NBA 2K13 - All 31 Signature Skills Revealed

[Boilerbuzz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Thunder Storm

I agree to an extent but not all things can be configured. How can you configure the AI on defense to force players baseline or into the direction of a defensive anchor like say, Howard ? I don't think any of us here have been able to tweak sliders or attributes to get this animation to work , at least consistently. It's not easy to make all this happen consistently. Which is why 2K is taking the instant gratification route and incorporating rating boosts to make sure defensive anchors are valued like they would be in real life, which is a constant effect on defense and not just sometimes.

Considering the game tries to strike a balance between millions of play styles, expecting that "perfect configuration" is futile. Everyone has a different opinion of what that would be.

[Jesus White]

Posterizer looks cool

[Jrocc23]

Seems like having "Lockdown Defender" is a must have SS.

[Barncore]

Wow, i didn't realise there was going to be 30 odd sig skills. That's a lot of variety. Awesome.

2k should raise the max limit of sig skills per player to be higher than 5. Players like LeBron, MJ, Kobe, Durant, CP3, etc, could easily have 10 of these skills and it would be realistic. 5 seems low.

[youALREADYknow]

Quote: Originally Posted by Thunder Storm

I agree to an extent but not all things can be configured. How can you configure the AI on defense to force players baseline or into the direction of a defensive anchor like say, Howard ? I don't think any of us here have been able to tweak sliders or attributes to get this animation to work , at least consistently. It's not easy to make all this happen consistently. Which is why 2K is taking the instant gratification route and incorporating rating boosts to make sure defensive anchors are valued like they would be in real life, which is a constant effect on defense and not just sometimes.

That's EXACTLY why Skills should focus on areas that are outside of the commonly used Attributes or Tendencies.

Basketball strategy is what I want to see more of in NBA 2K. We can choose 50 tendencies for how a player will dribble or shoot the ball, but have only a handful of options for how a team chooses to play defense or how a player prefers to defend on-ball or in the post. Coaching is practically non-existent in 2K12.

I'm hopeful that some of these areas will be improved in 2K13. Skills aren't one of the improvements to strategy or realism though based on the information we've received so far. They are a shortcut to differentiation.

[Thunder Storm]

Quote: Originally Posted by youALREADYknow

That's EXACTLY why Skills should focus on areas that are outside of the commonly used Attributes or Tendencies. Basketball strategy is what I want to see more of in NBA 2K. We can choose 50 tendencies for how a player will dribble or shoot the ball, but have only a handful of options for how a team chooses to play defense or how a player prefers to defend on-ball or in the post. Coaching is practically non-existent in 2K12. I'm hopeful that some of these areas will be improved in 2K13. Skills aren't one of the improvements to strategy or realism though based on the information we've received so far. They are a shortcut to differentiation.

I agree, in the future they need to have more variety when it comes to unique player tendencies on defense and then team strategies.

SS is a good cover up for now though.

[XenoZograscope]

I'm still kind of skeptical on these sig skills, but October 2nd will tell it all though. Also online play will be very interesting this time around....I can see it now lol.

[GTRx Assassin]

I hope this plays a huge factor in the draft in association mode

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