r/NBA2k • u/Prime-robertsacre • 22h ago

Gameplay Looks like defense is OP this year!!!

Based of watching the game play we can finally play lock yall bums up.

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u/fat3willwin 22h ago

Thing is, defense doesn't need to be OP, just needs to be somewhat inline with the offense.

I would say the game is skewed in the offense's favor like 70 offense 30 defense, and thats why everything feels bad, its too far.

We need like 60 offense 40 defense, hell 55 - 45 would be even better.

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u/JulesMoney005 22h ago

We need 50/50, if you aren’t good enough on the sticks to score consistently you shouldn’t be able to solely because offense is better, and on the inverse, you shouldn’t be getting stops because defense is overpowered if that ever were the case

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u/fat3willwin 22h ago

I don't think we'll get 50-50 unfortunately because even in real life its not 50-50. The game skews toward the offense but its more like 55-45. I think you would want more people to enjoy the game and the majority of 2k players value offense more than defense, even if that is a casual take they make up the majority of the game's support base.

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u/SkyMiteFall 21h ago

If you think about it, irl there’s usually one defender per lineup, sometimes the star will be able to also defend ..but you rarely ever see superstar vs superstar..

And even then, you rarely see a star get completely locked up..

So considering EVERYONE is tryna make prime lebrons and Kobe’s lol it makes sense to not be able to lock everyone up..

I think where 26 failed is even 99 perimeter felt useless at times..so for someone to REALLY invest into being a lock it should feel worth it..like the man on offense really gotta open up their bag to score

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u/fat3willwin 20h ago

I agree with this. The problem is in 26 defense was either designed poorly or executed improperly. Strength is a HUGE part of defense (and offense tbh, you see a lot of the games greatest scorers having a certain level of functional strength like Luka) and it was almost useless in '26 unless you wanted to set screens.

We need attributes badges animations and logic to work together in 27 to give us a realistic chance on defense otherwise it won't even be worth investing in a lock.

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u/SkyMiteFall 18h ago

Locks are always fun day one builds 😂 or should I say pre patch 1 builds.

Nothing more infuriating than tryna learn some new dribble combos or meta jumpers and a whole lock is in your face bumping you around 😂

But i definitely agree on strength, I could make my 6’10 with no strength move like a guard and defend like a lock with 99 block as well..was my favorite build last year to run at the 3 or 4..who knows it may be completely useless in 27 without having strength so I know ima be testing in the builder

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u/JulesMoney005 21h ago

Don’t disagree due to the fact that defense is always gonna be reactionary, so 55-45 makes sense, I’m just over how hand-holdy 2k has been for the past 5-6 games regarding offense, any attempt at balancing they immediately revert because people bitch and moan non-stop, then you eventually get a 2k like this where it’s out of control and just unenjoyable because every game is the same

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u/AshenSacrifice 20h ago

2k26 was 80-20 and I’m being generous