Finally figured out why I was struggling in MTO

[tt500]

It cud be the input lag when using the button compared to the stick, my Internet isn't the greatest so I do experience getting more shots using the stick compared to using the button. It's weird since I get green releases often on open shots offline but online the button shots timing is so different to me. The stick does seem more forgiving, so I do agree with the OP. It could just be our Internet so those with faster connections wouldn't know.

[billiethetree]

Quote: Originally Posted by tt500

It cud be the input lag when using the button compared to the stick, my Internet isn't the greatest so I do experience getting more shots using the stick compared to using the button. It's weird since I get green releases often on open shots offline but online the button shots timing is so different to me. The stick does seem more forgiving, so I do agree with the OP. It could just be our Internet so those with faster connections wouldn't know.

That may be the case, my internet is not the best and originally when wondering why others were seemingly hitting a higher percentage of open looks I assumed it was because I was experiencing lag that they weren't.

[Foldzy]

are you guys using the 2k cam? I don't find much difference between the button and the stick, but when I switched from broadcast to 2k cam my percentages went way up.

[billiethetree]

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt_1979

I'm a square user too. How difficult was it to stick to using the Right stick??

I'm still not used to it and it's definitely gonna take some time, but it actually seems doable now. You just have to really set yourself to switching over and accept that you'll have some bad misses.

[Offballer4life]

Quote: Originally Posted by Foldzy

are you guys using the 2k cam? I don't find much difference between the button and the stick, but when I switched from broadcast to 2k cam my percentages went way up.

I've been using 2k for years, but last year switched to 2k Wire. Better view of the full court when necessary imo

[Ball2Win3]

Quote: Originally Posted by billiethetree

So I'm not the best player, but I made it to the Ruby league no problem but then missed the cutoff by 1 game to stay and got dropped back down. I was frustrated because while some of the teams I played beat me straight up, I had a lot of close games that felt like they came down to my guys just not making open shots and the other team hitting all kinds of junk. In fact, it felt like I could never take a contested shot ever and still missed a good portion of the open ones. Well, I think I figured out the problem and it was definitely using square to shoot. This may seem obvious to some, but I've never felt comfortable shooting with the pro stick as square has been shoot to me for like a decade. I knew that you got a slight shooting boost for doing it right, but I figured that would be negated by my not being able to pull straight down and by the turnovers created from confusing my shots with dribble moves. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. I just played a game online where I said **** it, and it was like night and day. I was hitting contested shots, nailed most of my open jumpers and it felt like even when I messed up the stick release or got a bad timing they would still go in at a higher rate than square shots that barely missed being green. I know it was only one game, but it was so obvious a difference it was a hallelujah moment. I'm not expecting this to take me on a romp of the diamond league, but at least now I should be able to comfortably beat opponents I should beat rather than having every game be a nail biter. So this is your PSA to anyone making the same mistake I was making. Do NOT use square to shoot, it's a huge disadvantage (in my experience, apparently others disagree so take it for what it's worth).

Like you, I'm not the best player at 2k but I have discovered the shot stick is much more useful for me then square now. I had a game today where I accidentally set the Pro Stick to "Dribble moves only" and I struggled badly. I was able to pull out the win cuz I have found a defensive setting that works online.

Good luck in getting use to shot stick it took me bout two weeks to truly figure it out


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[billiethetree]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ball2Win3

Like you, I'm not the best player at 2k but I have discovered the shot stick is much more useful for me then square now. I had a game today where I accidentally set the Pro Stick to "Dribble moves only" and I struggled badly. I was able to pull out the win cuz I have found a defensive setting that works online. Good luck in getting use to shot stick it took me bout two weeks to truly figure it out Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mind sharing your D settings?

[Matt_1979]

Quote: Originally Posted by billiethetree

Mind sharing your D settings?

And with me please :-)