Fox Mulder Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Hi. I just started recently playing these games. I posted this here since this forum looks like it gets more traffic than the TSB 2 forum. I was wondering. 1) On defense, when do you guys usually call Nickel, Dime, and Goal Line defenses? 2) When do you guys usually utilize audibles on defense? 3) When do you guys usually utilize audibles on offense? What I've been been doing lately is just treating this game like TSB 1. On offense, I never audible. And on defense, I never call anything except Normal defense and I never audible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmm1976 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Tunnelrunner, TecSpectre and _DEBERG 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Mulder Posted September 23, 2016 Author Share Posted September 23, 2016 Ha, I miss the '90's. Watching The X-Files and playing Tecmo Super Bowl for the NES with my friends. rmm1976 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shlabotnik Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 (edited) Hi, I've been playing a lot of 3 lately, and here's what I've been doing - 1. It depends some on player health/ability, but I use nickel mostly as a good all-purpose D, dime on sure passing downs, and goalline from my 3 yd line on in or the occasional 4th & 1. If my linebackers are way better than my secondary, I'll use normal more often. 2. I rarely audible on D, but I know some like to go from nickel/dime to normal/goalline to "blitz" the safetys. 3. I'll audible pass to run often when they show dime formation, and conversely when they call normal, I'll pass, especially on 1st downs. Hope this helps! Edited September 26, 2016 by Shlabotnik Fox Mulder and Tunnelrunner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim_jimmy7 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 If you want to stop the run, call Goal Line. Defense leaves one LB to basically mimic and spy RB. You will not get more than one receiver covered, so if pass is called you need to be careful. Dime is completely useless, as pass coverage is actually worse than Nickel (at least in my experience). Normal seems to be a poor compromise and actually doesn't do a good job of stopping anything, maybe geared more towards stopping the run, but will leave people open. At that point you could just as well run Goal Line if you really want to stop the run. I am sure others will disagree, but this is my experience. Most of the experience is against human players... Fox Mulder and Tunnelrunner 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelcsuh Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Jimmy is right about Man vs Man. Vs. com I tend to pick a lot of goal when I select running plays and dime when I select passing. But I usually have a created team, and all my DB have 88 INT, so having 6 of them out there on a passing down is kind of nice. As far as audibling goes vs the CPU, sometimes when you hint at audibling you can get the other team to audible. If you memorize their playbook, it can help you know what play they called sometimes. If you do audible to a different defense, all it seems to do is move the players around. I'm not sure whether it changes what they all do. Has anyone tested this? Nowadays I only play vs the CPU. I don't audible on defense, and I always select a linebacker. I either help out on run defense or drop into coverage most of the time. On offense I only audible if I called the wrong type of play. Tunnelrunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecSpectre Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I would say that all defensive formations can be good, it just depends on the team that you are using, and how the drones support you when you're playing each formation. It also matters which plays you are calling on which formations and how the drones react to plays, and how they cover on passes. I do agree with some of what Slim said above, but I think all 4 formations are usable and it varies from team to team. Also, audibles can be great in many ways on defense. They allow you to play players on defense out of position. Which allows you to use formations differently from team to team. It really all comes down to personnel. Having the best players on the field can be a big deal sometimes... while other times, other teams, they just play differently. Tunnelrunner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knobbe Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 On 9/27/2016 at 11:01 AM, slim_jimmy7 said: If you want to stop the run, call Goal Line. Defense leaves one LB to basically mimic and spy RB. You will not get more than one receiver covered, so if pass is called you need to be careful. Dime is completely useless, as pass coverage is actually worse than Nickel (at least in my experience). Normal seems to be a poor compromise and actually doesn't do a good job of stopping anything, maybe geared more towards stopping the run, but will leave people open. At that point you could just as well run Goal Line if you really want to stop the run. I am sure others will disagree, but this is my experience. Most of the experience is against human players... One thing to note here is that if you wanted 6 dbs on the field for INT reasons (assuming you had the right players) is that you could call dime and then audible to another defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slim_jimmy7 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Very true if you had a talented group of DB's OR LB's you can audible back and forth to get better personnel on the field in situations. I can't remember the breakdown of who goes where when you audible anymore, may have to test it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tecmoalpha Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 We like to call that Hybrid defenses Set your best players Example Take green bay for example There lbs suck except maybe Wayne simmons...and they are a 3-4 So I set my starters to dime and audible To nickel...that brings Leroy butler and George Teague up to lb Wayne Simmons goes from lb to to the 5th db in nickel... But of course to do this u have to play around with it That means I have to set Leroy butler and George Teague to the 5th and 6th db in the dime formation...meaning they would not be your starters in your starting 3-4... It's really fun to mess around with just like u can audible goaline to normal and make Reggie white a beast lb Making hanks and McDonald play lb in San Fran is almost cheating.. But fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowhooch Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Just to weigh in on this very old post... When just coaching, defensive formation is absolutely EVERYTHING. It's the main reason we play Tecmo 3 because it adds a lot of strategy to the defensive side. Dime and pick run is most safe and popular. Most guys are covered and you have a 1 in 4 chance of shutting down a run. (And computer QBs don't always throw to a wide open receiver) Nickel and run stops the run a bit better; but you have more risk of getting burned on some passes -- especially the fake dive passes. It's good to mix in Nickel and pick a pass to keep them honest. Normal defense...you almost always have to pick pass or else no one will cover. Normal stops sweeps well; but lead runs up the middle kill it. Goal line is high risk, high reward. Stops the run for sure; but you'll give up big yardage if you didn't pick their pass. Audibles are huge too. You can manipulate the offense into picking what you want by audibling back to dime (enticing them to pick a run) or vice versa. Knowing their playbook and formations can help you increase your odds of a picked play. Finally, audibles are also good for putting good players where you want them...like super linebackers in the secondary or on the DL depending on what you are trying to do. LOVE defensive formation in coaching mode for TSB3. TecSpectre 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_DEBERG Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 This is why I stick to TSB 2. Defensive formation is definitely everything, I 100% agree. TSB 2 just has higher difficulty though. I am a defensive player first, usually focusing on defense most of the time. It's why I usually play with teams like the Chargers, Chiefs, Steelers and Eagles. it all depends on the team you're using though. I agree with the audibling strategy, which is essential when you are playing with a team that don't have strong LBs. You can set yourself in a dime and audible to nickel and use the DBs in coverage better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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