Triple Threat = Useless

[JWiLL02]

What happened?

Why can't I explode out of triple threat anymore? This was one of my favorite moves in the game, very useful in the halfcourt and especially useful to beat those damn high school ball full court pressers in the back court online.

Players simply walk out of the triple threat now, there's almost no point in using it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKrtsxZogsc 1:13 This is from 2k8, but 2k9 had them working just fine. (as a side note, 2k8's isomotion was awesome! Much better than this years)

Can they patch this in? I highly doubt they meant to do completely omit these animations, it makes no sense.

[kennyacid]

i can still explode out of it, no problems here.

[Stumbleweed]

Quote: Originally Posted by JWiLL02

2k8's isomotion was awesome! Much better than this years)

Ha, glad someone agrees with me... I've been saying since 2K9 release that they should just go back to 2K8 IsoMotion... that was the best it ever was.. so responsive. Now you still have to press/hold just as many buttons but we don't have the post-up on command and the moves feel slippery and imprecise. 2K8 had the right idea... glad they at least brought back the dribble hand commands on LS, 2K9 was a total nightmare for me control-wise.

I haven't noticed the problem with Triple Threat.. I work the AI with Melo and guys like that, though jumpers from that position don't work as well as in Live due to the hitches you get sometimes.. driving though I haven't had an issue with. I'll mess with it tonight and see if I agree with you... are you saying this is new since the patch, or just in general?

[JWiLL02]

How? Are you pressing anything else other than releasing the trigger?

I try to use it exactly how I used to and it does nothing.

[Stumbleweed]

If I'm jab stepping and the left leg is the pivot foot, I release the LT (keep holding down RT to get that burst) and jam LS to the left to explode that direction. I normally go towards the pivot foot since the jabs/fakes lead them the opposite direction, but you can drive out of it going towards the jab foot as well.

[JWiLL02]

So I was just testing in scrimmage and there's no way it works like it should. Even if it's possible to get a player to explode out of it sometimes (which I haven't seen yet, but apparently you guys have) it simply doesn't work properly.

These moves need to work just like they did in that 2k8 video. I see no reason why this was changed. I've tried it every which way with Brandon Roy and it's not happening. If these moves don't work with Roy, they won't work with anybody.

[jeebs9]

Works fine for me...Which player are you using?

[JWiLL02]

I was testing with Brandon Roy.

For those of you saying it works fine, are you telling me it works like it did in that 2k8 video? I don't believe that. I've tried using the R Trigger to explode out, and any combination of the buttons just doesn't work.

If one of you could kindly show me an explode out of protecting the ball (where they spin the opposite direction) that would be great. I'm convinced that move simply isn't there anymore, I really doubt it's just my copy.

The bottom line is they aren't working efficiently. I'd love to know why they changed it from how its worked the past couple years, it's really hurting my experience and adding to my player movement frustration.