1.8 Deflection/bounce - Yes or No?
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DB to be honest is a very good game with a very good concept behind it, but it has some serious spam issues that have not been adressed.
First and foremost, the whole enemy team volley power based on end is retarded. Cant we just go back to the old, simple system of a weak volley on a non-friendly ball and leave it at that? It worked fine through version .9 to 1.3b. In 1.4b it was alright but still noticable and was one of my major complaints and it still is.
Even on offence i prefer ball control to spamming an overhead ball out of play or at a wall in hopes i can catch it off the bounce. In 1.3b it was possible to hit the overhead ball and for it to still stay on the pitch and have some kind of control over it (opposed to blasting it in a general direction)
This deflection system is good, in theory. In effect its not so fantastic. I'd personally like to see something implemented so the deflection can only happen against passes and regular shots. Not shakes or overcharges. This will encourege the defender to attack you opposed to camping the Pbox and waiting for you to start charging. I look at deflection as a way to STOP pbox camping but due to its current implmentation its encouregeing it.
Many teams in NA on defense have stopped trying to kill the ball carrier all together and just stated letting the ball deflect for a reset and boosting to the ball or leaving a picker there. Its a risk free way of getting the bal to at least mid field and if played properly you can very easily get a 2v1 or 2v2 on offense. This encoureges teams to fill their Pbox and cause deflections. Again the better boosting team will always win, and turtling with 3 players and a keep in the Pbox is VEEEERRRY difficult to score on for any team. 2-3 keeps on every shot? thats not skill or strategy, its cheap and defeats the purpose of having a keeper.
Deflection and high non-shot volley powers make this game a spam fest. This isnt fun for anyone and justs wastes out time making us all ball chasers. Chasing the ball is not smart passing, its not good team play. Spam reduction is in great need if anything.
First and foremost, the whole enemy team volley power based on end is retarded. Cant we just go back to the old, simple system of a weak volley on a non-friendly ball and leave it at that? It worked fine through version .9 to 1.3b. In 1.4b it was alright but still noticable and was one of my major complaints and it still is.
Even on offence i prefer ball control to spamming an overhead ball out of play or at a wall in hopes i can catch it off the bounce. In 1.3b it was possible to hit the overhead ball and for it to still stay on the pitch and have some kind of control over it (opposed to blasting it in a general direction)
This deflection system is good, in theory. In effect its not so fantastic. I'd personally like to see something implemented so the deflection can only happen against passes and regular shots. Not shakes or overcharges. This will encourege the defender to attack you opposed to camping the Pbox and waiting for you to start charging. I look at deflection as a way to STOP pbox camping but due to its current implmentation its encouregeing it.
Many teams in NA on defense have stopped trying to kill the ball carrier all together and just stated letting the ball deflect for a reset and boosting to the ball or leaving a picker there. Its a risk free way of getting the bal to at least mid field and if played properly you can very easily get a 2v1 or 2v2 on offense. This encoureges teams to fill their Pbox and cause deflections. Again the better boosting team will always win, and turtling with 3 players and a keep in the Pbox is VEEEERRRY difficult to score on for any team. 2-3 keeps on every shot? thats not skill or strategy, its cheap and defeats the purpose of having a keeper.
Deflection and high non-shot volley powers make this game a spam fest. This isnt fun for anyone and justs wastes out time making us all ball chasers. Chasing the ball is not smart passing, its not good team play. Spam reduction is in great need if anything.
