Warrior General Games

Linebackers

Coverage LB
5'10" - 6'3", 220-250 Lbs
Major Agility Jumping Speed Vision (+.5)
Minor Confidence Stamina Strength Tackling (+.25)
Bonus SA's - Diving Tackle, Swat Ball
Penalty SA's - Monster Hit, Shed Block

Blitzing LB
5'10" - 6'6", 240-270 Lbs
Major Agility Jumping Speed Tackling (+.5)
Minor Confidence Stamina Strength Vision (+.25)
Bonus SA's - Shed Block, Big Sack
Penalty SA's - Aura of Int, Diving Tackle

Hard Hitting LB
5'10" - 6'6", 240-270 Lbs
Major Agility Strength Tackling Vision (+.5)
Minor Confidence Jumping Speed Stamina (+.25)
Bonus SA's - Snarl, Monster Hit
Penalty SA's - Swat Ball, Big Sack

Combo LB
5'10" - 6'6", 230-260 Lbs
Major Agility Confidence Speed Tackling Vision (+.4)
Minor Jumping Stamina Strength (+.33)
Bonus SA's - None
Penalty SA's - None


IMO, the big plus is that speed gets double the ALG for 3 of the 4 archetypes. I'm not thrilled with jumping being a major for coverage and blitzer, but that was probably needed for competitive balance. Hard Hitter looks quite good. Maybe FF's will be somewhat viable in the future. If I were to choose an archetype to start for a OLB, it would be combo.

Thoughts?

Combo is sick.

The 6'3" limitation on coverage LB has to be a typo. (not the Ops, it's like that in the official description)

There's no way a coverage guy can' be 6'4 but the blitzer get's to be 6'6".

Originally posted by Fumanchuchu
The 6'3" limitation on coverage LB has to be a typo. (not the Ops, it's like that in the official description)

There's no way a coverage guy can' be 6'4 but the blitzer get's to be 6'6".

i thought that too. youre covering a TE so youd want a taller player

Combo may be better for blitzing than "blitzing". You get vision as a major and not jumping - is the difference in SAs enough to overcome that?

the SA bonuses dont make too much sense for LBs since most LBs dont have many SAs.

The weight limitations are kind of crappy.

Originally posted by idm03
Hard Hitter looks quite good. Maybe FF's will be somewhat viable in the future. If I were to choose an archetype to start for a OLB, it would be combo.

Thoughts?

Most people will choose combo I think, it really puts together a great LB.

I'm thinking about a hard hitter. It would be kind of like building a FB, he's going to be too slow to be effective for a couple of seasons but then he should pretty good. And, teams will need some good tacklers to take care of the new 260 lb halfbacks.

Combo LB has been changed:

Combo LB
5'10" - 6'6", 230-260 Lbs
Major Agility Confidence Speed Tackling Vision (+.4)
Minor Jumping Stamina Strength (+.33)
Bonus SA's - None
Penalty SA's - None

Blitzing LB has been changed so there is no Monster Hit penalty.

OP Updated

Definitely changes my view on it....

I think Hard hitter is the best option with the recent changes. Although they are still tinkering with it so we'll have to wait and see.

Originally posted by Stonewall Paul
I think Hard hitter is the best option with the recent changes. Although they are still tinkering with it so we'll have to wait and see.

Hard hitter is only good if you're not going to pass rush or cover though. The penalty to shed blocks is pretty significant imo. All these people who say that LBs don't have any SAs, don't know what they're talking about imo.

The newest update to the proposal does not have the shed block penalty.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=3768138

Hard Hitting LB
5'10" - 6'6", 240-270 Lbs
Major Agility Strength Tackling Vision (+.5)
Minor Confidence Jumping Speed Stamina (+.25)
Bonus SA's - Snarl, Monster Hit
Penalty SA's - Swat Ball, Big Sack

Originally posted by Darren McFadden
Originally posted by Stonewall Paul

I think Hard hitter is the best option with the recent changes. Although they are still tinkering with it so we'll have to wait and see.

Hard hitter is only good if you're not going to pass rush or cover though. The penalty to shed blocks is pretty significant imo. All these people who say that LBs don't have any SAs, don't know what they're talking about imo.

most players dont have a +10 SA unless its from equipment until theyre maybe level 65-70. not too many LBs are loading up on SAs early in their careers. sure the SA bonus could help but its not the same as it is for a RB or QB that rely on them heavily.

Originally posted by southsux926
most players dont have a +10 SA unless its from equipment until theyre maybe level 65-70. not too many LBs are loading up on SAs early in their careers. sure the SA bonus could help but its not the same as it is for a RB or QB that rely on them heavily.

Hopefully the re-balancing of the SAs will make them more important, I hate the all attribute nature of LBs.

Originally posted by Fumanchuchu
Hopefully the re-balancing of the SAs will make them more important, I hate the all attribute nature of LBs.

i agree it would be more fun. there would be more options and build variety