NBA 2K17 Pro-Am Discussion Thread

[iam31yearsold]

Re: NBA 2K17 Pro-Am Discussion Thread

My Experience - Xbox One

My friends and I hopped on Pro-AM last night for the first time. I created the team and explained to them how enter Free Agency so that I could invite them.

We were all really excited to see the Team Arena, and we were having a lot of fun in there. Then we started searching for a match, and found one almost instantly. Loading screen prompts up, and guess what.
"There has been a problem with your connection to the 2K servers." - I get kicked! I was pissed, as I was the PG and facilitated the offense. Nobody else in the game got kicked.

So I hang out in the Team Arena shooting around for 20-25 minutes while my friends play and end up winning by a large margin. They come back in the Team Arena, and we chill for a couple minutes while people go to the bathroom, etc. Then one of my friends takes a look at the stats, and guess what?
The game didn't count - Record: 0-0. We were all upset. We waited around for about 5 min to see if it will update and it never did.

We start searching for our second game, and almost instantly again we find an opponent. Myself being eager to play, especially after not getting to play last game patiently waits while it loads. And guess what?
I GOT KICKED AGAIN - "There has been a problem with your connection to the 2K servers." I was freaking out! What the hell is going on I was telling myself?! Was it my internet? Was it 2K's?

I run every test imaginable - Speedtest.net gives me 55MB/s DL, 15MB/s UL. Diagnostic tests on my Xbox One show that my NAT is Open with a 0% in packet loss, shows similar DL and UL speeds that I had from Speedtest.net.

I'm frustrated beyond belief, so I again sit in the Team Arena until the game gets over. The team my friends are playing against are a little better so everybody is focused, I can tell by the mood in the Party Chat. They end up winning by a slight margin, one of my friends (Sharpshooter) ended up having a big game.

They come back to Team Arena, and guess what? THE GAME DIDN'T COUNT AGAIN! We wait around 5 min to see if it would update, my friends are getting upset as their stats didn't count as some of them had big games. They feel like there is no point in playing, so everybody just says forget it and signs off.

These are the kind of things that kill your game, and discourage people from continuing to play it.

Yea, nothing counts and if you quit you can get banned for an hour.

[P234thetruth]

Re: NBA 2K17 Pro-Am Discussion Thread

My Experience - Xbox One

My friends and I hopped on Pro-AM last night for the first time. I created the team and explained to them how enter Free Agency so that I could invite them.

We were all really excited to see the Team Arena, and we were having a lot of fun in there. Then we started searching for a match, and found one almost instantly. Loading screen prompts up, and guess what.
"There has been a problem with your connection to the 2K servers." - I get kicked! I was pissed, as I was the PG and facilitated the offense. Nobody else in the game got kicked.

So I hang out in the Team Arena shooting around for 20-25 minutes while my friends play and end up winning by a large margin. They come back in the Team Arena, and we chill for a couple minutes while people go to the bathroom, etc. Then one of my friends takes a look at the stats, and guess what?
The game didn't count - Record: 0-0. We were all upset. We waited around for about 5 min to see if it will update and it never did.

We start searching for our second game, and almost instantly again we find an opponent. Myself being eager to play, especially after not getting to play last game patiently waits while it loads. And guess what?
I GOT KICKED AGAIN - "There has been a problem with your connection to the 2K servers." I was freaking out! What the hell is going on I was telling myself?! Was it my internet? Was it 2K's?

I run every test imaginable - Speedtest.net gives me 55MB/s DL, 15MB/s UL. Diagnostic tests on my Xbox One show that my NAT is Open with a 0% in packet loss, shows similar DL and UL speeds that I had from Speedtest.net.

I'm frustrated beyond belief, so I again sit in the Team Arena until the game gets over. The team my friends are playing against are a little better so everybody is focused, I can tell by the mood in the Party Chat. They end up winning by a slight margin, one of my friends (Sharpshooter) ended up having a big game.

They come back to Team Arena, and guess what? THE GAME DIDN'T COUNT AGAIN! We wait around 5 min to see if it would update, my friends are getting upset as their stats didn't count as some of them had big games. They feel like there is no point in playing, so everybody just says forget it and signs off.

These are the kind of things that kill your game, and discourage people from continuing to play it.

This needs to be addressed ASAP it's ridiculous. My proam squad hasn't even been able to get a game together due to at least 1 or a few of getting that error every time. So frustrating.

[scoobyskyline3]

Re: NBA 2K17 Pro-Am Discussion Thread

What a the requirements to make your team go pro so you can edit them?

[Greene_Flash03]

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That's the only downside to this archetype for me, I rarely get to actually play in the post without 2 or 3 people swiping at me. I upped my playmaking to 5/7 though so my passes are on target for most of the part.

