New 2nd ed skills?

Darkson · Post by **Darkson** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 8:01 pm

Would anyone out there like to see any of the 2nd ed. skill resurrected?

i'd vote for Distract, and if the kicking rules are being used, Up and Under.

DaFoola · Post by **DaFoola** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 3:42 am

Up and Under's not a bad idea. I forget what Distract does, however.

Darkson · Post by **Darkson** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 4:05 am

Distract meant a player was at -2 to throw/catch/kick in this players TZ.

Relborn · Post by **Relborn** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 6:53 am

Toughness seems a worthy addition to me.

up and under seems very unbalanced on the first glance

Mestari · Post by **Mestari** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 8:16 am

There was a discussion on up and under earlier and I repeat myself when I say that it would be the first choice for any team:
it
- makes 1-turn touchdowns impossible
- denies the opportunity to try to pick up the ball on the first turn for the opponent
- forces the opponent to defend the area where the ball is going to land instead of being able to play his own tactics, thus forcing the opponent to use a completely different approach to the first turn.

No-one should even consider this skill.

Distraction would be on the lines of Thick Skull - it's nice to have it, but who'd bother to take it as a new skill, given that there are so many better alternatives?

Relborn · Post by **Relborn** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 8:24 am

I think distract would be a quite nice skill to have ...
especially with the Pass Block combo

Darkson · Post by **Darkson** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 8:38 pm

Give him the catch skill (and may Nerves of Steel) and you've got a player who'll pull of more than his fair share of interceptions, and cause a few fumbles.

Marcus · Post by **Marcus** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 8:51 pm

I think up and under is a little too powerful under 3rd ed. I can't envisage losing a game if I had this skill, you'd kick, almost certainly score, then kick again. Rinse, repeat.

Darkson · Post by **Darkson** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 9:24 pm

Up and Under was random for when it came down. 1-3 end of opponents turn, 4-6 end of your next turn, and you still worked out where it would land when you kicked it, so your opponent has plenty of time to organize a defense.

But yeah, in a fixed length game that BB is now, as opposed to the old "1st to 3 TD" you're probably right in that it's too powerful, so I withdraw my support.

franck_le_grand · Post by **franck_le_grand** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 1:46 pm

I think it's too boring to bring back the old skills. Instead make new ones...
Especially new AG skills. They are boring and some of them useless...

Relborn · Post by **Relborn** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 2:29 pm

I'm sorry but old is not neccessarily boring.

Especially the toughness trait would be quite useful in my eyes.

Mestari · Post by **Mestari** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 3:51 pm

Relborn wrote:I think distract would be a quite nice skill to have ...
especially with the Pass Block combo

That's true.
Still, it won't be one of the more popular skills.

Valen · Post by **Valen** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 8:59 am

In the old game I seem to remember a skill called LUCK.

Was this a skill, or have I dreamt it, if it was a skill, what is it?

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 11:02 am

LUCK was in there ... the skill was a version of Pro. Player carried his own personal rerolls for any thing with the Luck skill.

Galak

Valen · Post by **Valen** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 11:05 am

It is already in then (Pro), cheers at least I know the BB dreams have stopped now then.