Playbooks Play-Type Assignments They should add

[vannwolfhawk]

Quote: Originally Posted by Da_Czar

That is where to me 2k rocks because to them it doesn't make much financial sense to go the extra mile just so Vann and I can go ape **** over plays on the 7th page LOL. But they did.

Agreed! They do a pretty good job of catering to both the hard core and the casual gamer and finding a balance to keep us both happy.

For the record though... Im tired of Timmy he needs to go buy nba jam! He's ruining what the game could be for me! LOL!

[ballsohard]

Quote: Originally Posted by Da_Czar

In all seriousness that fits into the timmy argument perfectly. The extra button press is the sticking point because of timmy. But since were the only ones paging to page 7 ... were advanced users. So for the luxury of having that many plays in the game as sim gamers we take that one on the chin. So that is actually a WIN for us. Without a voice you wouldn't have access to that many plays at all because only a small amount of the pop is going to page that far. In their mind it was overkill, to me... for you guys who will actually use it I felt it was a valuable trade off because we have the skill and the interest to hit the button 6 times. LOL That is where to me 2k rocks because to them it doesn't make much financial sense to go the extra mile just so Vann and I can go ape **** over plays on the 7th page LOL. But they did.

I still don't really see the logic in that though. I've had the game for less than two months and don't know anywhere near all of the plays. Right now, I guess you could say I'm Timmy. If I play with a team I don't normally use, I'm lost as to what plays do what. That one "extra button" would make a world of difference in game, and would also make it that much easier to learn the plays and retain to memory. I honestly think if you took a poll, the majority of people would say they'd prefer the "extra button", even the casual gamer (assuming they even run plays).

[Da_Czar]

Quote: Originally Posted by ballsohard

I still don't really see the logic in that though. I've had the game for less than two months and don't know anywhere near all of the plays. Right now, I guess you could say I'm Timmy. If I play with a team I don't normally use, I'm lost as to what plays do what. That one "extra button" would make a world of difference in game, and would also make it that much easier to learn the plays and retain to memory. I honestly think if you took a poll, the majority of people would say they'd prefer the "extra button", even the casual gamer (assuming they even run plays).

You sir... could never be timmy. Your on operation sports the home of the sim gamers LOL timmy has no clue OS exists.

[Kingofthecouch]

There's a lot of great ideas in this thread and I hope to see some implemented in 13.

My question for 13 is... Czar, can you please request that we have the option to remove plays from playbook? and can you request to remove the designated play caller from the game period? I'm tired of Lamar Odom having to call/initiate plays. I would love to be able to start/run/initiate a play with whoever I want.

Sorry for going off topic a bit, and that's for reaching out to the community about this subject. I too wish for a better play calling experience. What we had this year is much better than anything prior, but it can be better.

I like the idea of putting plays in our playbooks in the order we choose or even creating our own playbook. We must have an option to remove plays along with replacing them.

I know this question has been asked a million times but I must ask again.. When will we be able to save our settings (Playbooks) for online play? Is it impossible on current gen consoles or is it just a issue with coding? and could we expect this option from 2k in the next gen console?

[Pared]

I completely agree with illosophy. The play selection/grouping needs to be that way so you can open up the playbooks once again.

[fluent2332]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kingofthecouch

I know this question has been asked a million times but I must ask again.. When will we be able to save our settings (Playbooks) for online play? Is it impossible on current gen consoles or is it just a issue with coding? and could we expect this option from 2k in the next gen console?

I'd like to see a "Create-A-Coach" feature, that allows you to create playbooks and coaching settings, and basically create your own coach, save it in a profile and use it online against anyone. That would be neat. They could really go in depth with it, like allowing you to manually set rotations for each individual team you use, etc. It would be neat seeing myself on the sidelines as the coach of my favorite team, and having that team implement all my coaching ideas into the game. Something they should look into. I think it would be great for the Sim ballers out there.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by ballsohard

I still don't really see the logic in that though. I've had the game for less than two months and don't know anywhere near all of the plays. Right now, I guess you could say I'm Timmy. If I play with a team I don't normally use, I'm lost as to what plays do what. That one "extra button" would make a world of difference in game, and would also make it that much easier to learn the plays and retain to memory. I honestly think if you took a poll, the majority of people would say they'd prefer the "extra button", even the casual gamer (assuming they even run plays).

Playing off this... if you want to play to Timmy, why not just have "Page 1" the most plays a player uses throughout the game. Kind of like a "favorites."

To be honest, I don't believe (random stat time!) 90%+ of the users are utilizing 6 pages worth of plays per player. They do it now because that is how the system is setup but they aren't calling every single play per game.

In fact, if you play people online (both friends and randoms) you typically see the most frequently called play is Quick Isolation.

[Da_Czar]

Quote: Originally Posted by Kingofthecouch

There's a lot of great ideas in this thread and I hope to see some implemented in 13. My question for 13 is... Czar, can you please request that we have the option to remove plays from playbook? and can you request to remove the designated play caller from the game period? I'm tired of Lamar Odom having to call/initiate plays. I would love to be able to start/run/initiate a play with whoever I want.

Play removal is def on my list as well as some general play management stuff in general needs to improve. I also have on there some possible solutions to the forced play initiator. I HATE that myself. Live 10 is much more fluent in that area.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kingofthecouch

I like the idea of putting plays in our playbooks in the order we choose or even creating our own playbook. We must have an option to remove plays along with replacing them. I know this question has been asked a million times but I must ask again.. When will we be able to save our settings (Playbooks) for online play? Is it impossible on current gen consoles or is it just a issue with coding? and could we expect this option from 2k in the next gen console?

Order plays appear in the playbooks will be a tuff one and unless they invent something else probably will put a limitation on the amount of plays. See the play calling dev diary for more info on that. It's just a cluster bomb waiting to happen. LOOOooooong meeting on that one and no results so I wouldn't be hopeful for a solution on that one fam.

Saving plays online should be able to be done this generation. With the rewrite of online all the "extra" stuff had to be removed.. I don't know how many bells and whistles will be re-added. However the competition of EA might just be enough pressure that they throw as much as possible back into online.

I am aware of how important that is to the online ballers.