Armor & Sword's NBA 2K18 "Regular Joe" Simulation Real FG%/FT% Style Sliders

[DarthRambo]

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Blew out the Pacers at home. My starters barely played in the 4th. Towns had 30pts 20reb 5blk lol. Pacers inside had no answer. Hit a few threes too so he was dominant. I feel like I can win MVP with him easily.

Jeff Teague has minor left ankle sprain and is day to day, able to play through injury.

[BasketballGHS]

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The more I play, the more I realize the match ups and who comes off the bench for you. I was up in a game I kept on from last night and now I'm down at halftime. Progressive fatigue also matters in the game so I try to leave guys on the bench as long as I can which sometimes comes back to bite me. If you don't have a strong brench you really have to watch who you have coming off of it. Every time I think the game gets easier I start getting beat and that's why I tell people you must test 30 games before even talking about this, that, or another.

[Armor and Sword]

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Sorry if this was already addressed, but is this slider set to make pro a little harder? Or just more realistic? Both?

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Both. As I continue to play more and more and get my “2K” legs back under me certain attributes are going to be tuned down on the human side.

But I still want a huge sample size before it happens.

But no doubt an update the the slider set is forthcoming this week.

[Armor and Sword]

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What I will do is create a “red” set.

So the next update will be called our Pro “Red” set and will just be a more advanced set for those who want more of a challenge on Pro.

[Retropyro]

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I was a little worried during and after my first game.

The setup:

I simmed the first year and was very strict on cpu trade approvals. Then for year two I created an expansion team for me to run (also added a second expansion team to balance the league).

During the expansion draft my goal was;

1. Focus on good shooters at the expense of all other attributes.
2. Low value contracts with little time on them.
3. Go young if possible.

During FA, I went all in on the best available super star - Kevin Durant. May not be the most realistic thing, but it's my fantasy damn it. Basically offered a max deal, but threw in the extra deal of last year being a player option and even gave him the no trade clause. That gave me a small edge over other teams. (Surprisingly, Golden State were not trying to re-sign him).

So the first game was against Portland and to say that KD dominated would be a bit of an understatement. He had 30 by half-time. Add in that Lillard was shooting bricks all game for the Trailblazer.

My Vancouver Ravens won 108 - 83.

Ravens shot 52% (40% from 3), Trailblazers a terrible 36% (29% from 3).

So I thought, oh no, too easy.

Then game two, against the Wizards. My first home game.

Final score: Wizards 106 - Ravens 105. The final shot went to a video review, KD nailed a half court shot at the buzzer for the win ....but replay showed he didn't get it off in time.

Ravens shot 49% (33% from 3), Wizards shot 41% (32% from 3). John Wall went down in the 3rd, he had been lights out and they were at the time running away with the game.

I'm very iffy on changing anything at the moment personally, I want at least 25 games in before any changes. All through the test leagues I did, I saw so many runs where I would dominate some games only to get destroyed in the next few with a number of solid close games in between.


Vancouver Ravens:

PG Jerian Grant 75
SG Austin Rivers 80
SF Kevin Durant 95
PF Robert Williams 76 *rookie
C Skal Labissiere 76

SG Seth Curry 77
PF Bobby Portis 75
PF Daniel Theis 75
PG Jerryd Bayless 74
C Cheik Diallo 73
C Damien Jones 73
SG Josh Hart 72
SF Dillion Brooks 72
SF Lance Thomas 72
PG Quinn Cook 70

[Armor and Sword]

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Wow......just had a heart breaking loss to the Celtics at home. Kyrie Irving hits a buzzer beater with Goran Dragic in his face.....just epic....also playing on a sore heal. We were down 100-92 with 1:51 left. We go on a 8-0 run to tie it with 16 ticks left.

I knew it would be Irving Isolation for the last shot.....I defended him as well as I could without fouling him. He sinked a 16 footer fading away. He was a beast tonight. I had no answer for him. Tried 3 different guys on him.....there was just no stopping him tonight.

