retired_sainty

Just try to use a small player as target man and you will see if height is important

retired_cycleman88

SI have stated that height is largely cosmetic, used to regulate the development of the Jumping attribute, which is by far the major contributing factor in determining ariel battles.

retired_rachel04

but height should be an issue as well as strength when contesting aerially

thats why crouch is awful in the air, relative to his height, because hes weak as hell! hes also not got the best technique

ah well, i guess when the game is basically stats it must be hard to implement physical attributes to certain skills

i just found it strange height relates to the jump

retired_w0lfpack1

The match engine thinks of "Jumping" as a measure of "How high can he get his head?"

In the "real world", we tend to measure "Jumping" as "vertical leap", e.g., "How much distance can he put between himself and the ground."

Shift to look at it the first way, and its fine: a 7'6" guy who can't jump very high earns a higher Jumping than a 5'2" guy with a tremendous vertical leap .. because the 7'6" guy can get his head higher.

retired_rachel04

i know

but its a bit of a random way to do it

when the jumping ability of sagna is better than crouches

retired_larissa whitney

of course height is important

retired_model2b

I think it takes the jumping stat into account more to be honest

retired_jenlynora2003

From PaulC at SI---


"The answer is that "jumping" is used to determine how high a player can get to a ball.

Height is used as a control on the development of the jumping attribute through a player's career, but is not actually used in the match engine calculations."


so tall players get a boost in jumping, but you don't have to look at height when finding players... as it's been added to their jumping.

example

a player that is 6'4" and can jump 34" will still have a higher jumping attribute that someone who is 5'10" and can jump 34"