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Anyone have any news on the effects of Aura of Int and the other morale reducing SAs for LBs and defensive players in general??

There's really no way to tell, but I think it helps my LB miss less tackles, and I don't really get juked by HBs...it could be because they're in my Aura.

I miss less tackles than other LB's with more tackling. I think its due to the aura.

From what I've read, Aura and Snarl will help w/ missed tackles. I put a few points into both on my last level up so we'll see what happens. I 59/4 last season, but 18/7 in the playoffs. I played most of the season on Balanced, but some of them came when I was trying him out on Power. I'd like to get the ratio around 20:1 for S5.

Aura helps... tremendously.

With only a 30 tackling score, my level 27's MLB's tackle/missed tackle stats for the past couple seasons:

Season 2: 41/0
3: 80/1
4: 100/4
5: 23/1

I haven't touched tackling in forever now, so it's at 30 through whatever little auto gains are made through level ups. I decided to build an Aura/D-Gen MLB near the beginning of season 3 (when I got a team), so he's got fairly high D-Gen in addition to HIGH Aura of Int. I've switched between wrap-up and balanced between games, but he was still clearly effective against numerous powerbacks that averaged l0-20 broken tackles a game.

Just curious, but what is your strength & stamina like (PM me if need be)? I'm 55/40 on strength & stamina, have 5/4 in AOI and DG respecitvely and have 13 tackles and 2 misses through 3 games this season (all on Power). I'm trying to determine whether my player's stamina (in the 40s) is to blame for the missed tackles or something else.

Originally posted by joemiken
Just curious, but what is your strength & stamina like (PM me if need be)? I'm 55/40 on strength & stamina, have 5/4 in AOI and DG respecitvely and have 13 tackles and 2 misses through 3 games this season (all on Power). I'm trying to determine whether my player's stamina (in the 40s) is to blame for the missed tackles or something else.



I've never seen even a weakly supported argument for ever using power tackling much less balanced tackling.

Originally posted by joemiken
Just curious, but what is your strength & stamina like (PM me if need be)? I'm 55/40 on strength & stamina, have 5/4 in AOI and DG respecitvely and have 13 tackles and 2 misses through 3 games this season (all on Power). I'm trying to determine whether my player's stamina (in the 40s) is to blame for the missed tackles or something else.



It's low for both; 35 in strength and 33 for stamina. Those auras get really pricey at higher levels, but it looks like their benefits help balance the player's weaknesses in their physical attributes. For instance, before the switch in how energy is displayed, my MLB had no problems going on Hard for 65 plays and not dropping below 75 energy after a game. By no means though am I saying an aura MLB is best; the main reason why I built mine like I did is because I didn't mind sacrificing his stats for the good of the team (which I owned at the time).

Originally posted by Rod Long
I've never seen even a weakly supported argument for ever using power tackling much less balanced tackling.


You're got that right. I tested all three last season and didn't see a noticeable difference. I tried Power this year after shuffling some equipment around and the results were pretty much the same.

Thanks for the input wallysmith.

it seems like confidence would be the most important factor in things like Def.Gen, Aura, and Snarl...

I have reasonably high confidence, but if you'll notice one thing... Aura is a skill that's always "on," and more points doesn't mean it activates more, it just means it has a bigger radius and a bigger morale penalty.

all the morale hurting things work much much better when used when a whole team has points in it, especially if the opponent has never touched confidence. This means EVERY SINGLE TACKLE dampens the qb's, wr's and hb's confidence, making him commit errors, making morale lower...spiraling effect

Originally posted by Rod Long
Originally posted by joemiken

Just curious, but what is your strength & stamina like (PM me if need be)? I'm 55/40 on strength & stamina, have 5/4 in AOI and DG respecitvely and have 13 tackles and 2 misses through 3 games this season (all on Power). I'm trying to determine whether my player's stamina (in the 40s) is to blame for the missed tackles or something else.



I've never seen even a weakly supported argument for ever using power tackling much less balanced tackling.


Check our Juggernaut Jones on Polk High. He's played on Power Tackling since about game 9 or 10 of last season he forces fumbles like crazy. He had a game last year where he forced 4 in a single game.

Originally posted by joemiken
Just curious, but what is your strength & stamina like (PM me if need be)? I'm 55/40 on strength & stamina, have 5/4 in AOI and DG respecitvely and have 13 tackles and 2 misses through 3 games this season (all on Power). I'm trying to determine whether my player's stamina (in the 40s) is to blame for the missed tackles or something else.



I've only got 25 Str / 30 tackling and only 1 point in any of the Auras (from Custom EQ) and for my career (started midway through S3) I've got a tackle / missed tackle ratio of 167 / 16 . I would rather spend points into tackling than the Aura's if your solely interested in negating missed tackles. Getting Aura to a natural 6 costs more SP than soft capping my tackling (take into account getting the pre-requesits).

Originally posted by powerwingman
Originally posted by Rod Long

Originally posted by joemiken


Just curious, but what is your strength & stamina like (PM me if need be)? I'm 55/40 on strength & stamina, have 5/4 in AOI and DG respecitvely and have 13 tackles and 2 misses through 3 games this season (all on Power). I'm trying to determine whether my player's stamina (in the 40s) is to blame for the missed tackles or something else.



I've never seen even a weakly supported argument for ever using power tackling much less balanced tackling.


Check our Juggernaut Jones on Polk High. He's played on Power Tackling since about game 9 or 10 of last season he forces fumbles like crazy. He had a game last year where he forced 4 in a single game.

Hey, WE'RE the real Polk High Panthers!

Friendly scrimmage for bragging rights? haha

As for Power tackling, I'd prefer Balanced or Wrap-up just because missed tackles irritates me more than not forcing as many fumbles.