PWN Attributes & Abilities & Sliders

[Oz70NYC]

As we've all seen, stats cap in curtain categories depending on your weightclass. This creates a bit of a problem as far as balancing out the league, namely between LHWs and SHWs. Of course, I've come up with solution to this problem. Here are what the caps are by default:

Super Heavyweight
GRP: 100
STK: 95
SUB: 80
DUR: 100
TEC: 80
SPD: 80
CHR: 100

Heavyweight
GRP: 90
STK: 90
SUB: 85
DUR: 90
TEC: 90
SPD: 85
CHR: 100

Light Heavyweight
GRP: 75
STK: 85
SUB: 100
DUR: 80
TEC: 100
SPD: 100
CHR: 100

Crusierweight/Diva
GRP: 70
STK: 85
SUB: 100
DUR: 80
TEC: 100
SPD: 100
CHR: 100

As you can see, there is a HUGE discrepancy in GRP and DUR between SHWs and LHW/CWs. So much so that if left unregulated, no LHW/CW character would ever defeat a SHW or even a HW. But as we said, we've come up with a means of balancing things out so that the playing field is level. And here's how it goes:

PWN Super Heavyweights Caps
GRP: 85
STK: 85
SUB: 80
DUR: 90
TEC: 80
SPD: 80
CHR: 100

PWN Heavyweight Cap
GRP: 80
STK: 85
SUB: 85
DUR: 85
TEC: 90
SPD: 85
CHR: 100

PWN Light Heavyweight Cap
GRP: 75
STK: 85
SUB: 90
DUR: 80
TEC: 90
SPD: 100
CHR: 100

The areas in bold will be the MANDATORY caps for ALL PWN characters who fall into those weight classes. This is gonna mean that some characters may want to think about dropping down to the "Large Heavyweight" range of 270-279lbs so that they can still appear to be bigger guys, but not cross into SHW territory and lose stats in key areas, since two of them use submissions as sigs/finishers. This creates a state of flux that in conjunction with a decent moveset and Resiliency will balance things out across all weight classes. SHWs will still pack a little more punch then lighter characters, but they won't punch holes into their chests. Conversely, LHWs will still be exponentially faster, but less likely to counter everything thrown at them by their slower opponents. Crusierweight/Diva (Femme Fatale) class stats will remain untouched, as the Diamonds pretty much only face each other, so things are already balanced. And if you're gutsy enough to bring a Crusierweight into PWN, you'll need all the help you can get, cuz no amount of balancing is gonna save you from the one sided beatdowns your character is gonna be on the wrong end of.

As for abilities? There is no regulations. All abilities are open for use. After testing the balance of stats between SHW, HW and LHW CAWS, there's enough balance with the above numbers to facilitate everyone being able to use whatever abilities they want.

Last but not least, the sliders settings being used for PWN. I've found a reasonable balance of offense and defense in these settings. The following is based as of the settings being default. (Meaning reset your current sliders to default, then move the sliders to the listed values below.)

Difficulty: Legend
Reversal Damage: Off (Helps make matches last a bit longer)
Stamina System: On (Ditto)
Blood: On (Duh)

AI Reversal Balancing: (From Default)
Standing Strike Rate: +6
Standing Grapple Rate: +2
Ground Strike Rate: +7
Ground Grapple Rate: +2
Finisher Rate: +3
Foreign Attack Rate: +7

Damage Balancing: (From Default)
Finisher Strength: -2
Foreign Object Strength: Default

Game Balancing: (From Default)
Standing Strike: +9
Standing Grapple: +9
Ground Strike: +9
Ground Grapple: +9
Finisher: +9
Foreign Object: +9
Momentum Actions: +4
Momentum Attacks: +4
Momentum Taunts: +5
Stamina Rate: +9

[Scott Ryker]

And now we need moveset restrictions! If we're having any.

[Mikki Wilson]

Moveset restriction will most likely be...

1: No body/head hunting
2: No top loading with moves like the Pedigree or tombstone as regular moves.

[Oz70NYC]

The only restrictions on movesets here will be common sense. If it's a move you know someone, or more then one person is most likely going to use as a sig/finisher, you shouldn't have it as a strong grapple move. And the general rule of thumb is that all of your chain grapple and strong grapple moves should balance out the areas of damage.

Example:

Collar & Elbow Chain Grapple: 4 Head moves
Side Headlock: 4 Body Moves
Single Arm: 2 Head, 2 Body
Back: 2 Head, 2 Body
Front Strong Grapple: 2 Head, 2 Body
Back: Strong Grapple: 2 Head, 2 Body

The general balance is 12 head moves, and 12 body moves. You can split them up however you like, but from standing grapple no one is allowed to exceed 12 per. The rest of your moveset you can build however you want, but since 60% of your offense is from standing grapple, it needs to balance out to 12 and 12.

[Scott Ryker]

Alright then, thanks. I'll tweak Ryker's moveset and appearance a bit, type him up and ship him out to be converted (with pics from the 360 version as a base) by the end of the week. Thanks for that.

[Gates of Hell]

So, Are the areas in bold the only caps, or the whole list.

[Oz70NYC]

Only what's in bold. There's no way to totally limit the larger characters from being stronger from the smaller ones, but the above numbers at the very least create less of an imbalance between them. You could go the route of just making your character a "smaller" or "Larger" HW, as there's more balanced numbers in that weight class.

[s]

I think I am ok, I normally base self of Benoit & Austin moveset wise...SO that means no over the top flashy moves and what not, It's more well rounded XD.

[Gates of Hell]

Ok cool. Glad to find out, now I can boost my speed up a little