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Originally posted by drewg23
i was just wondering if Effective level is ever going to be used in balancing the leagues? after age requirements obviously

They were used this season. They will be one of the criteria when sorting leagues but the main criteria will be performance. Effective level will be used after that.

Originally posted by CocoJedi
Is the balance SA working effectively?

FU for erasing my "first" commentXD

I think that's a question best answered by those who have the SA. We don't have any metrics or performance on SA's that tell us if something is "effective" or not.

Originally posted by Darkstrand
In this thread,

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=4478194

I showed that the conference sorting algorithm for elite minors was horribly broken and putting almost all the good teams in the first conference with 99.96% certainty. Do you have any ideas what might be causing that and what could be done to avoid it in the future?

What's causing it is that's how Bort does the sort. He doesn't split up the highest ranked teams into two different conferences. As for avoiding it, that's up to Bort if he wants to change how he does the sort.

Originally posted by jkid2
Will the HB coverage out of the backfield ever be fixed to allow players to stick closer to the HB and to cover actually in the backfield? Also, will the SB WR screen position be moved back behind the line where it should be?

At this time we have no plans to change how HB coverage works or to change the position of the SB WR screen. If it is a game balance issue, then post examples of the issue in the Bugs forum and we will evaluate it.

Originally posted by alligatoreyes
Are you planning any more changes in Regional Pro League structure? The only one that I pay attention to is PRC#8 and team levels seem all over the place.

We are not planning any more changes in the Regional Pro League structure. As the age based leagues have time to mature, teams will end up sorting into leagues with teams more like their own.

Originally posted by cowtesticles2001
How come the sim is different in different leagues?

It's not unless you are talking about the adjustments we make at lower levels to make the game more balanced (i.e. passing buff up to around level 35-40). Other than that there are no differences and the only differences there are at lower level are flat percentage modifiers. The actual sim code is the same.

Originally posted by Stephenthegreat
ETA on new plays?

Still at least 3 seasons off, perhaps longer. I would give an estimate of season 25. At least that is what I am shooting for.

Originally posted by WiSeIVIaN
Do you guys plan to include all the cool new stats in plays "full season stats" at some point in the future?

Are there currently any plans to condense pro leagues or otherwise manipulate the current National Pro/WL structure?


Thank you.

Only answering second one. At this time there are no plans to condense Pro leagues. We will evaluate the league structures over the next 4-5 seasons and if we determine at that time we need to make a change to the pro leagues, we will look into it and see what options we have.

Originally posted by CinTex
In the AI packages. how does the auto-adjust work?....

Let's say I have 4 plays in the package: 1, 2, 3, & 4.... all at 25% each, and my setting is on "Adjust very quickly"....

If the first play run is #1 an if goes for a TouchDown.... how much % is adding to that play?.... Where does this % come from?

If no bad plays have been run yet how does it know where to take the %'s from?



This has been answered in the past:

http://www.glbwiki.com/qa/search.php - type in auto adjust

Also more specifics - thanks to tragula for finding:

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=4134168&page=1#36924563 - question #13
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=4242760&page=1#38001790 - question #8

Originally posted by Hector Diaz
Why are the scores TOO lop sided at times?

There are many reasons. Usually it boils down to three though:

1) A team is outmatched by player builds

2) A team is out game planned

3) The RNG for that particular game led to a very bad/very good or combination of both in the game that led to an unusual result. This is rare, but it does happen.

Originally posted by IIAMLEGEND
Why are strength based defensive lineman getting tossed like pinballs and is there an estimated time that this bug will be fixed? end of the season? For such a game changing bug shouldn't it be higher up on the priority list?

It's on high priority to be fixed. Bort just hasn't gotten around to fixing it yet.

Originally posted by Triathlon Dude
Why are things announced with great fanfare, and then when things are taken off the shelf, things are not publicly spoken about?

An example of this would be the testing of the SA's. There was a big announcement a couple seasons back stating that the SA's and VA's would undergo some serious testing. Then barely during this offseason, it was stated that it was put on the backburner and more then likely wouldn't be done. I would have never known this unless I happened to click on a thread, that I don't even remember even more....


Testing of SA's was not announced with great fanfare. It was mentioned that we were attempting to start testing them on the test server in a GLB Weekly Update. We still plan on testing SA's at some time so I don't feel the need to post an announcement saying that the project is currently on hold. If I announced every time we were doing something, all I would be doing is making announcements. Perhaps I should have a GLB twitter account lol.

Originally posted by Dr. E
Are there any SAs that don't work on special teams? IF so, please list them.

This question is way too broad. Please be more specific. You can ask again at the next Q & A.

Originally posted by blazzinken
Question regarding Big heart and the wording of the VA.

It states: "The Bonus remains active until the score is within 7 points"

So, does that mean if you are down 14-0, big heart activates. you score a touchdown and make it 14-7, does it then deactivate, or does the score have to be 14-8 for it do deactivate.

Hope this makes sense, just want a little clarification.

Thanks!

It deactivates whenever the score is within 7 points. If the score is 14-7 Big Heart is not active.