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NBA 2K15's Mike Wang Answers Your Questions (Interview)

02:24 PM - October 30, 2014 by RaychelSnr

NBA 2K15 Gameplay Director Mike Wang took to the Operation Sports forums this month to answer questions about this year's game.

Because that forum thread now contains hundreds of posts, I extracted the most interesting and important questions and answers for this piece.

I broke it down based on topics, including dribbling, player movement, game controls, and more.

Thanks to Mike for taking the time, jersez for starting the conversation, and all the Operation Sports Forums users who participated in the discussion.

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# 81 haloofduty @ 11/10/14 10:43 AM

I'm usually not one to ask but how far off is the patch?

# 82 joosegoose @ 11/10/14 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by haloofduty


	I'm usually not one to ask but how far off is the patch?

I don't recall ever anticipating a patch for any game this much before. I think it's because this game is already good, and the next patch sounds like it's going to fix many of its few flaws.

I don't even want to know how much I'll be playing after the patch drops.

# 83 coke hogan @ 11/10/14 04:52 PM

can we get a proper fix for face scanning on the xbox 1?

the last update didn't help at all.
getting more reference points but still double mouth,eyes, etc.

also show someone doing it on the xbox one, because I believe they don't have proof it works on the one.

# 84 magiclakers32 @ 11/10/14 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by bucfan47


	No idea how you guys failed to hold them accountable for no online associations. Completely inexcusable.

what would you like us to do about it?

# 85 ballzdeep @ 11/10/14 10:05 PM

How about balanced fouls. I average 6 freethrow a game as a team while opponents average 16 ( just going off last ten games since singing with team). Also why is my teams AI ******** yet opponents know basic fundamentals. Countless times my pg throws an alley oop when the paint is clogged with defenders and its either stolen or thrown out of bounds. They also won't pass the ball when im wide open than once they finally do my team mate grade goes way down. Passing to the open man should be obvious yet it ends up being my fault for calling for the ball. Just played Houston and it was the biggest cheese ball game.. Dwight Howard shot 90% even though I had a hand in his face every shot. I understand he's an all star but that is stupid. Shutdown defence should not be rewarded with getting scored on 90% of the time. Hell he went 8-8 from the ft line which makes a whole lot of sense cause hes a lifetime 57% ft shooter. Worst part might have been James harden pulling up for a three at mid court like it was a normal jumper and hitting it to win. NBA live I'm coming over!

# 86 heelphreak @ 11/11/14 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ballzdeep


	How about balanced fouls. I average 6 freethrow a game as a team while opponents average 16 ( just going off last ten games since singing with team). Also why is my teams AI ******** yet opponents know basic fundamentals. Countless times my pg throws an alley oop when the paint is clogged with defenders and its either stolen or thrown out of bounds. They also won't pass the ball when im wide open than once they finally do my team mate grade goes way down. Passing to the open man should be obvious yet it ends up being my fault for calling for the ball. Just played Houston and it was the biggest cheese ball game.. Dwight Howard shot 90% even though I had a hand in his face every shot. I understand he's an all star but that is stupid. Shutdown defence should not be rewarded with getting scored on 90% of the time. Hell he went 8-8 from the ft line which makes a whole lot of sense cause hes a lifetime 57% ft shooter. Worst part might have been James harden pulling up for a three at mid court like it was a normal jumper and hitting it to win. NBA live I'm coming over!

Impressive melt

# 87 shegotgame @ 11/12/14 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by bucfan47


	No idea how you guys failed to hold them accountable for no online associations. Completely inexcusable.

We were told well in advance that there would be no online associations. We're not talking about a broken promise.

But yes, I'd welcome the feature back if they can iron out most of the kinks.

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# 88 sooperb @ 11/12/14 07:55 AM

There might not be Comeback Code in this game but there is something that happens in a lot of 4th quarters that seem to make the winning team miss more open shots than usual while the losing team seems to catch fire until the score is very close. Then it's all of a sudden a back and forth.

