Warrior General Games

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=3194254

this is a thread I wrote on suggestions. Would you tell your opinion?

I don't like it at all. The game as a whole is HORRIFICALLY addicted to "Speed". It screws up so many aspects of the interaction between offense and defense. The last thing we need in the world is yet another mechanism for folks bumping up "Speed" to levels that are horribly unrealistic in relation to their position. In REAL football, there are no "Speed" FBs nor are there any "Speed" TEs. The folks that excel at those positions in the real game are "Athletic" (i.e. Agile and Strong, with an occasional burst), but not trackstars.

didnt Vernon Davis run like a 4.3, and back in the day Mike Allstott was a 4.4. im just sayin

Originally posted by wontgodown
didnt Vernon Davis run like a 4.3, and back in the day Mike Allstott was a 4.4. im just sayin

Exceptions that prove the rule--and I'm doubting that Alstott cranked out that time.

your right, i just checked and he posted 4.6 at the combine. but anyways on topic im all about fbs getting a lvling bonus for speed.

The thing is... speed is relative, a 4.4 forty isn't fast if the majority of other people all run a 4.2 forty. GLB =/= NFL, so using NFL standards is faulty logic IMHO. Offensive lineman are as fast as FBs in GLB, natural speed that is. The majority of positions are considerably faster than FBs, generally going to the 73 cap and letting leveling increases take it over 80 naturally. This is why we're seeing a rise of blocking FBs who take speed as high as possible, 80 speed in GLB is considered kind of slow TBPH... because it's all relative.

Originally posted by Warlock
The thing is... speed is relative, a 4.4 forty isn't fast if the majority of other people all run a 4.2 forty. GLB =/= NFL, so using NFL standards is faulty logic IMHO. Offensive lineman are as fast as FBs in GLB, natural speed that is. The majority of positions are considerably faster than FBs, generally going to the 73 cap and letting leveling increases take it over 80 naturally. This is why we're seeing a rise of blocking FBs who take speed as high as possible, 80 speed in GLB is considered kind of slow TBPH... because it's all relative.

But this "solution" is no solution at all--it just sucks yet another position into the "I'ma-going-to-crank-speed-to-130" nonsense. At least the current setup, flawed thought it may be, forces FBs to make a HARD decision--they give something up if they decide to make a UNREALISTIC fullback because they miss out on levelling gains. If we add "speed" as a minor, we've just made it easier to endure that decision because then speed begins to accrue (small) levelup gains.

In my opinion, the game needs a SMALLER emphasis on "speed".

Originally posted by Larry Roadgrader
But this "solution" is no solution at all--it just sucks yet another position into the "I'ma-going-to-crank-speed-to-130" nonsense. At least the current setup, flawed thought it may be, forces FBs to make a HARD decision--they give something up if they decide to make a UNREALISTIC fullback because they miss out on levelling gains. If we add "speed" as a minor, we've just made it easier to endure that decision because then speed begins to accrue (small) levelup gains.

In my opinion, the game needs a SMALLER emphasis on "speed".

I agree, I just wanted to point out that FBs do get screwed in this department, compared to many other positions. Unfortunately, this game would need a complete overhaul to fix the "speed kills" thing... thus it might be ok to make speed a minor for a FB. Since it's so important, in-general, in GLB and in every type of FB build.

Speed is relative and FBs are slow in comparison to the majority of GLB players.