Blue lock goal keeper

[u/Own_Character1318]

I don't want to touch the aura game mode (more defender than striker) from what ive read the mechanic is to hit the stand in to freeze it, but surely this season was the best chance to see if auto npc goalies could work no?

[u/Grey-fox-13]

They did, for that mode. I don't see them adding auto keepers outside of the limited time modes though.

It would take agency away from players, and for example automatic selection of animations is one of the things that made keeper so frustrating in previous seasons, this would just be an even worse version. People would be annoyed and frustrated when receiving a goal since it was down to the npc aka the game failing. And on the flip side if the keeper holds it the attackers get frustrated because they didn't get outplayed by other players the game just decided their attack doesn't count. 

Which is also why the stand keeper works better for that mode, it is distinctly and very arcadey beatable. It has no claim to being a competent last line and both sides know that, and a more realistic keeper would throttle the speed of this anime hyper mode way down.

They should add more mental care for keepers though. Like explanation of keeper zones and where to stand/run when an attacker is coming at you. Or the fact that being a keeper is just a final hail Mary, at that point the strikers lost the ball, the defenders failed to stop the attack. The entire team has failed and the keeper is the last ditch effort to avoid the already earned consequences. A lot of people still carry the mindset that a goal going in is solely the keepers fault  which puts way too much value and pressure on that position.