In the park I can actually tell you what is about to happen during most possessions depending on the score late in a game. The more you're being spanked by as time goes on equals the hotter your team gets from the arc, on the glass and scrapping with MINIMAL MISHAPS.

2k is not just a company or a title anymore. Online 2K is an adjective. You try to do this but that happens and you say aloud to the people in your party (game chat doesn't work), "that's bs and I didn't try to do that, I tried to do this" and almost always someone says, "2k" or "aye man that's 2k" or "that's that 2k s***".

There really should be an outrage with petitions and all like K said but judging by the arguments on this post unity can never happen to force them to tackle some of the major issues. It seems like some people are undercover 2K employees in these forums at times.

Also there should be votes on the top ten questions to be asked next time. When we ask EXTRA questions with some that kind of need to be answered, the rep can choose the least painful ones to answer.

I don't post much because it always seems to be useless or a dead post because I not a high ranking whatever but I'm on this site all of the time. I even got suspended for bashing Live14 for being what I thought was a unanimously terrible game.

Been playing B Ball videogames since the Atari 2600.
Own every NBA 2K title to date.
Owned every NBA Live title from 95-2005

#GoSpurs

# 89 bls @ 11/13/14 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by sooperb


	There might not be Comeback Code in this game but there is something that happens in a lot of 4th quarters that seem to make the winning team miss more open shots than usual while the losing team seems to catch fire until the score is very close. Then it's all of a sudden a back and forth. In the park I can actually tell you what is about to happen during most possessions depending on the score late in a game. The more you're being spanked by as time goes on equals the hotter your team gets from the arc, on the glass and scrapping with MINIMAL MISHAPS. 2k is not just a company or a title anymore. Online 2K is an adjective. You try to do this but that happens and you say aloud to the people in your party (game chat doesn't work), "that's bs and I didn't try to do that, I tried to do this" and almost always someone says, "2k" or "aye man that's 2k" or "that's that 2k s***". There really should be an outrage with petitions and all like K said but judging by the arguments on this post unity can never happen to force them to tackle some of the major issues. It seems like some people are undercover 2K employees in these forums at times. Also there should be votes on the top ten questions to be asked next time. When we ask EXTRA questions with some that kind of need to be answered, the rep can choose the least painful ones to answer. I don't post much because it always seems to be useless or a dead post because I not a high ranking whatever but I'm on this site all of the time. I even got suspended for bashing Live14 for being what I thought was a unanimously terrible game. Been playing B Ball videogames since the Atari 2600. Own every NBA 2K title to date. Owned every NBA Live title from 95-2005 #GoSpurs

I feel as though whenever you get a pretty decent lead whether it be 10 points or more no matter what quarter your in, you'll eventually see you team take a penalty in shot percentages. I believe this is done to keep a pretty even balance in shot percentages for both teams toward the end of the game.

Every game I play online is a close game. Its no way for me to blow my opponent out no matter how sorry they are or better I am. I can have an 11 point lead, 15 point lead it doesn't matter. Eventually I'll start missing wide open shots and going back for put back slow allowing for the defense to recover, passing the ball out of bounds (still playing patient offense as I was when I developed the big lead). Then you see your opponent come down and hit some of the most ridiculous, contested shots that you know they have no business making. Its like I can tell when this stuff is about to happen and its nothing you can do about it no matter how good of D you play, or efficient you run your offense. Its completely unavoidable.

Check your team comparison stats at the end of the game. If you look at the team field goals made you'll notice almost 90% of the time either you or your opponent will have 1 field goal made more then the opposing player. So if you went 15-40 from the field then your opponent will have went 14-44 from the field. This is just an example. But I think they purposely made it this way to keep percentages balanced which is why you see some crazy shots go in which makes it an eye soar to see some of these things happening.

Like I said before, I'm 100% positive they used a different system for shot percentages in 2k11 which is why the disparity in skill level would be so noticeable.

