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Level 2, just starting out but curious where to go.

I'm not really thinking of my SS as being a sideline to sideline guy. I'm happy if he stays in just the strongside/middle.

Right now I'm reading that power backs are causing a problem with teams that are heavy in speed. Now I know I'm a noob, but so far after watching some plays in my two D-league games a power back can break into the secondary often enough to where a missed tackle by the safety could be crucial.

I'm thinking a run-supporting SS splitting strength/vision/speed/agility pretty evenly could be a viable build. It would be able to handle most TE's (I think). Not to mention the increased fumbles caused on WR's with little strength/carrying. The extra strength/agility would also help me shed WR blocks and get to the HB when he thinks he has a clear lane.

So what I'm wondering is if this sounds like it could work.

Originally posted by Absolut Zero
I'm thinking a run-supporting SS splitting strength/vision/speed/agility pretty evenly could be a viable build. It would be able to handle most TE's (I think). Not to mention the increased fumbles caused on WR's with little strength/carrying. The extra strength/agility would also help me shed WR blocks and get to the HB when he thinks he has a clear lane.

So what I'm wondering is if this sounds like it could work.

It absolutely could work, though I'd toss in Tackling to that mix

Now, the problem lies in how you get to your final build. I strongly suggest you read this thread on how to maximize your character. Using this method, you'll be fairly weak your first season to season and a half but then you'll break out and be a monster as you add your 3rd and 4th stats.

http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=600791

The problem with trying to build a "balanced" guy at level 5 is that someone with 20/20/20/20/20 isn't gonna stop anyone. Power guys will bowl you over, speed guys will out run you, etc. You have to pick something and most folks pick speed because speed does negate power somewhat. If you can put a few hits in a row on a power back, a team can gang tackle him.

What he said.
Good builds require a lot of patience, but starting over after making a bad build is really much more painfull.

you're balanced building is definitely the way to go IF you have the patience to not have great stats in the first season or two. but that also goes the same way with just working on one thing. i would strongly recommend slow building him

Thanks for the responses. I agree jack of all trades at lvl 5 with 20/20/20/20/20 probably won't do well against early specialists that are all strength or speed or something. If I dumped my SP's into just say strength/speed for my SS until soft cap then I'd have a better chance of competing. From reading the link (thanks again) it looks like slow building consists of training up say strength while I'm saving up SP's to offload into strength to get it to 48. I'm not really sold on the slow build method since stamina seems huge to me right now.

I'm currently just training stamina on both my guys with the theory that:
-I'd never have to worry about it or ever put SP's into it
-With stam steadily improving I'm going to see more playing time meaning more exp
-Stam steadily improving will help my energy at the end of the game meaning I can train on normal/hard and get more out of my training sessions than I would at relaxed.

Right now my safety has to train on relaxed both sessions after a game to get back into the mid-90's and my sessions are .14 less than normal for 2 days and .24 less than hard for 2 days. Slow building is talking about the little gain from the sparring sessions adding up. But a .14 or .24 loss in training by not doing stam seems like it'd also add up, and would hurt potential exp-gain from less playing time.

i didnt do slow building with my ss, and to tell u the truth i rly messed up his build because i put like 7+ points into his Special Abilities when he was like lvl 1 and 2... but now that im lvl 6 im building up my str/speed/tackling and im doing very well. making 4-6 tackles a game as a backup ss. i also got 1 PD.so u can always fix what u mess up is what im trying to get at. since i put my points into my SAs im building my attributes that boost those SAs and now my guy is doing prett well if i do say so myself. so whatever you like to do is the way t ogo, all i gotta say is throw equipment in the same attribute. i am doing the same as you tho, training my stamina on norm/relax and i am putting up my speed. so just a thought keep doing what ur doing and i think you will be an animal when u hit lvl 13 or so. but thays just a guess, maybe im just getting lucky. and no im no in a d-league ive been on a human team since lvl 1.

o and sorry if i was just rambling on,sometimes i get carried away. i love SS's so i try to help out best i can...

Originally posted by prokop
o and sorry if i was just rambling on,sometimes i get carried away. i love SS's so i try to help out best i can...

lol, thanks man.

no idea where i'll be by season 5, but im hoping i can make it to at least a backup on a human team where they won't want me to just pump pure speed

be careful soft-capping speed right away before building up stamina. if you do, and if you're on a d-league team, there's a good chance the cpu will put you at KR and then your energy will be wiped out and you'll be forced to train on relaxed...

Originally posted by smarlow
be careful soft-capping speed right away before building up stamina. if you do, and if you're on a d-league team, there's a good chance the cpu will put you at KR and then your energy will be wiped out and you'll be forced to train on relaxed...

Happened to me

So far I'm planning on dumping 3 speed 2 strength every level for at least a few more levels. I'm on special teams, which is where I get the majority of my tackles, energies already low and I have to train on relaxed to get into the mid-90's.

If KR drains it even more, I'd be screwed. Thanks, definitely never gonna dump 5 into speed for awhile.

Originally posted by Absolut Zero
So far I'm planning on dumping 3 speed 2 strength every level for at least a few more levels. I'm on special teams, which is where I get the majority of my tackles, energies already low and I have to train on relaxed to get into the mid-90's.

If KR drains it even more, I'd be screwed. Thanks, definitely never gonna dump 5 into speed for awhile.

Just save sps, dont use them yet imo, use them when u can pump it to the soft cap in 1 go around.