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  • popo324
    Banned
    • Jun 2009
    • 70

    #1

    Please Improve Online Team Play

    Online Team Play Improvements:
    (I hope developers make these changes before elite 12 ships)
    1)Pre Select in OTP Lobby.

    Instead of having players quit while in this lobby (picture below) because they can't get the position that they want...


    ...just let everyone pick a position while they're in this lobby(picture below). It will be a first come first serve basis, which means that the captains (red) get to choose they're desired position first, blue picks second, green picks third, yellow picks fourth, & baby blue picks last. This is a lot better because if the last person who joins doesn't like the position thats available, then they can quit without making everyone else quit.


    As you can see by the color coded arrows in the picture below, each user can change their own players. (example, just imagine that the picture below is related to the ones above, dekkerS (red color) can replace Steve Nash with Goran Dragic, but cannot replace the other positions)



    2)Player Identification.
    During gameplay, you can hold the d-pad (up) so that every player's gamertag/psn ID will appear above their virtual players' head (See picture below). [so that you'll know who your playing with and you can add them after the game]



    3) Remove Auto Subs
    Basically, nobody wants to play as two different players. (this is a must, heres a link explaining why: http://forum.ea.com/eaforum/posts/li...4.page#4285560 )

    4)No More Pauses!
    When you press the start button in a multiplayer game like CoD online, the game doesn't pause for everyone else, so same thing should apply here.

    To sub your own player during gameplay (without pausing), you can press down on the d-pad to open mini substitution menu... (Imagine your playing as the Center Brook Lopez)


    ...and then press the left and right d-pad to choose another player off the bench for their respective position or secondary position. (so you won't be able to sub in someone like Devin Harris at Center position)


    and if you want to quit the game, press start button and the quit menu will come up without interrupting other players.


    5) Add Vote Kick System

    Self explanatory.
    Last edited by popo324; 01-03-2011, 09:23 PM.
  • Ermolli
    MVP
    • Jul 2009
    • 3315

    #2
    Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

    Great post. Good ideas but I don't know if there's enough time to do that for Elite 11

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    • mrclutch
      MVP
      • Nov 2008
      • 2369

      #3
      Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

      Originally posted by Ermolli
      Great post. Good ideas but I don't know if there's enough time to do that for Elite 11

      I really liked the ideas here. #1 is the one you need the most but I liked them all.
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      • RayDog253
        Pro
        • Jul 2009
        • 984

        #4
        Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

        Yeah these are a must, hopefully they have improved OTP already.
        ..::Not changing this until Seattle gets another NBA team::..

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        • ILLSmak
          MVP
          • Sep 2008
          • 2397

          #5
          Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

          The kick button is essential, I think. There should also be an addition to have a room where you can only enter if you have a mic.

          As for the pre-select, I don't know if that's so important. Obviously it's lame when people leave when they don't get the player they wanted, but you know what? From playing tons and tons of Live I've realized nobody who is skilled or is an actually mature person does that quitting at the select screen. It would be nice to see but it's not a priority.

          As for pausing, I don't agree. Remember when you could have the computer play defense for you if you didn't touch your controller when the ball was inbounded? It'd be nice to see a pause feature like that. So that if I had to go to the bathroom or someone was at my door or i just spilled a drink in my lap... then I could put my player on 'auto' for awhile so that the game wouldn't mess up, but I could have a chance to tend to 'real life' for a moment. And my teammates could continue on with the game.

          Also would like to see a DNF% for OTP. They keep it for 1v1 but not for OTP. While it's usually a good indicator of people who will quit if they have a high 1v1 DNF, there are still people that quit and have 0% DNF because they never played 1v1. Or they have 100% DNF because they played 1 1v1 game and quit, but they never quit in OTP.

          -Smak

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          • popo324
            Banned
            • Jun 2009
            • 70

            #6
            Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

            Originally posted by ILLSmak
            The kick button is essential, I think. There should also be an addition to have a room where you can only enter if you have a mic.

            As for the pre-select, I don't know if that's so important. Obviously it's lame when people leave when they don't get the player they wanted, but you know what? From playing tons and tons of Live I've realized nobody who is skilled or is an actually mature person does that quitting at the select screen. It would be nice to see but it's not a priority.

            As for pausing, I don't agree. Remember when you could have the computer play defense for you if you didn't touch your controller when the ball was inbounded? It'd be nice to see a pause feature like that. So that if I had to go to the bathroom or someone was at my door or i just spilled a drink in my lap... then I could put my player on 'auto' for awhile so that the game wouldn't mess up, but I could have a chance to tend to 'real life' for a moment. And my teammates could continue on with the game.

            Also would like to see a DNF% for OTP. They keep it for 1v1 but not for OTP. While it's usually a good indicator of people who will quit if they have a high 1v1 DNF, there are still people that quit and have 0% DNF because they never played 1v1. Or they have 100% DNF because they played 1 1v1 game and quit, but they never quit in OTP.

