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  • Goffs
    New Ork Giants
    • Feb 2003
    • 12279

    #76
    Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

    Originally posted by ph33
    Yep. Games are less of the no IQ cheesefests where people just dance behind brick walls and jack up limitless. People are getting exposed. I do think forcing everyone to have "weaker" badges and having lower attributes in general is helping with the balance. Maybe it's because people aren't used to the jumpers, and playing with strangers is a factor, but I don't see an insane amount of 3s going in.

    The snatchback is still strong though.

    Players are a bit slower in the combine but it doesn't matter because you know other people are just as athletic and don't have higher attributes just because they paid more money/hours.

    I was kind of looking forward to playing this again but I'm not sure my blood pressure can deal with randoms screaming in my headset today. Played games with friends last night that were just...enjoyable. Nobody screaming or panicking at everything was a niiiiiice change of pace.
    Hmmm this is where I need to get 50 wins to get to try out? I just didn't care enough to get 50 wins lol. Hell they should open this to the public I would love to play a game without those **** badges. You get to actually see that these bums can't actually play a game properly without those badges.

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    • Foldzy
      MVP
      • Oct 2014
      • 1627

      #77
      Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

      Trying to scout these games would be an absolute nightmare

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      • no1
        Beer the Turtle
        • Jul 2004
        • 100

        #78
        Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

        I've been playing as a pg but I'm going to change. The team play is ridiculous and selfish and everyone has the run shoot shoot shoot oh **** pass mentality. There's no iq. Which then leads to turnovers. I like the SIM aspect but the archetypes and not even being able to see the packages the stock players are set up with. Jumpers take a while to get used to and find one if you weren't using a generic.

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        • Rockie_Fresh88
          Lockdown Defender
          • Oct 2011
          • 9621

          #79
          Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

          I do enjoy the game with less OP badges and no 7’3 centers . It’s so much better. I also notice speed differences in this .

          Some of the player’s with IQ do ruin it. But you can tell who has to rely on badges to be good lol . Some people are getting exposed
          #1 Laker fan
          First Team Defense !!!

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          • Caelumfang
            MVP
            • Oct 2012
            • 1218

            #80
            Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

            Just playing it a few times made me further realize that I just don't enjoy this game all that much. Bad teammates, bad mechanics, terrible animations, horrible animations equipped to these archetypes, etc.

            Just not feeling the combine, or the game in general.

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            • Rockie_Fresh88
              Lockdown Defender
              • Oct 2011
              • 9621

              #81
              Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

              Originally posted by Caelumfang
              Just playing it a few times made me further realize that I just don't enjoy this game all that much. Bad teammates, bad mechanics, terrible animations, horrible animations equipped to these archetypes, etc.

              Just not feeling the combine, or the game in general.
              What builds you tried ? I’m hoping to try that pure rim protector at some point .
              #1 Laker fan
              First Team Defense !!!

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              • Caelumfang
                MVP
                • Oct 2012
                • 1218

                #82
                Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

                Originally posted by Rockie_Fresh88
                What builds you tried ? I’m hoping to try that pure rim protector at some point .
                The Sharpshooting Shot Creator, and the Slashing Shot Creator.

                I'd probably try out the Rim Protector if I feel like playing it again.

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                • howardphillips214
                  MVP
                  • Jan 2018
                  • 1928

                  #83
                  Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

                  Yeah, I'm working tonight and had no desire yesterday. Maybe I'll try again in a few days when all the terrible randoms go back to regular walk on cuz they realize they're trash.

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                  • franzis
                    MVP
                    • Mar 2008
                    • 1451

                    #84
                    Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

                    Originally posted by Rockie_Fresh88
                    What builds you tried ? I’m hoping to try that pure rim protector at some point .
                    I got 2 games with pure rim protector.
                    The 2nd has been my best combine game so far: 19 pts, 12 rbn, 4 ast, 3 stl, 4 blk, A+

                    Fun build, good for playing with random people


                    I'm likely to stick with him
                    Last edited by franzis; 02-04-2018, 08:10 PM.

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                    • jyoung
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Dec 2006
                      • 11132

                      #85
                      Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

                      I don't know what's going on with the networking/matchmaking behind this mode, but I played with/against more AI-controlled bots today than I did human-controlled players.

                      The penalties for choosing to quit out of a game need to be much harsher, since it hurts every other team member who's still in the game.

                      It also severely limits what you're able to do offensively whenever you're being guarded by a CPU defender.

                      I played two games today where it was just me and one other guy with 3 AI teammates and it was extremely difficult to do anything on offense with that many bots on the floor since you can't call set plays for the AI to run in the Combine like you can in the regular pro am mode.

                      It also seems like once you get into a game that's full of AI bots it won't register correctly as a played game and won't show up in your stats or your game log. I just checked the time stamps on my game log and it looks like I have 5 completed games that never got correctly recorded.
                      Last edited by jyoung; 02-05-2018, 12:41 AM.

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                      • itsmb8
                        MVP
                        • May 2011
                        • 3361

                        #86
                        Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

                        Not playing the Combine, but what im concluding is its just a lot of players thinking ISO moves every possession and bucket after bucket after bucket will get them in the 2KL and then get upset and start accusing every random person on their team for ruining their chance of getting drafted?
                        PSN / Xbox GT - BLUEnYELLOW28

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                        • Kriech23
                          MVP
                          • Feb 2009
                          • 2302

                          #87
                          Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

                          I've played 15 games at SF and it really boils down to what kind of PG you have. I think I'm 9-6 overall, averaging around 12 pts, 7 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block a game as a Slashing Defender.


                          A few people have mentioned, but bigs just sit under the basket which makes trying to get to the rim damn near impossible. I find 80% of my points are either in transition or off of one of the bigs missed layups.

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                          • franzis
                            MVP
                            • Mar 2008
                            • 1451

                            #88
                            Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

                            I dont know over there but here in Italy it's nearly impossible to have back to back games because the matchmaking takes forever.

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                            • Korrupted
                              Pro
                              • Nov 2015
                              • 917

                              #89
                              Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

                              Last night was my first official night in the combine. Couldn't play on Friday or Saturday due to being busy. The combine is worse than playing walk on. It's so many X Factors in this combine its ridiculous. You have to pray you get a good PG with IQ and good bigs that know how to space the floor. Majority of the folks I've ran with didn't even have a mic. 2k could've taken a better approach IMO.
                              Last edited by Korrupted; 02-05-2018, 08:45 AM.

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                              • wlredman
                                Rookie
                                • Apr 2015
                                • 12

                                #90
                                Re: Official 2k Combine Thread.

                                I dropped 41 points in the combine the other night and I'm averaging 20 a game using a SG slashing shot creater . Why is there no leader board or stat tracker to see how we stack up against everyone else? And why can't we see what archetypes we are playing with and against during the games?

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