JukeNukem1432
Pro 1
So i guess nothing's changed lol
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- Thread starter Stewie309
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But corner means corner. Not near the corner. Buried in the corner. You figure out the ones doing that and beat them there and they don’t know what to do or you
Block it. It’s not that bad. I got tired of chasing guys there from behind and added a +4 speed court and GT Bol on bench, and upped my 3 boost from 4 to 10 because my manual shooting is still spotty. Sacrificed some rb boost, but it seemed to help a lot. Went 15-0 tonight (just finished) after going 3 and out this morning. Got one more tourney left, but I’m done. For some reason pvp wears me da #### out. Could be the lag. Or that I’m old. Or both. lol
dub365
All-Star 1
Idk, I'm giving it a chance but I'm not having much fun. Whether I win or lose is all pretty much dependent on the connection strength. I can guard tight and chase dudes around ball day, make all my clutch shots...... But for what? With all the bullshit AI in LVL that drives me batty half the time.... Its way more fun for me. Maybe some killer rewards would make a difference. There seems to be no point other than it being something shiny & new. I personally don't want some arcade BS. I want to match up against other ppl and see who can play better. But I suppose it was always going to be like this anyways since it's all about who can score the most in a limited time frame. That's going to lead to cheese. Just like Madden's Overdrive last season, which was plagued by ppl gaming the system, figuring out how to complete deep bombs one after the other to win....
JukeNukem1432
Pro 1
So from what I've read people are cheesing the step back corner 3?
dub365
All-Star 1
From what I've seen, it's not a step back move. More of a straight back fall away shot from the corner
JukeNukem1432
Pro 1
Ah I see. I'm surprised that it works. Usually that fadeaway shot never goes in for me.
edlllpt
Pro 1
People having high ping often? Like in 10 games how many are being a fair stable game for both?
Hey Anatdoc. and yeah being a beta and already this season, not expecting too much too soon
hey, great that skill & strategy is being more important then - and i guess i'll have to get myself updated on the ability cards and their activation times.
dub365
All-Star 1
For me.... maybe 1/10 games have a good connection for seemingly both players. I don't really understand how the connection speed/ strength is being shown on screen because there are times when it's showing 40/Ms and full/green bars but the frame rate is jumpy and I'm missing sporadic moments of gameplay. So where I thought it was showing MY information, maybe it's showing the general connection strength between both of us? I've had it showing one red bar and like 1250/Ms where it's bad but also the same issues when the bar is green and showing 60/ms
I got the Beta launch last thurs evening my time but by 12 hours later, fri morning it was gone.
I tried to play one game on that thurs before I slept, but couldn't get any opponent after a long wait. So I cancelled. Played an SD one and won by 10 pts, which was good as consolation prize lol.
I tried to play one game on that thurs before I slept, but couldn't get any opponent after a long wait. So I cancelled. Played an SD one and won by 10 pts, which was good as consolation prize lol.
edlllpt
Pro 1
woah, 1/10 seems pretty bad.
I'm able to play today - specially just after tip-off the frame rate was jumpy as you said, and it was easy to fail the shot-meter completely a couple of times. None of the quarters was perfect enough for a 'released game', but about half of mine looked ok for a test.
Managed four wins with a 108 ovr in the first experience so that was good.
* 4-9 vs 109
* 14-11 vs 109
* 17-6 vs 103
* 14-12 vs 108
* 13-12 vs 109
* 13-17 vs 109
Also like the inclusion of the back-court/in-bounding rules.
The tip-off was one of the puzzling things. won one where i pressed way to early, and lost often on the timing i was used to
betaman411
All-Star 1
I matched up with another 110 and had a very competitive match until the end. He won by 2. Next match was against a 104 and I get destroyed. Tourney over. 
main account - it just says waiting for match.. so cant play
alt account (108).. won 3 straight.. 2 agst 109s and one agst 98(the closest match..lol).. all 3 the frame rate kept changing.. sometimes slow suddenly going like on fast forward.. the match was playable doing only dunks.. jumpers were out of the question bcz of the shot meter ...started the 4th match... it got stuck in the middle saying .. sorry we cannot continue the match,, now waiting for match is in this account also
edit: luckily it awarded me the forfeit (atleast i get to play)
alt account (108).. won 3 straight.. 2 agst 109s and one agst 98(the closest match..lol).. all 3 the frame rate kept changing.. sometimes slow suddenly going like on fast forward.. the match was playable doing only dunks.. jumpers were out of the question bcz of the shot meter ...started the 4th match... it got stuck in the middle saying .. sorry we cannot continue the match,, now waiting for match is in this account also
edit: luckily it awarded me the forfeit (atleast i get to play)
SAVAGE21_NBA
Rookie 3
3 words
WAY TOO FAST
WAY TOO FAST
bigballer607
Pro 1
New tournament coming September 1st. I guess it will be the one with 5 min qs, but nothing official yet
Commondjapan
Pro 2
I played my first tournament. It seemed like I was mostly matched up with players in the Asia region. I went 5-0. The gameplay was choppy but I expected the lag to be worse. I was kind of surprised by how poorly my opponents played. I don’t know if they had connection problems or were struggling with manual switch but they seemed all at sea.
betaman411
All-Star 1
You mean "auto" switch? First day was great for me. 5-0 in 3 tourneys. Since then not so much. 0-2, 1-2 and 2-2.
Commondjapan
Pro 2
Auto switching, sorry.
dub365
All-Star 1
Some interesting stuff in here. Had no idea OVR advantage isn't factored into PVP right now. Also, that your speed is adjusted down to your opponent makes some sense in why I have trouble at times. Nice to know that they can and probably will get manual switch back into it for next season
https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Arena-Mode-Developer-reply-to-feedback/td-p/8156721
https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Arena-Mode-Developer-reply-to-feedback/td-p/8156721
That’s good news. They may slow down my speed to match opponent’s Connection but I’ve played some teams that were so fast it was very very hard to keep up. I suspected ovr didn’t matter directly. It does indirectly tho - especially if you have some high ovr cards with clutch.
So far and counting the Day 1 debacle I’m 105-6. I think I’ve only played all five tourneys twice. Had some really good matches with some 111 & 110s this morning and late last night. Close matches.
On the other hand, outside of The Arena, my team is experiencing a horrible nerf. Worst of the Season.
