09-09-2004, 08:58 AM
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Banned
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Editing the kicking game
I’ve got Vanderjagt kicking from 44 yards out, inside the Colts dome. His lifetime % from 40-49 yards is 80%.
Coach Mode kicking
Sliders on Legend
12/20 or 60%; 3 down the middle, 3 missing badly (more than 3 yards)
Sliders @ 40
Test #1: 9/20 or 45%; 6 down the middle, 6 missing badly
Test #2: 9/20 or 45%; 4 down the middle, 7 missing badly
CPU kicking
Sliders on Legend
11/20 or 55%; 6 down the middle, 0 missing badly
CPU kicking
Sliders @ 40
Test #1: 13/20 or 65%; 6 down the middle, 0 missing badly
Test #2: 11/20 or 55%; 4 down the middle, 0 missing badly
Totals:
Coach Mode kicking: 30/60 or 50%; 13 down the middle, 16 missing badly
CPU kicking: 35/60 or 58.3%; 16 down the middle, 0 missing badly
The kicking game is off. It’s literally impossible to get kickers to kick like their real-life counterparts, stats-wise. Poor Todd Peterson, for example, kicks 40% from 44 yards out, when lifetime he’s 70%. The little bit of ratings editing I’ve done suggests you can up the % somewhat by raising Kick Accuracy and the player’s Consistency into the 90’s, but even then it’s not quite enough. Plus you’d have to do that for most kickers: they pretty much all kick at least 70% from that distance.
Two other things that are starting to become apparent: First, Coach Mode kickers are not as accurate as CPU kickers. So Coach Mode gamers are at a disadvantage in the kicking dept. when it comes to playing the CPU. Second, the sliders make little difference. I’ve done some other tests with sliders @ 0, and I honestly saw no difference in the results. One might even argue that breaking the preset – changing Kicking from Legend to 40 – makes things worse, certainly for the Coach kicker. I’m suggesting that because of things I noticed in last year’s game, slider-wise. But I’d have to do more testing.
Another note: While Coach Mode kickers don’t appear to be as accurate, User-controlled kickers have a huge advantage over the CPU, accuracy-wise. I’ve currently got my User kicker set @ Accuracy 39, Consistency 9 to compensate.
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