For people who say they get caught from behind by slower players...

[fistofrage]

Are you talking about in the open field when the defenders are behind you? Do you have the stick pressed all the way up? I have played too many games to count and I never see this. Even with the sliders in the AI's favor.

Now sometimes D linemen will catch me as I am going through the hole or trying to get aaround the corner, but thats fine because if they have good acceleration and only have to take 2 quick strides to get there, thats realistic.

But if the defenders are behind me after I hit a slant against the blitz or my RB gets into the second level with noone with an angle and everyone behind him, I have NEVER seen the AI defenders catch up to my player if I have the speed edge. In fact alot of the time, I am wondering why the 94 speed AI CB doesn't catch my WR with a 90 speed.

[jello1717]

This is affected by sliders.

Speed threshold changes the comparative speed of faster and slower guys.

Running back ability affects the speed of players with the ball (not just HBs/FBs).

A high speed threshold will allow slower guys to make up more ground on faster guys than a low threshold.

A low RBA slider will slow down ball carriers (even with it @ 40 makes them feel like they're running in mud) which will also allow slower defenders to catch faster ball carriers.

[NoDakHusker]

That 94 speed CB might not have a good acceleration rating and/or your WR might have high acceleration, it's not just about the speed ratings anymore.

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by jello1717

This is affected by sliders. Speed threshold changes the comparative speed of faster and slower guys. Running back ability affects the speed of players with the ball (not just HBs/FBs). A high speed threshold will allow slower guys to make up more ground on faster guys than a low threshold. A low RBA slider will slow down ball carriers (even with it @ 40 makes them feel like they're running in mud) which will also allow slower defenders to catch faster ball carriers.

Of course sliders effect these things. I just see alot of people mention that they get caught from behind by slower players and I never see it even with human RBA at 40 and AI defense sliders cranked up.

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoDakHusker

That 94 speed CB might not have a good acceleration rating and/or your WR might have high acceleration, it's not just about the speed ratings anymore.

Yeah, I realize there are factors involved, it just seems like in every other thread I see people complaining about linemen running their RBs and receivers down, and I don't see it. In fact I doubt I would see it unless I lowered the Human RBA way below 40.

[phant030]

Quote: Originally Posted by fistofrage

Yeah, I realize there are factors involved, it just seems like in every other thread I see people complaining about linemen running their RBs and receivers down, and I don't see it. In fact I doubt I would see it unless I lowered the Human RBA way below 40.

rite...i dont see it either. They always talk about it, i want them to upload a video.

[fistofrage]

Quote: Originally Posted by phant030

rite...i dont see it either. They always talk about it, i want them to upload a video.

Thats exactly it, its why we have to discuss these things because I don't want EA dumbing down the defense or making them slower because they have read in multiple threads that linemen are running down 90+ speed RB's downfield. I have to really handicap myself with sliders and some house rules to not get too many big plays as it is.

[Yeti_2009]

Quote: Originally Posted by jello1717

This is affected by sliders. Speed threshold changes the comparative speed of faster and slower guys. Running back ability affects the speed of players with the ball (not just HBs/FBs). A high speed threshold will allow slower guys to make up more ground on faster guys than a low threshold. A low RBA slider will slow down ball carriers (even with it @ 40 makes them feel like they're running in mud) which will also allow slower defenders to catch faster ball carriers.

yeah I just dropped speed threshold to 0 and use SECelite's slider sets and I am good.

There was one time that I was curious because an ILB caught my HB from behind but then I looked at his acceleration and speed both which were higher then my HB so it made sense.

With default settings, there were sometimes I was getting caught behind (about 5 yards from the line of scrimmage) in the open field after running a toss play to the outside. Once i modified the sliders and speed threshold, I haven't had a problem.