Something I've been wondering is how the game actually handles batting aggression. I know that given the same level of aggression bars an aggressive batsman will show a higher T.RPO than an average batsman, who's higher than a defensive player and so on. What I'm not sure is how this actually plays out.
Let's say you have two different batsman, hypothetically identical ability ratings/preferences but one is Aggressive and the other Defensive. You put them both on 3 bars of aggression which shows the two T.RPO values being different.
Will the Aggressive batsman be modified by his personal aggression to be more aggressive than the Defensive batsman, with the T.RPO showing the relative difference in true aggression? (This is how I've always assumed it to be)
That got me thinking though. If the bars are the base aggression level and they get modified by personal aggression ratings as a modifier, what happens when Aggressive and Defensive batsmen are set on different bars that display the T.RPO values as being about the same (or as close as they can be)? If you had the Aggressive chap on 3 and the Defensive on 5, for instance, and that happened to result in similar T.RPO, would they then be playing with the same approach in the type of shots they go for?
If so, that would imply that a batsman's personal aggression level really determines the minimum and maximum aggression levels they can actually reach in a match, with a Very Defensive batsman able to reach the lowest T.RPO on 0 bars and a Very Aggressive player able to reach the highest possible on full bars. Can we simply tweak different players anywhere between 1-8 bars to effectively play at the same aggression even if they're on different bars?
Or does it work differently and Aggressive players are more comfortable / make less mistakes at higher bars while Defensive batsmen are more competent on lower bars but make more mistakes when it's pushed up? I've heard it said that batsmen play their 'natural' game at 3 bars, but is that just for Average batsmen and Aggressive/Defensive play their natural game higher/lower than that?
Just something that's been on my mind and I was wondering if anyone happened to know exactly how aggression is handled by the game.
Let's say you have two different batsman, hypothetically identical ability ratings/preferences but one is Aggressive and the other Defensive. You put them both on 3 bars of aggression which shows the two T.RPO values being different.
Will the Aggressive batsman be modified by his personal aggression to be more aggressive than the Defensive batsman, with the T.RPO showing the relative difference in true aggression? (This is how I've always assumed it to be)
That got me thinking though. If the bars are the base aggression level and they get modified by personal aggression ratings as a modifier, what happens when Aggressive and Defensive batsmen are set on different bars that display the T.RPO values as being about the same (or as close as they can be)? If you had the Aggressive chap on 3 and the Defensive on 5, for instance, and that happened to result in similar T.RPO, would they then be playing with the same approach in the type of shots they go for?
If so, that would imply that a batsman's personal aggression level really determines the minimum and maximum aggression levels they can actually reach in a match, with a Very Defensive batsman able to reach the lowest T.RPO on 0 bars and a Very Aggressive player able to reach the highest possible on full bars. Can we simply tweak different players anywhere between 1-8 bars to effectively play at the same aggression even if they're on different bars?
Or does it work differently and Aggressive players are more comfortable / make less mistakes at higher bars while Defensive batsmen are more competent on lower bars but make more mistakes when it's pushed up? I've heard it said that batsmen play their 'natural' game at 3 bars, but is that just for Average batsmen and Aggressive/Defensive play their natural game higher/lower than that?
Just something that's been on my mind and I was wondering if anyone happened to know exactly how aggression is handled by the game.
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