Earning Badges in NBA 2K15

[P234thetruth]

Re: Earning Badges in NBA 2K15

Can somebody answer this for me. When going for the dribble badges like behind the back and spin kingpin etc do they have to be done on drives to the paint or do they count anywhere on the court? E.g. if doing them when inbounding the ball on the other end of the court going past half court etc?

[BellSKA]

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Can somebody answer this for me. When going for the dribble badges like behind the back and spin kingpin etc do they have to be done on drives to the paint or do they count anywhere on the court? E.g. if doing them when inbounding the ball on the other end of the court going past half court etc?

Dribble to the 3 point line & go to town. I unlock behind the back in 1 game. If you flick away from the rim fast enough you'll do multiple dribbles at one time. The description says within 25' of the hoop. I would do them after I got the ball.

I would also dribble from each side of the court along the 3 point line. For step back freeze I would dribble to either of the elbows, then hold turbo and flick away from the hoop as fast as I could to rack up as many dribbles as possible.

Keep a few things in mind, you're going to get 'hold ball too long' a lot, which will lower your teammate grade. When performing step back dribble moves you're going to have a few accidental back court violations. Also, you're going to draw a crowd. That will end up with a few jump ball situations and you'll lose teammate grade points for those as well.

All are really easy as long as you just focus on those each game. Doesn't take long.

[UC2SMOOTH]

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Volume Shooter was one of the first badges I got besides Spark Plug. Got both Microwave and Unfazed with Volume Shooter.

How did you stay hot? I have lasted 3 minutes at the most I just can't seem to get the 4 minutes.

[KingTocco]

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How did you stay hot? I have lasted 3 minutes at the most I just can't seem to get the 4 minutes.

I've found it really hard to stay hot for that long. Microwave is easy because all you have to do is get hot, unfazed is difficult IMO.


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[BellSKA]

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I was able to get both Unfazed & Microwave in the same 'attempt' and avoid volume shooter. Keep in mind that it's 15 games, that's key. You can trigger microwave after your consecutive hot games, but unfazed won't unlock till after that 15th game. I had my 3rd (4 minute min) hot game around game 11 and did not get the badge after it. It wasn't till after game 15 of my trying for it did it unlock.

You can get hot a number of ways. It can be on either side of the ball also. So if you're concerned about your shot count, lock down on D. Get a ton of steals, blocks, tipped passes, forced turnovers, etc.

On the offensive end, anything can take a warm player to hot that raises your grade. Try a long 'Unlimited Range' 3. Any big dunk, work on Posterizer perhaps. Alley oops, either passing or finishing. Assists are huge. But always be the focal point when the offense scores. If you take even 1 trip down court and get no positive teammate grades for the score, you can lose your hot streak. Run all plays through you. Pass to assist counts as a positive play and will keep your streak going.

Sorry, reposting this (3rd time) for those asking about 'Unfazed' & 'Microwave'. I tried for both of these starting my 1st season and without volume shooter. Got both inside the 15 game recommendation. I didn't get VS till I was trying for Deadeye.

[chickenboom]

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I got unfazed somehow without trying when I was trying to get hotspots all over the court. I've had microwave and volume shooter for the longest time but I only got unfazed recently. I was playing on rookie casual shooting 3s to get those hotspots.

[KingTocco]

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So would that be a quicker way of getting badges? Turning the difficulty down to rookie for a game or two?

I'm still having the hardest time getting posterizer even with 95 dunk and I'd like to knock out a few badges in a game or two.


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[chickenboom]

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So would that be a quicker way of getting badges? Turning the difficulty down to rookie for a game or two?

I'm still having the hardest time getting posterizer even with 95 dunk and I'd like to knock out a few badges in a game or two.


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Yeah that's what pretty much everyone does lol. Posterizer it's smart to use the right stick to perform flashy dunks. More posterizers happen that way.

[KingTocco]

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Yeah that's what pretty much everyone does lol. Posterizer it's smart to use the right stick to perform flashy dunks. More posterizers happen that way.