# 90 Boilerbuzz @ 11/13/14 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by bucfan47


	No idea how you guys failed to hold them accountable for no online associations. Completely inexcusable.

The **** was broke and people didn't play it. It's a two way street and a vicious cycle. But what is the point of this post in this particular thread? Wang has nothing to do with adding and removing modes like online association.

# 91 jdt6u @ 11/13/14 10:57 AM

Still really no answers on fouls. Welp.

# 92 joosegoose @ 11/13/14 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by darkknightrises


	Last I heard was on the thread about free throws and lack of them that some one form 2k was on there and said they where working on it for the patch and that the patch should be submitted soon. That was like a week ago or 5 days ago something like that. So I hope that means that the patch has now been submitted. Once a patch is submitted it takes around 2 weeks for the patch to come out if the patch doesn't have any problems with testing with sony and Microsoft. So I am hoping that means that we are around 2 weeks.

Patches take a while with Sony and Microsoft, but that's not the case for PC. Watch for the PC patch (hasn't dropped yet) to know when it's on the way for the consoles.

Though someone will likely mention when the patch is submitted on here anyways.

# 93 bcruise @ 11/13/14 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by joosegoose


	Patches take a while with Sony and Microsoft, but that's not the case for PC. Watch for the PC patch (hasn't dropped yet) to know when it's on the way for the consoles. Though someone will likely mention when the patch is submitted on here anyways.

Yeah, this will be the "Patch is imminent" indication for us PC folks. Once it's been submitted to third party it's essentially done and we need only wait for it to get put on Steam.

# 94 amedawg00 @ 11/14/14 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by bucfan47


	No idea how you guys failed to hold them accountable for no online associations. Completely inexcusable.

If OA in the form of Myleague online fails to materialize in 2k16, then the writing will be on the wall that 2k is content to abandon online league and Association heads.

# 95 Rockie_Fresh88 @ 11/14/14 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sooperb


	There might not be Comeback Code in this game but there is something that happens in a lot of 4th quarters that seem to make the winning team miss more open shots than usual while the losing team seems to catch fire until the score is very close. Then it's all of a sudden a back and forth. In the park I can actually tell you what is about to happen during most possessions depending on the score late in a game. The more you're being spanked by as time goes on equals the hotter your team gets from the arc, on the glass and scrapping with MINIMAL MISHAPS. 2k is not just a company or a title anymore. Online 2K is an adjective. You try to do this but that happens and you say aloud to the people in your party (game chat doesn't work), "that's bs and I didn't try to do that, I tried to do this" and almost always someone says, "2k" or "aye man that's 2k" or "that's that 2k s***". There really should be an outrage with petitions and all like K said but judging by the arguments on this post unity can never happen to force them to tackle some of the major issues. It seems like some people are undercover 2K employees in these forums at times. Also there should be votes on the top ten questions to be asked next time. When we ask EXTRA questions with some that kind of need to be answered, the rep can choose the least painful ones to answer. I don't post much because it always seems to be useless or a dead post because I not a high ranking whatever but I'm on this site all of the time. I even got suspended for bashing Live14 for being what I thought was a unanimously terrible game. Been playing B Ball videogames since the Atari 2600. Own every NBA 2K title to date. Owned every NBA Live title from 95-2005 #GoSpurs

I swear I feel like this in the park lol if we're losing by 6 I can take my big man with a 43 in three pointers and hit one lol. But he said there's no come back so idk but I can call shots in park games easily too

# 96 Boilerbuzz @ 11/14/14 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by amedawg00


	If OA in the form of Myleague online fails to materialize in 2k16, then the writing will be on the wall that 2k is content to abandon online league and Association heads.

Even though this is OT, I have to say I agree with this sentiment. At least the online part. Association heads, in general, have it made.

