Why I'm Done With NBA Basketball This Year: NBA 2K9

[lasthour]

OK guys, after having problems with the points in the paint and some of the other problems that everyone is having I decided to continuously rome the paint with my bigs. If it looks like ANYONE even thinks about going toward the paint I get ready to engage with them with or WITHOUT the ball. Now I am seeing the CPU take more jump shots, miss layups and get stuffed or take his free throws.

CPU was shooting about 49-low 50s, now I got them shooting 38-44 with this simple adjustment.

Once the cpu gets cold it is much easier then to play on the ball defense, just not all the time.

I hope this helps someone else, and I do not use sliders.

This is not a 100% fix, but it make the game feel so much more better to me. I had pretty much stopped playing, but now I can not get enough of it as I am having some great and different game scenarios.

[Jeffx]

Quote: Originally Posted by DrUrsus

So is 2K8 better than 2K9 (I didn't buy 2K9 or play enough of it this year)?

In many ways, yes.

[DC]

@ Pared, cheat/glitch/exploit. It is all the same thing. I don't see why you are attacking me for bringing something like that to the attention of the public hoping it isn't true and if it is true it gets axed come next year

[Pared]

That's not an attack; If you think it is, then you should get off the internet.

The point is you brought it up like it had relevance to what was being mentioned and it doesn't.

Sportguy,

Have you tried pro? I keep seeing you post in frustration on the boards, yet everytime someone posts a suggestion you disappear... until you make another post in frustration.

[ronyell]

Quote: Originally Posted by lasthour

OK guys, after having problems with the points in the paint and some of the other problems that everyone is having I decided to continuously rome the paint with my bigs. If it looks like ANYONE even thinks about going toward the paint I get ready to engage with them with or WITHOUT the ball. Now I am seeing the CPU take more jump shots, miss layups and get stuffed or take his free throws. CPU was shooting about 49-low 50s, now I got them shooting 38-44 with this simple adjustment. Once the cpu gets cold it is much easier then to play on the ball defense, just not all the time. I hope this helps someone else, and I do not use sliders. This is not a 100% fix, but it make the game feel so much more better to me. I had pretty much stopped playing, but now I can not get enough of it as I am having some great and different game scenarios.

same here... i do use slider adjustments though.

i also change up defenses & use the defensive pressure assignments & i honestly have the same result of good D! & then they go cold & it seems hard for them to score.

im the "make adjustments" type yeah there are some issues that we ALL would like to c addressed but the defense plays absolutely great for me now... i just key on the players that i know will hurt me .

MY LAST GAME:
was playing the Cavs & i manned up

Mo - tight D
West - auto
LeBron - double in paint
Wallace - sag
Ilgauskas - tight

& since i knew i would double Lebron in the paint i would bring a perimeter player over to protect the kick out jumper. pressed when Boobie was in the game & sagged on Varejao...

44% shooting for the game as i made them settle for the jumper with bad shooters & not allow Lebron to kill me in the paint (he still had 26 from hitting the open jumper & the clutch shots)

real strategy... GREAT GAME!

[sportyguyfl31]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

That's not an attack; If you think it is, then you should get off the internet. The point is you brought it up like it had relevance to what was being mentioned and it doesn't. Sportguy, Have you tried pro? I keep seeing you post in frustration on the boards, yet everytime someone posts a suggestion you disappear... until you make another post in frustration.

This is exactly what I have had to do. Pro is the only way I can play anything resembling realistic NBA like defense on these players.

My frustration comes from not being able to understand why 2k cant program the game to behave like this from the get-go.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportyguyfl31

This is exactly what I have had to do. Pro is the only way I can play anything resembling realistic NBA like defense on these players. My frustration comes from not being able to understand why 2k cant program the game to behave like this from the get-go.

So is Pro working better for you? If it is, that's great.

Try these for shot success sliders:

42, 48, 47 for both you and the CPU. You will see realistic %'s. No over abundance of shot clock jumpers going in, players missing wide open shots at a realistic clip....

These are the settings I set up our league on as well as my offline sliders. There are some other minor tweaks, but with the living rosters and those shooting sliders, the game will immediately make you feel at home.

I have not changed these settings since October. It really brings out the game's potential, and how the game should have shipped in the beginning.

I also personally like the speed at 47. (Again, what we use in the league)

Hope this helps.

[sportyguyfl31]

Much, the game is far more reasonable on that setting