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Playing PG - any tips?

Postby timetravelprimer on Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:39 am

Are you guys experiencing sluggishness when playing point in the beginning of MyCareer? I don't know what's causing that. Is it the low attributes or simply 54 FPS makes this game sluggish? On defense I'm getting caught in these animations. My players rarely run fast breaks, they just stop when i hit them outlet passes. They rarely getting open in freelance, once they do they hesitate. Once I hit them with a nice pass to the basket they getting fouled or stuck in animations that make them miss layups. It's just like they or the mechanics don't want you to succeed. It's really frustrating. I don't know whether it's my skills or teamates IQ is not that great after all.

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Postby Lakerfan79 on Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:47 am

i suggest trying rookie and sim, the game will be too easy but try it for a while till u get the hang of this years version then gradually increase the difficulty.

I tried to play HOF and sim when i first started and was taken to school my player missed 8 open layups and shot 10/35 (and im a pro at getting open shots i took only 4 contested jumpers) and i was a 95 ovr player (i used cheat engine). The game is really set to screw u more this year then ever before on the higher difficulties.

Rookie/sim is actually somewhat realistic when it comes to shooting ull hit almost all your open shots and miss most of your contested shots.
But your teammates will be OP and ull win all your games by about 20-40pts a night so it has its flaws

Also i increased the game speed, im still experimenting but i think somewhere around 60 is the sweet spot to negate the sluggishness of the game
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Postby timetravelprimer on Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:02 am

It's not the scoring I have problem with. Right now I'm trying to refrain from scoring and focus on distributing which is pain in the ass. My team's offense is so stagnant, even if Pelicans and Hornets got some shooters and slashers. All of them hesitate and force shots when the clock is winding down. When I watch Smoove playing that's rarely the case. His teamates react instantly and even share the ball.
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Postby werewolf914 on Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:18 am

timetravelprimer wrote:It's not the scoring I have problem with. Right now I'm trying to refrain from scoring and focus on distributing which is pain in the ass. My team's offense is so stagnant, even if Pelicans and Hornets got some shooters and slashers. All of them hesitate and force shots when the clock is winding down. When I watch Smoove playing that's rarely the case. His teamates react instantly and even share the ball.

Maye he has the Couch on Court badge so he can "tell" them qhat to do :?:
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Re: Playing PG - any tips?

Postby timetravelprimer on Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:22 am

Nah, I watched closely his first games without any badges and low attributes. He was feeding Martin like crazy. He cut to the basket like hell and was often open. Maybe that's because he played on Default at first but now he's on Simulation and stated there isn't really much difference.
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Re: Playing PG - any tips?

Postby GloryD on Thu Oct 23, 2014 4:24 am

The defensive aspect I think that is just because of your low speed rating I could be wrong but I would think that would help you keep up with defenders a lot easier.
Also have you tried running plays or just playing pick and roll ball?
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Re: Playing PG - any tips?

Postby timetravelprimer on Thu Oct 23, 2014 4:44 am

As for defense I guess I cannot complain. These stucks happen sometimes when I play really good D over a stretch of time. It's unlikely to lock down a player for entire game so CPU gets his cheese activated.

I'm mostly running auto plays which can get repetitive, so I pick them randomly from the list of primary scorers. Pick and rolls can be a nightmare, the defense reacts to them well. I guess I've never assisted on a pick and roll yet. Seperation is also hard.
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Postby Lakerfan79 on Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:11 am

timetravelprimer wrote:It's not the scoring I have problem with. Right now I'm trying to refrain from scoring and focus on distributing which is pain in the ass. My team's offense is so stagnant, even if Pelicans and Hornets got some shooters and slashers. All of them hesitate and force shots when the clock is winding down. When I watch Smoove playing that's rarely the case. His teamates react instantly and even share the ball.

Smoove only shows his highlight plays not the whole game im sure his games are just like ours but he edits out most of the crap that drives us nuts, i find the best way to get assists is running pick and rolls and then depending on how the D reacts hit a shooter in the corner or wings for a 3 or pass to the big man who rolled or take it yourself, the other way is to push the ball up the court as fast as possible off RB's and TO's and then try and find an outlet pass on the break your teammates tend to be much better at scoring then in the half court, i average about 13 ast and 50 pts a game without any issue i just wish the whole game would playout more realistically, winning 145-120 is no fun
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Re: Playing PG - any tips?

Postby ThePointForward on Thu Oct 23, 2014 4:56 pm

I play with Heat now (at SF, but that's not important) and I have no problem getting 5+ assist per game.
CPU shoots if I pass the ball to them in their tendency zone - like Bosh/Napier/Cole being open on the perimeter or Boozer/Asik (they were on the team when I got there) cutting to the basket after pick. DWade of course can create his own shot with those high post and fade shots.
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Re: Playing PG - any tips?

