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Originally posted by tunski
Bort
November 25, 2011 Question Does height factor in the break block roll? Does height or lack there of (both for blocker and blockee) affect the hold block roll?
Answer Taller players are easier to knock off balance of and therefore pancake or revcake if you are beating them (this applies to areas other than blocking, where balance comes into play, like breaking tackles), but taller players also are better at holding blocks.
Bort
November 25, 2011 Question You have mentioned several times that weight has some sort of mitigating or limiting effect on dot veloctiy. Could you tell us if this factor is "smooth" and linear in relationship, or are there "weight brackets" of some sort that form a step-function in the weight-to-speed attribute factoring for dot-velocity purposes?
Answer It's linear. Each pound makes a difference plus or minus.
Bort
October 1, 2011 Question You have two identical dots, all attributes, SA's, and VA's are equal. One is taller than the other. Does the taller one run just as fast, faster, or slower than the shorter one?
Answer They run the same velocity. Weight affects velocity, not height. Height affects jumping and balance.
Catch22
July 29, 2011 Question Any word on preventing everyone from trying to min/max height and weight?
Answer No. And not all people do min/max.
Bort
February 9, 2011 Question Does a players height affect his arm length? For example, does a 6'5" OL have longer arms than a 6'2" OL? If so, does this affect in any way the blocking rolls or are dots armless? (I ask because if ht doesn't give blockers longer reach, there is no reason to ever choose anything other than a min height OL).
Answer Height gives a player more leverage, giving him a bonus to pushing the other guy down. Being short helps keep from being pushed down, due to a lower center of gravity. Height doesn't increase blocking radius.
Bort
March 12, 2010 Question Do the effects of height and weight in the correlate pretty strongly with the bonuses they give upon rolling or is the interaction between height and weight more complex? For example, does a 5'10 olineman that weighs 300 lbs have the same agility as a 5'10 olineman that weighs 270lbs? Does the heavier olineman of the same height have a penalty to agility in addition to speed because of his weight, despite the fact that they are the same? Another example: a 6'3" 210 lbs CB vs. a 6'3" 180lbs CB--does the decrease in weight help overall movement or just speed?
Answer Much more complicated. The bonuses at creation are there to give some choices when choosing ht/wt.
Bort
February 19, 2010 Question Why can't we remove height / weight as a factor on attributes?
Answer If ht/wt no longer affect anything, max speeds would have to be dictated by player position, which is less dynamic than dictating it by weight.
Bort
February 7, 2010 Question How exactly does weight and height affect players?
Answer Weight makes players move more slowly, but makes them more powerful blockers, tacklers, and rushers. Tall players are more likely to bat down or catch high passes, but shorter players have a lower center of gravity and are harder to knock over.
Bort
February 7, 2010 Question How exactly does weight and height affect players? Weight makes players move more slowly, but makes them more powerful blockers, tacklers, and rushers. Tall players are more likely to bat down or catch high passes, but shorter players have a lower center of gravity and are harder to knock over. What confuses me is that one of the best powerbacks (if not the best) weighed 181 pounds in Jedi knight. The WPL MVP in season 13 was Project Marcie. Is there some factor that helps these SMALL power backs break tackles? Obviously their size is counter intuitive to what one would project to be a successful powerback. Might it have something to do with their more rapid acceleration due to their small stature? Perhaps they can simply get back up to full speed quicker due to an acceleration boost due to small size.
Answer I think you answered your own question. Addition from Catch22: Catch22 - I think it's answered in Bort's answer. Shorter players have a lower center of gravity and are harder to knock over.
Bort
February 6, 2010 Question One time Height/Weight reset for existing players?
Answer So...you want to be able to reset something you were able to roll for in the first place? Why didn't you just roll for the ht/wt you wanted when you rolled initially? You wouldn't be getting the penalties and bonuses from the new system, so seems kinda moot to me. I'm not going to spend time building a special tool for something that really doesn't matter that much.
Catch22
February 2, 2010 Question How exactly does weight and height affect players? Weight makes players move more slowly, but makes them more powerful blockers, tacklers, and rushers. Tall players are more likely to bat down or catch high passes, but shorter players have a lower center of gravity and are harder to knock over. What confuses me is that one of the best powerbacks (if not the best) weighed 181 pounds in Jedi knight. The WPL MVP in season 13 was Project Marcie. Is there some factor that helps these SMALL power backs break tackles? Obviously their size is counter intuitive to what one would project to be a successful powerback. Might it have something to do with their more rapid acceleration due to their small stature? Perhaps they can simply get back up to full speed quicker due to an acceleration boost due to small size.
Answer I think you answered your own question. Shorter players have a lower center of gravity and are harder to knock over.
