I played a certian way to "keep it real". A bunch of imaginary rules i made up to play by so the game felt real to me.
3 seasons later and multiple rants later i joined beta and read up a bunch of old posts and asked many more questions on how the game worked. I started testing said exploits of the time. One was long passes i knew it was overpowered but the game was fun. Same with blitzes, but i lost just as many as i won until i figured out why my skilled player were losing out more often or not.
This was some version of 4.2, a while back but the game was in a simpler state then.
WR numbers were super high and i had unreal sacks and ints. this is two seasons of stats for one wr
162rec 5,413 yrds 33.4 avg. 60td
137rec 4,346yrds 31.7 avg 41td
I had a DE with 46 sacks and a cb with 16 ints in one season. guys were playing a hundred snaps a game as well.
None of that matters now people loved 4.2,but many left cause this was the game in a nut shell. Heavily tied to smaller is better.
So many nerfs have been put on the game since some say its unreconcilable, but i disagree and feel something great is on the horizon. Speed is under heavy scrutiny right now and limiting any roster moves any more is a additional nerf. I want nerfs taken out not more added.
Good or bad nerfs do something of a desired effect. Of recent JDB asked if we should bump up the out of positon penalty. There were no takers in beta, but this would simulate what you are asking. So, your not the only one with this issue...and theres a simple fix avaible right now, but it be a nerf.
Still, the root problem is speed is tied to weight. At one point there was ideas of being able to set a desired weight of a player. I want a 340 DT, my best bets are to move him to RT to get his weight up. I get desired weights of my player through unconventional roster moves. No position should trend to a weight...but what would a team of the lightest players possible do?
I find playing real is the funnest, but losing to exploits makes it only so good. I am not saying if you cant beat them join them, but they are all tests to me...all good for understanding the game.
For some reason i still wont play an offensive tackle that is under 6 foot 3. It doesnt matter in this game but for realism sake i do it.....why idk