Pogo Stick & Intimidator Badges

[ItchyNscratchy]

Pogo stick should’ve never even been in this game it just rewards bad defenders that spam block triangle once anybody is inside the paint.

[3ShowTime2]

Agree, Pogo is a big ****ing joke, Intimidator is just badly implemented. It shows once again that 2k doesnt test their game. Both problems should have been discovered through testing before release. Or they dont give a **** about it...


Chase down is in the same catgeory, should never be in the game the way it works.



Other badges purely exist to help bad players become better...Cannot green a shot to save your life? Flexible Release is there for you. Problems timing layups? Pro Touch got you covered.


It was all to be expected when the number of badges increased this drastically with 2k20. 2k is absolutely terrible at balancing anything...

[tru11]

Quote: Originally Posted by 3ShowTime2

Agree, Pogo is a big ****ing joke, Intimidator is just badly implemented. It shows once again that 2k doesnt test their game. Both problems should have been discovered through testing before release. Or they dont give a **** about it... Chase down is in the same catgeory, should never be in the game the way it works. Other badges purely exist to help bad players become better...Cannot green a shot to save your life? Flexible Release is there for you. Problems timing layups? Pro Touch got you covered. It was all to be expected when the number of badges increased this drastically with 2k20. 2k is absolutely terrible at balancing anything...

pro touch is for people that are good with the timing of the lay up.
consistent finisher is for those that struggle although its there to make up for an adjusted release based on the defense as well.

[3ShowTime2]

Quote: Originally Posted by tru11

pro touch is for people that are good with the timing of the lay up. consistent finisher is for those that struggle although its there to make up for an adjusted release based on the defense as well.

Jup thx, couldnt remember if it was pro touch or consistent f.

[Kushmir]

Waaaaay past time we had this convo. A defender in the vicinity affecting your shot simply cant be a thing...they have to contest or do Hands Up. SOMETHING. Pogo Stick? Not even gonna touch that...its a HORRIBLE mechanic on the level of green releases.

Missed Blocks affecting shot success is just as bad. Now does Right Stick Contesting need to be more dynamic? SURE. I've been on that soapbox for awhile....but blocks are an ALL or NOTHING proposition.

Quote: Originally Posted by loso_34

If you’ve read 2k reddit and twitter this was going to happen. Bigs were whining all year because they were still playing defense like 2k19. They believe hands up defense should be a strong contest to sum up their complaints they wanted paint defense easier and this is how 2k went about it.

That we're still having a convo about people spamming block and it being effective is just wild. I'm simply not interested in a Next Gen game that doesn't have a core Risk/Reward foundation. If you mistime a block your momentum either takes you out of the play or you're whistled. NO MORE NEUTRAL OUTCOMES. Watch below as Grant and Porter Jr (two of the most athletic players in the league) fall for the williams pump fake: Neither get a second jump because that simply isn't how momentum works--moreso its just horrible balance...especially in H2H. No true competitive game can constantly put one user in No Win Scenarios while the other gets to SPAM.

The real benefit of Hands Up has that it SHOULD allow us to Crowd pump faking or static/idle players and that SHOULD draw charges on out of control players but as many have said here, it should be the defensive option that affects a normal shot the least.

[Goffs]

Quote: Originally Posted by tru11

pro touch is for people that are good with the timing of the lay up. consistent finisher is for those that struggle although its there to make up for an adjusted release based on the defense as well.

I suck at layup timing with my big. Guess I should put pro touch onto something else.

As for pogo stick...I guess it depends on that strength and jump height choices. I went for all strength with like a 40 vert. I find pogo stick useless with this build. Hell going all strength was a waste to me as well and I regret picking it. I should've picked vertical instead then pogo stick would be more usefull.

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[EarvGotti]

Pogo Stick can go but i actually love that Intimidator badge. 2K has always heavily favored offense in the past....its about time things balance out on the defensive end.

Instead of going to the rim against a player that is known to be a good defensive player, you should think twice and maybe shoot a pullup/floater instead? Chess man. You can't have chess when one side of the ball(offense) is favored way more than the other side.

[MakePostGreatAgain]

Quote: Originally Posted by loso_34

If you’ve read 2k reddit and twitter this was going to happen. Bigs were whining all year because they were still playing defense like 2k19. They believe hands up defense should be a strong contest to sum up their complaints they wanted paint defense easier and this is how 2k went about it.

If im in front of my man and time the hands up it should be a good contest.

If I am on the other side of the rim when he goes up, it should be 2 points almost every time