[daveberg]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoFri

prior to patch 3, rarely double teams came. wat we did (to sim) was switch the control to the opposing team (cpu) and change 'double team' from manual to auto. depending on the teams, i saw some double on catch right after cross half court jus like what u described. some double on post. yes, its a bit annoying cos it limits my one on one play at the post alot. i ran a few catch and shoot plays to free my guy. other means include using alot of triangle freelance cuts to get easy baskets. after a while, i stop switching the controls. post patch 3, cpu teams deploy double based on their defensive strategy where i believe users have no controls even were to control all 30 teams. i suspect thats the so-called ACE kicking in-effect. for sure, it came in midway. however, i have yet to encounter double team on the catch. i saw little when play against the wolves in the playoffs. when playing against the spurs, double came often when at post. u want to add in some pnr plays? best if u have kerr and kukoc to spread the floor. i notice cpu rarely double when running pnr plays. i'm on franchise, 30-team control, myleague mode. havent played the classic bulls much since patch 3. i'll try out a game or 2 tonight. keep u posted. oh, do the catch and quick turnaround jumper to negate the double team effect! its money.

Thanks for the info man - I normally have a lot of mid range and post plays in the playbook for Mike, but most of the time I run with the freelance Triangle. Problem with the doubles is that they're now negating just about every post play for MJ making it hard to get him down low for his signature fadeaways. Same as you, I find myself scoring off cuts in the triangle or PnR's on the weak side.

Quote: Originally Posted by HypoLuxa13

What are your numbers with Jordan? If you are averaging some ridiculous numbers with him, then yeah, the double probably does come every time he touches the ball. When the last patch came out, people were complaining about this in MyCareer. Their player would get doubled any time they had the ball across half court. One of the 2K Devs mentioned that each person complaining was also averaging 45 pts, 20 assists, and 15 rebounds per game, or something ridiculous along those lines, with their MyCareer player.

Yeah I hear you on that - I'm only running 7 minute quarters (So I can get those elusive end of game highlights) so I'm averaging around 26/27 ppg 4ast, 3rbs (Leading the league in scoring though, It's MJ, it would be rude not to, right?)

Just seems to be something that's crept up over the last 4 or 5 games. Maybe the ACE kicking in as mentioned above due to the Bulls being on a win streak and Jordan being their main weapon?

Dunno, clutching at straws as it wasn't really happening much before.

Sure I'll adjust - either that or MJ's assists are gonna go through the roof!