after reading this post in another thread -
and having much the same feeling and coming to the same conclusion since I've been dicking around with my own supposed 'balanced' all-star hardcore or normal sliders I quite by accident stumbled upon some remarkable observations in 'default'
since the latest patch and V2.0 tuner I've got nothing like balanced games in any way , shape or form despite doing the usual assumed stuff like blitzing puck control , pass accuracy & pass reception to 0 for both myself and the CPU AI - much as the post above suggests all I've seen is the CPU AI continue as if totally non-affected whilst I struggle to string 3 passes together or even begin to compete - something just aint balancing out here somewhere ...
the CPU AI bangs in 3 goals on 4 lame shots in period 1 - strolls on thro' periods 2 & 3 passing like Gretzky and then for good measure at the end of period 3 bangs in a couple more goals on lame shots just for good measure ! ... it's happening too frequent (like almost every game) to suggest to me something's gone mighty wide of the mark in assuming the all-star sliders are balanced out.
going back to basics in the vain search of looking for clues and a starting point I kicked the game up , set all sliders back to all-star default and observed what happened
first thing of note is that the CPU AI passing loosens up - and loosens up a lot more than what you're used to seeing on 'hardcore' everything set at 0 ... hard to believe I know , but with puck control at 3 , pass accuracy at 3 , pass reception at 3 there's a whole lot more balance taking place in the game - don't ask me why as I don't know ? (other than the fact the human sliders for pass accuracy and pass reception default higher) but within the game it all balances out as you'll miss passes and turn the puck over in the same way the CPU AI apparently now does.
the puck is not ultra loose but it does spin out more in equal terms of who can grab it and bobbles around more than what can be seen in 'harcore' set all the passing to 0 ... all this seems to affect is the humans efforts to control the puck.
likewise stick lifting & poke checking balance out better , shooting takes on a more believable quality (the CPU AI actually miss shots) and generally overall games balance out for the better - it plays closer , it's still a challenge , but you feel like you're in with a shout till the end.
whether it's a foundation to re-look at some of the sliders is hard to say as some people will see moving from hardcore/normal with sliders at 0 as going against the grain somewhat - but without doubt something's taking place on 'default' all-star as regards the passing I've yet to witness in any of my previous attempts of 'hardcore' let's balance the passing at 0 efforts .....
and having much the same feeling and coming to the same conclusion since I've been dicking around with my own supposed 'balanced' all-star hardcore or normal sliders I quite by accident stumbled upon some remarkable observations in 'default'
since the latest patch and V2.0 tuner I've got nothing like balanced games in any way , shape or form despite doing the usual assumed stuff like blitzing puck control , pass accuracy & pass reception to 0 for both myself and the CPU AI - much as the post above suggests all I've seen is the CPU AI continue as if totally non-affected whilst I struggle to string 3 passes together or even begin to compete - something just aint balancing out here somewhere ...
the CPU AI bangs in 3 goals on 4 lame shots in period 1 - strolls on thro' periods 2 & 3 passing like Gretzky and then for good measure at the end of period 3 bangs in a couple more goals on lame shots just for good measure ! ... it's happening too frequent (like almost every game) to suggest to me something's gone mighty wide of the mark in assuming the all-star sliders are balanced out.
going back to basics in the vain search of looking for clues and a starting point I kicked the game up , set all sliders back to all-star default and observed what happened
first thing of note is that the CPU AI passing loosens up - and loosens up a lot more than what you're used to seeing on 'hardcore' everything set at 0 ... hard to believe I know , but with puck control at 3 , pass accuracy at 3 , pass reception at 3 there's a whole lot more balance taking place in the game - don't ask me why as I don't know ? (other than the fact the human sliders for pass accuracy and pass reception default higher) but within the game it all balances out as you'll miss passes and turn the puck over in the same way the CPU AI apparently now does.
the puck is not ultra loose but it does spin out more in equal terms of who can grab it and bobbles around more than what can be seen in 'harcore' set all the passing to 0 ... all this seems to affect is the humans efforts to control the puck.
likewise stick lifting & poke checking balance out better , shooting takes on a more believable quality (the CPU AI actually miss shots) and generally overall games balance out for the better - it plays closer , it's still a challenge , but you feel like you're in with a shout till the end.
whether it's a foundation to re-look at some of the sliders is hard to say as some people will see moving from hardcore/normal with sliders at 0 as going against the grain somewhat - but without doubt something's taking place on 'default' all-star as regards the passing I've yet to witness in any of my previous attempts of 'hardcore' let's balance the passing at 0 efforts .....
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