body Checking in Defensive Zone

They really need to get rid of the "protect the puck" feature because it is quite unstoppable. I think it ruins the immersion because once you go into that animation it takes a very specific contact to stop it. If you want to protect the puck, use the skill stick to keep it away from the opponent. this has bothered me for a while now.

[Tonic]

Re: CPU Body Checking in Defensive Zone

They really need to get rid of the "protect the puck" feature because it is quite unstoppable. I think it ruins the immersion because once you go into that animation it takes a very specific contact to stop it. If you want to protect the puck, use the skill stick to keep it away from the opponent. this has bothered me for a while now.

Yeah that's true. I can definitely do it without holding A but it definitely gets a little bit harder without.

[AdamJones113]

Re: CPU Body Checking in Defensive Zone

Absolutely agree about protecting the puck needing to be nerfed. The game isn't at a level where it has the minute interactions that are so key in the real life protect-the-puck battles. In consequence, defenders simply act as a buffer that is hard to go through but very, very easy to go around. I'd like to see a tuner address this by upping CPU aggressiveness when the attacker has the protect puck deployed.

[speels]

Re: CPU Body Checking in Defensive Zone

Ya, there's no hitting just to move the player in this game, it's either miss the hit or destroy the guy. There are a lot of hits in the NHL that are just to move the guy off the puck, not to put him through the boards. A jostle hit is something that needs to be added.