Learning to Embrace the MyCareer Grind in NBA 2K19

[Junior Moe]

Re: Learning to Embrace the MyCareer Grind in NBA 2K19

It's not even about microtransactions my dude. I'll repeat that my own post in this thread praises 2k for the amount of VC you can earn this year. Your repeated "don't like it, don't buy it" mantra is equally, if not more, tiresome.

How about my new mantra "don't play it, don't go into every thread this is discussed and call everyone bitches and moaners".

To be fair to everyone else in this thread, I'll make this my last post in your direction in here, unless of course you have something interesting to say about an issue you never ever encounter. Lol, as if.

This'll be it for me, too. Its the same thing, with the same people, who for whatever reason, keep supporting this predatory/unfair/greedy/grindy product. If there's an open thread topic about something I wish to opine about that's germane to the discussion, I will. Don't like it, ignore it. Simple.

[TheHennessyWilliams]

Between dodgeball. Red ball blue ball. The daily spin wheel and the mynba2k app i get all the v.c i need without spending a time. I have lebeled my player up to 81. While only spending 3.99 for that myplayer starter. My first guy got wiped at the beginning so i started over day after game came out. You have to PLAY it and you will be rewarded. Yes some stuff cost a lot of v.c but once you get to 90 you will have nothing to spend it on lol i play myteam so i really just play myplayer to get v.c for myteam so i dont use my team points .

[Scary Larry]

Re: Learning to Embrace the MyCareer Grind in NBA 2K19

Not a good week for OS posting the nonsensical 2K apologist hot takes.

Complete joke.

[SGMRock]

Re: Learning to Embrace the MyCareer Grind in NBA 2K19

I don't really have any beef with the VC this year. You can earn a lot and I find I can afford always having every boost active on my player throughout the NBA season. Again I only play this for the NBA Career mode I don't play anything online. Which makes me wish the offline version of MyCareer had the story line and so on like the online one does. Offline should have the training for badges available too but I think offline should have an accelerated badge earning speed, maybe double what the online is.

The grind for me is the softcaps take ages to break and once you brake them you have no choice of what you can level, they pick it for you.

The badge grind is also rather tedious. I mean if want my HOF Mid-Range Deadeye for instance. Its going to take me at total of 150,000 points. That is 215 training sessions (yes I know you earn them in games too) with 4 after each game that will take me 58 games. And that is saying I get perfect 3 stars every time. Some of these training things I can't even get 400 every time let alone 700. This could take you months depending on if you have a life, work and so on. Then of course if you start a new player you have to grind those all over again. Maybe they should make those badges tied to your account and not to a specific player, this would make it more rewarding.

[triplechin]

Re: Learning to Embrace the MyCareer Grind in NBA 2K19

I don't really have any beef with the VC this year. You can earn a lot and I find I can afford always having every boost active on my player throughout the NBA season. Again I only play this for the NBA Career mode I don't play anything online. Which makes me wish the offline version of MyCareer had the story line and so on like the online one does. Offline should have the training for badges available too but I think offline should have an accelerated badge earning speed, maybe double what the online is.

The grind for me is the softcaps take ages to break and once you brake them you have no choice of what you can level, they pick it for you.

The badge grind is also rather tedious. I mean if want my HOF Mid-Range Deadeye for instance. Its going to take me at total of 150,000 points. That is 215 training sessions (yes I know you earn them in games too) with 4 after each game that will take me 58 games. And that is saying I get perfect 3 stars every time. Some of these training things I can't even get 400 every time let alone 700. This could take you months depending on if you have a life, work and so on. Then of course if you start a new player you have to grind those all over again. Maybe they should make those badges tied to your account and not to a specific player, this would make it more rewarding.

As someone who only enjoys playing online, I wish the modes were separated. Grinding for badges is nothing but a waste of time, and I don't want to play against AI at all. I feel like the combination of modes limits both sides rather than pleases either side (although 2k gets to burn through people's wallets). Offline doesn't need caps or like you said, have 2k choose what to upgrade on capbreakers. And online shouldn't require mindless grinding against the AI. No one can convince me they enjoy doing 500 training drills of the same drill to get one badge.

[burth179]

Re: Learning to Embrace the MyCareer Grind in NBA 2K19

I feel like the author could have made the same points without being a complete and utter tool about it all. Very condescending and poorly written in my opinion.

I can't say one way of the other whether his points are valid or not since I don't play this game, but was interested to see what was stated about it here.

In one of the recent WWE games 2K put out I thought that it was asking way too much "grinding" on behalf of the user to rank up the wrestler in the career mode.

While I do agree it shouldn't be super easy to rank up your guys, it needs to be somewhat doable and achievable for people who can't play these games 60 hours per week. Need to find the right balance.

[BA2929]

I'm disappointed that OS gave a public voice to the loud, angry  minority.  Even if it was essentially to debunk  nearly everything they've said.  It won't change their minds. They have been made up, and most likely were made up 2-3 years ago. They just keep the troll train going because they have some personal beef with 2k for some reason.

