In summary of S9 Game improvements, we had
1. the OLine SP cost change - of which I was a clear advocate
2. Separating the Tactics Matrix into Distance and Direction - the first change, Direction, was handled by prioritizing Inside/Outside Runs over Pass/Run tags (again I was a clear advocate; so were others)
I believe this will be the next big Defense fix (hopefully S10):
First, as a reminder, there are 39 Short Blitzes, but only 5 Medium Blitzes and no Long Blitzes in Man Defense. There are only 5 Long plays in all of Man Defense. Reference: https://xarsglb2.wordpress.com/glb2-play-types-defense/
Jan 25, 2015 03:22:19
Originally posted by Xars
I'm bumping this in the hope Corndog sees this with a new season approaching:
I'm not so much as asking for new Defensive Plays, but rather to have some existing plays re-categorized.
Cdog, what I'd like to see is this:
For each Defensive Formation to include the following:
Pass Short - 3+ plays; Pass Short Blitz - 2+ plays
Pass Medium - 3+ plays; Pass Medium Blitz - 2+ plays
Pass Long - 1+ plays; Pass Long Blitz - 1+ plays
Inside Run - 2+ plays; Outside Run - 2+ plays
I'd like all Pass/Run plays to be re-categorized as only Pass plays (with a distance attached to them).
That way all Inside Run and Outside Run plays are in their own category and don't have crossover from the Pass/Run plays.
In essence what this really does is allow the DC to play appropriate Down & Distance which is usually what he wants to do. Sometimes, you want to commit to a direction.
If you remove Pass and Run, the above system becomes this:
Down and Distance: Short (w/Blitz); Medium (w/Blitz); Long (w/Blitz)
Direction: Inside (w/Blitz); Outside (w/Blitz)
Add Blitzes to the above (did with edits) and you have the Tactics Matrix as it actually works. No coding overhaul is needed. Just switch the categories each play is allocated to.
If you can follow this template, you will greatly improve Defensive Play Calling. This will give DCs a role in the game (something you and Bort have said you want). To do that, we need options.
Thank you.
As an addendum, I could see certain formations with more Short Distance plays and others with more Long. 5-2 would be heavily weighted to Short, while Quarter would maybe only have 1 or 2 Short plays, 3 Medium plays and 5 Long plays. A lot of this could be implemented through changing play "tags" rather than lots of new coding. Over time, more plays would be helpful to flush out categories, but the biggest short term boost would be to change categories of existing plays.
Full article and recap here: https://xarsglb2.wordpress.com/2015/02/03/glb2-s10-predictions/
Feel free to comment or add yours.
1. the OLine SP cost change - of which I was a clear advocate
2. Separating the Tactics Matrix into Distance and Direction - the first change, Direction, was handled by prioritizing Inside/Outside Runs over Pass/Run tags (again I was a clear advocate; so were others)
I believe this will be the next big Defense fix (hopefully S10):
First, as a reminder, there are 39 Short Blitzes, but only 5 Medium Blitzes and no Long Blitzes in Man Defense. There are only 5 Long plays in all of Man Defense. Reference: https://xarsglb2.wordpress.com/glb2-play-types-defense/
Jan 25, 2015 03:22:19
Originally posted by Xars
I'm bumping this in the hope Corndog sees this with a new season approaching:
I'm not so much as asking for new Defensive Plays, but rather to have some existing plays re-categorized.
Cdog, what I'd like to see is this:
For each Defensive Formation to include the following:
Pass Short - 3+ plays; Pass Short Blitz - 2+ plays
Pass Medium - 3+ plays; Pass Medium Blitz - 2+ plays
Pass Long - 1+ plays; Pass Long Blitz - 1+ plays
Inside Run - 2+ plays; Outside Run - 2+ plays
I'd like all Pass/Run plays to be re-categorized as only Pass plays (with a distance attached to them).
That way all Inside Run and Outside Run plays are in their own category and don't have crossover from the Pass/Run plays.
In essence what this really does is allow the DC to play appropriate Down & Distance which is usually what he wants to do. Sometimes, you want to commit to a direction.
If you remove Pass and Run, the above system becomes this:
Down and Distance: Short (w/Blitz); Medium (w/Blitz); Long (w/Blitz)
Direction: Inside (w/Blitz); Outside (w/Blitz)
Add Blitzes to the above (did with edits) and you have the Tactics Matrix as it actually works. No coding overhaul is needed. Just switch the categories each play is allocated to.
If you can follow this template, you will greatly improve Defensive Play Calling. This will give DCs a role in the game (something you and Bort have said you want). To do that, we need options.
Thank you.
As an addendum, I could see certain formations with more Short Distance plays and others with more Long. 5-2 would be heavily weighted to Short, while Quarter would maybe only have 1 or 2 Short plays, 3 Medium plays and 5 Long plays. A lot of this could be implemented through changing play "tags" rather than lots of new coding. Over time, more plays would be helpful to flush out categories, but the biggest short term boost would be to change categories of existing plays.
Full article and recap here: https://xarsglb2.wordpress.com/2015/02/03/glb2-s10-predictions/
Feel free to comment or add yours.
