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Just rolled for adv eq: +First Step SA
Good/bad/ugly?

you can probably do better.

I think that FS is pretty worthless for a corner...

You have to be either stopped, or damned near not moving for First Step to work. Since that only happens usually once per play (at the start), there's much better options that work much more often during the entire play.

what should i do when i have to SV peices and a CS peice..Should i settle for FS on my last peice?

Originally posted by pimp of ubeness
what should i do when i have to SV peices and a CS peice..Should i settle for FS on my last peice?


You shouldn't have four pieces of advanced equipment. Even with training extended to the offseason, there's no way any player can maintain four pieces over the course of a career. 2 is a must and 3 is manageable if you don't have to spend too much time shopping, but 4 is impossible.

Ditch it. I had a +3 agility + 1 First Step I upped to +6 agility purely for the stat value, but now that I found one for change direction I moved it all over to that.

The tiers of SA to the best of my knowledge are:

1: Shutdown Coverage, Super Vision
2: Change Direction ( killer for special teams play, and keeping up on fast routes )
3: Swat Ball ( not sure how much this contributes to swatting )
4: Sticky Hands, Smooth Operator

Speciality: Return Spec ( KR/PR only, usually the team's #5 CB with speed and change direction maxed ), Closing Speed ( useful against screen teams, run coverage CBs, special teams )

Useless: First Step,, Sticky hands ( Better to boost catching ), Blitz ( even if you blitz, it won't be that many plays )

I'd like to hear opinions on swat ball because I'm not too sure about its current value with all the sim changes. Any CB experts care to cite any problems with my SA order above?

I think that raising Swat Ball to a natural 6 is a great value after you have Super Vision / Shutdown Corner at 6. If you already have high agility (70+) you might get more value out of Swat Ball than Change Direction but I do agree that SV and SC should come first.

My girlfriend's CB has high Change Direction and does very well while my slow build CBs don't have anything in Change Direction and get by just fine. So I think that both are valid builds.

i just got a +3AGI, change direction piece

i'm pretty content

Originally posted by Pagypie
i just got a +3AGI, change direction piece

i'm pretty content

damn

Originally posted by phat_lyk_dat
Originally posted by Pagypie

i just got a +3AGI, change direction piece

i'm pretty content

damn

Ditto that...