I'm a post scorer, and I support to this message.

Good news is, I can always kick it out to my teammates when 3 of my opponents spam that steal button when I'm in the post for a quick 3. I guess I'll take the assists as a "post scorer".

[Clappington]

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What a the requirements to make your team go pro so you can edit them?

I believe around your 10th win depending on your record I think? it took someone I knew 10-0 to get there and team I'm on 13-1. We had got Elite at around 20 wins. we got elite 1 at 30 wins.

[thexzeno]

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Anyone having issues getting connected? I've tried about ten times now but keep getting into queues stuck with 4 or less people.

[oldmate123]

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@Jhawkfootball06

From what I've noticed if you load into the Team Arena and there is no crowd then you get kicked from the game and the game doesn't count. This goes for anyone searching.

[coachcolbert]

Re: NBA 2K17 Pro-Am Discussion Thread

I know how you feel, it's hard playing those archetypes because your teammates run towards you bring the defender and mess up the spacing.

as far as 2k big men go - the most valuable attribute you have is your vision! gotta see the crash and understand where to go with ball before the double team makes it you.

the worst is a big that doesnt kick out ( i am a big by the way - have been since 15). i ALWAYS check look for the open man before i make my move because its 2k culture that the wings/guards WILL NOT stay home once the big gets the ball. use that to your advantage.

there is not a pro am team out there that wouldnt love for their bigs to have better vision

vice versa wings/guards you gotta realize if you dont feed the bigs theyre not gonna put in the extra work for you (that pick to set you free, that give n go action so YOU can shine, etc.)

if your bigs touch the ball AND they have great court awareness - you have a winner on your team

[NowAndLaterCARZ]

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If they could tune sharpshooters some way that would be perfect. I had a feeling sharpshooters would be he most OP position and it is. Had someone do a step back 3 from damn near half court. And also I don't like to question the devs but honestly how did y'all forget to add illegal screens? People set the most illegal screens ever and never get called for it


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if they are going to tune sharpshooters then they need to tune playmakers and point forwards also. that 90+ speed with ball is super OP at any position. i feel the balance right now is decent, playing defense as a sharpshooter is a nightmare because the lack of agilty/speed. playing defense on a sharpshooter should be easy, but with the lack of illegal screens being called it does make it tougher.

[coachcolbert]

Re: NBA 2K17 Pro-Am Discussion Thread

if they are going to tune sharpshooters then they need to tune playmakers and point forwards also. that 90+ speed with ball is super OP at any position. i feel the balance right now is decent, playing defense as a sharpshooter is a nightmare because the lack of agilty/speed. playing defense on a sharpshooter should be easy, but with the lack of illegal screens being called it does make it tougher.

id agree. i havent played against an archatype i felt was op but MANY ppl here whose opinions i respect do feel the sharshooter build is op.

selfishly i hope they dont tune it down but if they do i hope its not too much. let the shooters shoot - i dont want them to do anything until everyone masters their arcahtype. but thats just me

[DatGuy12x2]

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which has 100 people per position?



it's stupid.



Can't sort by overall?



can't sort by badges?



archetype?



it's next to useless.

Like I said I haven't tried it so... ya know


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[Clappington]

Re: NBA 2K17 Pro-Am Discussion Thread

if they are going to tune sharpshooters then they need to tune playmakers and point forwards also. that 90+ speed with ball is super OP at any position. i feel the balance right now is decent, playing defense as a sharpshooter is a nightmare because the lack of agilty/speed. playing defense on a sharpshooter should be easy, but with the lack of illegal screens being called it does make it tougher.

I am a playmaker and I can agree we need to have our speed adjusted and ankle breaker also. I snatch ankles every single game off a simple step back. And the illegal screens man. That needs fixing ASAP


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[coachcolbert]

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I am a playmaker and I can agree we need to have our speed adjusted and ankle breaker also. I snatch ankles every single game off a simple step back. And the illegal screens man. That needs fixing ASAP


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hey now you leave my screens alone!! lmao, plus in the nba now all anyone sets is illegal screens. no one sets their feet anymore

[Jhawkfootball06]

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@Jhawkfootball06

From what I've noticed if you load into the Team Arena and there is no crowd then you get kicked from the game and the game doesn't count. This goes for anyone searching.

Yes! I had no crowd. I just asked my friends and they all said that they had crowd in Team Arena. Nice find!

This needs to be stickied and plastered somewhere so people know why this is happening and the workaround.

What is the workaround? Just keep exiting until you get the crowd, or close the entire game and reload it to hopefully fix the no crowd issue?

[Clappington]

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hey now you leave my screens alone!! lmao, plus in the nba now all anyone sets is illegal screens. no one sets their feet anymore

Lol very true!