'Early Playing Time' Glitch

[ViLLiO]

I'll keep it simple. If you promise a kid early playing time, then that fulfillment should be dictated by the amount of playing time he got. If he's the #3 CB on your depth chart yet you run out of a base nickel half the time, that promise should be fulfilled.

If he is a young, talented DT but #3 on the depth chart, he shouldn't transfer if he still got valuable playing time down near the goal line.

If he's a scrambling QB and you wanted to use him for a special package that your Sr. pocket passing QB is not effective in, then he absolutely should not transfer. He is the FUTURE! Ahem, Kiehl Frazier.

If he's a beast of a run stopping LB yet he's slow, and you use him in the redzone or on critical 3rd and 3 situations, then.... you get the point. This should be a simple fix. Any input?

[Roggie]

It's not really a glitch; it's just set up wrong in the game. They have it set up to where they have to start for it to be achieved. I'm with the same reasoning as you crowd, but I understand how it works in the game.

My way would be for early playing time, that, depending on the position, they play a % of the snaps. O line, D line, Corner, WR, OLB, 50% works. Positions with just one person, like either Safety spot, TE (yes, I know there are 2 TE sets, but the average is much closer to 1 TE on the field at a time than 2 TEs on the field), RB, MLB, something like 30%. QB? I'd put that more around 15-20%. Kicker/Punter, 100%. Fullback, 75%. (These percentages are literally just off the top of my head at this moment. I know that the 50% might be a little high, but with spots like the O line, Corner, WR, you've got 3-5 spots that are used consistently, so they have a bigger opportunity to be on the field. OLB might be lower than 50%, but if you run a 3-4, OLB/ILB will have a higher percentage.)

Also, if the kid isn't in a starting spot, they'd have to be on special teams too. Maybe kick coverage, maybe kick return, maybe punting formations. But they'd see the field there too. If they don't play at their position much, but they're on the field nonstop on special teams, that would work as well.

[ViLLiO]

So does anyone know if this glitch was fixed? Can I promise my players early playing time and fulfill it with early PT? Or is it all according to their depth chart position?

[patsfan1993]

First it is not a glitch. I don't agree with it but it isn't a glitch it is definitely programmed that way and no it isn't any different. Solid playing time is determined by the depth chart position

[ViLLiO]

I don't know what your definition of 'glitch' is, but it absolutely is one. It is a simple problem that could easily be fixed. Depth chart positioning shouldn't dictate my recruit's fate.

[nbcards]

its based on where they are in the depth chart and its not a glitch its always been like that

[patsfan1993]

A glitch is a programming error which results in behavior not intended by the programmers. this is the intent of the programmers.

I don't agree it should be that way. It should be a percentage basis.

[ViLLiO]

I think it sucks. I bet there's a way around it, too. I bet I could put him at #1 on the depth chart, yet alter the formation subs so he'd never play a single down yet fulfill the promise. Boooooooo.