            -Smak
            I see what you mean about the auto play, it's very similar to a feature in left for dead game, but people will abuse it like crazy in elite because they can't play good enough defense during 4th qtr or something liek that.

            and lets be real, I'm pretty sure that all these situations won't be happening every 2-5 minutes or very often.

            I agree, the DNF can be very misleading in OTP. I would be impressed if they introduced ranked games with stats for OTP.

            Last edited by popo324; 08-03-2010, 02:15 AM.

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            • bigball12
              MVP
              • Apr 2006
              • 1702

              #7
              Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

              Finally a thread dedicated to this topic. I only play OTP, and all of these features need to be implemented for a full, fun experience! I have received 100% confirmation that they will remove auto-subs, and add the All-Star teams again.

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              • ILLSmak
                MVP
                • Sep 2008
                • 2397

                #8
                Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

                Originally posted by popo324
                I see what you mean about the auto play, it's very similar to a feature in left for dead game, but people will abuse it like crazy in elite because they can't play good enough defense during 4th qtr or something liek that.

                and lets be real, I'm pretty sure that all these situations won't be happening every 2-5 minutes or very often.

                I agree, the DNF can be very misleading in OTP. I would be impressed if they introduced ranked games with stats for OTP.

                Nice color themed reply. lol.

                I know people abused that, but anyone who is good should know how to 'abuse' the computer. If you want no pause there should be some sort of way to hold a gamer over who has to go afk. After all, if you put down your controller and it kicks you out of the game, it's the same effect except for the whole game. They could maybe limit it so the computer wasn't playing all the time, but I think two pauses a game that give you a chance to handle any problems would be good.

                -Smak

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                • tomzenns
                  Banned
                  • Oct 2009
                  • 220

                  #9
                  Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

                  this is an amazing post. It is pretty much everything that 2k does in their game with online play, but I agree for this it would be 100 times better.

                  I think if we don't see the bumped up online stuff this year...we will def see it next year. Especially with the new NHL11 online mode this year. Wow. Honestly it is perfect, and I hope that comes to this game eventually.

                  Either way, with all the control change ups, and most importantly for me, real time physics, the game will be amazing. I love the shot meter. Actually having to have the skill to hit shots, its going to be awesome.

                  But I agree, everything you mentioned and suggested would make online so much better, and it all makes sense. Good post.

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                  • popo324
                    Banned
                    • Jun 2009
                    • 70

                    #10
                    Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

                    Why was my thread moved here? I'm not trying to set up a league or anything.

                    It be nice to have it moved back to elite forum, so that it can get more exposure.

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                    • bigball12
                      MVP
                      • Apr 2006
                      • 1702

                      #11
                      Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

                      This is the best topic on Elite 11. Shame it got moved to the 'Online' section. Can this get moved back tot he main for the Devs to see?

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                      • Steve_OS
                        Editor-in-Chief
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 33903

                        #12
                        Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

                        Moved back, must have been a mistake.
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                        • popo324
                          Banned
                          • Jun 2009
                          • 70

                          #13
                          Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

                          Originally posted by Steve_OS
                          Moved back, must have been a mistake.
                          Thanks!!!

                          Originally posted by ILLSmak
                          Nice color themed reply. lol.

                          I know people abused that, but anyone who is good should know how to 'abuse' the computer. If you want no pause there should be some sort of way to hold a gamer over who has to go afk. After all, if you put down your controller and it kicks you out of the game, it's the same effect except for the whole game. They could maybe limit it so the computer wasn't playing all the time, but I think two pauses a game that give you a chance to handle any problems would be good.

                          -Smak
                          lol thanks. It's easier to follow.

                          Anyways, I just thought of another solution that can help solve the problem of players being away from their controllers temporarily.

                          I mean, since currently in Live 10, any player can call a timeout... might as well let the players in Elite 11 use the timeout to handle any problems that they may have away from their controller.

                          So after a timeout is called, every player can 'check up' or 'ready up' (by pressing the A/X button) in order to get back on the court before the timeout timer runs out.
                          Last edited by popo324; 08-08-2010, 01:16 PM.

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                          • ILLSmak
                            MVP
                            • Sep 2008
                            • 2397

                            #14
                            Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

                            But other than getting rid of pause dunks (which are hilarious at the right moment...) the timeout thing seems to be about the same issue as the pausing . Sure everyone can ready up faster, but it's still one person holding up the whole gameplay. Plus people tend to be passive aggressive and i could see someone making you wait through every time out.

                            They need to also fix the calling timeouts/intentional foul thing so that you can't do it over and over. Too many timeouts should = auto loss and too many intentional fouls, too.

                            -Smak

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                            • pies
                              Rookie
                              • Aug 2008
                              • 110

                              #15
                              Re: Please Improve Online Team Play

                              you have some good things here, but I personally like auto subbing makes it more realistic

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