[blues rocker]

overall, i like the idea behind the shooting changes - i like that there is now a much bigger difference between the success rate of open and contested shots (as Beluba confirmed, prior to the patch there was pretty minimal difference between an open shot and a contested one - only 10 percent).

in the end, the new shooting percentages reward open shots more and punish contested shots more, which rewards the player who works to get good shots…and that's a positive no matter how you look at it.

i do feel like they skewed the percentage a bit too much. 60% feels a bit too high for open shots (maybe 55% would've been a bit better), but 60% works.

on the other hand, the issue of "all perfect release shots going in" is just terrible. I don't know how they ever decided to put that in the game. it just goes against all that the game should be about…it makes success more about release timing than shot quality. A perfect release should not be able to override a heavy contest.