Auto Post: Please change

[Bornindamecca]

I don't know what the thinking is behind the auto-post up, and I don't really care. The bottom line is that there are three fundamental dribbles in basketball: Control Dribble, Speed Dribble and Power Dribble.

The Post up is an extension of the Power Dribble, and by taking it away, you've taken a very fundamental part of basketball. At any point, any place, we should be able to turn our backs to the defender to protect the ball. From there we can back into him and have access to post moves, or we can back away and resume a control dribble.

Please put it back, and while you're at it, extend it to a whole Power Dribble mechanic for next year. See: Gary Payton.

[rspencer86]

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Agreed, there really is no need to take the ability to do this anywhere on the court away.

[TheBadazz]

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At least patch th ability to manually do it. Let the player decide what he wants.

[Pared]

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This was one of my gripes. It has gotten a bit better over time, but the ability to do this on command is a must.

[Kashanova]

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agreed, it's really dumb... i know learned how to face up but still it would be better to have total control of when to post up and when not to

[jeebs9]

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Totally agree.....But did you guys read or hear the reason they took it out? Did they have a good reason for taking it out?

[youvalss]

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So (for someone who can't play the demo yet), do you have any control over posting up? I really need to know what's going on there?

[Fistpick]

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Please put it back, and while you're at it, extend it to a whole Power Dribble mechanic for next year. See: Gary Payton.

Agreed. Sir Charles (Charles Barkley for the youngsters) was also notorious for using the power dribble/post up while being no where near the paint - backing the defender down from as far away as the three point line. Isn't he the reason they implemented that five seconds back to basket rule?

[DC]

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Yea, backing an opponent down court was in the older 2K's. But it has been taken out and has been gone for years.

How would they put it back in considering ISOMOTION is triggered by the L Trigger?

But I agree, I can't get down with the auto post up. Don't know who thought it would be a good idea.

[The 24th Letter]

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i agree....but like dc said....i wonder how theyd do this

[aholbert32]

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Agreed. EA was able to add a whole button configuration in to Fight Night. They should be able to do it here.

[Stumbleweed]

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They should've left IsoMotion like it was in 2K8 (more basic moves triggered simply with LS commands, more complex moves with RT + LS commands) and left the LT post-up button intact. The only thing that the current control scheme helps in regards to posting up is adding the little shoulder fakes, otherwise it's basically sucking up LT for no reason. Having to hold LT to engage IsoMotion is an unnecessary button press and now that it sucked up the post-up button, doesn't make any sense at all to my brain.

Add me to the list who thinks we need an alternate control scheme or something patched in to address this.

[Bornindamecca]

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They should've left IsoMotion like it was in 2K8 (more basic moves triggered simply with LS commands, more complex moves with RT + LS commands) and left the LT post-up button intact. The only thing that the current control scheme helps in regards to posting up is adding the little shoulder fakes, otherwise it's basically sucking up LT for no reason. Having to hold LT to engage IsoMotion is an unnecessary button press and now that it sucked up the post-up button, doesn't make any sense at all to my brain.

Add me to the list who thinks we need an alternate control scheme or something patched in to address this.

the current scheme is fine. The added benefit is that you don't have to use Turbo and isomotion at the same time, which is huge, considering the new turbo meter. They just need to add an L3 command or something. Then it's all good. If you do it by accident, there is no danger of accidentally triggering anything, and we still have the benefit of the simple L Stick dribbling.

[Stumbleweed]

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You don't have to use turbo in the 2K8 configuration either except for spin moves and the more complicated moves, which I think is realistic stamina-wise and would work just fine with the new turbo meter. Don't really understand why they made us hold LT for basic iso moves... same as in 2K9, just seems unnecessary to me to have to hold a button when you can move simple crosses, stepbacks, and double crosses to LS movement only without compromising the movement itself and retain LT as the post-up engage button. You have to drain your turbo now doing the spin move and several others since it requires RT, it would be exactly the same... don't really get your point there.

Meh, just personal preference I guess... a game never felt as responsive as 2K8 in terms of dribble moves... the sliding made a lot of that possible of course, but I think the control scheme itself was by far the best and facilitated natural movement with LS (contextual crossovers and ball-hand changes prevented the sideways dribbling, spinning around in a circle, and all the 2K9 weirdness).

Clicking LS works but LT is a much better option simply because clicking LS happens when you're just moving around sometimes. Yeah accidentally going back to the basket won't totally ruin the play, but it's still annoying to do things you don't mean to do when you're just moving around with LS.

[The 24th Letter]

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I agree Born I personally like the scheme.....what I do think though, is that when LT is press it should square you up conpletely...it would make things alot smoother...