Triple Threat = Useless

[JWiLL02]

What happened?

Why can't I explode out of triple threat anymore? This was one of my favorite moves in the game, very useful in the halfcourt and especially useful to beat those damn high school ball full court pressers in the back court online.

Players simply walk out of the triple threat now, there's almost no point in using it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKrtsxZogsc 1:13 This is from 2k8, but 2k9 had them working just fine. (as a side note, 2k8's isomotion was awesome! Much better than this years)

Can they patch this in? I highly doubt they meant to do completely omit these animations, it makes no sense.

[kennyacid]

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i can still explode out of it, no problems here.

[Stumbleweed]

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2k8's isomotion was awesome! Much better than this years)

Ha, glad someone agrees with me... I've been saying since 2K9 release that they should just go back to 2K8 IsoMotion... that was the best it ever was.. so responsive. Now you still have to press/hold just as many buttons but we don't have the post-up on command and the moves feel slippery and imprecise. 2K8 had the right idea... glad they at least brought back the dribble hand commands on LS, 2K9 was a total nightmare for me control-wise.

I haven't noticed the problem with Triple Threat.. I work the AI with Melo and guys like that, though jumpers from that position don't work as well as in Live due to the hitches you get sometimes.. driving though I haven't had an issue with. I'll mess with it tonight and see if I agree with you... are you saying this is new since the patch, or just in general?

[JWiLL02]

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How? Are you pressing anything else other than releasing the trigger?

I try to use it exactly how I used to and it does nothing.

[Stumbleweed]

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If I'm jab stepping and the left leg is the pivot foot, I release the LT (keep holding down RT to get that burst) and jam LS to the left to explode that direction. I normally go towards the pivot foot since the jabs/fakes lead them the opposite direction, but you can drive out of it going towards the jab foot as well.

[JWiLL02]

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So I was just testing in scrimmage and there's no way it works like it should. Even if it's possible to get a player to explode out of it sometimes (which I haven't seen yet, but apparently you guys have) it simply doesn't work properly.

These moves need to work just like they did in that 2k8 video. I see no reason why this was changed. I've tried it every which way with Brandon Roy and it's not happening. If these moves don't work with Roy, they won't work with anybody.

[jeebs9]

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Works fine for me...Which player are you using?

[JWiLL02]

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I was testing with Brandon Roy.

For those of you saying it works fine, are you telling me it works like it did in that 2k8 video? I don't believe that. I've tried using the R Trigger to explode out, and any combination of the buttons just doesn't work.

If one of you could kindly show me an explode out of protecting the ball (where they spin the opposite direction) that would be great. I'm convinced that move simply isn't there anymore, I really doubt it's just my copy.

The bottom line is they aren't working efficiently. I'd love to know why they changed it from how its worked the past couple years, it's really hurting my experience and adding to my player movement frustration.

[jeebs9]

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Whats his quickness rating?

Because I explode out pretty well with Paul Perice. And he is slow ****

[pelly]

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The defender does not react to the jab step......thats the problem.

[Stumbleweed]

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The defender does not react to the jab step......thats the problem.

This definitely contributes to the reduced effectiveness... in 2K8 the defender would automatically slide away from you and give space when you jabbed or did other triple threat moves. I HATED that as a defender because it was so money to just jab jab then cross the other way and get right to the hoop.

[jeebs9]

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I was testing with Brandon Roy.

For those of you saying it works fine, are you telling me it works like it did in that 2k8 video? I don't believe that. I've tried using the R Trigger to explode out, and any combination of the buttons just doesn't work.

If one of you could kindly show me an explode out of protecting the ball (where they spin the opposite direction) that would be great. I'm convinced that move simply isn't there anymore, I really doubt it's just my copy.

The bottom line is they aren't working efficiently. I'd love to know why they changed it from how its worked the past couple years, it's really hurting my experience and adding to my player movement frustration.

And jwill02.....I think its known around here that you dislike the game as whole....So its no surprise...lol But I will check this out. Because I've been using slow players with the triple threat.

[jeebs9]

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Whats his quickness rating?

Because I explode out pretty well with Paul Perice. And he is slow ****

Just checked BRoy has a 90 quickness and 85 speed rating.

[JWiLL02]

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And jwill02.....I think its known around here that you dislike the game as whole....So its no surprise...lol But I will check this out. Because I've been using slow players with the triple threat.

What? Dislike the game as a whole? I, like many others around here, are frustrated with the games shortcomings. Considering many of them have been issues for years now (player movement, jumpshot responsiveness, etc) I thought this would be the year some of them were gone. I probably played close to 2500 games online between 2k7-2k9, so when I see many of the same issues still in this game, and now they take out some useful animations, I'm just at a loss here.

Why is it that in every thread where someone has a legit issue, I see you saying that you're "Not seeing it". Using slow players with triple threat? So you're telling me that you're able to pull off the animations seen in that video? I don't buy it, sorry.

Triple threat was over powered in 2k8, but it was balanced nicely in 2k9. If you chose the right direction, you'd explode out of it. If you chose wrong, the defense bumped you off your dribble, it was perfect.

I bet if I started a thread on jumpshot responsiveness, I'd see jeebs come in telling me he's pulling up for Js smoothly with Shaq. Come on man.

I love this game, I'm just a little confused as to why some things were changed (and why some things remain unchanged).

[jeebs9]

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lol....I was just pulling your chain man....I see the problems too. Don't get it twisted. You just said so unhappy with the game at times its kind of funny to me. I'm sorry if I rubbed you the wrong way......wasn't my intentions. Sorry