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WWE 2K23features a new timed pinning system that requires the player to flick up the R-Stick or press X to line up an indicator and a green zone before the count of three. While players can stick with using the button-mashing mechanics, the timed system offers the most flexibility in matches.
Thanks to the complex lists of sliders and settings, players can tailor their experience, makingWWE 2k23more accessible than any previous WWE game.Unfortunately, these sliders aren’t explained in-game and require some experimentation to find a player’s personal preferences. This guide will explain the advanced slider values, making the pinning system as manageable or challenging as a player wants.
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Pin Difficulty Settings
Making adjustments in the Pin Difficulty Settings affects all pinning mechanics. Unlike the Gameplay Balancing sliders, increasing the value makes the game more challenging.Lowering the Pin Value makes it easier for the human player to kick out of Normal and Pressure pins.
Human Player Values
The above image presents Hulk Hogan’s Kickout bar as almost all green when the Post Kick Out Recovery Value is reduced to single digits and combined with an increased Kickout Zone sizes. Hogan was hit with fourRoman Reignsfinishers, had negligible health, and had little to no impact on his kicking-out ability. However, a badly damaged character can still get submitted. This only works with kicking out.
If the player uses the Timed Pin mechanics, the green bar behaves like a second health bar by getting smaller in addition to the indicator moving faster when more damage has been taken.
AI Values
Timing Pin Mini-Game
WWE 2K23’s new pinning system features Timed Kickout mechanics with an indicator that moves left to right, and a green zone that decreases with size and gets faster the more damage a wrestler takes. The challenge increases each time aWWE wrestleris pinned after a signature and finisher. If players want to make the pinning system as accessible as possible, then using and customizing the Timed Pin Mini-Game is the way to do it.
That’s everything players need to understand the advanced Pin settings and have theWWE 2K23matchesthey want. Of course, skilled players can make the AI more difficult, especially if they are good atWWE 2K23’s timed mini-games.
WWE 2K23is available now for the PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