Postby Ma3a on Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:28 am

PG @ SAC here.
Assists: Penetrate and pass to Cousins ;) - P&R
Defense: Don't try to steal until you dramatically upped your defense, if the attempt fails I'm always out of position
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Re: Playing PG - any tips?

Postby Kevin on Sat Oct 25, 2014 1:32 am

Playing with Cousins is a pain in the ass. He told me I was playing like a grumpy old lady in my first game when he was the one finishing with 1-8 FTs and 2-10 shooting. Asshole.
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Postby shadowgrin on Sat Oct 25, 2014 4:31 pm

Stop dissing your mentor and do what he says.
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Re: Playing PG - any tips?

Postby kAmilli LakeShow on Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:44 am

timetravelprimer wrote:As for defense I guess I cannot complain. These stucks happen sometimes when I play really good D over a stretch of time. It's unlikely to lock down a player for entire game so CPU gets his cheese activated.

I'm mostly running auto plays which can get repetitive, so I pick them randomly from the list of primary scorers. Pick and rolls can be a nightmare, the defense reacts to them well. I guess I've never assisted on a pick and roll yet. Seperation is also hard.


I really feel your pain, i'm a PG on the Kings, playing Superstar/Sim because it is the supposed best simulation gameplay out of the box. I got some tips for you because just like you, i like to play team basketball/pass first as a PG who is just not good enough yet, and i recently figured some things out and we beat a good team like Suns who have a ton of great PG's who tested us very well.

1) Put Defensive assist, boxout assist to 100 - i remember something about these settings explained from a couple years ago that controls AI in a certain way as well, so if u put it on 100 u are gonna get better help defense and more boxouts from AI. Put shot contest on "always" because sometimes the cheese from CPU is so real and u will not have time to press contest, u will just have to be there and contest will be automatic. Also, try to cut of the runs to the bucket DIAGONALLY, instead of just moving horizontally - anticipate where they are going and get there first, then u will get a bump and the guessing game starts over again, and u might get the CPU to take a contested short range that rarely goes in in this game, as opposed to contested mid range.

2)Can't emphasize this enough - you MUST help your team rebound. Very often AI will not box out properly and it is your job as a guard to come back and help them, but only when it is not the player you guard that is shooting. Just as soon as shot clock winds down, and the CPU player is about to take a bad/contested shot and u are sure he can't pass to the player u guard in time, run to the boards and help. When u rack up a couple boards either you will start rebounding like crazy or your teammates will not do a proper job and start out-rebounding the AI. I don't even have 1 rebound upgrade and i got close to a Rondo-esque triple double a lot of times. This also will help ur fast breaking problem, cuz now u will start it and u can run at the defense.

3) Play smart passes - this year, pick and roll passing isn't cheese and it will actually require ur teammate being open to thread the needle. I still struggle a bit at this, but i got better recently. Another tip - use pick and FADE with ur best perimeter scorer when u need a good shot or need to get him going. A lot of times the D will either switch on him or he will be on an island ready to iso and score. I use this with Rudy Gay and he is by far my fav. teammate, he gets buckers and assists for me, and we win games.

4)Put the play-calling on Auto (it works properly this year) learn the plays that work and use them when u need a good bucket - i have a shortlist of plays on the Kings that get Demarcus in good post position and Rudy in a good iso/slashing position that prove very successful. When coach calls a bad play, i switch it to either 2K smart play (hold left bumper) or call a play i like. This way, eventually you will be able to control the tempo of the play and cut out bad possessions.

5) Take smart shots - i know, easier said than done, but really, shoot only when open, and when u have to force a shot, i suggest driving to the paint after a bit of dancing and trying to get fouled and put something up there. Kings really crush the boards so a lot of times even when i miss, Cousins and Thompson will get the O rebound and put if back up or get fouled.

I think these cover most of the things that i learned so far, so good luck out there!
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Re: Playing PG - any tips?

Postby kAmilli LakeShow on Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:06 am

I'd like to take back my defensive assist strength tip, i did some more digging and somewhere after 2k12 they kinda changed it in myCareer so that it really controls only your player now, so having at 100 will just be useless and sometimes actually worse, everything else i stand by tho. I think best setting for defensive assist would be 5-10
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Re: Playing PG - any tips?

Postby shadowgrin on Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:58 am

Defensive assist is for noobs.
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Re: Playing PG - any tips?

Postby kAmilli LakeShow on Mon Oct 27, 2014 12:36 am

Brawn Shadley wrote:Defensive assist is for noobs.

Having a bit of it actually helps ur player automatically face the opposing player and put his body in a proper position on the drives, so i think it is useful even for the advanced users
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Re: Playing PG - any tips?

Postby ThePointForward on Mon Oct 27, 2014 7:01 pm

I have assists turned off (down to 0) and auto contest set to manual - I simply hate player doing this stuff automatically as it is not always what I want to do.
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