Originally posted by Isura
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I've come to the conclusion that there's no discernible difference in the aggression for 3 vs 2 bars and then 1 vs 0 bars.
As far as I'm concerned the only thing that changes when going from 3 to 2, or from 1 to 0, is the default bowling line and thus the default field positions. I believe the extra bar of aggression was added in order to give us both an outside-off and mid-off default for each of the more defensive field settings.
6 bars = Highly Aggressive field, mid line/field positions only
5 bars = Aggressive field, mid line/field positions only
4 bars = 'Average' field, mid line/field positions only
3 and 2 bars = Defensive field, option to be weighted to the off side or remain mid/balanced
1 and 0 bars = Highly Defensive field, option to be weighted to the off side or remain mid/balanced
It feels off at first because we're not used to the 2 options for each of the lower settings, but I believe the linear reduction in 'aggression' stops after 4 bars, where going from 6 to 5 to 4 clearly makes the field less aggressive each time. I think as soon as you're below 4 it's not intended to follow a path from 3 to 2 to 1 to 0, but rather to see 3 and 2 as being the next step at the same aggression with different line and field focus and then finally 1 and 0 being the final step, again with the choice of alignment.
If you take a bowler and set to bowl at 3 bars to one batsman and 2 bars to the other, obviously the field looks different as the defaults use different lines. Toggle the 2 bar aim over to outside-off and your field setup is now identical between the two. The only visible difference is one having a notch higher aggression, but I've noticed no difference in actual gameplay and bowler performance when trying this.
So I believe the only thing that changes between 3/2 and then 1/0 is the default line and respective field focus. They could've had them the other way, with 3 and 1 bars staying at the 'mid' setting and 2 and 0 being the outside-off option, which might've felt more logical as we're used to lowering aggression to go outside-off from the past, but I honestly don't think it makes a difference.
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