NBA 2K Tidbits: Necessary Improvements

[CoHouse2814]

i dont agree with the online lobbies, pump fake issue, and buzzer beaters.

pump fake issue is simple i rather have a player jump then him just standing looking stupid wondering where the ball is. i never found this a issue cause does a great job in contesting shots where it be jumping or just putting your hands up.

buzzer beaters is not a big deal to me but i can see the importance of it but its a low importance.

online lobbies are the worst thing to have in a online ranked game and I AM PROUD of 2k for saying NO to online lobbies. its promotes boosting, cheating, and people just hanging around lobbies picking there opponents. blind ranked matches are the way to go.

[Kushmir]

(chuckle).....TreyIM2 i hear what you're saying about using the full-court press with your NETS, and i give you hellaprops for sticking with your squad (too may people use the league's top 4 teams--particularly online) but isn't gameplay more about getting it "right" than doing something that we find effective? i totally agree that pressing in spots and periodically can be effective...but all game long without drastic fatigue penalties? Ummmm........gotta disagree with you there partner...

[luda06]

If anything I believe the double teams were weak in 2k9 in terms of online play. Once the animation initiated, you couldn't cancel it. Nor could you fake a double team by tapping the button once and tapping it again.

I don't agree with the pump fake thing either. If a guy sells you on a shot attempt, that's your fault. Most of the time when I play online I don't even pump fake. If I have my man clearly beat (wide open after swinging the ball, or off the dribble), I could just stand there for a brief second and the defender will jump in the air. Even though head fakes aren't in the game, that's about as close as I can get to it.

The post game seems broken in 2k9, not in terms of backing down a defender, but there's moves that are next to impossible to defend such as the instant drop step after the catch and the up and under.

[luda06]

Quote: Originally Posted by CoHouse2814

online lobbies are the worst thing to have in a online ranked game and I AM PROUD of 2k for saying NO to online lobbies. its promotes boosting, cheating, and people just hanging around lobbies picking there opponents. blind ranked matches are the way to go.

I disagree with you on this because ranked games depend on the weight of your opponent's wins and losses. If you keep playing your homeboy who hasn't won any significant games against ranked opponents, then a win against him would barely budge your rank.

[ffaacc03]

Really good all around post ... cant wait to see the next one with the 20 issues that were included ...

[jmood88]

Quote: Originally Posted by luda06

I disagree with you on this because ranked games depend on the weight of your opponent's wins and losses. If you keep playing your homeboy who hasn't won any significant games against ranked opponents, then a win against him would barely budge your rank.

Ranked lobbies are pointless. In every other 2k game you had people sitting around in the lobbies avoiding playing games once they got to a certain level. If you're going to have ranked games there no reason to let people pick who they play.

[Kushmir]

luda06 i didn't really have an opinion on the strength of the double-team. my point was that you couldn't set them automatically online in 2k9. that said, what you said about cancelling the double or faking it with a double-tap is good. REAL GOOD.

and i wasn't necessarily talking about the user jumping for a pump-fake i was speaking more specifically about the CPU defenders. while mismatched, poor and average defenders should fall for this (although to a lower degree than is currently in gameplay) i think we'd all like to see Good and Elite defenders turn the tables on the pump-fake more often...

[Kushmir]

i can honestly see both sides of the lobby argument, but i tend to favor them myself....this and and a PLAY NOW option really give us an option of getting into a game pretty quickly...