I'm going to run some tests to look at the problem of CBs jumping the routes too early.
Information in this topic:
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2604272
Especially check the discussion starting on page 3.
Please bare with me over a day or two to get all of the tests done. I have a pretty loaded schedule, but I should be able to get them all in by Tuesday night.
-=-=Initial Theory=-=-
I feel like a lot of this overjumping the pass is just an intended side effect of the Aggressive setting. I've found a lot of examples of the CB jumping the pass that resulted in INTs or PDs, so this could just be a "working as intended" risk vs reward type thing. However, many people are making the case that even if this is the case, the CB is still making the jump too early, and some have also reported it happening on Semi-Aggressive. Both of these are valid points so I'm going to run some tests to see what kinds of changes may be needed.
-=-=Testing Plan=-=-
I'm going to run each scenario 2 times each, and compile the data of both successful and botched coverages to get an idea of how often it is working and how often the CB "whiffs."
Going to create 4 different CBs per team with varying builds, and set them up for high rotation so we get a good look at all of them. Then all of them will be set to the same tactics for different games, Close/Agg, Med/Agg, Close/Semi, etc. I'm not testing Loose or Far, however, because CBs likely never actually use those tactics.
The 4 CB Builds:
CB1: 90 spd 75 agi 60 vis 60 jump 60 catch 30 conf
CB2: 90 spd 75 agi 60 vis 60 jump 30 catch 60 conf
CB3: 90 spd 75 agi 60 vis 30 jump 60 catch 60 conf
CB4: 90 spd 75 agi 60 vis 30 jump 30 catch 60 conf
I'm keeping speed, agility, and vision as constants, and all of them will also have 5-5-8-5-7 and 3-3-0-0-0 SAs as constants.
CB1: High Catching and Jumping, Low Confidence
CB2: High Jumping and Confidence, Low Catching
CB3: High Catching and Confidence, Low Jumping
CB4: Low Jumping and Catching, High Confidence
-=-=Test Links=-=-
Close/Agg 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1057
Close/Agg 2: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1056
Med/Agg 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1065
Med/Agg 2: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1066
Far/Agg 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1067
Far/Agg 2: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1068
Close/Semi 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1061
Close/Semi 2: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1062
Med/Semi 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1069
Med/Semi 2:http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1070
Close/Med 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1063
Close/Med 2: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1064
Med/Med 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1071
Med/Med 2: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1072
Information in this topic:
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2604272
Especially check the discussion starting on page 3.
Please bare with me over a day or two to get all of the tests done. I have a pretty loaded schedule, but I should be able to get them all in by Tuesday night.
-=-=Initial Theory=-=-
I feel like a lot of this overjumping the pass is just an intended side effect of the Aggressive setting. I've found a lot of examples of the CB jumping the pass that resulted in INTs or PDs, so this could just be a "working as intended" risk vs reward type thing. However, many people are making the case that even if this is the case, the CB is still making the jump too early, and some have also reported it happening on Semi-Aggressive. Both of these are valid points so I'm going to run some tests to see what kinds of changes may be needed.
-=-=Testing Plan=-=-
I'm going to run each scenario 2 times each, and compile the data of both successful and botched coverages to get an idea of how often it is working and how often the CB "whiffs."
Going to create 4 different CBs per team with varying builds, and set them up for high rotation so we get a good look at all of them. Then all of them will be set to the same tactics for different games, Close/Agg, Med/Agg, Close/Semi, etc. I'm not testing Loose or Far, however, because CBs likely never actually use those tactics.
The 4 CB Builds:
CB1: 90 spd 75 agi 60 vis 60 jump 60 catch 30 conf
CB2: 90 spd 75 agi 60 vis 60 jump 30 catch 60 conf
CB3: 90 spd 75 agi 60 vis 30 jump 60 catch 60 conf
CB4: 90 spd 75 agi 60 vis 30 jump 30 catch 60 conf
I'm keeping speed, agility, and vision as constants, and all of them will also have 5-5-8-5-7 and 3-3-0-0-0 SAs as constants.
CB1: High Catching and Jumping, Low Confidence
CB2: High Jumping and Confidence, Low Catching
CB3: High Catching and Confidence, Low Jumping
CB4: Low Jumping and Catching, High Confidence
-=-=Test Links=-=-
Close/Agg 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1057
Close/Agg 2: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1056
Med/Agg 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1065
Med/Agg 2: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1066
Far/Agg 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1067
Far/Agg 2: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1068
Close/Semi 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1061
Close/Semi 2: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1062
Med/Semi 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1069
Med/Semi 2:http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1070
Close/Med 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1063
Close/Med 2: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1064
Med/Med 1: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1071
Med/Med 2: http://test.goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=1072
Last edited May 5, 2009 20:37:06
