NBA 2k18 Pro-Am Discussion Thread

[ph33]

Re: NBA 2k18 Pro-Am Discussion Thread

We play with only 4 people and i discovered that you don't have to invite all your teammates to the same neighbourhood to join the arena, we did that in the beggining but stopped using that method because inviting just took too long.

You just have to have them enter into the arena at the same time regardless of you and your teammates being in different neighbourhoods. It worked at least 85% of the time for us. We just do a countdown and have everybody press at the same time.

Just fyi...I tried this a bunch yesterday with my squad and we still couldn't get in. I guess today, we might try somebody else making the team.

This is terrible. Why do I have to go to Google, Forums, and YouTube to find out how to get into a game with my team?

[de5m0n]

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A little late to the party but....

How's this build? What weight and height did you make it and do you maybe wish you did anything differently?

I just wanna yam on people in the paint and I'm trying to get a build together so I would love some insight.

its a damn beast around the rim. Posterizing everything in site with only gold posterizer.

I made him 7'3 300 pounds. His speed is 48. Can hit from mid range when open.

I wish i would of make a secondary rebounder because i saw those guys finish just as good as me but they also get better rebounding.

Also, defense on this guy is mediocre at best.

[ksuttonjr76]

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what center builds do you guys like for pro-am?....what builds have you ran into that have surprised you or just been hard to stop?

I have a rim protecting, post-scoring center at 7'2", 280? lbs (I forgot the weight off the top of my head). I'm currently at 63, but I feel like I can hold my own against higher rated players. Right now, I have the disadvantage of low ratings and being on teams where I'm the only throwback big against 1-2 slashing/athletic/finishers power forward and centers. As the saying goes...I can't do it all by myself, lol.

On the bright side, I should be a damn beast when I get above 80.

[derlaid]

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I'm trying to figure out what glitches people are abusing in pro-am to make some games just a complete mess. Losing boards to athletic finishers who instantly dunk. Pure playmakers shooting beyond the arc 3s consistently. Having the ball slapped out of your hand as soon as you receive the pass.

The latter I chalk up to hotzone glitching. And the rest I assume are getting elite dribble moves/contact dunks for big men to make them unguardable. Anyone else encounter any other crap? Did the animation glitching get fixed?

I mean, my team aren't pro-am gods by any stretch of the imagination but there is a clear difference between a team playing good basketball, moving the ball, playing good defense, and other teams that have an unguardable centre, athletic finishers who snatch boards from our rebounders despite having worse positioning and instantly dunking them using some kind of insane contact dunk animation, and who chase the ball on D because they're all fast enough to get back on D no matter what.

[ImInThis]

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Anybody looking for a center on Ps4 feel free to invite me YuKnowWhatItIz. I don't know how I'm gonna fair with these 7'3 300lb centers. i'm 7' 255 Post Scorer, defense.

I may have to start over if everyone is 7'3 300lbs . Then again, I've been playing Center/Pf for yeats

Last time I played team up was 2k13 I think.

[CantGoBacktoTO]

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I'm trying to figure out what glitches people are abusing in pro-am to make some games just a complete mess. Losing boards to athletic finishers who instantly dunk. Pure playmakers shooting beyond the arc 3s consistently. Having the ball slapped out of your hand as soon as you receive the pass.

The latter I chalk up to hotzone glitching. And the rest I assume are getting elite dribble moves/contact dunks for big men to make them unguardable. Anyone else encounter any other crap? Did the animation glitching get fixed?

I mean, my team aren't pro-am gods by any stretch of the imagination but there is a clear difference between a team playing good basketball, moving the ball, playing good defense, and other teams that have an unguardable centre, athletic finishers who snatch boards from our rebounders despite having worse positioning and instantly dunking them using some kind of insane contact dunk animation, and who chase the ball on D because they're all fast enough to get back on D no matter what.

MAN! I thought I was going crazy.. ProAm last night I was on my rebounding/ defending big and in perfect position 90% of the time. These AFs were snagging over my head some how and dropping it on me instantly. I thought maybe I was losing my touch(entirely possible) but this makes a hell of a lot more sense.


Got any other information on it?

[Settlon]

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You do have to keep in mind that the Athletic Finisher builds jump higher than a Rebound build. Not every rebound will be won by a rebound build. That's just not realistic. You may have the position, but depending on where the ball bounces out to plays a major role in that as well.

With more athleticism, they are able to jump out to more areas of the floor to grab the rebound.

However, head to head rebounding in the same exact spot and getting to the loose ball, the rebound build will grab it much more likely.

And do keep in mind badges come into play as well.

[derlaid]

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No more info, it feels more like a balance issue with archetypes than a specific pro-am thing. It's not a matter of losing some of the defensive/offensive boards - I completely recognize that sometimes the bounce favours the outside player and that's basketball - but when you're getting outboarded 2:1 when the opposing team has 0 rebounders primary or secondary... there's something up.

It could be our rebounders fault, it could be badges, I'll accept that until I play more games, but it just doesn't seem right to me.

HOWEVER, the instant dunk animation has to go. It's stupid, undefendable crap. Not the putback dunk, but an instant catch board and dunk before the rest of the team's feet touch the ground.

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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I don’t understand why my squad faces the A.I every game in walk on. We would’ve just played mycareer. Game just came out. Servers shouldn’t be empty

[CBAT]

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I don’t understand why my squad faces the A.I every game in walk on. We would’ve just played mycareer. Game just came out. Servers shouldn’t be empty

This is so frustrating. Same thing happening to us. About 50% of the time, we'll play users the first game (50% we'll play AI) and then the second game we will pretty much always play the AI.

[ph33]

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I don’t understand why my squad faces the A.I every game in walk on. We would’ve just played mycareer. Game just came out. Servers shouldn’t be empty

This is beyond annoying. Last year they'd at least cut the game off early if it was just AI. Now we have to play it out. I guess it's a nice, relaxed way to farm badges, but it's also not what we are there for.

[CantGoBacktoTO]

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You do have to keep in mind that the Athletic Finisher builds jump higher than a Rebound build. Not every rebound will be won by a rebound build. That's just not realistic. You may have the position, but depending on where the ball bounces out to plays a major role in that as well.

With more athleticism, they are able to jump out to more areas of the floor to grab the rebound.

However, head to head rebounding in the same exact spot and getting to the loose ball, the rebound build will grab it much more likely.

And do keep in mind badges come into play as well.

No man I get it, Its just that I've been playing center in 2k for 4 years now and know how to read the bounces decently well. I understand that builds and badges only help a certain amount towards the actual outcome.

These guys were legitimately out-boarding me and my buddy who are both centers at a 2:1/3:1 clip. It wasn't even close and happened multiple games in a row. On top of that as soon as they pulled it down it was instantly back in the rim without any reaction time.

[infam0us]

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I really wish they didn't give you a L for quitting before tip off when the game crashed and half the team is gone.

Then 2k gives a warning for that... smh

[Arctic Vale]

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I'm looking for a Pro-Am team to join in Xbox One. I'm a point guard slashing sharpshooter overall 80. Gamer tag Arctic Vale. I'm looking to grind with a team so I will participate at all times.

[TheFinalEvent97]

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Been running with a squad in walkon that works quite nicely.
PG: 6'5 Sharpshooting Playmaker
SG: 6'8 Post Scoring Shot Creator (jyoung)
SF: 6'8 Pure Sharpshooter
PF: 6'11 Sharpshooting Athletic Finisher
C: 6'11 Pure Rim Protector(Me)