Originally posted by ImTheScientist
Why after 4 years does this much need to be done?

Apr 16, 2012
- (9am patch) Increased vision check difficulty for QB to get rid of the ball early due to an incoming defender
- (9am patch) Added a couple more instances where pocket presence can help avoid a bad throw when hurried
- (9am patch) Added a hurry effectiveness bonus for heavier, stronger players and players with better tackling
- (9am patch) Increased effect of hurries on potential for bad passes
- (9am patch) Fixed issue where a hurry was sometimes credited to a defender who was not the best choice for the hurry credit, or when no hurry should really have been credited
- (9am patch) Decreased QB initial target lock on time slightly back down
- (9am patch) Added a possible vision check for screen pass target man defenders to allow him to recognize the play and not get beat by going too far inside
- (9am patch) Fixed some blocking/chipping selection/positioning bugs on screen plays
- (9am patch) Fixed incorrect pulling guard on Strong I HB Screen Left play
- (9am patch) Fixed bug where a slower QB could be pressured into throwing early in the play by a nearby lineman who hadn't been blocked yet
- (9am patch) Slightly raised top-end acceleration back up
- (9am patch) Fixed bug causing bad passes near the sidelines to sometimes be thrown to coordinates (0, 0)

Apr 13, 2012
- QB pressure values increased so he'll throw sooner when having an unblocked defender coming at him. This was previously too low, causing too few hurries and too many sacks.
- QB release time on long passes made 1 tick shorter
- Increased chance of encroachment a little based on player's speed/acceleration and pass rush aggressiveness
- Snap jump reaction vision check requirements increased, and checks are now harder the further the blitzer is from the C.
- Tightened player acceleration values slightly, to make the lower end a little higher, and the upper end a little lower, resulting in more realistic player movement
- Added an new internal method to better deal with specific "exploit blitz" situations when normal blocking logic doesn't pick them up as desired, and added a couple of special cases vs CB blitzes
- Improved/adjusted the vision cones for outside lead blockers to better pick up defenders when going outside the box
- More adjustments made to HB/FB pass block positioning. They are now better at cutting off outside blitzes and don't float around as much.
- Reverse pancake chance bumped slightly in general
- Added an additional pancake/revcake bonus and additional breath loss bonus when a heavy player blocks a much lighter player (i.e. CB vs OT or G)
- Cut block likelihood reduced a bit, and the Balance skill now works to counter it.
- Fall down prone base time reduced a little
- Defender reaction checks to incoming pass made easier, improving chances of moving into position after ball is thrown instead of moving away
- QB will lock onto first target a couple ticks longer
- Increased difficulty of breaking/slipping blocks outside the box (outside runs)
- Increased difficulty of breaking/slipping blocks on kickoffs/punts
- Increased non double team time based pass block decay. Pocket should collapse faster when one-on-one blocking
- Adjusted for more "big swat" chance on multi-defender catches, so the ball is more likely to get tipped away from a possible juggle catch.
- Fixed bug #549 - defensive timeout not called when team is kicking field goal (will now call timeout vs field goal if <= 100 seconds left)
- Fumbles may no longer be recovered on the same tick they are dropped
- Fixed bug where fumble recover would always fall down when getting the ball instead of having a chance to pass an agility check and stay standing
- Fixed bug #797 - QB's leading receivers out of end zone
- Fixed bug where TEs pass block settings would be improperly applied on screen plays
- Fixed bug #727 - Kicker not used on preset depth chart if left off


Bort leg swept you.

Why do I need to do dishes again today? Didn't I just do them yesterday?
Why do I have to keep doing laundry? I did it once already.
Why do I need to go to the grocery store ever again? Didn't I go last week?
Why should I make my bed in the morning? Won't I just unmake it later this evening?

Originally posted by tpaterniti
Why do I need to do dishes again today? Didn't I just do them yesterday?
Why do I have to keep doing laundry? I did it once already.
Why do I need to go to the grocery store ever again? Didn't I go last week?
Why should I make my bed in the morning? Won't I just unmake it later this evening?

Whoa, man. You just, like, blew my mind.

doobas™

Originally posted by DONKEIDIC
The only problem I have with Bort's changes, is his overreaction, every darned time.

Step one. Nerf everything belonging to "Problem C" .

Step two. Watch "Problem C" become Problem -C" .

Step three. Take back many of the nerfs to "Problem C" .