[GLegend1226]

For the people who hate the grind I have a couple of questions.
Would you be ok with the grind if they didn't allow people to get to an 85 with VC?  So if everyone had to start at 60 and there was no way to get to an 85 without grinding, would that be ok with the grind?
What if they started you off at a 60 but in the GLeague. So between 60 and 70 you had to play in the GLeague before you played NBA games? Would you feel better equipped to compete in MY career games?
Or what if you could only get badges and level up on Online games (park, pro am and rec center). Essentially have 2 my players. One offline and one online?
What I personally dont want is a bunch of 99s walking around 2 months after the game come out. Interms of paying for clothes and shoes, thats all superficial and is in line with other microtransactions based games. So if you want to pay for those fine. If you dont, then fine. 

[ASAP Floppy]

Re: Learning to Embrace the MyCareer Grind in NBA 2K19

I'm disappointed that OS gave a public voice to the loud, angry* minority.* Even if it was essentially to debunk* nearly everything they've said.* It won't change their minds. They have been made up, and most likely were made up 2-3 years ago. They just keep the troll train going because they have some personal beef with 2k for some reason.

Say what? People who hate the grind are not the minority.

[ph33]

Re: Learning to Embrace the MyCareer Grind in NBA 2K19

Say what? People who hate the grind are not the minority.

Another fool who doesn't play the mode and has all the hot takes in the world

You can find them in every thread that talks about 2k negatively because it burns their soul

[SGMRock]

Re: Learning to Embrace the MyCareer Grind in NBA 2K19

I'm disappointed that OS gave a public voice to the loud, angry* minority.* Even if it was essentially to debunk* nearly everything they've said.* It won't change their minds. They have been made up, and most likely were made up 2-3 years ago. They just keep the troll train going because they have some personal beef with 2k for some reason.

Wrong, this is the first time ever I have bought this game. I had owned several version of Live when it was in its prime. The grind is not fun though period. The practice drills are a mix of good to really crappy as far as how they work. The MyCareer part of this game is totally geared to people that have nothing to do all day but play this game.

I find that making a custom roster and then adding a create a player to the team you like to play. They you take that team in MyLeague and player lock your player is a good work around for this MyCareer grind but then you miss out on the decent story they made this year for MyCareer. You also have somewhat control your team when you do MyLeague, you can put a lot of stuff on Auto but you need to be careful the CPU doesn't go around making stupid trades or heaven forbid trade the player you created to another team lol.

To me this seems like a real easy fix, the make the MyCareer offline mode more like the online mode but with the ability to control your sliders. Easier way to level badges and more freedom on leveling your player. Everyone is happy this way I am not sure why this is so hard for 2K to get or do.

[ASAP Floppy]

Re: Learning to Embrace the MyCareer Grind in NBA 2K19

This article's timing is even funnier when you consider how many people online are not embracing the grind currently and doing the endorsement glitch. Right now if you go into a park it's full of people just standing around, disappearing then reappearing in the same park over and over again.

[Junior Moe]

Re: Learning to Embrace the MyCareer Grind in NBA 2K19

For the people who hate the grind I have a couple of questions.
Would you be ok with the grind if they didn't allow people to get to an 85 with VC? *So if everyone had to start at 60 and there was no way to get to an 85 without grinding, would that be ok with the grind?
What if they started you off at a 60 but in the GLeague. So between 60 and 70 you had to play in the GLeague before you played NBA games? Would you feel better equipped to compete in MY career games?
Or what if you could only get badges and level up on Online games (park, pro am and rec center). Essentially have 2 my players. One offline and one online?
What I personally dont want is a bunch of 99s walking around 2 months after the game come out. Interms of paying for clothes and shoes, thats all superficial and is in line with other microtransactions based games. So if you want to pay for those fine. If you dont, then fine.*

I hope you didn't expect an answer to this from the usual suspects who hate the grind so much. The grind is too much, but so is the VC. They don't want everyone to be a 99, but something better than a 60. Give them a chance, you know? Everyone should be a scrub and "grind" their way up. The floor should be a 70 or 75. They want to play online day one and have a fighting chance against the people who skipped the grind, or as much of it as they could.

Waiting until they have organically built up their character (a novel concept) takes way too long. Thats no fun! Who wants to do that? "I just want to play online; screw the story and playing and building a character up as he goes from literal scrub to The Hall of Fame!" But they aren't trying to spend any money either, so here we are. The onus is on 2K to put in controls make it more "fair" for them.

They won't be happy until either VC is gone (never ever ever gonna happen), or the attributes and badges have so little impact that a huge spread means nothing.

[SixGod]

Re: Learning to Embrace the MyCareer Grind in NBA 2K19

I find the problem lies in the fact that it's hard to play with multiple players. Having 1 player isn't so bad because eventually throughout the game's life cycle you'll end up with a decent player even if you play casually. But for those of us who like creating multiple builds, having to earn overlapping badges for the 2nd or 3rd time takes the fun out of it.

[Sasselhoff]

To “SixGod’s” point so very true. My opinion is the grind would and could be fun if only you felt rewarded after doing stuff. And it didn’t take that long to get to a good place so you could actually try out other builds. NBA live I feel the reward system and how quickly you level up is in a better place than 2k. You actually feel rewarded after finishing a game.