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Jack Del Rio
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Level 12:

WITHOUT EQUIPMENT
Strength: 55.5 Blocking: 49.5
Speed: 11.87 Tackling: 11.87
Agility: 19.91 Throwing: 8
Jumping: 8 Catching: 19.5
Stamina: 17.4 Carrying: 11.87
Vision: 20.92 Kicking: 8
Confidence: 13.36 Punting: 9

WITH EQUIPMENT
Strength: 61.5 Blocking: 49.5
Speed: 11.87 Tackling: 11.87
Agility: 19.91 Throwing: 8
Jumping: 8 Catching: 19.5
Stamina: 21.4 Carrying: 11.87
Vision: 20.92 Kicking: 8
Confidence: 13.36 Punting: 9

This will be a pure blocking TE. I will not be investing in catching. Despite that, he will still be able to catch well with the .5 bonus to catching on level ups and the Vision which will be at least 2SP capped.

I am not looking for a reply like "work on a little bit of this, train some of this, maybe bump up this every so often." No, I'm looking to focus on one attribute at a time (some of you know it as "Slow Building") from here on out. So I am just wondering which attributes should I have in what order on the list of priorities as I slow build this guy. Right now I am just going to 3SP cap strength before I move on to minor attributes.

I'm thinking:
1) Vision
2) Agility
3) Speed/Confidence
4) Speed/Confidence

That's the main problem I'm having. How important is speed for a blocking TE? I prioritized Agility over Speed because it helps more with the actual act of making the block, and I want to be sure that he can get from one block to the next as quickly as possible. For the same reason, I prioritized Vision first, because it helps with the actual blocking, finding blocks, and also helps with receiving. So I'm just looking for some guidance, what should my priorities be, and in what order? I do not care about immediate results, I just want to make sure that the more important attributes are capped first and thus the highest in the long run.
(I will not be taking blocking to the 3SP cap, I figure I can use all that SP in the blocking tree much later on, and boost the Pancake skill ).
Last edited Aug 22, 2008 10:23:54
 
powerslacker
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I'd do agility first, even before vision.

Your way isn't bad though.
 
Baustin
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You'll need some speed to get out in front of the RB's. He'll be useless if he can't beat the back to the tackler. Agility will only get you so far.
 
Octowned
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might as well cap vision because it gets 0.5 / level, as opposed to agility 0.17 / level, thus you'll benefit far more from capping it as early as possible.

true slow build who cares what is important, just do what is best in the long run.

vision, agility, speed, confidence.


You going to 2cap strength? Your blocking will be fine with one cap, LBs can't break them, and natural levels will take you up quite a bit.
 


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