Why are defenders leaving their assignments?

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by nova91

I gotta say it because you know it's gonna be said eventually: Play better defense, play on-ball defense, lower it to rookie, learn to play the game etc. etc..

LOL

[Goffs]

Quote: Originally Posted by nova91

I gotta say it because you know it's gonna be said eventually: Play better defense, play on-ball defense, lower it to rookie, learn to play the game etc. etc..

nope......YOU can play better defense but you can't say the same for your cpu teammates who has a tendency of leaving guys wide open...

[jmarcguy]

I had a player run into the stands for no reason! I noticed I only had 4 defenders & finally he runs down the court.

[Strangerstake]

I noticed that this tends to happen a lot if you go with lock-down D or constant pressure on the fly.
This is because when you select your strategy the defensive settings change and pretty much everyone is set to dbl team once they drive the lane, so if a player automatically gets too close to the rim or is driving inside then shooters or scrubs are left open no matter who it is.
What I do is I let this happen and I just use the right analog stick to contest the drive and if kicked switch my controlled player and try and contest the shooter. Many times they score but NOT always. They do miss and keep in mind the defensive rotations are very well implemented if the game is played correctly.
I play pro/sim on 8 min quarters on default rosters and have been able to hold the bulls under 70 points while playing as Miami. There are some games where it gets really close but If defense is played correctly and smartly, you can easily blow out any team.

[ronglengco]

Quote: Originally Posted by nova91

I gotta say it because you know it's gonna be said eventually: Play better defense, play on-ball defense, lower it to rookie, learn to play the game etc. etc..

Are you saying you don't see this as an issue in the game? If so, either you are 1) too arrogant to admit, 2) blind or 3) you're playing a different game where you can control all your players at the same time...LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by Goffs

nope......YOU can play better defense but you can't say the same for your cpu teammates who has a tendency of leaving guys wide open...

Exactly the point of this thread!

[jayman504]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sovartus

Go in and change your defensive setting for that post guy from auto to a specific setting. It looks like the cpu may be auto setting him to double in the post. You also might want to make sure that the player doubling is set to moderate or tight defense for his assignment as well so he doesn't sag off.

That doesn't work..Ive gone in countless times to fix how I want my coverage to be but always seems to "Sag Off" players at random. Do I really want to sag off Ray Allen??

[Da_Czar]

Quote: Originally Posted by RedmanR

I've been making those adjustments since you first pointed me in that direction in another discussion. It still happens. That's exactly what I'm talking about. It still occurs with coaching adjustments as well. For some weird reason it happens on offense for User only.

What do you have your offball defensive settings set to for the guys you keep seeing leave ? If you have it at auto they will still decide to leave regardless of coach settings I believe If you don't want them to leave at all set them to deny for off ball settings.

[ronglengco]

Quote: Originally Posted by Da_Czar

What do you have your offball defensive settings set to for the guys you keep seeing leave ? If you have it at auto they will still decide to leave regardless of coach settings I believe If you don't want them to leave at all set them to deny for off ball settings.

So if that's the case, we cannot use the "On The Fly" defensive settings anymore because using them automatically changes your manual defensive settings. This is what I observed. Correct me if I'm wrong. And if assigning the defensive settings manually is the only solution, then that's what I'm gonna have to do. It just sucks because it is kinda tedious to manually set everything. I just wanna play without having to set the defensive settings manually.

Also, would you say that the AI on the OTFC settings are therefore "broken" that we have to manually set everything just to have our AI teammates act as they should? Is this something they would/could/should fix in a patch?