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Re: Goodbye

By Mcbolt55
4/19/2021 8:18 am
Well I didn’t intend to offend with that comment, and I respect the posts that setherick and company put out there regarding playcalling strategy and such. I was going to follow up that first post with more clarification anyway, so here goes.

I think the real problem with 4.5 is the exposure level to it by now. All those expert strategy posts wouldn’t exist if everybody didn’t already try everything to the point of knowing practically everything that works and what doesn’t. Primarily the zone defenses are completely useless, so obviously everyone runs m2m sets, and yes the blitzes get exposed as well. In order to emulate reality, the base cover 2 or cover 3 defenses should stop almost every play at a reasonable rate and yardage, but they also would almost never make any big plays either. Every type of defensive strategy obviously has an offensive counter that exposes it, but every move away “base” involves a risk vs reward balance on both sides.

M2m blitzes should bring more pressure and result in higher rates of offensive mistakes, but also risk exposure to “screens” or possibly “trap” running plays. Also max protection deep passes would expose m2m corners without safety help over top.

On the other end, dime and prevent level zones should virtually eliminate any possibility of a deep completion, but likely allow underneath middle of the field routes and obviously vulnerable to running in general, but they are meant to be called when those types of plays waste too much clock to get meaningful yardage.

There’s always a lot more options and possibilities, but we all know 4.5 doesn’t quite work this way because the zone coverages are broken. (As is the random generated talent available that gives you fast players with no skills, or skilled players that can’t move)

Re: Goodbye

By raidergreg69 - League Admin
4/19/2021 8:23 am
I don't think anyone was offended, rather just pointing out that the next version is going to **** too.

Re: Goodbye

By bluefortytwo
4/29/2021 8:03 am
I know it's a pipe-dream - but it would be cool if you could start a new league and CHOOSE a retro-release-code. They've all had their issues (as I understand) but a couple of them were fun to play. More fun than the current one.

Re: Goodbye

By setherick
4/29/2021 9:43 am
bluefortytwo wrote:
I know it's a pipe-dream - but it would be cool if you could start a new league and CHOOSE a retro-release-code. They've all had their issues (as I understand) but a couple of them were fun to play. More fun than the current one.


Agreed. I'd love to return to 4.3 where you could have decent TEs again and QBs threw reasonable distances without checking down every play.

Re: Goodbye

By Chaz00Blue
5/01/2021 10:36 am
I have considered leaving myself. I am frustrated that there are probably 12 or so times every game where I have a player wide open deep and my quarterback throws the ball underneath to a player that is triple covered. Everyone is now playing this press coverage because there is never any consequences. In real life, my team would have at least 6 touchdowns every game, but instead I lose close games because my quarterback can only see 10 yards down the field when a short pass is called.

I have been playing this game for years. I have always tried to play as I would in real life. This worked pretty well when the engine was being updated, because the people that were gaming the system got knocked back with every update, but now everyone just uses the formula that works and the game is getting dull.
Last edited at 5/01/2021 10:40 am

Re: Goodbye

By Dogboyuk75
5/03/2021 11:23 pm
Gutted to see you go outdoorelli you were a good reliable owner and those 2 championships near the end prove you were great.hope if things do improve with this game or we uncover another in the future we cross paths again .