Did they adjust gameplay again with latest update?

[Calvenn]

Just downloaded latest update and immediately could tell that something was changed. I was winning the game without really trying compared to last night and was hitting a much higher amount of long and mid range shots! This is with modified defensive settings. So, immediately I thought they must have loosened up the game due to complaints about difficulty of making shots. Therefore I switched back to default defensive settings on Superstar and sure enough I am hitting a higher amount of shots. Defense appears less intense and steals have become much easier! Not sure if I like this so will play a few more games to get a good feel for it.

Please confirm what you all are witnessing after the update! Hope this game does not become too easy again

[WTF]

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Definitely not too easy. I had a time putting away the Wolves with the Cavs. I think it's a great balance. As long as you have your foul sliders up, stealing isn't as easy.

[Calvenn]

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I'm still in testing mode so will report more later. You can confirm changes were made then, good. At least I'm not loosing my mind . I sure hope the cpu puts up a challenge like you say, sounds promising. I'm comparing against my defensive settings ( vs default ) and that allowed for more mid range shooting from the cpu. Can you say that was the case vs the Wolves or were points concentrated in the paint again? Cavs getting a challenge from the Wolves does sound promising though! Stay tuned for my feedback on this.

[Calvenn]

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Btw, I have actually had the foul Sliders allthe way up from day one. I also play with Baseline Low and that may explain why I get so many steals even with players who have no business doing so.

[zrohman]

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I'm still in testing mode so will report more later. You can confirm changes were made then, good. At least I'm not loosing my mind . I sure hope the cpu puts up a challenge like you say, sounds promising. I'm comparing against my defensive settings ( vs default ) and that allowed for more mid range shooting from the cpu. Can you say that was the case vs the Wolves or were points concentrated in the paint again? Cavs getting a challenge from the Wolves does sound promising though! Stay tuned for my feedback on this.

That's a really big problem. They release updates without letting us know what they are for. They never seem to put notes in. They did it for the first patch, ever since then it just refers to their online site. To my knowledge these smaller updates aren't even posted online with notes

[zrohman]

Re: Did they adjust gameplay again with latest update?

Definitely not too easy. I had a time putting away the Wolves with the Cavs. I think it's a great balance. As long as you have your foul sliders up, stealing isn't as easy.

Can you confirm that they made shooting a little easier?

[ThaLiveKing]

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They did make the shooting easier, I noticed that yesterday

[Calvenn]

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WTF, also what was the fg% for both team?.As indicated by ThaLiveKing was the adjustment made yesterday and if so do your new videos reflect this or were they recorded before the update?

Also, have you all noticed an inordinate or uncomfortable amount of passes bounces off players heads, etc? I saw it on occasion previously but far too frequent now. So far game seems ok. Going to test in Dynasty for more observation!

[WTF]

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49% for the Wolves, 46% for me. 5/12 from 3, only 28 pip for me.

[bigeastbumrush]

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Played with the 12/23 update.

Don't think they updated human FG shooting.

But what I do think they changed FT shooting. The releases are coming up as late. I thought it was just me at first.

But then the CPU shot an airball from the FT line

They definitely changed something there.

I think they also adjusted passing.

On multiple occasions, the CPU threw the ball to no one. Straight out of bounds.

Again, no patch notes. But those are the areas that I noticed changes.

[The 24th Letter]

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Didn't notice any difference in game play...

[Calvenn]

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I also noticed the out of bounds passes, more interceptions, free throw changes, some new animations, etc after third patch.

[Calvenn]

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Ok played a few games in Dynasty and game is definitely playing better. I may be late to the party and these changes may have occurred yesterday or earlier for allI know because I was mainly focused on playing the game on All Star or with my defensive modifications. In Dynasty I'm definitely getting a good challenge Wiz vs Wolves ( btw they finally darkened Wolves black unis nice!) . Also played against Clips and saw a few mid range shots made mainly from Paul and a long range 2 from Farmar. The other mid range shots were easily guarded or contested and therefore missed.

Definite emphasis in paint scoring but I've gotta admit its looking better. I am very familiar with my team and was able to hit mid and long range at higher frequency. I'm intrigued! More to come.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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I will say tonight, the CPU is attempting TOO MANY long passes and they are getting intercepted. Long passes would be acceptable if it wasn't in a crowded area. They also seem to be dunk in traffic happy now. Problem with that is they are doing it with players who couldn't do that in real life.

FG% is still way too low for the USER team star players. However with the Cavs, they seem to hit more long distance shots then any other team I played with since the patch. But I am seeing Lebron missing mid range jumpers way too much that I know for a fact he would make in real life.

EA really needs to tone down that contested and guarded penalty on User shots. Makes no sense you get a great release and get bricks. So far I have more intercepted passes from the CPU then I had since day 1 of owning this game.

[Calvenn]

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Damn guys, I don't know what to say. We all clearly have different playing styles so obviously it would be nice if we had Sliders or the option to edit. Unfortunately no word on if that will be possible this year! I sure hope they will do everything in their power to bring this wish to reality!

Now that I have said this, and I'm shocked with what I'm about to say (keep in mind I created a thread and came up with defensive settings in order to find more balance in scoring post 2nd patch) after my 3rd game in Dynasty I'm excited again with default setting on Superstar. The game played so well I had to in fact double check to make sure I was not