# 97 burter @ 11/15/14 02:02 AM

I'm at the point I'm soooo pissed off with MC mode I want to punch someone. I'm just heated right now. How the f does every single god damn thing you do is stuck in an animation? I'm a PG and Idk how many times I pass the ball to a cutting big man, or anyone for that matter, who is behind a defender only to catch the ball and instead of them going straight up and dunking it or doing a layup or finishing their drive too the basket, they freaking stop in their tracks, do some animation thing with the defender, WHO IS FREAKING BEHIND THEM, and end up doing some weird layup animation and misses the layup. Like really 2k? Are we going to start going down madden's route with the bs stuff you are doing? Answering questions my f____ing a##.

# 98 timbofry1 @ 12/09/14 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by badmrfrosty7


	Good info and good to know they're working on what they can in the upcoming patch. These attentions to detail get me excited about future iterations (the body contact, to shot release mechanics for instance). Couple of takeaways though: --- On My Career AI - A: The biggest difference between your AI teammates and your AI opponents is there are certain bonuses and influences in place to make your teammates "cooperate" with you, and in the case of MyCareer, involve you more than they normally might another AI teammate of the same caliber. This is done in an attempt to make playing MyCareer more interesting for the average user. So AI teammates might shoot shots they'd normally pass up because you're telling them to shoot or because they're trying to help you get assists. I think this is the reason I eventually can't stand MyCareer. My player becomes a star (even though I'm rated in the low 70s) because the team already revolves around my player essentially from the start. I wish they'd give you the option at least to have default AI versus MyCareer-focused AI because the experience could be potentially more interesting for players that want to feel like part of an NBA team and not strictly a superstar. But I should also probably give up on this ever being a sim mode. ---- Q: Can you explain shot fatigue? When does it kick in? A: There are two types of shot fatigue, jump shot and collision. The jump shot fatigue looks at the player's real life FGA stat and as soon as the player has exceeded the avg. number of FGAs, the %'s start to drop. The penalties can be pretty severe if you go way over the player's real life stats so be careful. Collision fatigue is a cumulative fatigue that drains with each successive collision in the paint (both body ups and contact shots.) The contact shot %'s drop a little bit each time there's a collision and it adds up over the course of the game. We definitely saw an example of shot/contact fatigue irl for Russell Westbrook last night. Hit everything and looked unstoppable for the first 2-1/2 to 3 quarters, but with the combination of playing that relentlessly, getting little rest (due to a thin bench), playing stellar defense against Lillard, and getting little offensive help (someone else who can create their own shot), all of the same spectacular pull-ups and contact lay-ins weren't falling anymore down the stretch. The biggest thing to adding it to the game though is I think it has to have some sort of indicator, just like fatigue. Otherwise, there might as well not be a fatigue meter either and play it close to real life in that respect also by gauging who the player is (age, condition), their minutes, etc. Overall I like the idea of shot fatigue. Playing 12 minute quarters, I like the idea of having to mix up my play-calling and riding various hot hands when possible while managing rotations, so that I don't have players tired or cold down the stretch. It's very realistic in that sense. However the game should guide users to such strategies because it could go a long way to both educating gamers on sports strategy, as well as really sell the depth and realism to 2k's gameplay.

I agree with you that shot fatigue needs to be indicated somewhere in game. Like you, I like the fact that it is in there and can lead to a more realistic game of basketball, but with no indicator in game, it makes it tough to understand and apply. If one of my bench players is having the game of his life, and I keep him fresh overall, I hate to see him start missing lots of shots just because he usually only takes a few shots per game. I'd like to know more about shot fatigue. And I hope it is dynamic and changes over time...like if you have this player on your team that you are giving a bigger role on your team, like promoting from bench to starter, I'd hope his shot fatigue changes and develops over time, as he may be taking 10 shots per game now instead of 4 shots per game off the bench, or something like that...

