NBA Live 15 Title Update #2 Available Now For PS4, Coming Soon For Xbox One

[GisherJohn24]

Quote: Originally Posted by Calvenn

Yes, the cpu is too easily stifled post patch, simply atrocious fg%'s. It may play out OK cpu vs cpu however vs human is TOTALLY a different story. I have devised global defensive strategy modifications that actually make this issue more tolerable until they can release a fix for this. There is a thread for this. The main changes are onball defense> Tight(or Normal if you need more offensive output from cpu) and off ball defense> auto. I just wish we didn't have to resort to these steps to address a problem created by a patch.

I'm not seeing this on my end. Last few games cpu on all star shot very good. Over 50% fg . I'm not seeing those low %. On ps4 10 min qtr all star level.

[GisherJohn24]

Quote: Originally Posted by WTF

They snuck in Chris Anderson Tattoo's and detail look incredible. I'm going to find some time to play to see if I can replicate some late game AI issues. All 3 games I've played thus far have been good. I'm trying to convert my Bucks/Clippers game. It had 1 part that had me scared, thinking it was going to bug, but the last 2 possessions were good.

I played an amazing back and fourth game against the Clips. I was the Cavs. At one point I was down 25. The momentum swings are incredible on this game IMO. I love the new patch. Good going ea. Oh, I lost my game by 5 tho.

[The 24th Letter]

Played the Bulls and Thunder this morning, both shot over 45% and kept the game a lot more competitive, so that's a good sign

[TSGuy]

Was down 13 in the 3rd against Grizz, managed to come back within the last minute of the game Dragic gunning down a open 3, quickly moved around to get open right after a time out. Was so happy b/c I was missing open shots earlier in the game.

People keep wanting, edit rosters, add sliders. I think they can put them into the game, but im pretty sure that would be some intensive amount of coding and testing. I'm sure next year there will be both or atleast one of them.

[Calvenn]

Quote: Originally Posted by GisherJohn24

I'm not seeing this on my end. Last few games cpu on all star shot very good. Over 50% fg . I'm not seeing those low %. On ps4 10 min qtr all star level.

Actually after logging into the EA servers and obtaining the roster update ( which I purposely stayed away from since some players were initially missing or on wrong teams etc after patch was released) I noticed gameplay was smoother and a bit more open. Not sure if there was some other update snuck in recently as well. Anyhow, after making this observation I returned my defensive settings to default and noticed that the cpu did shoot higher but realistic fg%'s depending on the team being played off course. The issue though is that they rarely took and more importantly made 3 point or mid range shots! I'd guess 95 plus % of shots were drives to paint or shots in paint.

I played 2 consecutive games against the Cavs at their home court with the Wizards for example. Once using my defensive changes and the other with default defensive values. With my settings, I lost the game by 10 points and they hit a respectable amount of mid range and 3 point shots. Not perfect but better. With the default values I won by 6 points while LeBron was virtually non existent. He missed several shots and was blocked other times. Kyrie could not do much either. Who were their top scorers? You guessed it, Love, Varajao, Tristan. What do they have in common? Yes, they are all post players!

They need to balance this out. I'm thrilled with the defensive intensity post patch, this is good for the replay value of the game however the gameplay and stats should also mimic real life basketball. This is an issue as of now. I must say that the game does play better now with default defensive settings than it did before I downloaded the Rosters via Synergy! They are definitely on the right track and I hope they can tweak mid range and 3 point shooting slightly more via other non patch update.

[Tonyattia]

Quote: Originally Posted by Walt Frazier

Exactly... Synergy is an absolute myth and the guys trying to hype it up are doing everyone a massive disservice. I just tried a game v the Cavs and Kyrie brought the ball up almost every time and, when he didn't, they passed it to him immediately upon crossing the half court. In other words, an entirely point guard dominated offense. LeBron? Spot up shooter plus fast breaks only. And yet in real life Lebron carries the ball most of the time. Isn' synery 'supposed' to reflect that. EVERY team in NBA Live has a point guard dominated offense because it is generic basketball and nothing at all team specific....not even close. The Knicks don't have a triangle offense. No teams have their own offenses. Yet synergy is touted as this great tool that puts realistic nba play into the game. Absolutely not true. It is a complete myth.

Synergy doesn't tell them who has the ball on offense. That's just because of their small playcalling selection. They just didn't add plays that start with anyone but the pg. synergy just does individual player tendencies like where they spot up, if they run more pick and roll or isos. Whether they drive left or right ect. With that said they need to focus on playcalling next year along with post game and late game ai.


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[alexthegreat]

Glad to see all these thorough impressions. Makes the wait for the X1 patch a bit easier.

Never thought I'd actually be anticipating a regular Monday

[The 24th Letter]

I would disagree that Synergy is useless because at the very least it stopped teams like the Mavericks from constantly posting up Tyson Chandler once it started updating.,..

The biggest flaw with Synergy and something that's been a flaw with Live for years is that it doesn't drive players to play like themselves...unless your a scoring point guard....

You'll see things like Harden not get a shot until late in the 2nd/3rd quarter, or Dirk get the majority of his points by rebounds/put backs etc....differentiating players/teams should be a bug focus for next year..