5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

[SirGaryColeman]

I love Pro-Am Walk-on because it lets casual gamers play with randoms, but it sure is boring and ends up being more of a pain to play than it should be. I think it could be fixed very easily, though.

5 Easy things they could fix right now:
- Ability to play with 6 players and 4 computers if 10 don't join (exactly like Allstar team-up)
- If the entire team quits, the game ends instead of forcing you to finish vs computers (like it does in Pro-am Team)
- Shorter Free Throw downtime
- Ability to play in an Arena with an Audience (like pro-am team, but not custom)
- Better Stat Tracking (show stats the same way an NBA broadcast does during downtime (FTs). And give us a Player of the Game and other awards after the game ends...)

5 Things that would be nice, but require some effort:

- More than one gym/arena to play in
- Commentary using nicknames/jersey numbers
- Reputation that results in cosmetic awards... IE: You're a Legend, so the audience will hold up pictures of your face or chant MVP when you shoot
- Teams you can join and play for a championship with (similar to how the park has 3 "teams" that fight for a championship)
- Connection Stability!! I think forcing you to have 10 people to start the game is the main reason it's hard to start a game, but it can take 30min to get a game going.

[Tunechid]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

Get rid of Walk on and bring back the rec


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[SirGaryColeman]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

Get rid of Walk on and bring back the rec

Walk-on is basically the rec.

The only difference is that you can't walk around freely, you are "stuck" in a poorly designed matchmaking locker room.

You can still see up to 30 other people playing on those other courts, which is how you know they are using the same system. It's pretty dumb, considering 40 people on one server will create lag... might as well just let people walk around if you're not going to optimize it.

[Tunechid]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

Walk-on is basically the rec.



The only difference is that you can't walk around freely, you are "stuck" in a poorly designed matchmaking locker room.



You can still see up to 30 other people playing on those other courts, which is how you know they are using the same system. It's pretty dumb, considering 40 people on one server will create lag... might as well just let people walk around if you're not going to optimize it.

40 people on one server is a lot of people , lol how many people you think are at the park ? More than the rec

[Lord Bonium]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

- Have 3 tiers for matchmaking. What i mean is put people together based on overall: for example tier 3 is <70, tier 2 is 70-85, tier 1 >85.

- Or, my preference, have a rep system. Not for rewards or anything like that, simply for matchmaking. Based on quitting and teammate grade. So if you quit a lot and/or have poor TG your rep will go down and you'll play others like you. This way people with high rep get the opportunity to actually get in an enjoyable competitive walk on game.

- Definitely agree with multiple courts. In another thread for example i suggested a pro am "world tour". Pretty self explanatory, basically you'd have a bunch of both outdoor and indoor courts in different settings. A sunny beach, high school gym, a snowy mountain top, in a big barn, in the desert next to a pyramid, prison yard, on the moon, whatever, anything you can imagine. Obviously don't turn it into another park mode, keep the gameplay sim (well... as much as possible) with regular rules, on superstar or at least allstar, etc.

Then if you really want a tangible reward for higher rep you can go ahead and let guys with higher rep have more courts to play on.


- Have matchmaking put people in their primary or secondary position. No more 6 foot guards at pf/c etc.

- Also agree with ending the game if the entire opposing team quits. Don't really care for the other suggestions except for connection stability of course.

EDIT: Almost forgot, the background courts with active games have to go. One court will do.

[SirGaryColeman]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

- Have 3 tiers for matchmaking. What i mean is put people together based on overall: for example tier 3 is <70, tier 2 is 70-85, tier 1 >85.

- Or, my preference, have a rep system.

- Definitely agree with multiple courts. In another thread for example i suggested a pro am "world tour". Pretty self explanatory, basically you'd have a bunch of both outdoor and indoor courts in different settings. A sunny beach, high school gym, a snowy mountain top, in a big barn, in the desert next to a pyramid, prison yard, on the moon, whatever, anything you can imagine. Obviously don't turn it into another park mode, keep the gameplay sim (well... as much as possible) with regular rules, on superstar or at least allstar, etc.

Then if you really want a tangible reward for higher rep you can go ahead and let guys with higher rep have more courts to play on.

Did you play the NBA Live 16 demo? They had much nicer looking courts for pro-am games...

And I definitely like your ideas for better matchmaking based on rep, and ability to choose your position.

A lot these things are already in the game, but in different modes. You can basically choose your position in Allstar Team-up, I don't get why you can't do it in any other mode.

