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Originally posted by TDiddy8701
I'd prefer lots of rematches vs CPU games

I think the seasons should be shortened slightly myself

Same here 32 games is a lot. I don't care about easy wins vs CPUs I just like a little break from the long grind.

eh pretty much as expected, the new changes just lead to a ton of rev cakes which lead to a morale spiral on offense. just going to make for lots of ugly games with 50+ rev cakes lol. havent tested the intim changes but i imagine with the already unavoidable morale spiral on the OL due to rev cakes it will just compound that issue.

honestly the intent of buffing "balanced" teams with the play action passes was a good idea but not a working concept (esp with only 2 plays and one real usable one) and you just destroyed the ability for teams with balanced offensive lines to be effective at both rushing and passing. all the changes did was strengthen the pass only or rush only teams, which is something that ruins the immersion of the game.

good try but disappointing, maybe next season lol

Optimal builds likely just changed in a big way for OLine/DLines. Big downer for those of us just hitting Vet but probably good for the game...

BSB took 130 rcakes today against a CPU team that we beat 87-0.

Originally posted by Detroit Leos
Optimal builds likely just changed in a big way for OLine/DLines. Big downer for those of us just hitting Vet but probably good for the game...

BSB took 130 rcakes today against a CPU team that we beat 87-0.

130 seems a bit excessive.

Originally posted by Rob.
130 seems a bit excessive.

None of us have "optimal" builds right now so I am not sure if that would remain. OL is behind the curve with the cost of blocking skills and the nerf this offseason. Likely need to invest much more in intimidation/toughness than ever before. No idea what the optimal build looks like for OLine right now.

Edit: OL probably needs a bit of a roll back on the cost of SP as more is now needed than just tech. I dunno... BSB sprinkled in decent/good sprint/quickness along with First Step and decent core skills. Was performing alright last season but this season is going to be all about DLine dominance and future tiers joining Vet will have a big advantage when it comes to spending cap boosters and such as this is a major meta shift for OLines/DLines obviously.

Edit 2: Could also be intimidation aura stacking causing an issue... Not sure.

Revs are up.....but so are Cakes, it goes both ways. People did want Balance & Intimidation to matter afterall. Really loving the new pathing so far, defense needed a buff badly.

seems fine from what i can see if you invested in in some balance, toughness, and intimidation along the way.

Originally posted by BoDiddley
Revs are up.....but so are Cakes, it goes both ways. People did want Balance & Intimidation to matter afterall. Really loving the new pathing so far, defense needed a buff badly.

yes i agree but seeing 130 rev cakes on a CPU team that lost 87-0 is a perfect example of how the admins didnt factor in all the aspects of these changes. not bad changes but we should have had these changes either released earlier or we should have been given additional 1-2 days to adjust. it will be manageable next season and better as time goes on but they were not implemented correctly this season.

if we could get the "diversity bonus" (that never actually worked) to actually work and play a part, tweak more of the screen passes to work, and tweak the PA passing system to work and add 5-10 more PA passes - i think between those changes + the new defensive changes, the sim would be in the best place its been to date.

edit: my suggestion for fixing the PA passing system is to not make the QB just stand still like a sitting duck. he turns his back and stands still, he should keep moving and then turn around and throw. as it stands now, esp with all the pressure up the middle from the line changes, there is no way PA passing will be anything more than free sacks like most of the non-functioning screen plays.

Rofl... vs CPU

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Originally posted by bhall43
seems fine from what i can see if you invested in in some balance, toughness, and intimidation along the way.

I am not saying that I do not like the changes... Just that it caused major changes to the sim up front and I am not sure what is causing the rcake numbers to be so much higher than they previously were. A tweak may or may not be needed depending on how end builds shake up. This change also further cripples the early tier OLineman. As Sov stated, it definitely caters better to pure offenses. BSBs combo WRs/TEs took big time hits here as well. We also attempted to add some more speed to our OLine. Basically, OLineman are likely pigeonholed in to builds now that stack toughness/intimidation high along with blocking skills. They already cannot afford to be too creative due to the crazy high SP costs of run blocking skills and it may not be a bad idea to lessen the cost a bit after this change. I have no idea yet as the optimal build path has yet to be fully rediscovered. Seems like the changes caused a pretty steep drop off of the cliff for builds that were successful in earlier seasons though. I am sure that we will do some respecs next offseason but I expect that the rcakes are going to be insane this season and it will impact many teams that were previously blocking fairly well.

Thanks fer break'in my builds...bort

Originally posted by Galactic Empire
Thanks fer break'in my builds...bort

I still really like the changes and the idea behind them... just might need a little bit of tweaking one way or another. Also might not for future builds and current builds that were not set up for this will just remain behind the 8-ball moving forward. Who knows...

Originally posted by Detroit Leos
I still really like the changes and the idea behind them... just might need a little bit of tweaking one way or another. Also might not for future builds and current builds that were not set up for this will just remain behind the 8-ball moving forward. Who knows...

Bort knows...

one of my OT's ended up with 21 cakes to 6 revs