Can someone EXPLAIN the WEAPONS...

[Lisa_Bonami]

I understand the weapons and what they do but Im a bit confused as to what they mean in the PLAYER's BIO CARD.

When you click on a player's name to see their stats card, in the upper right corner it will list 3 weapons of theirs. Some of them are yellow and some are grey.....why?

Also, underneath each of their weapons, there is some sort of meter...some are full, some are empty, some are various lengths inbetween....what does this signify?


Also, if you probe a little deeper into a player's actual complete attributes, you'll sometimes see that their 3 noted weapons arent always what they are completely strong in on their attribute ratings....which confuses me even further

Can anyone explain the relation of these things.....arent the weapon meters supposed to be the same length as their attribute meter for that same weapon, like Stiff Arm Weapon and the Stiff Arm Attribute?

Also some of these weapons being yellow and some being grey has me confused as well

[RAZRr1275]

Re: Can someone EXPLAIN the WEAPONS...

I understand the weapons and what they do but Im a bit confused as to what they mean in the PLAYER's BIO CARD.

When you click on a player's name to see their stats card, in the upper right corner it will list 3 weapons of theirs. Some of them are yellow and some are grey.....why?

Also, underneath each of their weapons, there is some sort of meter...some are full, some are empty, some are various lengths inbetween....what does this signify?


Also, if you probe a little deeper into a player's actual complete attributes, you'll sometimes see that their 3 noted weapons arent always what they are completely strong in on their attribute ratings....which confuses me even further

Can anyone explain the relation of these things.....arent the weapon meters supposed to be the same length as their attribute meter for that same weapon, like Stiff Arm Weapon and the Stiff Arm Attribute?

Also some of these weapons being yellow and some being grey has me confused as well

The yellow ones are the ones that they have, the grey ones are the ones that they can build to in practice.

The bars are how for within the weapon that they are for example Peyton Manning has a 100 awareness rating making him have a full bar.

[DLaren]

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Also, if you probe a little deeper into a player's actual complete attributes, you'll sometimes see that their 3 noted weapons arent always what they are completely strong in on their attribute ratings....which confuses me even further

Can you post some examples of this?

I know On the PS2 version the weapons aren't totally ratings based, instead their assigned to players in the off-season based on how they performed during the season.

I have an LT who has a run-block rating of 86, yet he has the "crushing run blocker" weapon because the previous year he almost always took his man out of the play when I ran to his side.

I signed a WR last year with a 96 speed and he did not have the "speed" weapon. During the season he caught a bunch of deep bombs and this year he was given the "speed" weapon.

I don't remember how they are distributed on the next-gen version, but performance might have something to do with it.

[ChuckMonts]

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see in next gen crushing run blocker is linked to run block power and i don't know if current gen has this attribute yet but i'm thinking they never received the new attribute so i have no idea how it would work.

[tgiordano]

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If you turn them off can your recievers still make spectacular catches

[DonkeyJote]

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Yes, and you can still truck with players who don't have truck back weapons. I believe that weapons affect the game in one of two ways:

1) It doesn't. It is a visual representation.

2) It gives them a boost once they reach that weapon threshold. For instance the difference between 89 and 91 Throw Power would a lot bigger than the difference between 84 and 86 throw power.