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Without taking up too much of your time, can you give me an idea as to how sensitive the tactics %s are? How are they allotted?
Example-if I have a 60 in the pass long on 1st down, does that mean of the 60% of all 1st down plays will be long passes?

Die rolls.

so yes - in theory - 60% of 1st down passes will be long passes - but since there is a random number generator -- any single game or quarter could come in quite different. does that make sense?

Thank you. So how much credence should be placed in the tactics department? Should it be a charactectur of the way you want your team to play?

I mean, if you put 100% into long passes on 1st down it will call one of the 5 long pass plays you have picked (influenced by the play priorities) every time. It just varies +/- 10% when you have two or more inputs used.

Originally posted by AtticusFinch
Thank you. So how much credence should be placed in the tactics department? Should it be a charactectur of the way you want your team to play?

If you use the tags and set playbook to work in tandem with your tactics it does

Not sure if this is uninteresting or groundbreaking or neither, but it took me five seasons before I realized that the tactics are recognized as a ratio, not as an "out of 100%" function. Meaning I could plug values of 2, 2, 1 in for short/med/long plays instead of 40/40/20%. It's almost necessary when you start throwing in outside/inside run defenses in, then you don't have to screw up the balance of other formation's playcalls.

Originally posted by AtticusFinch
Thank you. So how much credence should be placed in the tactics department? Should it be a charactectur of the way you want your team to play?

On offense I just keep several different tactics sets (pass lean, balanced, run lean) and don't tinker with them. On defense every single game I change them.

Originally posted by GoGetta
On offense I just keep several different tactics sets (pass lean, balanced, run lean) and don't tinker with them. On defense every single game I change them.

but 40/40/20 should yield the same results as 2/2/1, no?

Originally posted by td577
but 40/40/20 should yield the same results as 2/2/1, no?

Yes. When the sim starts 2/2/1 gets automated to 100. Which ends up being 40/40/20.

I appreciate everyone who take the time to respond to my inquiries. Guys like Deevee, Ty, BHall, TxSteve, Td, GoGetta. Forgive me for the guys I couldn't think of off the top.
I'll preface with an apology bc this will sound like I'm ungrateful for your help, but you all remind me of the brilliant professors I had in college who was a genius in their field but in their assumption that everyone understands what they perceive as elementary they lose their student.
If you could give me a little more of your time and explain it like I'm 5, I would be in your debt. Hopefully I will repay it by beating you the next time we play

If your tactics are for 1st downs:

Inside run: 30
outside run: 30
medium pass: 30
long pass: 10

Let's assign those a number range
Inside run: 1-30
Outside run: 31-60
Medium pass: 61-90
long pass: 91-100

A random number is generated (like a dice roll) - all numbers happen behind the scenes - we never know what they are or anything.

The random number is between 1 and 100.

If on your first set of downs - that random number generator generates a 56 -- then you call an outside run.
Say you get a 1st down.
Now you are back to the start - and a random number is generated. This time it is a 91. 91 = long pass. You got another first down.

Then the RNG (random number generator) runs a 12. So you run a play from your inside run playbook. You gain 5 yards. Now your tactics for 2nd and 5 kick in.

Kind of, but it's slightly more accurate, and possibly simpler to think of it like a drawing.

In that case, you'd add 30 pieces of paper with inside run, 30 with outside, 30 with medium pass, and 10 with long pass. You'd then draw one of them, use that play, then put it back in the hat.

That also fixes the trailing decimals for things like 3/3/3/2

Originally posted by GoGetta
On offense I just keep several different tactics sets (pass lean, balanced, run lean) and don't tinker with them. On defense every single game I change them.

This

thanks corndog - interesting!

Originally posted by Corndog
Kind of, but it's slightly more accurate, and possibly simpler to think of it like a drawing.

In that case, you'd add 30 pieces of paper with inside run, 30 with outside, 30 with medium pass, and 10 with long pass. You'd then draw one of them, use that play, then put it back in the hat.

This is how I thought of it.