Hi JDB,

Just a quick question if I may.

Are the players ratings attributes all linear ?

ie 20-30 is exactly the same as 70-80 in progression.

Hope that makes sense.

Cheers BA.

No - some are (namely the physical attributes that apply similarly to all players) but not for many of the skill attributes (i.e. speed or strength is linear, pass blocking/kick accuracy/etc are exponential)

JDB,

What does the ZONE attribute actually do ?

Say your Defence has the FS dropping back into Zone Coverage and your FS has 100 Zone attribute,does this just mean he gets into the perfect position ?

So any player coming into his "zone" he reacts to,so his speed,acceleration and punish reciever attributes take over.

Does this mean zone attribute is just a "how fast I react to someone entering my zone " rating ?

Thanks again.

It does a couple of things - 1) it determines whether the player stays in the center of his zone or if he floats away from his position, and 2) it determines whether he properly plays a deep zone or lets part of his assignment go uncovered.

What actually goes into determining if the defending knocks the ball down when it's thrown to the player he is covering? I assumed man/zone were the balance to pass catch, but it doesn't sound that way? Is it right to assume punish is the balance to courage?