# 99 MoparJimmy @ 12/11/14 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bls


	I feel as though whenever you get a pretty decent lead whether it be 10 points or more no matter what quarter your in, you'll eventually see you team take a penalty in shot percentages. I believe this is done to keep a pretty even balance in shot percentages for both teams toward the end of the game. Every game I play online is a close game. Its no way for me to blow my opponent out no matter how sorry they are or better I am. I can have an 11 point lead, 15 point lead it doesn't matter. Eventually I'll start missing wide open shots and going back for put back slow allowing for the defense to recover, passing the ball out of bounds (still playing patient offense as I was when I developed the big lead). Then you see your opponent come down and hit some of the most ridiculous, contested shots that you know they have no business making. Its like I can tell when this stuff is about to happen and its nothing you can do about it no matter how good of D you play, or efficient you run your offense. Its completely unavoidable. Check your team comparison stats at the end of the game. If you look at the team field goals made you'll notice almost 90% of the time either you or your opponent will have 1 field goal made more then the opposing player. So if you went 15-40 from the field then your opponent will have went 14-44 from the field. This is just an example. But I think they purposely made it this way to keep percentages balanced which is why you see some crazy shots go in which makes it an eye soar to see some of these things happening. Like I said before, I'm 100% positive they used a different system for shot percentages in 2k11 which is why the disparity in skill level would be so noticeable.

i thought this was just me, i totally feel what everyone is saying on this, i could have a 15 oint lead only to have the fool come back when i run the perfect offiense, its completely unavoidable, i think 2k did out in some kind of balance to keep it competitve online, also i notice the lack of FOUL calls which completely frustrates me, it seems like certain players like lebron, chris paul or james harden get foul calls nearly 80-90% of the time, but when i use andre igudala he has finisher and highlight film signature skills but never uses them with no foul call 90% of the time, its like every time i go to the hoop no matter how i do it, even ump fakes no longer work, the defender will not fall for them like they used too....there are just no foul calls or not enoug when making contact , its ridculous, i almost dont wanna lay this gakme anymore because its unbalanced, it also feels like the game play online has changed as well like someone mentioned, one day about a 23 weeks agi i was on a 25 game winning streak, i had a nice pick and roll game and was destroying people but now with what seems like a patch its nearly impossible for me to play the same way, i have lost so many games and went on a 6 game losing streaking from this.... its like the defnese has been turned u for the AI and its harder to shake the defender loose on offense. my biggest concern are the FOULS, please fix this, its really unfair when you have a good scrorer or finisher and he cant make and 1's or go to the hoo without being chopped and no foul call only to miss a shot , anyone else feel me on this?

# 100 zrohman @ 12/11/14 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by MoparJimmy


	i thought this was just me, i totally feel what everyone is saying on this, i could have a 15 oint lead only to have the fool come back when i run the perfect offiense, its completely unavoidable, i think 2k did out in some kind of balance to keep it competitve online, also i notice the lack of FOUL calls which completely frustrates me, it seems like certain players like lebron, chris paul or james harden get foul calls nearly 80-90% of the time, but when i use andre igudala he has finisher and highlight film signature skills but never uses them with no foul call 90% of the time, its like every time i go to the hoop no matter how i do it, even ump fakes no longer work, the defender will not fall for them like they used too....there are just no foul calls or not enoug when making contact , its ridculous, i almost dont wanna lay this gakme anymore because its unbalanced, it also feels like the game play online has changed as well like someone mentioned, one day about a 23 weeks agi i was on a 25 game winning streak, i had a nice pick and roll game and was destroying people but now with what seems like a patch its nearly impossible for me to play the same way, i have lost so many games and went on a 6 game losing streaking from this.... its like the defnese has been turned u for the AI and its harder to shake the defender loose on offense. my biggest concern are the FOULS, please fix this, its really unfair when you have a good scrorer or finisher and he cant make and 1's or go to the hoo without being chopped and no foul call only to miss a shot , anyone else feel me on this?

Seems like you were winning because nobody could play on ball defense (because of input lag) and you zoomed past everyone. Since the patch they patched it with no input lag, and they patch it so you can't just zig zag past people. I'm sure most people will assume that you can't adjust because they patched the very exploits that you used.

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