How to make more contested shots & CPU 3s

[Barata]

Hey guys. I'm enjoying the game this year and barely touched sliders. But there are 2 things that I wanna try to improve and thought you guys could help me figuring out.

1) I want more contested shots/layups to go in. Which is the best way to do it? Lowering shot coverage impact? Lowering layup/shot defense strength? Should I lower shot success sliders as well so FG don't go too high?

2) I was playing against 03' Knicks last night and Allan Houston shot a thousand 3s. Almost every play was the same. He barely tried any mid-range or attacking the basket. It was just 3 after 3 after 3 and the rest of the Knicks team didn't even try 3s, it was just him. Is there any sliders option to improve it or the only way is to mess with roster tendencies?

Thanks!

[EccentricMeat]

Re: How to make more contested shots & CPU 3s

You would want to decrease the Shot Coverage Impact slider. This will decrease the boost given when a shot is flagged as Open, and decrease the negative effect of a shot being flagged as contested. The lower you set Shot Coverage Impact, the less difference there is between an open shot and a contested shot, so you can simultaneously make it so that more open shots miss while more contested shots go in.

If one player is jacking up 3s while everyone else is not, that sounds like a roster issue. Let’s say you increased the Take 3pt tendency slider, that MIGHT make the other players shoot a few 3s but Houston will focus even more on forcing up his 3 as well.

[Barata]

Re: How to make more contested shots & CPU 3s

You would want to decrease the Shot Coverage Impact slider. This will decrease the boost given when a shot is flagged as Open, and decrease the negative effect of a shot being flagged as contested. The lower you set Shot Coverage Impact, the less difference there is between an open shot and a contested shot, so you can simultaneously make it so that more open shots miss while more contested shots go in.

If one player is jacking up 3s while everyone else is not, that sounds like a roster issue. Let’s say you increased the Take 3pt tendency slider, that MIGHT make the other players shoot a few 3s but Houston will focus even more on forcing up his 3 as well.

Thanks a lot for the input. I'll try this

[Scioto2024]

Re: How to make more contested shots & CPU 3s

You would want to decrease the Shot Coverage Impact slider. This will decrease the boost given when a shot is flagged as Open, and decrease the negative effect of a shot being flagged as contested. The lower you set Shot Coverage Impact, the less difference there is between an open shot and a contested shot, so you can simultaneously make it so that more open shots miss while more contested shots go in.

If one player is jacking up 3s while everyone else is not, that sounds like a roster issue. Let’s say you increased the Take 3pt tendency slider, that MIGHT make the other players shoot a few 3s but Houston will focus even more on forcing up his 3 as well.

I played a Modern game vs Mavs. I got killed from multiple guys

Ratings with tendencies and how you play defense

[leoribas3]

Re: How to make more contested shots & CPU 3s

You would want to decrease the Shot Coverage Impact slider. This will decrease the boost given when a shot is flagged as Open, and decrease the negative effect of a shot being flagged as contested. The lower you set Shot Coverage Impact, the less difference there is between an open shot and a contested shot, so you can simultaneously make it so that more open shots miss while more contested shots go in.

If one player is jacking up 3s while everyone else is not, that sounds like a roster issue. Let’s say you increased the Take 3pt tendency slider, that MIGHT make the other players shoot a few 3s but Houston will focus even more on forcing up his 3 as well.

"Shot Coverage Impact is straight forward and it means how the game judges how “defended” you are on a shot. So let’s say at 50 the slider means you would be considered “open” on a shot, but if you lower the slider to 25 then on that same shot you would maybe no longer be considered open. This means your timing window would be tighter and the shot would be harder since it’s not wide open anymore.

We think you can push this slider down to 25 to start and sort of maneuver from there — I personally lower it even more. But the simple point is basically you’ll have more contested shots the lower you go. "

This is a quote from Chase B's article here on OS talking about sliders in 2K24. From what he says here, the slider works in reverse of what you mentioned, meaning the higher the slider, the less contests affect shots.

Guess Ill try and test it out to find out.

[EccentricMeat]

Re: How to make more contested shots & CPU 3s

"Shot Coverage Impact is straight forward and it means how the game judges how “defended” you are on a shot. So let’s say at 50 the slider means you would be considered “open” on a shot, but if you lower the slider to 25 then on that same shot you would maybe no longer be considered open. This means your timing window would be tighter and the shot would be harder since it’s not wide open anymore.

We think you can push this slider down to 25 to start and sort of maneuver from there — I personally lower it even more. But the simple point is basically you’ll have more contested shots the lower you go. "

This is a quote from Chase B's article here on OS talking about sliders in 2K24. From what he says here, the slider works in reverse of what you mentioned, meaning the higher the slider, the less contests affect shots.

Guess Ill try and test it out to find out.

No, he’s describing it the same way. The lower the slider, the less boost you get from being “open” and the less penalized you get from being contested. More contested shots should go in, and fewer open shots should go in. That’s why we both recommend to lower the slider, being open or being contested has less effect the lower the slider is set and more effect the higher the slider is set.

Basically if set to 0, defense doesn’t matter and there is no benefit or negative from being open or contested. If set to 100, you basically won’t make any contested shots and you won’t miss any open shots.

[Smirkin Dirk]

Re: How to make more contested shots & CPU 3s

2Ks on default always have too many open 3s go in, and too few contested 3s go in. If you want offline roster solutions to help (along with EM's suggest slider) I globally take away any set shot/open shot badges. I give globally give everyone a 1 badge increase to movement/contested 3s.

And because most open 3s will be taken from the corners, I globally make the corners a cold zone for everyone.