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End of Game AI

By WarEagle
6/02/2015 10:06 am
When a team is down by two scores (9, 10 or 11) late at the end of the game, when confronted with a 4th down in FG range, they are going for it instead of kicking the FG. Even in 4th and long situations.

In most cases, I feel like they should take the FG to cut it to a one score game, then go for the onside kick. Especially when they are out of timeouts and will not get the ball back if they fail on the 4th down.


Re: End of Game AI

By ibblacklavender02
6/02/2015 1:11 pm
"You play to win the game!"

Re: End of Game AI

By Gustoon
6/02/2015 1:29 pm
ibblacklavender02 wrote:
"You play to win the game!"

Re: End of Game AI

By jgcruz
6/02/2015 6:35 pm
WarEagle wrote:
When a team is down by two scores (9, 10 or 11) late at the end of the game, when confronted with a 4th down in FG range, they are going for it instead of kicking the FG. Even in 4th and long situations.

In most cases, I feel like they should take the FG to cut it to a one score game, then go for the onside kick. Especially when they are out of timeouts and will not get the ball back if they fail on the 4th down.




You can take some control over this by using rules.

Re: End of Game AI

By Thor
6/02/2015 7:47 pm
Very poor AI at the end of this game. Probably cost me the victory.

We should not have let the clock run down so we could attempt such a long FG.

http://mfn1.myfootballnow.com/watch/3252#578304

Re: End of Game AI

By Cork55
6/02/2015 8:38 pm
What needs to be created is the ability to create a 2 minute offense playbook and also a hurry up offense playbook. The hurry up playbook would prevent teams from running the ball late in games when they are trailing and have no timeouts as well as give the coaches better say over what plays to run.

The 2 minute offense could be used at the end of the first half when teams never even use their timeouts. The player should not have to attempt to create tons of special rules just to get a reasonable football experience.

Re: End of Game AI

By jdavidbakr - Site Admin
6/02/2015 9:18 pm
Thor wrote:
Very poor AI at the end of this game. Probably cost me the victory.

We should not have let the clock run down so we could attempt such a long FG.

http://mfn1.myfootballnow.com/watch/3252#578304


IDK, I think any NFL coach would have done that to prevent risking a turnover. 46 yard field goal should be makeable, if you don't trust your kicker at that distance you can reduce your field goal range options.

Re: End of Game AI

By WarEagle
6/02/2015 9:31 pm
jdavidbakr wrote:
Thor wrote:
Very poor AI at the end of this game. Probably cost me the victory.

We should not have let the clock run down so we could attempt such a long FG.

http://mfn1.myfootballnow.com/watch/3252#578304


IDK, I think any NFL coach would have done that to prevent risking a turnover. 46 yard field goal should be makeable, if you don't trust your kicker at that distance you can reduce your field goal range options.


I agree with Thor.

I'm not saying he should have been passing all over the place, but why not run it 3 times (and call your timeouts) hoping to get another few yards instead of just settling for a 46 yard FG?

I don't consider a run to be a risky play.

I'd much rather hope to gain a few extra yards (or more) and turn a "makeable" FG into a "probable" FG.

But, this brings up a good point. Obviously you and I differ on what we would want to do at the end of the game. It would be great if we had the ability to determine this for ourselves via additional gameplanning options.
Last edited at 6/02/2015 9:32 pm

Re: End of Game AI

By Sardean
6/03/2015 1:38 am
+1 sick of my team passing all game then deciding to run at the end of the game when im behind and getting 1 yard a run.

Re: End of Game AI

By Kenchi
6/03/2015 8:20 am
IDK, Perfect Endings don't always happen! Only in La-La Land! Oh Wait, this is La La Land! Kinda!!

Can't you see JDB? They want this game perfect!! NOW!!!!! Not next week!! And ONLY when it's perfect, will we quit this non-sense.

Just my 2 cents.............