Why are defenders leaving their assignments?

[ekferio]

Re: Why are defenders leaving their assignments?

How do I make these "defensive settings" stay throughout the game? Every time I change them manually, those settings get changed automatically later on.

[JOHNNYP52]

Re: Why are defenders leaving their assignments?

Slide help defense slider down. I experience no problems.

[GHOSTFACE03]

Re: Why are defenders leaving their assignments?

Regardless, some of you can't articulate a view without saying something ridiculous/extreme to try to make a point. The one thing I'd think they couldn't be called is lazy, yet it's easy for some of you to toss that out and ignore the other 90% of the game. Perhaps the issues haven't been fixed to your satisfaction but try to have a *little* perspective. Saying there's "no effort [on their part]" to fix things is absurd. And totally disregards the fact that there's a lot of ground for them to cover in this game, more than in most if not all other sports games.

I would say that there is no effort to fix some of the problems, otherwise they wouldn't be here for 3 years now would they? If the same issue has not been fixed or addressed i think it would be a good guess to say it has to be from a lack of effort on the issue. I mean otherwise if they're honestly trying to fix the same issues year after year and making little to no progress i would have to say that's incompetence. I honestly think that they tend to overlook some of the real problems with the game and focus on other things that aren't as necessary(hell in the Q&A session the vast majority of questions about gameplay issues were ignored while stupid questions about shoes and accessories were answered) I give them props on other aspect of the game that have improved but i still see no excuse for the same issues to occur year after year. It's problems like these that hold this game back, i still have yet to see nba 2k reach it's potential(and it has a lot of it)

[spankdatazz22]

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I mean otherwise if they're honestly trying to fix the same issues year after year and making little to no progress i would have to say that's incompetence.

lol incompetence? Some of you low-post guys can't see the forest through the trees - but it is what it is.

"Lazy and incompetent"...

[RedmanR]

Re: Why are defenders leaving their assignments?

How do I make these "defensive settings" stay throughout the game? Every time I change them manually, those settings get changed automatically later on.

You can make the on-ball/off-ball adjustments as well as defensive assignments before tip off. Adjusting defensive pressure and help defense I usually adjust in timeouts in coach's profile so I don't have to pause the game.

[Bballplaya72]

Re: Why are defenders leaving their assignments?

This is making the game nearly unplayable for me.

I'm assuming this is an issue that can easily be patched, but still. Just awful, unsound defense. I don't know why this would even be programmed in the game.

[GHOSTFACE03]

Re: Why are defenders leaving their assignments?

lol incompetence? Some of you low-post guys can't see the forest through the trees - but it is what it is.

"Lazy and incompetent"...

Hmmm, why not make an actual argument explaining why you disagree instead of using vague sayings and trying to act arrogant because of a post count(post count doesn't determine the validity of an argument BTW). Guess you really don't have much of an argument to make, "it is what it is".

Let's move on and get back to the topic at hand, shall we?

I've played around with the defensive settings and it doesn't fix this problem, it seems like this just happens randomly for no reason regardless of what settings i use. But i haven't played zone defense as much, have you guys noticed players leaving their areas for no reason in zone?

[ekferio]

Re: Why are defenders leaving their assignments?

You can make the on-ball/off-ball adjustments as well as defensive assignments before tip off. Adjusting defensive pressure and help defense I usually adjust in timeouts in coach's profile so I don't have to pause the game.

I know how to adjust them. I was saying the settings won't save for long after I change them. They will stick for a while, but the game changes them automatically. If I set double team to "never", it might change to "always" itself later on.

[spankdatazz22]

Re: Why are defenders leaving their assignments?

Hmmm, why not make an actual argument explaining why you disagree instead of using vague sayings and trying to act arrogant because of a post count(post count doesn't determine the validity of an argument BTW). Guess you really don't have much of an argument to make, "it is what it is".

Just to answer your question: I never disagreed that there is/isn't a problem. When I initially started playing the game I too was surprised at how much defenders attempted to help, leaving the man they were watching. But as I played more/learned more/used the in-game adjustments more it's been less of an issue. For me. Not saying that others don't have a valid argument; I'm sure there are a lot of factors that play into it. I simply disagreed with your labeling 2K's effort as lazy, then disagreed with you inferring they were incompetent.

[RedmanR]

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I know how to adjust them. I was saying the settings won't save for long after I change them. They will stick for a while, but the game changes them automatically. If I set double team to "never", it might change to "always" itself later on.

I will check them out next game for I have never noticed this happening.

[nova91]

Re: Why are defenders leaving their assignments?

This is making the game nearly unplayable for me.

I'm assuming this is an issue that can easily be patched, but still. Just awful, unsound defense. I don't know why this would even be programmed in the game.

As an avid basketball player I just can't understand how people can except this game as an accurate simulation.

[Pared]

Re: Why are defenders leaving their assignments?

...something not working the way it should. . .for 3 years. When a game is having some of the same problems it had 3 years ago what would you call it?
but im getting tired of seeing the same problems year after year with no effort to fix them.

You see I'm just as annoyed as the next guy but this is an ignorant statement. If you've been following the game for as long as you say you have you'd know you're talking out the wrong end here.

This wasn't a problem last year once it was patched. In what way does that constitute "no effort?" Should you just ignore all the attempts to give the user control this year on defense? The modification of some control schemes to eliminate the "cheese" people experience head to head?

I would say that there is no effort to fix some of the problems, otherwise they wouldn't be here for 3 years now would they?

Again - you're confusing an oversight with effort. Being someone so "new" here I'd suggest you try to analyze your comments a bit more thoroughly before making them because you're severely off the mark.

As an avid basketball player I just can't understand how people can except this game as an accurate simulation.

You're stretching things a bit. Like the previous poster - I'm just as bothered by things like this as you guys but you seriously take things a bit too far.

If it bothers you that much, move on instead of posting about it in the forums day in and day out and how you "can't believe they would do something like this."

[ManiacMatt1782]

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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...

Someone missed the sarcastic joke.

[jolson88]

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Is there any way to make these changes in My Player mode though? Perhaps I just missed it. I would love to make these changes to help out, but I thought I was just "stuck with it" in My Player. And it's starting to make the game less enjoyable for me (not to the point of not playing, just perhaps "exciting" instead of "thrilling" :P).

Based on my observations in My Player, I think these problems are the largest cause of the 3pt shooting % being too high. I would expect a lot of shooters in the NBA to be able to nail a wide open 3pt jumper. Of course, then there are the times when the CPU is nailing contested 3pters and Manu can't even hit the rim on a wide open 3pter. Really?

I've even stopped getting frustrated at guys nailing wide open 3pters off of effective screens, because that's just basketball. But when the defense slacks off like this is just adding insult to injury .

[Vni]

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What's wierd is that there are games where it won't happen and some others where your SG will leave bellinelli wide open for 3 like 10 times. I have not figured it out yet as I always manually set my defense before the game starts.