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My FB is half blocking and half receiving, the receiving side doesn't work at all because there are no custom read progressions in GLB2 like there were in GLB1: the FB gets read at the end of the progression on most routes, so he almost never gets thrown to unless something weird happens, like tons of pressure causing a quick read to fire, the QB is just too dumb to try throwing to him, even when he's wide open.

Galithor nailed it, though, only a very small number of passes are actually viable at the highest level right now, and the WR routes just aren't that great for a lot of the 2 WR plays unfortunately, most of the good ones are 3WR/4WR. This could also be solved by custom read progressions in theory, some plays have good WR routes but aren't viable because they are too late in the default progression.

My guy isn't all-out receiving, he doesn't have head fake for instance, so maybe somebody else out there has gotten it to work, but I also agree with the comment that it's important to be a run blocking threat too and am not willing to try going all the way unless the game changes significantly.

Originally posted by Galithor
The mythical rushing or receiving FB.

RPG has a S* rushing FB

Originally posted by DeeVee8
Power Rushing QB..http://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/player/84924 ...anybody have a link to another one? I've never seen one.

that's pretty cool DV.

Originally posted by Corndog
What?

That's what I was thinking. Lol

I've got a HB based on the tackle avoidance of Gold Freight Train (80+intim) and Gold Stiff Arm (80+carry awareness) and tops it off with Silver Mr Reliable. Power Running with the leftover points.

I plan on doing a scat-FB here soon as well.

Originally posted by Corndog
What?

I actually ran tests, I think you did not!

Coverage Awareness/Technique only will leave you with 66% of passes allowed, as I found out in a CB that for 2 seasons was dedicated to Intercepting: http://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/player/74225. Now check his stats at the third season after I bump Deflecting to 50+. It even affects the number of interceptions he gets! Now compare to my Deflecting heavy CB: http://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/player/77303, doesn't get interceptions, but has always allowed less than 50% of passes through.

I think the last information in the Deflecting skill, "and disrupt incoming passes" affects the outcome of every situation where your player must stand in the way of a thrown ball, not only pass deflections.

Originally posted by bhall43
I have a veteran rushing FB. working on the really fast receiving ones. Personally I feel like it may be a waste of time to do a receiving one.

RIF has one.. YMMV.

Power returning HB. Why put Devin Hester back there, when you can just have Earl Campbell maul his way for TDs?

http://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/player/59970 - http://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/hof?season=7&type=st_data&position=All&league_id=0&tier=Professional

As far as Interceptions are concerned, I agree that without deflection it's not a great standalone skill. But a team built with strong interception specialists will give a team like Air Raid problems. It's very noticeable when we play a team that can pick off 2-3 passes out of 80 attempts vs a team that doesn't have a prayer to pick off a single pass.

Of course, to pump interception, you're necessarily giving up ground on run defense skills, so using it to combat the heavy pass attacks will come at the expense of handling the heavy rush attacks. Thus, you should S* all your secondary starters

Anyone got a stud pass deflection lineman build yet? Like one that's seriously invested into pass deflection and it made a big difference?

Originally posted by Galithor
As far as Interceptions are concerned, I agree that without deflection it's not a great standalone skill. But a team built with strong interception specialists will give a team like Air Raid problems. It's very noticeable when we play a team that can pick off 2-3 passes out of 80 attempts vs a team that doesn't have a prayer to pick off a single pass.

Of course, to pump interception, you're necessarily giving up ground on run defense skills, so using it to combat the heavy pass attacks will come at the expense of handling the heavy rush attacks. Thus, you should S* all your secondary starters

Yep, also, the investment rarely pays off since it is such an expensive skill. Even if you pick Ball Hawk, it gets more expensive than Sprinting [citation needed]. The interception data on a general level is often crap since even players without a single point invested to intercepting can snag a couple a season: my Seasoned LB has 4 interceptions so far with 9 Intercepting.

EDIT: Funny, can't paste links here on the iPad, but I'm talking about Soneca Maine.

Originally posted by bhall43
Any ideas that I have had I have currently built or am in the middle of building or built on the test server.

I had to read this a few times to actually comprehend.

Originally posted by kaiijy
Yep, also, the investment rarely pays off since it is such an expensive skill. Even if you pick Ball Hawk, it gets more expensive than Sprinting [citation needed]. The interception data on a general level is often crap since even players without a single point invested to intercepting can snag a couple a season: my Seasoned LB has 4 interceptions so far with 9 Intercepting.

EDIT: Funny, can't paste links here on the iPad, but I'm talking about Soneca Maine.

http://glb2.warriorgeneral.com/game/player/86850 I need to blitz him more, clearly.

I'm making a power rushing QB... anyone want to try using him on a team?

I think what people continually don't get is that intercepting and deflecting aren't just lone skills that give you auto deflections or interceptions. They help but still require skills to help them work.