Problem I have with CB ratings

[Mtneer08]

It seems every CB rated 88 overall or better has man coverage and zone coverage at or around 99. There shouldn't be near that many lockdown CB's in college football.

[carnalnirvana]

yeah most decently rated DB have god like coverage ratings its a new tactic this year to help the D play more effective...

and whats worse is its not only the starting DB's its the 3rd, 4th stringers as well

[Old School SD Fan]

Clearly the DB AI and super performance above Freshman level is a HUGE issue needing to be tuned, but I haven't checked the rosters, is this really true and the likely cause???

[WhoCares?]

So if you had a CB with 80speed 80acc but 99man it would make him a lockdown corner.

It the "man" rating the only variable that determines it?

[WhoCares?]

So if you had a CB with 80speed 80acc but 99man it would make him a lockdown corner.

Is the "man" rating the only variable that determines it?

[Hot RoDD T]

It seems it shouldn't, there are other factors in the equation such as Awareness, Catching(will affect their INTs), Play Recognition (maybe just for front 7 players?), AGI. So if you have a guy that is 99 MC and Zone Cov, but is slow and not fully aware, then technically, he could get beat deep during Man, or make some mental mistakes to blow his coverage. This is how it should work, but I didnt' create the game and not sure how EA implemented the attributes into actual on the field gameplay. Pertaining to the initial post, I haven't really experimented playing with or against "shut down corners," so not sure if a guy that has 99 man but subpar other attributes is an actual shut down corner in the game. It may say he is a 99 in coverage, but does he actually shut your WR down during the game?

[Mtneer08]

Quote: Originally Posted by WhoCares?

So if you had a CB with 80speed 80acc but 99man it would make him a lockdown corner. It the "man" rating the only variable that determines it?

Well the problem with that is most of the CB's have speed and acceleration around at least 90 too.

[cparrish]

The three attributes I am working hard on with my rosters in response the CB's is agility, man coverage, and press coverage. Agility is a big one to me because I feel like a higher agility rating is what causes CB's to mirror the WR's with the ability to not lose any speed in a change in direction. Download them if you'd like and give them a try. The team I feel is finished in regards to CB ratings are Florida State, Alabama, and Colorado.

The other big difference is I am tweaking FS's the play like FS's and SS's to play like SS's. I am making SS's better against the run, but not as good in coverage skills and FS's the opposite.