MyTeam online feels painfully similiar to 2k15 patch 4.

[Cowboyfan_19]

I'm at my boiling point with the insane amount of 3's that can be made on a consistent basis. I'm facing an absolute scrub who I'm dominating in every aspect of basketball imaginable, but his 14 of 20 three point shooting ended up beating me like 76-72 or something like that. Not even the Warriors in real life are able to knock down over 70% of their 3's even if they're wide open.

Is the difficulty on rookie or something? How can I absolutely dominate in every statistical category other than 3's and still manage to lose the game? I outscored him 44-16 in the paint for goodness sake!

[fawe4]

Who do you have guarding the shooters?

I'm crap at shooting 3's, but I'm also fairly good at defending them usually. Matchups matter, and lag matters even more. On high lag games, my defence is non existent. AI will be outplayed on truly simple screens and runins, so no matter what I would do opponent will get open 3s. I'll ether play it through accept the loss, or just quit and eat the penalty. Lag is by far the biggest problem online.

[Cowboyfan_19]

Quote: Originally Posted by fawe4

Who do you have guarding the shooters? I'm crap at shooting 3's, but I'm also fairly good at defending them usually. Matchups matter, and lag matters even more. On high lag games, my defence is non existent. AI will be outplayed on truly simple screens and runins, so no matter what I would do opponent will get open 3s. I'll ether play it through accept the loss, or just quit and eat the penalty. Lag is by far the biggest problem online.

Lag is the biggest issue by far, but it's still no excuse for the high % of 3's that go in for these guys. I'll be honest, I have to play off ball D a lot so that I can play help D because the lag is so bad I can't stay in front of my man w/ the ball. Also doesn't help that help D is broken as well. Contested shots go in at a ridiculous high rate in this game too.

So a combination of a lot of little things pile up and turn into 3 point barrages in the long run.

[Biaxident]

I'm in the Ruby league and contesting 3s has a bit more effect. I believe starting at Ruby the game is on All-Star and then after on Superstar.

The difficulty being set on Pro in the early leagues really makes the game arcade and defense very difficult. And even after, it seems that on-ball defense has taken a step back this year in terms of online delay and general responsiveness. Lateral movement favors the offense and with the broken help defense it can be near impossible to stop open 3s at times. Even when you get there, you often will get called for a bogus touch shooting foul.

It's a shame because a majority of players resort to offball which is way overpowered with these factors.

[Biaxident]

Apparently there is another patch coming in the middle of the night that will lower contested shot %s a bit too.

[thormessiah]

I await the patch eagerly to blow out whatever noob attempts to 3 point cheese me

[kabamaru]

I dag up this old thread to confirm. Currently, is even worse than start of the game

MyTeam looks a lot like patch 4 of NBA2k15

All players have really generous 3 ratings
Lebron 84, Wall 84, Wade 80. Cousins 83. Basically any player can shoot the 3 in this game

Combined with Catch&shoot & corner specialist badges the game is a nighmare

Unforunately to counter it, more and more players play deny all, which is completely unrealistic as well.

However a tactic with a speedy PG and C and 3 shooters, playing half-court inbound turbo and drive to the paint to pass to your center or dime to a 3pt shooter in less than 5 seconds offense is one of the most viable tactics

[Cowboyfan_19]

Quote: Originally Posted by kabamaru

I dag up this old thread to confirm. Currently, is even worse than start of the game MyTeam looks a lot like patch 4 of NBA2k15 All players have really generous 3 ratings Lebron 84, Wall 84, Wade 80. Cousins 83. Basically any player can shoot the 3 in this game Combined with Catch&shoot & corner specialist badges the game is a nighmare Unforunately to counter it, more and more players play deny all, which is completely unrealistic as well. However a tactic with a speedy PG and C and 3 shooters, playing half-court inbound turbo and drive to the paint to pass to your center or dime to a 3pt shooter in less than 5 seconds offense is one of the most viable tactics

Well thanks for bringing this topic back up, I've got some new things I'd like pointed out.

1. Turboing all game is STILL not being punished enough. It's at the point to where I'm only losing games against guys who are "blacktop die-hards" and only know the arcadey / NBA Jam style of play, and 2k rewards them for it. It's a basic strategy of beating the slow CPU off the dribble and forcing the defense to collapse, and I know this is coming, but I'm only 1 human with 4 cpu teammates to control.

2. Losing the ball on offense has become a MAJOR issue compared to what it was earlier in the year. I can't play post-up offense without fearing for my life that the ball will be stolen.

3. Plays take FFFFOOOORRRRREEEEVVVEEEEERRRRRR to set up. I'm loving my current playbook offline & have plays memorized for each player, but half of them are useless because they take up 20 of the 24 seconds of shot clock just to complete.

Other than those few issues, I've actually been enjoying MyTeam online thus far. I'm trying to hustle currently through the 2nd prestige Diamond league and then PD league to prestige one more time over again to get Duncan, because I KNOW FOR A FACT, that MTO will only become harder as more BS game-breaking cards become available. Because mark my words: Once the diamonds & Pink diamond cards become easily available, it'll be a game of animations rather than a game of skill.