NBA 2K14 - New Signature Skills Revealed, Including Pre-Order LeBron Coast to Coast

[Goffs]

Quote: Originally Posted by BADBOYS3

Charge Card Example Players: Udonis Haslem, Raja Bell, Kyle Lowry This player specializes in the art of drawing charges. When attempting to take a charge, a player equipped with the Charge Card skill will have a 50% better chance of drawing the charge than others. His teammates will also receive a small energy boost if the Charge Card player receives the beneficial call.

You know a sig skill is bad when people don't realize its already in the game and this was the most useless sig skill in 2k13....even if it was tweaked to make it work on 2k14 I still wouldn't use it...

I would replace this skill with something defensive like TENACIOUS SHOT BLOCKER to complement ERASER. They have Tenacious rebounder so I don't see anything wrong with having a Tenacious shot blocker....

I feel defense is getting shafted again on the sig skills department...IMO...

[papaey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Goffs

You know a sig skill is bad when people don't realize its already in the game and this was the most useless sig skill in 2k13....even if it was tweaked to make it work on 2k14 I still wouldn't use it... I would replace this skill with something defensive like TENACIOUS SHOT BLOCKER to complement ERASER. They have Tenacious rebounder so I don't see anything wrong with having a Tenacious shot blocker.... I feel defense is getting shafted again on the sig skills department...IMO...

That would be redundant.

[benson_bone]

Since my main myplayer is an athletic pf meant for rebounding and defense I got my hopes up when i saw "Tenacious Rebounder".

Ofcourse i was immediately disappointed after reading "This player is known for his relentlessness when going for rebounds. During rebound situations, he receives up to a 50% increase in winning boxout battles and poking balls loose on rebounds."

This is just half of scrapper from last year, which imo sucked for rebounding. There wasn't a noticeable difference with boxing out and with potential rebounds my player would often tap a ball he would otherwise grab. Which is annoying for two reasons; 1. on defense it would often be tapped to the opposing team resulting in a layup/dunk, 2. your stats take a big hit when this happens 5+ times a game.

I was expecting (hoping for):
- less goaltending and offensive interference, could be done by pulling hands away when necessary or even have the cpu correct your timing.
- more effective boxing out (that actually works)
- flashy rebounding animations (think rodman, even though i'd prefer this by way of choosing rebounding animations/packages like you can do with dunks and dribbling
- increase in putback layup/dunk succes
- triggering suitable rebounding animations so my guy won't be grabbing air in front of him when the ball is above him.
- TAPPING the ball to teammates when you're not in position to GRAB the ball.

[benson_bone]

Quote: Originally Posted by papaey

That would be redundant.

I don't think so, eraser was meant mostly for emphatic block animations. Tenacious shotblocker would suggest the ability to keep up with the play after the initial block and be able to block multiple shots in a row, maybe even a higher success rate with blocking dunks.

[mango_prom]

Quote: Originally Posted by Profit89

I love signature skills in NBA2K. Something that was adopted many years ago in Pro Evolution Soccer with the Player Skill Cards. Adds a whole new dimension of individuality. Which is what sports games are all about in the end. Otherwise you get EA generic crap: every player moves and plays exactly the same.

Wait what? Do you even know what sig skills are? They don't change anything about how players move and play. That's nonsense. All they do is modify already existing ratings by fixed amounts. You really shouldn't buy into marketing gimmicks that easily. There can be a case made for sig skills being useful, but not for your reason. That's not what they do at all. What you're talking about are signature animations and individual tendencies. Remove sig skills completely...and players would still play in exactly the same way. Slightly different outcomes due to rating changes, but everything else stays the same.

And the Lebron sig skill...so there's a one man fastbreak skill boosting speed, ball handling and quickness in the open court. But if you preorder, you get the Lebron skill, which boosts...speed, ball handling and quickness in the open court. Awesome.

[Vni]

One day we will have killstreaks in nba 2K. Book it.

[benson_bone]

btw, did anyone else chuckle when the guy said "we're pretty strict of what you can get away with" about flashy passer.

I don't know if you've seen the gameplay videos but i saw some bs passes in there. Across the paint with the ball going right in front of the sleeping defenders who are looking straight at it and doing absolutely nothing.

[Vni]

Signature skills are boring and redundant. 95% of them serve no purpose at all. You have ratings and hot zones. No need for other boosts coming from nowhere.