This, entirely. Part of the reason I don't own teams anymore. You try to build a team around a philosophy that should work. Then, when it does work, people who are on the other side of the fence bitch and moan, and someone important enough to Bort bitches enough that the pendulum is swung at Mach 2 to the other side. So, you end up promoting into an elite league, only to get dump trucked the very next season because the game's mechanics are so different*.

*None of this matters if you're in networks.

Originally posted by tpaterniti
Why do I need to do dishes again today? Didn't I just do them yesterday?
Why do I have to keep doing laundry? I did it once already.
Why do I need to go to the grocery store ever again? Didn't I go last week?
Why should I make my bed in the morning? Won't I just unmake it later this evening?

Ooooh, I get it now! So that explains the flies in the kitchen, funny looks in line at the bank, constant hunger pains and inexplicably bitchy girlfriend....thanks tpat!

Originally posted by tpaterniti
Why do I need to do dishes again today? Didn't I just do them yesterday?
Why do I have to keep doing laundry? I did it once already.
Why do I need to go to the grocery store ever again? Didn't I go last week?
Why should I make my bed in the morning? Won't I just unmake it later this evening?

I don't rebuild my engine every moring... but I do put in gas every 400 miles, and change the oil every 4500 miles.

Originally posted by tpaterniti
Why do I need to do dishes again today? Didn't I just do them yesterday?
Why do I have to keep doing laundry? I did it once already.
Why do I need to go to the grocery store ever again? Didn't I go last week?
Why should I make my bed in the morning? Won't I just unmake it later this evening?

why do you wipe your ass after you shit? arent you just going to shit again?

Originally posted by ryan_grant-25
why do you wipe your ass after you shit? arent you just going to shit again?

Oh good point

Originally posted by DOCTOR Ron Paul
This, entirely. Part of the reason I don't own teams anymore. You try to build a team around a philosophy that should work. Then, when it does work, people who are on the other side of the fence bitch and moan, and someone important enough to Bort bitches enough that the pendulum is swung at Mach 2 to the other side. So, you end up promoting into an elite league, only to get dump trucked the very next season because the game's mechanics are so different*.

*None of this matters if you're in networks.

So you build a team to be elite, and then Bort flips a switch and your team turns to garbage? Sounds like this isn't Bort's problem.

I play a game that recently celebrated its tenth anniversary and its still having major upgrades.

Online games are constantly adding new features to improve the game and keep the players here rather than off playing the "new thing". Most fail, and go under a few years after release. But the ones that do not are fighting a constant battle of pushing the newest upgrade feature out the door, retooling existing stuff to make it better, and then debugging and refining the upgrades and retool patches which, computer programs being computer programs, inevitably generate unforeseen issues and bugs.

Its just the nature of the genre. If you want a game thats static, you have to buy a off the shelf PC game and play that. Though, of course. those have upgrades, downloadable content and Fan Mods all the time too these days.

Even Chess had to deal with Mr Spock and his 3D game.

Originally posted by yello1
I play a game that recently celebrated its tenth anniversary and its still having major upgrades.

Online games are constantly adding new features to improve the game and keep the players here rather than off playing the "new thing". Most fail, and go under a few years after release. But the ones that do not are fighting a constant battle of pushing the newest upgrade feature out the door, retooling existing stuff to make it better, and then debugging and refining the upgrades and retool patches which, computer programs being computer programs, inevitably generate unforeseen issues and bugs.

Its just the nature of the genre. If you want a game thats static, you have to buy a off the shelf PC game and play that. Though, of course. those have upgrades, downloadable content and Fan Mods all the time too these days.

Even Chess had to deal with Mr Spock and his 3D game.

you play another game?


god..thats alot of suggestions....

"They keep shutting down my exploits and I am pissed"

Originally posted by tpaterniti
Why do I need to do dishes again today? Didn't I just do them yesterday?
Why do I have to keep doing laundry? I did it once already.
Why do I need to go to the grocery store ever again? Didn't I go last week?
Why should I make my bed in the morning? Won't I just unmake it later this evening?

The problem with this logic is that it implies GLB needs maintenance because it degrades with use.

Correcting your analogies:

Why does my dishwasher leave the top rack of dishes dirty?
Why does my laundry machine leak?
Why does the grocery store constantly move the meat department from one end of the store to the other?
Why is my mattress lumpy?

See, all of these are fixable problems that wouldn't take 4 years, which I think is the point of the OP.