Dion Waiters is still out with a broken toe (back in 1 more week).

This was my first game with my “Red” set. I LOVE IT. But I want to test more before I unleash it on you folks.

Here is the box scores below.

[Zack317]

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What I will do is create a “red” set.

So the next update will be called our Pro “Red” set and will just be a more advanced set for those who want more of a challenge on Pro.

Sounds good. This is what I've been looking for I think. Like yourself, I've now got a few games under my belt and certain aspects are getting easier as I get into the groove of things

Looking forward to it

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[BasketballGHS]

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I still think because I'm adjusting enough and have some set up where I don't have an advantage this slider you have right now is perfect for me. Things like getting to the basket easy aren't going to change too much, but when you get trigger-happy from three it ruins your team. I'm having a blast and every time I think I had a breakthrough I lose, so thank you for having two sets for us.

[Armor and Sword]

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I still think because I'm adjusting enough and have some set up where I don't have an advantage this slider you have right now is perfect for me. Things like getting to the basket easy aren't going to change too much, but when you get trigger-happy from three it ruins your team. I'm having a blast and every time I think I had a breakthrough I lose, so thank you for having two sets for us.

Oh yeah...getting to the hoop really is about playing off screens and exploding at the right time.

But blocks, defensive awareness and cutting off guys....needed some tuning. I found myself getting too good as I have gotten comfortable with the sticks again after a very long layoff from 2K.

Both sets are very good. The Gold 1.0 to me is perfect for Regular Joes. And the Red 1.0 for those Regular Joes looking for more of a challenge without All-Star and above CPU cheese.

[Smallville102001]

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Just wondering Armor if you can like explain how you got your MYLEAGUE settings and what kind of things you where seeing with different numbers for those. Just wondering what your thought process was for those?

[Smallville102001]

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I have now been playing on All star in stead of pro for the last like 6 games or so. Pro was just to easy this year. I think this years game is by far a easier game then like ever other 2k game during either this gen or last gen. On pro the CPU was missing a lot of easy shoots and just to often would shoot like 35% from the field and it was just getting to easy for me to drive to the basket as I have gotten more playing time and gotten better. Now with playing on All star CPU is shooting better and over all I am getting pretty good results. I have also up CPU on ball d to 50. With having that at 50 and playing on all star instead of pro its not as easy to drive has it was on pro. I am playing with similar sliders but with a few changes and still working on a few things. I am not plaining to start MYLEAGUE in till the real NBA season starts as I want to make sure there are no more big trades or changes to teams before the season starts. So hopefully by then we will have a patch out to fix some of the issues with MYLEAGUE and hopefully I will have my sliders locked in. The thing I am still working on is trying to lower PIP and FG in paint. Right now to many games where teams are scoring like 50-60 PIP and where FG % is really high in the paint. I have tried some games with the drive contact and like inside contact sliders up higher like around 70 for me and 70 for CPU. I think at 70 for CPU works pretty well but 70 for me I think is maybe a little to high. I have tried 65 for me and then its like CPU is scoring and shooting to good in the paint again. I think like 67-68 may be the key number for me or something.

[Smallville102001]

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What I will do is create a “red” set.

So the next update will be called our Pro “Red” set and will just be a more advanced set for those who want more of a challenge on Pro.

Will be interested to see what you come up with because I am getting better now with more playing time and I also think this years game is easier then past 2k games.

[Trillasxtaee]

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Armor what sliders do you feel is more preferred for Cpu vs Cpu?

Red 1.0 or Gold 1.0?

[Trillasxtaee]

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and im actually eager to try those red 1.0 sliders

[Armor and Sword]

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Armor what sliders do you feel is more preferred for Cpu vs Cpu?

Red 1.0 or Gold 1.0?

I honestly would not know. I do not test nor ever play CPU vs CPU.

The only sliders that matter are the CPU sliders in that regard. I would venture to say Superstar default would be where I would start in CPU vs CPU testing due to the full use of the ACE system.