Aggression Slider Thoughts

[Fiddy]

I noticed the majority of users sliders have the aggression slider between 3 and 6.

Not many seem to use it on the low end (as i have in the past).

I just have had a few of the best games i ever have had on all-star with my sliders. Even the few I've played on superstar have been solid as well.

I lowered the aggression slider from 3 to 0 and it was like something clicked. The CPU and CPU teammates weren't running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Everything seemed more under control.

Made setting up on the PP a tad easier, made the PK a bit less aggressive. You know that constant feeling of being rushed bc AI in your grill with a body check on the PK. Gave more time to kind of survey the scene.

It also seemed to make the CPU less super human so to speak. Took away that boost they seem to have.

It had no bearing on penalties either, each team had 2-4 per game for the most part. I even had one game where i had 6 PP's and the CPU just had 1.

Anyone else mess with this?

[Mike Lowe]

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That's good to hear. I agree that the AI is too in your face at times, and will give this a try in my set.

[shogunofharlem3]

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Yeah you're definitely on to something I roll with aggression around one or two clicks. Anything higher than that I feel like I'm getting hassled all the time

[camo]

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I have been playing with it at 3 (default) wasn't sure what it would do if i lowered it. May have to try it out.

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[Cletus]

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On old gen, I tried it at 0 and the cpu didn't attack me at all. Oddly enough, there was neutral zone pressure because Forwards didn't aggressively forecheck and sat in the zone instead. The downside was in the offensive zone, I could literally hold the puck with no pressure from the defense at all.

I'm not sure if it is still the case, but aggression also made the offense crash the net more. If I had it set on 6, every forward was in front of the net and made cycling almost impossible.

How are penalties with the lower aggression settings?

[nunogomes]

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I noticed the majority of users sliders have the aggression slider between 3 and 6.

Not many seem to use it on the low end (as i have in the past).

I just have had a few of the best games i ever have had on all-star with my sliders. Even the few I've played on superstar have been solid as well.

I lowered the aggression slider from 3 to 0 and it was like something clicked. The CPU and CPU teammates weren't running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Everything seemed more under control.

Made setting up on the PP a tad easier, made the PK a bit less aggressive. You know that constant feeling of being rushed bc AI in your grill with a body check on the PK. Gave more time to kind of survey the scene.

It also seemed to make the CPU less super human so to speak. Took away that boost they seem to have.

It had no bearing on penalties either, each team had 2-4 per game for the most part. I even had one game where i had 6 PP's and the CPU just had 1.

Anyone else mess with this?

Fiddy, are you sliders still this ones, with only the agression at 0?

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...6-sliders.html

[Fiddy]

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Fiddy, are you sliders still this ones, with only the agression at 0?

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...6-sliders.html

I just updated the first post to what i have been using.

[Fiddy]

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On old gen, I tried it at 0 and the cpu didn't attack me at all. Oddly enough, there was neutral zone pressure because Forwards didn't aggressively forecheck and sat in the zone instead. The downside was in the offensive zone, I could literally hold the puck with no pressure from the defense at all.

I'm not sure if it is still the case, but aggression also made the offense crash the net more. If I had it set on 6, every forward was in front of the net and made cycling almost impossible.

How are penalties with the lower aggression settings?

Yeah, it seems like that's not the case on next gen. Seems like best option is to have it set to either 0, 1, or 2.

Penalties have been solid, I'm not seeing any less than usual because of the change.

[jack72]

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....is to have it set art either ....


Fiddy,: what does "'art" mean in you sentence... what setting is that, aggression?

[Fiddy]

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....is to have it set art either ....


Fiddy,: what does "'art" mean in you sentence... what setting is that, aggression?

lol.. the "art" should have been "to" in that sentence.

[JaFFiTh]

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I gave it a try and am definitely seeing a lot more open ice plays. But with lower aggression, I find it much harder to score. Even watching cpu playing 2 games, one went 1-0 before I took over in mid 2nd. (no more goals till the EN) The other game it was decided in shootout after quite a few rounds 1-0.

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[Fiddy]

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How is this working out for guys that are trying this?

I find that it works much better on all star than superstar. No matter what it seems that on superstar there will always be that little extra boost. Which is great at times. I like playing the elite teams on this level.

Side note, I'm a week ahead of todays date in my season. I have been around this point for a few weeks now, waiting on some trades to go down before i zip past deadline. But Ovie has 38 goals and 19 assists up to this point! Wowzers.

[marino13]

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I have been playing this non stop with the change to 0 and love it on all star. Still seeing penalties and I love being on the power play now. Great find!

[Fiddy]

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One another change i made because of having more time to survey the scene, i lowered the attribute effect slider from 5 to 3. (I only play 5 minute periods).

[AdamJones113]

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All-Star is definitely the way to go, per the EA Devs, if you're looking for the most balanced/sim experience.

Going to try out Aggression on 2/1/0 later if I get any time.