Unstoppable shooters

[bkprince23]

TL;DR: This is a rant.

Long time member that doesn't post much, looked through the forums and didn't find anything that matched this complaint of mine.

Was playing some Live run yesterday with a friend of mine, we're both just starting the game after playing Live 18 for some time so we're not new to this. We went against some high ranked guys and the game was going great, that was until this stretch 4 hits 23 three pointers! I know what people will say, well were you playing D. The answer is yes. This guy was triple team just pulling up from half court draining these things. He had the shooter traits on, and I was wondering if anyone has run into this before. Is there anything that can be done or is the green light just an unstoppable force?

[ILLSmak]

Re: Unstoppable shooters

TL;DR: This is a rant.

Long time member that doesn't post much, looked through the forums and didn't find anything that matched this complaint of mine.

Was playing some Live run yesterday with a friend of mine, we're both just starting the game after playing Live 18 for some time so we're not new to this. We went against some high ranked guys and the game was going great, that was until this stretch 4 hits 23 three pointers! I know what people will say, well were you playing D. The answer is yes. This guy was triple team just pulling up from half court draining these things. He had the shooter traits on, and I was wondering if anyone has run into this before. Is there anything that can be done or is the green light just an unstoppable force?

Hands up isn't enough. U gotta jump or push into them. Gotta be in the right spot. It's hard. Once they get hot it's harder. I dunno if it's stoppable but hands up contest means nothing to people who can fill the meter. The way to get them to miss is to impact the shot. But can be tough w picks n wiggles


Never seen from half court tho hm.



-Smak

[dasunsrule32]

Re: Unstoppable shooters

Hands up isn't enough. U gotta jump or push into them. Gotta be in the right spot. It's hard. Once they get hot it's harder. I dunno if it's stoppable but hands up contest means nothing to people who can fill the meter. The way to get them to miss is to impact the shot. But can be tough w picks n wiggles


Never seen from half court tho hm.



-Smak

Yep, learn the new jostle moves. You stay glued to the offensive player. It's in the tutorial menu. :-)

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[El_Poopador]

Re: Unstoppable shooters

Do you have any videos? Posts like this almost beg for examples so we can see exactly what's happening.


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[ILLSmak]

Re: Unstoppable shooters

Can't stress that hands up does affect their meter but not that much. They basically can't green if you contest. Larry bird has a buff that adds to him being open (can't wait to unlock and shoot in people's grill), and there is a trait where you get a boost to shooting if you shoot it instantly after the catch. I've played vs Shooters on my big and been right there while they hit ever shot. Just tap jump even I think would be enough. Contest isn't unless you can push into them. Kinda a chess match but would be easier without zig zag. You can close distance tho with a good jump as long as you're not falling on your back.



-Smak

[coachcolbert]

Re: Unstoppable shooters

gotta beatem up so he cant get open.

literally hold shooters everywhere they go. if theyre good , theyll know how to get away from you and it will make for a good cat and mouse. if theyre not, youll have fun watching them get frustrated lol

[mavs3441]

Re: Unstoppable shooters

Augh. That damn step back 3 pointer.

[dasunsrule32]

Re: Unstoppable shooters

Do you have any videos? Posts like this almost beg for examples so we can see exactly what's happening.


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I'm not a video person haha! I'd suggest going into the drills menu it's one of the last ones. It will teach you how to hold and be physical with shooters. :-)

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[mrclutch]

Re: Unstoppable shooters

OP probably exaggerated a little but the shooting is way to good/easy currently. Jones it’s the same on post offense. I play a rim protector a lot and I almost never miss. Something certainly needs to change if the game is going to be played long term.

[coachcolbert]

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Bruh, a shooter just dropped 83pts on me. OMG so ashamed lol.

[ILLSmak]

Re: Unstoppable shooters

Bruh, a shooter just dropped 83pts on me. OMG so ashamed lol.

You? I can't believe it. Haha


But Yea it's not exaggerated. I haven't gotten my teeth into perimeter Def vs really good people re: shooting inside is also easy, but I know how to make people miss inside. It's harder outside with wiggling Shooters tho. What I would do assuming I had my 6 4 pip is press him. I would try to steal passes to him. The thing you realize after playing online is Yea a lot of people are really good at one thing. Some are even nearly unstoppable with it.


Back when I was playing live 05 and 06 online, when I literally thought I could beat anyone and did beat a lot of people. Demolished them, we'd have 5 min games where we made almost every shot (vs the best of the best.) The way I would play is play them looser at first and then see what they wanna do, keep tightening up, know you're not gonna stop them every time and don't get discouraged. Bump them one time when they aren't expecting it and they might get thrown off. Get in their head. Get those few key stops when they get complacent. It's not always going to get you a w, and it's one of the reasons I dislike 21 cuz there isn't enough time to slowly choke someone out. And of course you gotta keep going back at them just as hard.



Shooting is op... Hmm maybe. Inside shooting Def is not. You can actually stop an inside guy with a non defensive big, but I dunno if you can stop a good shooter without a defender. I've not had a chance to try. The zig zag is a bigger issue tho. In 3v3 since there are no reach fouls you can just take it from them.



But remember they are doing repetitive movements. Like something muscle memory. They probably aren't reading and reacting other than to know when they are open enough to shoot. So all those things together and you can't stop a good one, but you should be able to get key stops for the win.



Keep ya head up. I'll have my boy kobe call you up. Haha


-Smak

[bkprince23]

Re: Unstoppable shooters

Do you have any videos? Posts like this almost beg for examples so we can see exactly what's happening.


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I don't! :-( that was on me, I was just over it. But man it was enough to have me post which is something I rarely do.

[bkprince23]

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Yea out CPU was guarding him so I would run over to him the CPU wouldn't switch fast enough but it really didn't matter. I wish I recorded these shots, I hate calling out anyone for cheating but you really had to see it to believe it. The shots he missed were the actual open shots.

[bkprince23]

Re: Unstoppable shooters

I know it sounds unbelievable, this is the first time I've experienced this. I only play Live really to play in the Live events and do Live Run (something 2k needs to steal) either this guy has the best jump shot animation in the game or this particular game was broken. I'm not mad just wanted to know if this is a thing I should be worried about.

[The 24th Letter]

Re: Unstoppable shooters

If you've played Live Run, and seen some of these shooters ....its not unbelievable at all, lol. Had a guy on hit 18 3's yesterday, the guy on my team hit 13.

Cold world our there..