NBA 2K24: Skilled based Passing

[jyoung]

6) The special delivery badge should be range based with regards to alley oop pass success:

No badge = can only throw them within "shot close" range if you have a 50 or higher pass rating
Bronze = can consistently throw them from one step behind the threepoint line
Silver = can consistently throw them from the logo
Gold = can consistently throw them from one step behind the halfcourt line
HOF = can consistently throw them from one step behind the away coach's box hashmark

I concede that this change would likely require some serious under the hood adjustments to how alley oops work, because currently, you can only throw them after crossing the halfcourt line, and cannot recreate IRL NBA plays like this:

7) The Breakstarter badge should also have range based success rates:

No badge = can only throw outlets one step beyond the near-end threepoint line if you have a 50 or higher pass rating
Bronze = can consistently throw outlets to the tip of the near-end logo
Silver = can consistently throw outlets one step beyond the halfcourt line
Gold = can consistently throw outlets to the far-end coach's box hashmark
HOF = can consistently throw outlets to the far-end freethrow line

Any outlet thrown beyond the far-end's freethrow line should be inaccurate, regardless of the passer's rating and badge level, to prevent cherrypicking from being too overpowered.

8) The right bumper, left bumper combo input that lets you thoughtlessly throw the ball to the teammate who's closest to the basket without having to look upcourt and press his actual passing icon needs to be removed from the game to make passing more skill based and less braindead.

9) Let us select our team's dead-ball inbound play before the screenwipe flashes and resets all the players' court positions, then if the user doesn't manually pick a play, randomly cycle through all of them throughout the course of a game, instead of always using the same "quad stack along the strongside of the lane" that never gets open and is too easy to defend. There are some good inbound plays already included in the game, we just don't get to see them because 2K23 defaults to that quad stack above the strongside box.

[ILLSmak]

Quote: Originally Posted by The 24th Letter

This is one of those things you can run the risk of over complicating There are plenty of passing options in the game, including the old Total Control Passing which a lot of guys forgot about, as well as the passing slider profiles. Contextual animations and mechanics can always be improved but IQ and ratings should play the biggest role. I do like that ratings play a bigger role in passing this year…Having a bad/slow passer on your team is a headache. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s not about missing as much as getting people on the same page and never having a pass warp u thru people. It’s better but people can still spin catch thru people.

So if I think you’re gonna cut and you don’t I’m chuckin it out of bounds. Mind u, it’s prol still a steal lol so many people move their guys so weird that you get baited into turn over, but the main idea is both players being involved and imo that truly is the next step. Be close to the ball, press x or something, imagine live lobs (entry) or like Christian lat full court inbound chucks that people had to jump n grab. It would completely change the flick farthest fast break game which would be a huge break imo. I mean legit I’ve been throwing dumb passes for years, nearly every pass I throw is a highlight, even off rebs. I don’t chuck it, I hit the guy around half court or 3 point line, usually, and it is perfectly smooth. There is a timing aspect and I kinda press L2 which seems to help, but in general, dudes running to a spot and I’m waiting for a moment when no one can steal it, and that’s all.

Obv people do weird movements as I said, but even if ( how’s this for over complicating haha) you could move a trajectory and change its arc w rs as u held down pass, then release. Icon passing is arguably a bandaid that never got replaced. We should be further by now.

-Smak

[cvantu]

Quote: Originally Posted by jyoung

1) My most requested passing feature is icon pass flashies and alley oops: -- tap the icon twice for a flashy pass -- tap the icon once then hold down the second press for an alley oop

Because of your post, I looked through the controller settings and saw that you can at least change icon passing to allow the other pass types.

This changes so much. To be able to access lob and bounce passes utilizing lead passing is a game changer. Especially the lob pass. I didn't even know this option existed.





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[jyod21]

Quote: Originally Posted by cvantu

Because of your post, I looked through the controller settings and saw that you can at least change icon passing to allow the other pass types. This changes so much. To be able to access lob and bounce passes utilizing lead passing is a game changer. Especially the lob pass. I didn't even know this option existed.

What are you meaning by this? What changes to settings did you make? You can icon lead pass a lob or bounce pass?