read this before picking which version you preorder.

[schnaidt1]

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Standard edition, not gonna spend time/money on myteam. Will just play it casually.

I wont spend money on vc this year. 2k getting too greedy for my liking.

man i am with you....but you really cant be relevant in online pro am or the neighborhood unless you do...

and it will take a ton of games being played in my leage to get enough vc to make your guy decent...

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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this is why I made this thread...people seriously do not understand how this works with the preorder versions! I will break it down for you.

$60 base version =5k VC

$100 legends edition = 100k total VC

$150 legends GOLD edition = 250k Total VC



Buying VC directly inside 2k game gets you more VC than if you spent the extra $40 for the legends edition or the extra $90 for the Legends Gold editions.

$40= 150k VC vs 100k VC in legends bonus

$90= 350k VC vs 250k vc in legends gold bonus.

I can not spell it out for you guys any more clearly than that...

if you do not care about the my team bonus...only the vc...you get more vc going this route!!

Nice you saved me the effort of breaking this down myself . I only care about the VC to upgrade my attributes .

[Enso]

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some of yall freaking out on OP are nuts. Do you work for 2K or something why you getting all emotional? Do you own stock? Good on you for looking out dude.

[Thunderhorse]

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Nice you saved me the effort of breaking this down myself . I only care about the VC to upgrade my attributes .

Word.

I'm just trying to find VC prices so I can go ahead and drop the $ to make my 1 player.

[schnaidt1]

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Nice you saved me the effort of breaking this down myself . I only care about the VC to upgrade my attributes .

you are welcome, that is all i was trying to do

some of yall freaking out on OP are nuts. Do you work for 2K or something why you getting all emotional? Do you own stock? Good on you for looking out dude.

thanks man...i dont get it either, i was just trying to be nice! because i was about to buy the 100 version, but now i will get 55k more vc

Word.

I'm just trying to find VC prices so I can go ahead and drop the $ to make my 1 player.

the prices from 2k17 should be valid this year, I dont think people would take a virtual currency price hike kindly. i mean its fake money as it is anyway lol

[E The Rhymer]

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Considering the price for all of VC packages has low key gone up every year AND you get less VC on top of that I wouldn't put it past 2K to hike prices or severely nerf the amount per package... idk if y'all play GTA but this is the same parent company behind Shark Cards in GTA where 100$ gets you 3 mill in a game where outfits alone in a single DLC is upwards of 60 mill.


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[Jrocc23]

read this before picking which version you preorder.

The OP is right if the prices for VC stays the same. I am doing what I did last year. Preorder and then buy some VC.

I can't careless about the MyTeam stuff. The Shaq jerseys would be cool, but it's not worth it for me.

some of yall freaking out on OP are nuts. Do you work for 2K or something why you getting all emotional? Do you own stock? Good on you for looking out dude.

I agree lol. They are tripping. It's ALOT of customers that doesn't realize they are paying extra money for no reason. I know a lot of guys that had planned on preordering those Shaq versions and I know for a fact they don't care about MyTeam. Just the VC for their MyPlayer. I've been telling them it's much better to just preorder the regular version and just buy VC. So I know it's a lot of other customers that don't realize that.


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[JustCallMeSleepy]

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Just don't buy it. Everybody here can read. You're prefacing this as some profound source of knowledge that's hidden from the community and it's not. It's general information. We know exactly what's included in every edition of the game. I play MyTeam more than any other mode, so yes I bought the $150 version, but even if I didn't, maybe I'm a Lakers fan, or just like the color gold. I'm the one who goes to work everyday of the week so if I want to spend my money on that, mind your business?

He's just making it a little bit clearer for those who could use the breakdown. Don't be a d**k.

[Trackball]

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I already knew all this, and pre-ordered the PS4 base version a few days ago.

I'm not paying all that extra money for a few virtual jerseys and cards I'll lose in a year.

I rarely play against other humans because of my very slow connection, thus I focus on franchise and MyCareer, in that order.

Now, if we COULD carry this stuff over year-to-year, I'd consider going gold. But no. No use for a fake jersey.

Played 2K11 online lately? Exactly.

People don't go back to that game for the online.
Online will die.
They go back for the GAMEPLAY.

[nddot]

read this before picking which version you preorder.

Great thread op. Some of these dudes have the "defend 2k at all cost" syndrome.

I was cool with the preorder system for the extra vc but the fact that the price for everything has gone up is disgusting. The more they make, the more greedy they get.



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[ajg52801]

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If you only play my career and only need vc to upgrade your attributes then def buy the base version and buy vc separately.

If you are into myteam and primarily play it going into the long run, then I think it's def worth buying the legend gold edition if you don't mind dishing out money. On top of the extra 250k vc you also get 30 additional myteam packs weekly. Each pack costs about 5500 vc so 30 packs is about 150k+ vc. Not to mention you also get ruby Shaq and ruby dwade and they are a dynamic duo boosting Shaq to an amethyst overall. That's a pretty big edge at the launch of the game for at least a month to two months if not more which is when other amethysts start getting released.

Given all those points, it def makes sense to get the legend gold edition because you do get equivalent amount of vc for the extra money you drop in terms of packs and vc combined. And you also get Shaq and dwade if you care for that.

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[ph33]

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Considering the price for all of VC packages has low key gone up every year AND you get less VC on top of that I wouldn't put it past 2K to hike prices or severely nerf the amount per package... idk if y'all play GTA but this is the same parent company behind Shark Cards in GTA where 100$ gets you 3 mill in a game where outfits alone in a single DLC is upwards of 60 mill.

The companion app matching game used to have 500 VC cards, and on a good day where you had 3 of those you'd get 3000. Now it's 250 being the highest and half the time, you get some useless 50 VC card for the card game in the app that I never play anyways.

Jumpers and dribble animations used to be free...and I believe in 2k16 they started charging VC for those. I am also pretty sure the full cost of upgrading your player to its max also got more expensive.

This year they start charging VC for haircuts, and we aren't sure yet how progression works and how much it will cost to upgrade a player to whatever the initial max is.

Makes me wonder what they got in store for next year.

[sudanmalkovich]

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I don't pre-order

[Gosens6]

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Honestly, I just want Shaq on my cover if we’re keeping it real. [emoji38]


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[Keith01]

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Or everyone just buys the regular version and then buys no VC afterwards, so that 2k stops that microtransaction crap in future games...

Would love to see this or at least quicken the process. Especially with esports, shouldn't it be the best SKILLS not the best/highest ovr character. It shouldn't be the battle of no-lifer's, it should be the battle of skills. I see so many bad shots, but since the guy has hall of fame sharpshooter, it goes in - so he thinks he's good at the game lol.

At the same time, 2K doesn't seem to waste the revenue more VC brings in. They're always innovative, so we see things like an open world in a sports game. Any other sports game even close to that? So I don't mind payin a little extra when the amount of stuff in the game is big.