Warrior General Games

You invest 3 seasons worth of time, money and effort in learning the nuances of the game, player creation; building a team; game physics; tactics; energy; AI; etc., and they keep pulling the rug out from under you.

Novel idea: Rather than worrying about frills like day planners, adding more leagues and teams, how about someone works on not adjusting game physics mid-swing (rendering some players useless) or fixing reoccuring glitches (sim opting to not kick a FG's despite being in position) with time running out.

Total bullcrap.

i like this game a lot, but i have to agree - dont change stuff in the middle of the damn season!

ive actually told the GLB staff twice about this in 'formal' letters of feedback. they should roll out changes at the start of every season and keep their tweaks during the season to an absolute minimum for 'emergencies' only

my favorite (ie most despised) tweak is when they changed tackling affects late last season. we lost a playoff game because we missed the subtle announcement that changes were made. thats just crazy imo

There is a new option under AI to kick a field goal within certain distance. I honestly don't see much wrong. Meathead they didn't make any tackling changes at the end of last season. They let us know at the end of last season that they were nerfing wrap up tackling for balance in the offseason but that is it.

if thats true then its my mistake

but there are other examples and the main point was that they do make too many changes midseason imo

Yeah, it is kinda weird. Most games in beta don't charge any money because...well, because they're in beta testing. GLB charges actually quite a bit if you wanna be really active compared to a lot of other online games.

Doesn't make a lot of sense to charge players for a product with admitted and effective glitches, especially when you don't even have a set formula for the product you are charging for.

I'm sure we aren't the only ones around GLB wondering aloud the same sentiments. GLB needs to take heed and nip these problems and shifts in the butt before they snowball. People get mad when they pay money and then any product effectively fails them.

I love this game, but have definitely been thinkin along the same lines lately.

Gilligan

Originally posted by Gator93
There is a new option under AI to kick a field goal within certain distance. I honestly don't see much wrong. Meathead they didn't make any tackling changes at the end of last season. They let us know at the end of last season that they were nerfing wrap up tackling for balance in the offseason but that is it.

There are threads upon threads in the "Bugs" section about Bort changing WR physics during the offseason. Repeated instances of third and fourth WRs being targeted 24 of 26 total attempts, sometimes racking up over 300 yds, while first and second WR's aren't even thrown to leads me to believe that this is more than simply an isolated incident. Bort himself has said that he's nerfed speed. This is akin to changing Fantasy Football/Baseball scoring mid-season after teams have already been drafted.

We've now lost two games - Elves in season 3 and Marauders in season 4 - where the sim opts to run another play and running out of time in lieu of kicking a FG within position. I shouldn't have to direct a "football sim" to kick a FG when in position with time ticking down and the score close.

why in the heck didnt the Raiders kick a FG in OT when they were down to the 21 yd line with 51 seconds left?!

http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=92896&mode=pbp

Or from the 15 with 5 seconds left.

Why did the Stunners not try a 49 yarder at the end of regulation with 12 seconds left?

My guess is because neither side properly set their advanced tactics. Bort just released a new AI testing tool and I have already found several holes in our tactic settings.

Originally posted by sunder B
Bort just released a new AI testing tool and I have already found several holes in our tactic settings.

link?

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2262&page=last#5813533

Here's a screenshot (classified information blacked out. ): http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4670/screenfi5.jpg

GM's should all have access to it.

Originally posted by Kaceltx
Yeah, it is kinda weird. Most games in beta don't charge any money because...well, because they're in beta testing. GLB charges actually quite a bit if you wanna be really active compared to a lot of other online games.

Doesn't make a lot of sense to charge players for a product with admitted and effective glitches, especially when you don't even have a set formula for the product you are charging for.



Gilligan

Most games have a company backing them with money so they can float with no profit. Bort is a guy in his basement.

Not busting your balls or anything because I to have been burned by glitchy AI and silly Dots, but it does say Beta, and you don't have to spend money. As many team there are our there now, almost anyone can find a starting spot, booster or no.

Originally posted by sunder B
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2262&page=last#5813533

Here's a screenshot (classified information blacked out. ): http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4670/screenfi5.jpg

GM's should all have access to it.

I also did this right after out game today because of what happened to the hitman and found the hole. Everyone needs to go over their Offense Advanced Ai settings and test them.

We have all been affected by glitches and changes. Roll with the punches and keep in mind this is going to be changed/nerfed whatever you want to call it for quite some time.

ty i hadnt noticed that yet

yep, Raiders had one i not dotted. Overtime FG last minute of game. You can bet it's been dotted now.