Quote:Originally posted by KleslaR@Sep 6 2016, 07:42 AM


If that's the case, why the hell does the "Behind The Build" in the Militia locker room say

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"Strength - The higher the stat, less chance to get successfully hit. Limited effect on faceoff. (Affect by Coach)"

"Puck Handling - The higher the stat, less chance to get successfully hit / less chance to lost control of puck / better chance in shot block or shot deflection. Part of decision making formula*."

This is exactly why it should only be up to certain people to put this information out. This is exactly why this stuff needs to be streamlined. Heck, Tanner said that the rules to the league were spread across the entire damn league before he went through it all and compiled them all into one place. I hate how this guide here says that puck handling affects so much then you basically say the opposite. What am I supposed to do in that situation? If I hadn't come here because of the clickbait headline, I probably would have never paid enough attention to strength because this guide says that it definitely doesn't affect everything.

Not everyone has the time or the patience to shift throug the STHS forums to figure out the sim (even if its just a bit) so that they can understand just what the hell each stat does in the sim.

That's the issue, most people don't use the resources at hand. If I PM'd Jack, or is someone PMs me, it usually may take a couple days, but we give thought out answers to help people. Jack and I discussed all of this over and over. The reason Vidrik was a top-5 player for so long is that he had high strength to not change his percentages, and maintained a healthy spread on the attributes that affected the formula.

But instead of getting a PM saying, how do I build better? What does this mean? Etc. I get only PMs saying how someone thinks they're always right, and they should score more or their build is wrong. Or the occasional, change the sim so I score more, because of course most people don't feel they should change. They want the sim to be straightforward.

Of course you don't need this attribute or that attribute to guarantee a good career. Some players have lower strength and get in the right line and do well. Some players have everything up and the wrong linemates. Sometimes it's a string of bad luck or good luck. It happens. Different attributes help in a lot of different ways. It's hard to build a great player here, but strength is the one attribute I have seen most often help people and be important as possible.