Official NLSC NBA Live 13 Wishlist Submitted

[Andrew]

Absolutely. As you noted though it has been said and is something that's on the list, so it's probably best we focus on adding anything that hasn't already been discussed that would improve the game.

[champsbasketball]

i dont know if anyone has said this but EA needs to make sure the bring back REAL A.I. cause playing it in Fight Night in basketball it can be real great.

[champsbasketball]

i have a wishlist queston? when are the delevoper gonna start talking to us so we can know whats going on and if we will get video throughout the yr about the game and seeing videos on how it looks and if they've added anything we all have wished for.

[Patr1ck]

Probably next year since it won't be released till then.

[Andrew]

Indeed, way too early for any kind of previews yet. Certainly not too early to compile a comprehensive Wishlist, though.

[Ermolli]

After having too much time I thought about Elite controls, I liked some things but I though some were missing. I came up with this as the control settings as a suggestion (mixing Elite and Live's controls):

Offense
A: Pass
B: Pick and Roll control
Y: Pro Hop/Power Dribble
X:Dinamic Quick Play
LT: Backdown
RT: Turbo
LB: Play Calling
RB: Direct Pass

Defense
A: Switch
B: Double Team
Y: Take Charge
X: Defensive Assist
LT: Post Defense(don't know a proper name for it)
RT: Turbo
LB: Play Calling
RB: Direct Switch

I believe that layup and dunk should switch so layups are a flick up with the right stick because, as real life, layups are easier to do than dunks. Also I think that layups with RT should be power or finesse layups depending on the player, and dunks with RT should be power or flashy depending on the player too.
Other things I thought about was defense. I believe that steals and block should be a flick with the right stick instead of moving the stick up or down. Moving the right stick, imo, should be to defend with the hands, protect passing lanes and while defending a the post to avoid the feed to the offensive player on the post.

[Andrew]

I'd agree for the most part, though I think they should have shooting and blocking/rebounding controls as face buttons and leave the right stick to dribbling. If they do have shooting on the right stick, I'd leave one of the face buttons as a shoot button as well (as 2K has done with their shot stick) but I do like the idea of flick up for layups, hold for dunks, that sounds more intuitive to me than the way it was implemented in NBA Elite 11. Using turbo as the modifier works for me as well.

[Patr1ck]

I actually love the gather controls instead of pro hop and power dribble. Its something I have wanted for s long time. I would keep it on the left trigger and put backdown/protect ball on the Y button.

[Andrew]

How about this as a default (with an option to customise the configuration as desired back in the game):

Offense

A: Pass
B: Shoot
Y: Backdown (can also be done by feathering into the defense in the post to initiate a backdown situation)
X: Pick & Roll Control
LT: Gather/Pro Hop/Power Dribble (depending on player abilities)
RT: Turbo
LB: Play Calling (tap for Dynamic Quick Play)
RB: Direct Pass
Back: Call timeout (then presented with an option for calling 20 second or full timeout)
Start: Pause

Alternatively, you could use the D-Pad for dynamic quick plays.

Defense

A: Switch players
B: Double Team
Y: Block/Rebound
X: Steal
LT: Defensive Assist/Defensive Crouch
RT: Turbo
LB: Play Calling (tap for automatic/recommended defensive strategy)
RB: Direct Switch
Back: Call for intentional foul
Start: Pause

And again, you could alternatively call quick/automatic plays using the D-Pad.

As far as the sticks are concerned, left stick is movement and right stick is dribbling controls. Left and right would switch hands for basic crossovers, up would be a spin move (hold for a full spin but don't allow the move to be spammed, tap up to fake a spin), down would be a step back, moving the stick in the direction of the hand that the ball is currently in perform a hesitation dribble, half-circles and the like would perform more complex moves and crossovers (behind the back and so forth).

With one shoot button, turbo could be the modifier for dunks and layups, depending on a player's abilities, dunk package and tendencies (though a means of forcing a dunk would be nice).

[Ermolli]

I (maybe one of few) liked the shooting method on Elite but if it was removed and used again as buttons, I would like to have Elite's dribbling controls expanded with more moves to make.
Other thing I thought that if the next game has the skill shooting, hot spots should be part of the game so certain players shoot have a wider sweet spot on certain places of the court.

