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  • leoribas3
    Rookie
    • Jul 2011
    • 409

    #1

    The Dunk Meter sucks.

    If the timing of it made sense it would be a great new addition… the dunk meter green isnt at the jump, nor when the ball is actually dunked. It feels completely random, each dunk has its own timing which is impossible to predict.

    Also, you barely get to enjoy it because youre focused on a stupid mini game, taking the excitement away of maybe the most exciting play in basketball.

    Timing on jump shots make sense and the release window also makes sense, thats why it works. You can even shoot with the shot meter off and make shots.

    But this dunk meter just sucks. Probably the worst thing about the game for me.

    Edit: we should absolutely have the option to turn it off.

    And as far as I know most of the contact dunk animations, plus flashy dunks, are tied to this meter.
    Last edited by leoribas3; 10-15-2021, 03:30 PM.
  • Scuzz
    Rookie
    • Jul 2021
    • 132

    #2
    Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

    I don't like it either. I play with Real FG% on and wish I didn't have to use the meter on dunks or alley-oops.

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    • jeffy777
      MVP
      • Jan 2009
      • 3325

      #3
      Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

      It's the worst.

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      • Mauer4MVP
        MVP
        • Mar 2010
        • 2407

        #4
        Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

        Yeah I understand that thought but you should be able to disable it

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        • BaselineBakes
          MVP
          • Dec 2006
          • 1510

          #5
          Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

          Hate it. Not sure I’ve connected on an alley oop yet.


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          • The 24th Letter
            ERA
            • Oct 2007
            • 39373

            #6
            Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

            Good idea, poor execution IMO along with the alley oop meter. It's distracting placement and odd timing is what makes it frustrating for some.

            Wouldnt mind it returning cleaned up. It's not the only way to get posters though, BTW

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            Last edited by The 24th Letter; 10-15-2021, 10:24 PM.

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            • Smirkin Dirk
              All Star
              • Oct 2008
              • 5178

              #7
              Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

              I like it. Gives us the option to dunk without it being automatic. The placement is an issue.

              And Im still not sure what Im looking at with the oop meter.
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              • Goffs
                New Ork Giants
                • Feb 2003
                • 12279

                #8
                Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

                Personally I never used it since I'm a defensive center BUT I absolutely love it when a slasher tries to dunk on me using the meter. Some nice contact physics animations occur whenever I get a block. I hope they keep it for next year since the meter dunk is optional now if the player wants to use it.



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                • Smirkin Dirk
                  All Star
                  • Oct 2008
                  • 5178

                  #9
                  Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

                  Originally posted by Goffs
                  Personally I never used it since I'm a defensive center BUT I absolutely love it when a slasher tries to dunk on me using the meter. Some nice contact physics animations occur whenever I get a block. I hope they keep it for next year since the meter dunk is optional now if the player wants to use it.



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                  Yeah, it's not mandatory.
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                  • JKSportsGamer1984
                    MVP
                    • May 2014
                    • 1414

                    #10
                    Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

                    It's baffling that they didn't give us the option to turn it off at least offline. 2K is normally good about making settings optional so I'm surprised they're forcing us to use it. Also surprised it hasn't been patched in yet.

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                    • AIRJ23
                      MVP
                      • Apr 2021
                      • 2804

                      #11
                      Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

                      Never use it. Timing ruins the pleasure of dunking as you’re not even looking at the dunk. I way prefer the CPU deciding if my player can dunk at that given time.

                      But alley oops are competent ruined. They shouldn’t have matched it with the dunk meter. Alley oops are useless now.

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                      • Hustler79
                        Rookie
                        • Sep 2017
                        • 406

                        #12
                        Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

                        Hard to get a feeling for the timing with dunk meter.
                        Psn : MORO79

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                        • tru11
                          MVP
                          • Aug 2010
                          • 1816

                          #13
                          Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

                          The timing of the meter is way off and screws up my muscle memory.

                          Kinda like the lay up meter where the release is on the way up which makes no sense.

                          For alley oops it seems the mark is like a second after you caught the ball in the air.
                          Its later them im used to lol

                          At this point it should be optional.

                          Also anyone have an idea on how to practice this as the practice option in my career is gone…


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                          • Krucialist
                            Rookie
                            • Mar 2009
                            • 229

                            #14
                            Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

                            Originally posted by The 24th Letter
                            Good idea, poor execution IMO along with the alley oop meter. It's distracting placement and odd timing is what makes it frustrating for some.

                            Wouldnt mind it returning cleaned up. It's not the only way to get posters though, BTW

                            Sent from my SM-G781U using Tapatalk
                            This is pretty much my feeling as well. I like the direction but it wasnt executed super well. The timing feels so off, in comparison to the timing of almost everything else.

                            Also I am usually watching the meter far more closely than my player, so the actual dunks tend to be things enjoyed by everyone but me, because i dont even really see them happen. My eyes are glued to the meter for the timing.

                            If the timing of the dunk meter release was intuitive at all, then it would be cool to turn the meter off visually so we could actually see whats happening.

                            I wont even get into how bad it feels for standing dunks (because im probably going to make a separate thread about that, and how it could be improved).

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                            • VictorMG
                              Pro
                              • Jul 2021
                              • 678

                              #15
                              Re: The Dunk Meter sucks.

                              Why are people complaining about not being able to turn it off? Just don't use it.

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