Point Of Clarification On Combine Accuracy

[Ben E Lou]

I've noticed a few comments here and there that indicate that a fair number of people are confused on this point. So let's be clear on this one. There's really only one key sentence to remember, and here it is, highlighted:

FOF8's combine accuracy works like every other version of FOF that had combine accuracy other than 7.2.

Prior to 7.2, the difference between, say, 50 and 35 in combine accuracy was quite minor. The difference between 40 and 39 was pretty much undetectable without running *hundreds* of drafts.Every indication is that this is the same way it works now.(Except without the hard constraints that existed from FOF5.0 through FOF7.1, no matter what settings were used.)

So, to be clear, in FOF7.0 through 7.1xx

70 = slightly less combine wobble than 60, with constraints in place
60 = slightly less combine wobble than 50, with constraints in place
50 = average
40 = slightly more combine wobble than 50, but constraints still in place
30 = slightly more combine wobble than 40, but constraints still in place

..and so on.

In 7.2-7.2xx

50-100--same as previous version
40-49--a while new set of constraints than the ones we knew (I never bothered to tease all of them out, but for example, I remember that QB sol dropped from 28 to 20 when you were in the 40-49 accuracy range.)
39 and below--no constraints, often wildly inaccurate combines

IN FOF8

70 = slightly less combine wobble than 60, with slightly less leeway on constraints
60 = slightly less combine wobble than 50, with slightly less leeway on constraints
50 = average
40 = slightly more combine wobble than 50, with slightly less leeway on constraints
30 = slightly more combine wobble than 40, with slightly less leeway on constraints


In other words, we're back to a place where there's no detectable difference between 40 and 39, and only a minor difference between 50 and 39. As a result, my overall drafting strategy vis a vis weighing combines vs bars isn't really changing at all based on 39 vs. 50. It's just that at 39 I'm slightly more likely to pull the trigger on a player whose combines and/or bars make him look like a risk.

[zbuckley]

Thanks for sharing Ben but i'm curious if you could explain more on the leeway on constraints. In FOF8 do you mean there's slightly less leeway on constraints compared to FOF 7.2? Do you mean slight less than FOF 7.2 on 39 setting?

[Ben E Lou]

Maybe this is a better way of putting it: remember that 7.2 was a stopgap band-aid, applied *after* he was heavily into FOF8 and decided to delay its release. As such, the things done there aren't really a part of the progression of the series, and you're probably better off, strategy-wise, forgetting it ever existed.

I'm comparing FOF8 to FOF8 there at the varying levels of combine accuracy.

[Squirrel]

Has the MP FOF community settled on a preferred level of combine acccuracy for FOF 8? Most people in the GML think we are playing on 50; I haven't seen that confirmed or contradicted by Commish Ben so I assume it's right

[zbuckley]

Maybe this is a better way of putting it: remember that 7.2 was a stopgap band-aid, applied *after* he was heavily into FOF8 and decided to delay its release. As such, the things done there aren't really a part of the progression of the series, and you're probably better off, strategy-wise, forgetting it ever existed.

I'm comparing FOF8 to FOF8 there at the varying levels of combine accuracy.
I would think the closer to 0 the combine setting gets the more leeway there would be on constraints?