[J-Hood]

EA should just give us the option to play with different control settings because shooting with a button press is wack. Skill based shooting with the analog is the best way 2 go. It wouldn't bother me if a trigger button was a modifier 2 turn the analog from a dribble stick to a shot stick.

[champsbasketball]

EA should just give us the option to play with different control settings because shooting with a button press is wack. Skill based shooting with the analog is the best way 2 go. It wouldn't bother me if a trigger button was a modifier 2 turn the analog from a dribble stick to a shot stick.

that would be better to hold down the L2 and the right stick is only dribbling moves and keep the skill based shooting with the right stick and have it to when you hold down the turbo button and hold the right stick up depending on the players power you do different power dunks even ones were you can dunk on somebody but if you dont have dunks like Fisher then if you hold down the turbo button you do an aggressive power layup that can sometimes get you an and-one or foul call, and if you dont hold down the turbo and still hold the right stick up for a dunk you just do a soft dunk like Melo does or Kobe on fastbreaks.

[Andrew]

Two different control schemes is fine by me.

[Ermolli]

I would like is Franchise Mode was similar to NFL Head Coach 09 or at least have some of its features like different interpretations of player ratings according to the system, philosophy, or team the players are on,trade/free agent acquisition auction system,player behaivor that players have different personality traits and characteristics that affect how they perform and how happy they are, more authentic pre draft and draft according to the team needs.
Those features can be seen here: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/854/854928p1.html

[Andrew]

So basically a strict sim mode? That wouldn't be a bad idea but I'd like to see them fix up the Dynasty Mode they already have in the game first.

[Ermolli]

So basically a strict sim mode? That wouldn't be a bad idea but I'd like to see them fix up the Dynasty Mode they already have in the game first.

No, I meant their features basically and how those features affect the gameplay.

[J-Hood]

If EA was to use a physics engine like the impact engine, do you guys think its possible that engine can determine when a defender ankles get broken in real time? If it can be done EA should add that so it never look the same like them in the Elite 11 demo.

[Ermolli]

If EA was to use a physics engine like the impact engine, do you guys think its possible that engine can determine when a defender ankles get broken in real time? If it can be done EA should add that so it never look the same like them in the Elite 11 demo.

I don't know because FIFA's Impact Engine works when do players interact, so I don't think that could be possible with broken angles. However, it could be possible with hard fouls or bad landings.

[Andrew]

So basically a strict sim mode? That wouldn't be a bad idea but I'd like to see them fix up the Dynasty Mode they already have in the game first.

No, I meant their features basically and how those features affect the gameplay.

So essentially a deeper and more realistic Dynasty Mode, akin to Madden, NHL or NBA 2K's Association mode. Sure, I'm a Dynasty geek so I'm all for that.

[Ermolli]

So basically a strict sim mode? That wouldn't be a bad idea but I'd like to see them fix up the Dynasty Mode they already have in the game first.

No, I meant their features basically and how those features affect the gameplay.

So essentially a deeper and more realistic Dynasty Mode, akin to Madden, NHL or NBA 2K's Association mode. Sure, I'm a Dynasty geek so I'm all for that.

Yes but some of those features I mentioned(ratings based on team system for example), aren't in those games or at least with that detph.

[Ermolli]

One thing I thought was that if the shooting in the next game is skill based,shots released early should have more power that released late.

[Andrew]

Wouldn't it make more sense for shots that are released too early to fall short? Either way I'm all for skill based shooting and for shots that are just slightly too strong having a chance at banking in.

[Jhiane]

how's this going? Does the EA still have interest in PC platform?

[Andrew]

They do still release a couple of their sports games for the PC, so hopefully the Petition can have an impact and demonstrate our interest and enthusiasm in a PC release. This is the Wishlist though.

[Patr1ck]

Wouldn't it make more sense for shots that are released too early to fall short? Either way I'm all for skill based shooting and for shots that are just slightly too strong having a chance at banking in.

Only if you look at the shot timing as a power meter. Realistically, both early and late releases have a chance to go either long or short. It all depends on how the person adjusts in real life. A power meter makes more sense for a video game, though.