Warrior General Games

DT Just rolled to solid pieces of EQ

+1 STR, +1 First Step

or

+! Shed Block

WHich one should I get?

DT should go for Shed blcok would think - unless your DE is a heavy agility guy...

My GM wants me to wait for a "big sack" or "D-line general" piece. He wont help me out with the $ unless its one of those pieces. Should I drop the $10k myself and get the shed block piece or re-roll?

He wants you to wait for a big sack piece... That is horrible. I've heard positive things about first step for DTs (I'm trying it out on my level 31 DT and he's doing ok so far).

i thought that Big Sack sucked becuase it only comes into play IF you get a sack. I had it on a DE for a while and I never caused a fumble with any of my sacks.

First step might be a waist because im still low level so my speed is low

Originally posted by MarnDeis
My GM wants me to wait for a "big sack" or "D-line general" piece. He wont help me out with the $ unless its one of those pieces. Should I drop the $10k myself and get the shed block piece or re-roll?

You need to leave that guys team, and build like you want.

Both pieces are pretty good.

I know shed blocks is good because I made it a point to raise my D.T's shed block beyond 10 (13) and I love it.
By word of mouth I hear First step for a d.t. is great.

Pick one and roll with it.

get the shed blocks piece, get it up over 10, with >100 agility, 75+ speed, and ~85 strength.

Trying two pieces of FS on my rush DT. I'm liking him. Starting to stand out a little.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=622199&pbp_id=5436330
http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=622199&pbp_id=5433797
http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?game_id=622262&pbp_id=6377199

Do you plan to play the NT or DT spot?

For a DT, I'd personally go with the FS piece and spend the SP to raise your shed block throughout your career. In my opinion, the 20-25 SP you'll spend to get Shed from 6-10 (which you probably wouldn't need to do if you go with the shed block piece) is worth it for the ability to add some differentiation and new bonuses to your player with FS AEQ or something else like Blitz. FS looks like a really solid addition to a DT at this point if you ever plan to get your speed above 60.

Think about this. Later on you might see a second FS piece and then you'll be able to have 8-10 in FS. With 8 FS and enough speed you'll be very hard to handle. Basically, the faster you are, the better you'll be in run support. There's a reason you don't see too many NTs with more than 50 tackles - it's because they're slow and spend their whole game fighting a center, breaking a block, getting reblocked, then fighting again while the HB runs past them. They serve their purpose of making the HB choose a different path, but they rarely get off their blocker and can't get away from him quickly enough to chase down the HB, which is something a faster NT/DT can do.

The way I go about choosing AEQ is to try to keep my player flexible because of the way the sim is constantly changing. I build my core player, then use EQ to fit the current sim. You know you're always going to want high Shed Block, so I don't see spending the SP to buy the higher points of Shed as a waste. Others will say you can save a lot of SP by getting the Shed piece, but I think having the flexibility to add new bonuses that fit your build is worth it.

Now, if you plan to play NT your whole career, then maybe the Shed piece would be a better choice because you might want to focus on the run tree and spend your SP there. You have to think about the opportunity costs and where you'll be at level 50 or so.