tsherkin wrote:No, not at all. The computer just happens to shoot 60-65% every game taking 40 or 50 3s. It doesn't know how to play D against the pick-and-roll or stop a step-back jumper. It double-teams too often and I kick it out to shooters.
I fast break like Hell and there isn't anything the computer to stop me. I do play 12min quarters but that shouldn't matter.
The CPU maybe shoots like 20 threes in a game against me and that's with solid defense... It all depends... Fast breaking is the most effective offense there is. It should take more out of the guys that are breaking all the time. You should try to play with a defensive teams that have no fast runners and try that. I tried it and found my self losing game after game. I won some too, but it's a whole different world without the fast break.
tsherkin wrote:I have the game speed at 44 and I play solid defense. I control the players to make them rotate, I take charges and I alter shots. I play good defense but if they hit every damn shot they throw up, I can't stop that. Brent Barry can't hit 5/7 from 3 when every shot he takes is him falling on his ass 30ft from the rim and yet he does. When I screw with the CPU sliders, MY team gets shafted instead of theirs and when I mess with my sliders, my stats and abilities go down.
What do you suggest as slider settings?
Your game speed is at 44... That explains alot... Raise it to 50-55 and there will be more contested shots which result in more misses and thus lower scores. And it is harder to execute as you have to be more quicker on everything you do. Lower the cpu three pointer slider and the adjusted slider to get more equal results on the three point shooting and especially on the adjusted shooting. I think I have CPU threes at 42 and adjusted at 38. Don't remember for sure.
My game speed is at 50 or 55. The default setting of 60 is too high. And you should really try to play shorter games. You'd get more realistic scores and more realistic stats for your players. This has been always the case (except with Live 2001)... Live 2001 was another story, but I never liked the game as much as I do the others. I want to see some fast flying stuff every once in a while. 2001 was boring...
Live 04 has some issues in the gameplay that need adjusting. Trust me, your problems will go away if you play 8-10 minute quarters and adjust the sliders...