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Originally Posted by Aspengc8
dear god no. Vision cone was one of the worst gimmicks ever. Right up there next the to 'fight for fumble' button mashing contest.
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Originally Posted by hometeam
agreed. hated it.
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Only casuals hated it. I'm talking before (the first) "next gen" 2008 version. Once you take out vision cone you take out any remotely realistic way of playing defense as well as an absolutely defining way of playing offense. This is magnified 10 fold in multiplayer.
In real life, a shit QB will stare down a receiver before passing. Translate this in-game, the human player will keep the cone on the player they intend on passing to throughout the dropback so the defender will simply jump the route or slide the safety over. Just like in real life, this leads to cat-and-mouse so more advanced players will hold the vision cone (ie the where the qb is "facing") at the middle of the field to freeze the safety while going through the progression with their actual eyes, then at the last second move it over and release, giving no clue to the defense as to where you are going with the football.
The biggest problem with its implementation was that it should have a maximum radius cap of like 25% of the field (the 90+ AWR guys in game would just have the entire field be covered which is reeruned). Super high accuracy ratings also made the cone a non-factor, imo accuracy should be SEVERELY affected if thrown to a receiver not in the cone. This is the same in real life where a QB does not set his feet properly and their mechanics are out of whack when throwing.
As it is now it's just like LOL DROPBACK WHO CARES X/Y/A TO THROW AT ANY RECEIVER AT ANY POINT ALL WITH THE SAME ACCURACY. Completely asinine and arcade and lacking any depth in gameplay.