[Kurupt_XxX]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

Need lobbies for pro am. So we can match up with teams and make leagues. Bring back rec instead of walk on as well as give us REP

[SirGaryColeman]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

Need lobbies for pro am. So we can match up with teams and make leagues. Bring back rec instead of walk on as well as give us REP

Leagues would be way too awesome, would probably fit better with the "pro am team," but they need some kind of Free Agents list in the game, that you can sort by Position, Rating, W/L, etc. and recruit and join multiple teams.

Instead, they told us to use a hashtag on twitter. I think they didn't finish the mode in time, so I'm hoping we get all of this in 2k17

[de5m0n]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

Good ideas all around and this mode can be a whole lotta fun if they put some effort into it.

2 Things to addd...

1. Fix the damn STATS or don't bother releasing broken ones and not attempting to fix it.

2. Limit 1 or 2 time out calls per player. I'm sick and tired of babies calling all time outs in a row because they didn't like something.

[Lord Bonium]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

Did you play the NBA Live 16 demo? They had much nicer looking courts for pro-am games...

And I definitely like your ideas for better matchmaking based on rep, and ability to choose your position.

A lot these things are already in the game, but in different modes. You can basically choose your position in Allstar Team-up, I don't get why you can't do it in any other mode.

Yeah, i actually bought live when it was on sale for 20 or so. The courts do look nice but unfortunately the gameplay is awful (i gave it more than a fair shot) and if someone thinks the ballhogs on 2k or bad, it's nothing compared to some (a lot actually) of the people on live.

[Schiltzenberger]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

Matchmaking is great for servers that are full.... Here in Australia we really need a rec centre, so you can literally see if there are people looking for a game.
You can sit there for 20mins waiting for a game before giving up..... would be nice to know if there are other games playing, people looking for games etc.

Someone from 2K needs to check the stats on how many rec centre games got played on the Aus servers last year compared to Pro-am games this year..... They will find a huge drop off..... all due to forcing matchmaking onto servers that are rarely full.

[A6_Foul_Out]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

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5 Easy things they could fix right now:
- Ability to play with 6 players and 4 computers if 10 don't join (exactly like Allstar team-up)
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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

NO...

NO.

Do not promote computers in this game.

Play with or against computers is NOT FUN in the slightest. You want to play with computers in your private game? That's fine.

Please don't bring your computers into my matchmaking.

[Lord Bonium]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

Matchmaking is great for servers that are full.... Here in Australia we really need a rec centre, so you can literally see if there are people looking for a game.
You can sit there for 20mins waiting for a game before giving up..... would be nice to know if there are other games playing, people looking for games etc.

Someone from 2K needs to check the stats on how many rec centre games got played on the Aus servers last year compared to Pro-am games this year..... They will find a huge drop off..... all due to forcing matchmaking onto servers that are rarely full.

It sucks they separated different continents/countries a couple years ago. I personally didn't experience more lag before they started doing that. Maybe they could give the option to play against people from other timezones. "Search for game: worldwide or EU/US/africa/(whatever applies)". If you select worldwide, make you undergo a quick download/upload/(ping? I honestly don't know) test before starting to see if your connection is good enough. I'm no software engineer but i'm guessing that would be possible?

[SirGaryColeman]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

Matchmaking is great for servers that are full.... Here in Australia we really need a rec centre, so you can literally see if there are people looking for a game.
You can sit there for 20mins waiting for a game before giving up..... would be nice to know if there are other games playing, people looking for games etc.

Someone from 2K needs to check the stats on how many rec centre games got played on the Aus servers last year compared to Pro-am games this year..... They will find a huge drop off..... all due to forcing matchmaking onto servers that are rarely full.

If it makes you feel better, I sometimes have to wait 20min too and I am in California.


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[SirGaryColeman]

Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2k17 Walk-on Pro-Am (REC Mode)

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

NO...

NO.

Do not promote computers in this game.

Play with or against computers is NOT FUN in the slightest. You want to play with computers in your private game? That's fine.

Please don't bring your computers into my matchmaking.

Lol I hear you, computer does suck... but it seems hard to get (and keep) 10 players to start a game.

I like how Rocket League does it, which is to choose 2v2, 3v3, etc. could let people decide if they want to play full 10 or not

More options is never bad. Pro Am Team currently only requires 6 btw... it fills the rest in with computers

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