Yeah I'll try that, thanks for the tip man


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[BellSKA]

Re: Earning Badges in NBA 2K15

So would that be a quicker way of getting badges? Turning the difficulty down to rookie for a game or two?

I'm still having the hardest time getting posterizer even with 95 dunk and I'd like to knock out a few badges in a game or two.


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If you're only out to farm badges then yes, turn your settings to rookie/ casual. For unfazed & microwave I used those settings with 12 minute 1/4ers.

For deadeye you'll obviously have to move your difficulty up to HOF or SS just to draw in the defense. I've heard using sim instead of casual as well.

For dribbling badges, my settings were rookie, casual, 6 min 1/4ers, with game speed at 75. I don't like game speed higher than 80. Gets too hard to stay under control for me. With those settings you can blast through games more quickly and rack up the stats you need.

Posterizer is tough because after a few attempts your player becomes tired and the defense adjusts with double teaming you off the pick & roll. Focus on 5 solid attempts to start the 1st 5 trips down the court. After half time give it another few shots. Sprinkle in a few more attempts after several assists.

[KingTocco]

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If you're only out to farm badges then yes, turn your settings to rookie/ casual. For unfazed & microwave I used those settings with 12 minute 1/4ers.

For deadeye you'll obviously have to move your difficulty up to HOF or SS just to draw in the defense. I've heard using sim instead of casual as well.

For dribbling badges, my settings were rookie, casual, 6 min 1/4ers, with game speed at 75. I don't like game speed higher than 80. Gets too hard to stay under control for me. With those settings you can blast through games more quickly and rack up the stats you need.

Posterizer is tough because after a few attempts your player becomes tired and the defense adjusts with double teaming you off the pick & roll. Focus on 5 solid attempts to start the 1st 5 trips down the court. After half time give it another few shots. Sprinkle in a few more attempts after several assists.

Awesome tips/advice I will try that out. I really just want to grind out badges right now because I just started MC (I switched over to X1 from PS4). I just want to enjoy the rest of my season and next season without having to worry too much about getting badges and focus on winning.

I wouldn't really care about posterizer except for the fact that it's nice to have occasionally for flashy dunks and it's good for And-one trips.

The dribbling ones should be fairly easy to get I assume, I have the master of in and out one I think already.

It will be weird not playing on Sim and SS/HOF for once!


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[BellSKA]

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Awesome tips/advice I will try that out. I really just want to grind out badges right now because I just started MC (I switched over to X1 from PS4). I just want to enjoy the rest of my season and next season without having to worry too much about getting badges and focus on winning.

I wouldn't really care about posterizer except for the fact that it's nice to have occasionally for flashy dunks and it's good for And-one trips.

The dribbling ones should be fairly easy to get I assume, I have the master of in and out one I think already.

It will be weird not playing on Sim and SS/HOF for once!


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For Posterizer, make sure you un-equip all dunks that are not tomahawks. Purchase an equip only tomahawks. 1 hand, 2 hand, Uber, all tomahawks only. Remember to change back to the dunk packages you like afterwards. You'll get chase down blocked a ton using them in the Park.

Dribbling badges will take you between 1-3 games each. Just only focus on one dribble discipline each game. Don't juggle them, it will take longer.

On Rookie there's a good chance you'll average in the 40's at least.

[Magnus1959]

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Got Dimer on all positions now. I still never got Unfazed when I redid my PF. I got it the first time on my PF and every other position.

[tbentley]

Have you unlocked the badge? I thought knocking it loose and simply diving for it would get me the badge as well. I am pretty sure you have to save it from going out of bounds after I did it the other way maybe 10 times and nothing ever happened. It says get "loose ball saves". I only see that message when I save the ball from going out of bounds.

I have unlocked it the best way is to get hot on defense and tap square towards baseline or the wing and use triangle instead of square. Took 4 games to get all four. Pray that your lucky.

[P234thetruth]

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I have a few questions:

How much does Hustle Points help in the Park/Rec? It seems like it'd be really helpful especially for a big man, curious for those that have it if you noticed finishing a lot better?

Is it harder to get Deadeye on a center? I want Deadeye but don't want to get Volume Shooter it'll be pretty hard I'm assuming?