"If it ain't broke, DO NOT FIX IT..."

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Re: "If it ain't broke, DO NOT FIX IT..."

Yup, it's going to take a while to "unlearn" past basketball video game strategy (not just 2K either, pretty much every video game before this).

I mentioned this before but in the past you could almost always just look at where your teammates were running/cutting and if they were open you could hit them. In Live 10 you have to do read the defense before whipping a pass to him, it's more along the lines of passing in a football video game. A lot of "underneath linebackers" are picking off passes in Live 10. It's awesome to finally have though, nice and realistic.

[Stumbleweed]

Re: "If it ain't broke, DO NOT FIX IT..."

Agreed on the passing in general. My only issue is that Freestyle passing (beyond being just as unreliable as standard A button passing thanks to the RS directionality and the fact that there are often multiple players in the same RS 'quadrant') is that it too often does fancy passes when a regular pass would've gotten through. If I'm moving the ball around the perimeter, there's no need to go behind-the-back to hit a man standing 5 feet away, but I've had that happen when using Freestyle passing and it caused a turnover.

Just seems like it needs a little tuning to give regular snappy passes in those stationary situations and more complicated passes when on the move, passing at strange angles, etc. I know it was initially meant as a fancy pass mechanic, so I think a lot of that is left over... it would suit it best to limit the fancy passes unless you're moving and/or holding RT.

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too often does fancy passes when a regular pass would've gotten through. If I'm moving the ball around the perimeter, there's no need to go behind-the-back to hit a man standing 5 feet away, but I've had that happen when using Freestyle passing and it caused a turnover.

Def agree with this, it would be great if this was tied into the difficulty level like the amount of dunks. On lower levels freestyle passing gives you a lot of fancy passes but on Superstar it's pretty much the basics with one or two fancy passes per game.

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Re: "If it ain't broke, DO NOT FIX IT..."

Tthats the beauty of the passing this year, you have more than one option and that's not the way you really want to play. Its not an abusive mechanic.

That said

http://www.easports.com/blogs/nbalive/inthepaint/post/slug/passing-controls

That blog is where he shows the passing for the guys who dont remember.