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Dianwei32
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Alright, thanks to the VA reset I was able to take the 12 points I had in Tenacious (didn't see it help at all) and reinvest them in Workout Warrior. I have also maxed out Bruiser, so what VAs would be the best to use now? I've narrowed it down to a few:

Clutch- People have said they don't notice a difference, but it couldn't hurt, right?

Red Zone Freak- 75% chance to get a 5% bonus to all attributes in the red zone? Yes please.

Short Yardage Monster- Ideally, you shouldn't have to break tackles behind the line, but sometimes shit happens, why not be equipped to deal with it?

Streaky- by lvl 15, you have a 78% (maybe 80%? it says 50/50 at lvl 1 with +2% per level) chance to have a +5% bonus to all stats for the game. The downside: with only a few points in it you have a large chance to have -5% to all stats for the game. Maybe save up VP until you hit 10-15 and dump them all in at once to avoid this?

Any other VA ideas would be appreciated.
 
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Track Star.
 
Drunzer
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I think your first two VAs to max out should be base attribute boosters, then I would take a look at a 'chance/percentage' VA.
 
Dianwei32
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Originally posted by Drunzer
I think your first two VAs to max out should be base attribute boosters, then I would take a look at a 'chance/percentage' VA.


The only problems with that are a) I've already taken/maxed out a %chance VA (Bruiser), and b) I don't know if any of my stats aside from Strength are high enough that using a stat boosting VA would help too much.

Track Star might help, now that I think about it. My raw Strength (63) is close to my raw Speed (60), and I'm getting +9 Strength from WW, so +9 Speed could help. Does anyone have opinions on the VAs that I listed?
 
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From everything I've seen:

Workout Warrior -> Bruiser -> Track Star

That's 45 VP, so it'll take you a little while to get all of them filled out. Get your raw strength and speed up higher, they should both be at 68+ at your level. Agility should be at least at 60 as well. I've got 60+ and high quick cut and didn't notice much if anything from having Quick maxed.
 
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Originally posted by OMGWTF
Get your raw strength and speed up higher, they should both be at 68+ at your level. Agility should be at least at 60 as well.


Yea, I spent quite a few SP on unnecessary things early on, so my Speed/Agility isn't quite up to par. That's what I'm planning to work on this season with leveling and boosting.

However, with Equipment and the Workout Warrior VA I have roughly 103 Strength, pushing my raw Strength to 68 would give me roughly 112 Strength. Would it be more useful to just focus on Speed/Agility since the difference between 103 and 112 Strength probably wouldn't be that great?
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Originally posted by Dianwei32
Originally posted by OMGWTF

Get your raw strength and speed up higher, they should both be at 68+ at your level. Agility should be at least at 60 as well.


Yea, I spent quite a few SP on unnecessary things early on, so my Speed/Agility isn't quite up to par. That's what I'm planning to work on this season with leveling and boosting.

However, with Equipment and the Workout Warrior VA I have roughly 103 Strength, pushing my raw Strength to 68 would give me roughly 112 Strength. Would it be more useful to just focus on Speed/Agility since the difference between 103 and 112 Strength probably wouldn't be that great?


Yeah, I think we all made some poor decisions early but nobody really knew anything aside from the alpha testers.

At the point that you're at I'd probably start getting speed up too, although raising your natural strength will allow your VA to increase as well, which may let you flex some equip points over to speed. Then you could have a bit more choice depending on what you see going on in games.

I'm sure there are a few people that will encourage you t ogo ahead and get your strength to 68. What's your natural agility at?
 
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Originally posted by OMGWTF
What's your natural agility at?


51... it's one of the things I've been slacking on and I plan to raise it the most this upcoming season.
 


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