dev diary #14 - Player attributes, archetypes, and more

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Hi everyone, I'm very excited to not only seeing everyone putting up depth charts, but also participating in scrimmages! It's awesome to see football being played here! As you guys continue to refine your strategies and depth charts, I want to go over some basics on how to read how good your player might be!

 

Attributes

 

First, let's chat about attributes. At the very base, each player will have whatever attributes they were generated with. Every player has the same set of attributes, but they all affect how well they play in different positions and their general overall differently depending on which position they start out as. As a note, the overall does NOT change if you play them in a different role, so keep that in mind! Also, height and weight currently do not do anything significant. We're hoping to be able to have them change as well as actually affect performance down the road.

 

So let me list all of the attributes here and what we envision them doing.

 

Attribute	Abbreviation	Effect
Overall	OVR	Overall rating based on attributes for their position
Carrying	CAR	How well a player runs with the ball, affects fumble chances
Agility	AGI	How agile they are, affects general ball carrying and elusiveness
Catching	CTH	How well a player can catch balls
Zone Coverage	ZCV	How well a player can decide who in their area to defend and keep track of everyone around him
Man Coverage	MCV	How well a player can keep up and cover a player in man-on-man situations
Football IQ	FIQ	How well a player makes decisions
Kick Accuracy	KAC	How accurately a player kicks a place kick
Kick Power	KPW	How far a player can kick place kicks
Pass Block	PBK	How well a player can stop a pass rush
Pass Rush	PRH	How well a player can get around a pass r ush
Punt Accuracy	PAC	How accurately a player kicks punts
Punt Power	PPW	How far a player can kick punts
Route Running	RTR	How well a player runs his routes, results in a better connection with the QB
Run Block	RBK	How well a player can defend against a run defense
Run Defense	RDF	How well a player can stop the run
Speed	SPD	How fast a player can run
Strength	STR	How strong a player is
Tackle	TAK	How well a player tackles
Throw Power	TPW	How far a player can throw the ball
Throw Accuracy	TAC	How accurately a player can throw the ball
Injury	INJ	How easily a player can get hurt
Stamina	STA	How easily a player gets tired
Discipline	DIS	How prone they are to getting penalties
Academic	ACA	How important academics are to the player when choosing a school
Free Agency	FRA	How loyal is this player when it comes to re-signing a contract
Personality	PER	General personality traits
Recruiting	REC	Desires that affect recruiting
Work Ethic	WEC	A player's dedication
Progression	PRO	How quickly a player will progress - Hidden attribute
Potential	POT	A fuzzied up version of progression

 

There are a few items that aren't revealed yet, namely everything from Injury to Work Ethic, but consider this a sneak peak of what is on our roadmap! I know these seem pretty self explanatory, and they are. I just want to make sure I document it here so everyone can see.

 

Positions and attributes

 

Each position has a small list of attributes that go into determining a player's overall. These attributes are also the primary attributes used to determine how well they perform at their position. Of course, there will be other attributes that play a role, but those will be a little bit of a secondary effect. For example, a QB's main job is to throw the ball, not run with it, so Ball Carrying does not affect their overall, but can play a role if they are scrambling around or running a triple option.

 

QB - Agility, Football IQ, Speed, Strength, Throw Power, Throw Accuracy

RB - Carrying, Agility, Catching, Football IQ, Pass Block, Speed, Strength

FB - Carrying, Agility, Catching, Football IQ, Pass Block, Run Block, Speed, Strength

WR - Carrying, Agility, Catching, Football IQ, Route Running, Speed, Strength

TE - Carrying, Agility, Catching, Football IQ, Pass Block, Route Running, Run Block, Speed, Strength

OT/OG/C - Agility, Football IQ, Pass Block, Run Block, Strength

DE - Agility, Football IQ, Pass Rush, Run Defense, Speed, Strength

DT - Agility, Football IQ, Pass Rush, Run Defense, Strength

ILB/OLB - Agility, Zone Coverage, Man Coverage, Football IQ, Pass Rush, Run Defense, Speed, Strength

CB/FS/SS - Agility, Catching, Zone Coverage, Man Coverage, Football IQ, Speed, Strength

K - Football IQ, Kick Accuracy, Kick Power

P - Football IQ, Punt Accuracy, Punt Power

 

Archetypes

 

Now, every position has a different list of archetypes, so I want to go ahead and explain those as well. These will play a much larger role once we have more expanded play-calling. Remember, these archetypes really only determine which attribute ranges the players get generated as. Sometimes, you might have players generated well for other positions and archetypes. As you play players in different positions, they will gain experience and progress differently as well.

 

Position	Archetype	Traits
QB	Scrambler	Likes to run, not as good at passing
QB	Pocket	Likes to throw, not as good at running
QB	Balanced	Jack of all trades, master of none
QB	Field General	Not quite as good as a Balanced, but much smarter
RB	Speed	Fast, but not quite as strong
RB	Power	Strong, but not quite as fast
RB	Receiving	Very good at catching the ball
RB	Balanced	Jack of all trades, master of none
FB	Blocking	Best deployed as a blocker
FB	Rushing	Faster, but not quite as strong
FB	Receiving	Fast and can catch passes, but not quite as strong
FB	Balanced	Jack of all trades, master of none
WR	Possession	Very sure hands
WR	Route Runner	Very disciplined route running
WR	Speed	Very fast
WR	Red Zone Threat	Not quite as fast, but high strength
TE	Receiving	Great hands, better at route running than Vertical Threat
TE	Blocking	Strong and great at blocking
TE	Vertical Threat	Very fast, not as strong
OT/OG	Pass Blocking	Better at blocking for the QB
OT/OG	Run Blocking	Better at blocking for the RB
OT/OG	Balanced	Jack of all trades, master of none
C	Pass Blocking	Better at blocking for the QB
C	Run Blocking	Better at blocking for the RB
C	Balanced	Jack of all trades, master of none
C	Line Captain	Not quite as good as a Balanced, but much smarter
DE	Speed Rusher	Fast and loves to blitz
DE	Run Stopper	Strong and great at stopping a run
DE	Balanced	Jack of all trades, master of none
DT	Nose Tackle	Strong and great at stopping a run
DT	Pass Rusher	Fast and loves to blitz
DT	Balanced	Jack of all trades, master of none
ILB	Field General	Jack of all trades, master of none, but very smart
ILB	Run Stopper	Strong and great at stopping a run
ILB	Coverage	Very good at dropping back in coverage
ILB	Speed	Faster and more agile
OLB	Pass Rush	Fast and good at blitzing
OLB	Coverage	Very good at dropping back in coverage
OLB	Speed	Faster and more agile
OLB	Run Stopper	Strong and great at stopping a run
CB/FS/SS	Man Coverage	Great in 1 on 1 situations, faster (FS and SS only)
CB/FS/SS	Zone Coverage	Great at covering larger areas of the field
CB/FS/SS	Ball Hawk	Great hands, good at covering in 1 on 1 situations
FS/SS	Run Stopper	Much stronger and good at defending against the run
K/P	Power	Very strong kicking
K/P	Accuracy	Very accurate kicking
K/P	Balanced	Jack of all trades, master of none

 

Hopefully all of the above gives you better insight into how to create your depth charts. I can't wait to see how everybody mixes things up. Feel free to reference back to this as much as you want! We want to give you everything for you to make the best choices for your players!