NBA Elite 11 Video: Exclusive Shooting Fundamentals Developer Diary

[TreyIM2]

Quote: Originally Posted by rEAnimator

I think what they mean to say is that it is now possible to choose to do a bank shot, from anywhere on the court at anytime, and precisely control the direction and power of the bank shot. That is something that wasn't in Live 10, and I don't think has been in any basketball game. But I agree, the way it's worded opens the door for a misunderstanding.

[rkonyx]

why cant bank shots be like lats year i dont understand. holding the shot is dumb

[Rocboyz101]

That bank shot looked kinda cool..I didn't like the way last years looked. Looks better now.

[Valdarez]

I don't really see anything revolutionary with the shot approach, it's basically the exact same thing that's been in NBA 2K for years now. Granted, I haven't played EA's NBA Live games in the past, but I'm taking it that they have never had a right stick shooting mechanism before and this is the first year they are adding it to the game.

[Artman22]

Why does the dev on the video keep saying that shoots were based on luck when it was really based on ratings? My question is.. What happens when a person perfects the timing on shoots? does that mean that all the shoots will go in

[TUSS11]

Quote: Originally Posted by Art1bk

Why does the dev on the video keep saying that shoots were based on luck when it was really based on ratings? My question is.. What happens when a person perfects the timing on shoots? does that mean that all the shoots will go in

It seems so. But if the defence contests the shot perfectly, that sweet spot is going to shrink dramatically. You saw how narrow the sweet spot was when they were shooting from half court. I'm assuming highly contested shots will be nearly as difficult.

[TUSS11]

Quote: Originally Posted by Valdarez

I don't really see anything revolutionary with the shot approach, it's basically the exact same thing that's been in NBA 2K for years now. Granted, I haven't played EA's NBA Live games in the past, but I'm taking it that they have never had a right stick shooting mechanism before and this is the first year they are adding it to the game.

The probability is completely removed from shooting. Ratings, defensive pressure, etc. all affect the size of the sweet spot. After that, it's all up to the shooter to stay within the sweet spot and time the release properly.

Basically the game calculates how difficult the shot will be then it's up to the shooter to make or miss. All games before that took ratings, defensive pressure and shot timing into effect then calculated the probability of a successful shot.

[rEAnimator]

Quote: Originally Posted by Art1bk

Why does the dev on the video keep saying that shoots were based on luck when it was really based on ratings? My question is.. What happens when a person perfects the timing on shoots? does that mean that all the shoots will go in

The way it used to work was that ratings, situation on the court and timing would determine the probability that a shot would go in. A random number would then be chosen, and based on the probability the shot would either go in or miss.

This year, the ratings and situation on the court will determine the size of the two sweet spots, thus determining the difficulty of the shot.

But it's the user input (and therefore the user's skill) that is the one and only thing that will determine if a shot goes in (unless it it blocked).

So if you can hit perfect timing and perfect aim every time, you will hit every shot.

But believe me, that is a very, very difficult task given the sensitivity of the controllers and when the sweet spots are at their smallest.