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When my QB leveled up, I notced that some of the automatically points went into catching, so I was wondering if QBs need to put some points in catching.

As the d-line have points in blocking to better understand how to get past blocks, perhaps a QB uses catching for better placed passes.

No. It spreads out something like 1 point to all your positions major attributes, and .75 to all the others. I don't know the actual numbers, so don't quote me. But don't worry about catching. Good question tho.

I thought it was only spread over your major and minor attributes, not all attributes. If so, wouldn't that mean that catching is a minor attribute and so somewhat useful then?

lol .2 for 1 boost or level up so when you boost 3 times you get .6 on major attributes

I'm not sure thats correct Jocular. I boosted my QB only once at the beginning of the season (saving the other 2 for playoff time) and he gained .4 at vision and .4 at throwing. Leading me to believe i'ts 1.2 points spread over your majors, and .75 over the minors. Still, no solid proof here, just speculating at 5 am.

Just FYI this is in the noob forum.


Guide to Points Automatically Assigned When Leveling Up by Painmaker

Every time your player gets 1000 XP, he levels. In addition to providing 5 skill points for you to distribute as you see fit, your player also improves skills important to his position. 2 points are divided amongst the "major" skills for the position while 1 point is spread over the "minor" skills for the position.

In addition to helping plan how you want to train, this may inform how to "build" effective players at each position.

Offense:

QB
Major: Strength, Throwing, Vision, Confidence, Stamina
Minor: Agility, Jumping, Carrying, Speed, Catching

HB
Major: Agility, Speed, Strength, Vision, Confidence, Carrying
Minor: Catching, Blocking, Jumping, Throwing, Stamina

FB
Major: Strength, Blocking, Agility, Carrying
Minor: Confidence, Vision, Catching, Tackling, Stamina

C
Major: Strength, Blocking
Minor: Confidence, Agility, Vision, Tackling, Stamina

G
Major: Strength, Blocking, Confidence
Minor: Agility, Vision, Tackling, Stamina

OT (*oddly, minor OT skills improve by 0.5 but majors only improve by 0.4 due to how many there are of each)
Major: Strength, Blocking, Confidence, Agility, Vision
Minor: Tackling, Stamina

TE
Major: Strength, Blocking, Catching, Vision
Minor: Agility, Speed, Confidence, Carrying, Stamina, Tackling

WR (*oddly, minor WR skills improve by 0.5 but majors only improve by 0.33 due to how many there are of each)
Major: Speed, Agility, Catching, Jumping, Vision, Stamina
Minor: Confidence, Carrying


Defense:

DT
Major: Strength, Tackling, Agility
Minor: Blocking, Confidence, Vision, Speed, Stamina

DE
Major: Strength, Tackling, Agility, Speed
Minor: Blocking, Confidence, Vision, Jumping, Stamina

LB
Major: Strength, Vision, Tackling, Agility, Confidence, Stamina
Minor: Speed, Jumping, Blocking, Catching

CB
Major: Speed, Agility, Jumping, Vision, Catching, Stamina
Minor: Strength, Tackling, Confidence, Carrying

SS
Major: Strength, Speed, Vision, Tackling, Stamina
Minor: Agility, Jumping, Confidence, Blocking, Catching, Carrying

FS
Major: Speed, Vision, Tackling, Catching, Stamina
Minor: Agility, Jumping, Strength, Confidence, Blocking, Carrying


Specialists:

K
Major: Kicking, Confidence
Minor: Strength, Vision, Agility, Speed, Jumping, Throwing

P
Major: Punting, Confidence
Minor: Strength, Vision, Agility, Speed, Jumping, Throwing

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Yes, but I believe I read that after you reach a certain level, I don't remember what, that it drops to like 1.5 and .75.

Catching a snap maybe? Even though high snaps are not part of this game.

Originally posted by MeHigh7
Catching a snap maybe? Even though high snaps are not part of this game.

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Originally posted by Zakelsta
Yes, but I believe I read that after you reach a certain level, I don't remember what, that it drops to like 1.5 and .75.

I think it actually goes up, once you hit the soft cap.

Originally posted by Viscount

I think it actually goes up, once you hit the soft cap.

It doesn't go up, the points are just 'worth' more.

Originally posted by Dravz
Originally posted by MeHigh7

Catching a snap maybe? Even though high snaps are not part of this game.

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It could also explain why Jumping is a minor attribute. You gotta jump for the high snaps. Again all of this isn't in the game though so it doesn't effect anything, at least not now.

It's always 2 poins to be split amongst your primaries and 1 point to be split amongst the secondaries. The game decides what the primary and secondary stats are for a position (and it's the same for every person with that same position). The reason you are debating .2 vs .4 and so on is some positions have more or less primaries and secondaries so the division works out differently.

And I imagine the "catching" aspect of a QB, especially since it's a secondary skill, is so he knows how to lay a pass in a certain spot so it's easier to catch by a WR. It's much like a Defender with blocking as a secondary knowing how to get through or around a block if they have more blocking skill.

Originally posted by Noaheli

And I imagine the "catching" aspect of a QB, especially since it's a secondary skill, is so he knows how to lay a pass in a certain spot so it's easier to catch by a WR. It's much like a Defender with blocking as a secondary knowing how to get through or around a block if they have more blocking skill.

That part sound a little weird to me. Not saying you're right or wrong, but i don't see why a QB should need catching, well except for catching shotgun snaps maybe, but still

edit : because this is a no ending statement like :
CB and WR should get throwing to know how the ball is thrown at them
KR would need kicking ...
Sounds really weird (despite i know catching IS really a secondary skill for QB)

The other reason for catching could be for trick plays later on?