After receiving the patch 1.12 on Apr. 7, NBA 2K17 got another shooting update to address the shooter’s situation after the feedback from the community was not positive.
Minor shooting update dropped this morning. Shooters got a slight boost, non-shooters got a nerf.
— Mike Wang (@Beluba) April 28, 2017
The changes are pretty straightforward: if your player is a shooter, he’ll be better. If he’s not, then shooting should be harder. According to the Gameplay Director for NBA 2K Mark Wang, players should get a bigger boost the higher their ratings are.
Shooting updates are based off ratings, not specific archetypes. The closer you are to 99, the bigger your boost.
— Mike Wang (@Beluba) April 28, 2017
The changes happened after Wang organized a few surveys for NBA 2K17 fans on Twitter about expected percentages of shooters in different situations. It seems that the new mechanism has been positively greeted by the community and thus most likely the devs have made a good step forwards also in NBA 2K18 coding.
NBA 2K17 is available now on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC.