Virtual Currency frustration

[Dshears]

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Maybe they will add an update and we can gamble VC on the plane like the real players do lol

[Ramboooo]

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Hmm well I'm looking at the calendar and it says Oct. 4 2012... So 2 days after game release, I don't think you're meant to have Lebron on your MyTeam. If people want to pay real $ for it, that's the benefit they receive. What I don't think you're getting is that VC is supposed to be a long process. People are going to be playing this game all year. It'd be stupid to unlock everything in the first week.

[ODogg]

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I like the VC system but as the OP said the economics are off, things are way too expensive...not everyone is going to play this game 10 hours a day just to get a t-shirt..

[xxjustblazexx]

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I like the VC system but as the OP said the economics are off, things are way too expensive...not everyone is going to play this game 10 hours a day just to get a t-shirt..

Right, this is exactly what i meant, i was the 15th pick in the draft, i dont expect to be a 99ovr in one year, but i should be able to be higher than i am, my stats dont allow me to hit open shots sometimes. Also, for anyone who has played MyTeam, when you open packs, are there players in them? I have yet to recieve a player and i have bought 2 gold packs and a couple bronze.

[richlane007]

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Right, this is exactly what i meant, i was the 15th pick in the draft, i dont expect to be a 99ovr in one year, but i should be able to be higher than i am, my stats dont allow me to hit open shots sometimes. Also, for anyone who has played MyTeam, when you open packs, are there players in them? I have yet to recieve a player and i have bought 2 gold packs and a couple bronze.

No, the booster packs are just that. If you read the description it tells you that it's just boosts, courts, jerseys and playbooks i think. In MyTeam you can buy a player to get your roster up to 13 players and then you can start "selling" a player and "buying" a player at basically 1 to 1 of VC so you can get the starting lineup of bronze players that you want.

I think the VC system is screwed up as well when it comes to MyTEAM. 10,000 VC for a silver player?! Damn! At 300 VC (approx.) that equals 33 games played to buy 1 player who's not that good?! They have overpriced everything so that we get impatient and end up buying VC in micro-transactions.

Does anyone remember Freestyle Street Basketball? It was an online 3 on 3 game for PC. Loved that game and it was my first introduction with microtransactions (think: farmville). It was a free game that i spent probably $80 on over the course of a year and a half... damn.

All in all, what this means is that i'm not playing online if people are using "Mom's" credit card to buy perfect teams in MyTEAM or getting 99's in myPlayer after 4 days. They should have kept the skill point system for MP and made similar system for MyTeam. It's a money grab from 2K and they will make a lot of extra money from it but they'll be making exactly $0 from me.

[BigYellow21]

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All this money from VC sales is probably going straight to JayZ.

It is so stupid that you actually need to spend the equivalent of real money to buy things like unbranded sleeves and wristbands for myplayer.

And all the branded stuff is myplayer exclusive, so even players like D-Rose can't even wear the adidas gear in other modes.

[Pitfighter87]

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Yea the my team is flawed.There has to be a more even playin ground.I thought they said there was a salary cap in the mode so these All Star teams wern't possible? Money over everything i guess...

[Paul Pierce_OS]

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All this money from VC sales is probably going straight to JayZ.

It is so stupid that you actually need to spend the equivalent of real money to buy things like unbranded sleeves and wristbands for myplayer.

And all the branded stuff is myplayer exclusive, so even players like D-Rose can't even wear the adidas gear in other modes.

[Wildcat67]

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No, the booster packs are just that. If you read the description it tells you that it's just boosts, courts, jerseys and playbooks i think. In MyTeam you can buy a player to get your roster up to 13 players and then you can start "selling" a player and "buying" a player at basically 1 to 1 of VC so you can get the starting lineup of bronze players that you want.

I think the VC system is screwed up as well when it comes to MyTEAM. 10,000 VC for a silver player?! Damn! At 300 VC (approx.) that equals 33 games played to buy 1 player who's not that good?! They have overpriced everything so that we get impatient and end up buying VC in micro-transactions.

Does anyone remember Freestyle Street Basketball? It was an online 3 on 3 game for PC. Loved that game and it was my first introduction with microtransactions (think: farmville). It was a free game that i spent probably $80 on over the course of a year and a half... damn.

All in all, what this means is that i'm not playing online if people are using "Mom's" credit card to buy perfect teams in MyTEAM or getting 99's in myPlayer after 4 days. They should have kept the skill point system for MP and made similar system for MyTeam. It's a money grab from 2K and they will make a lot of extra money from it but they'll be making exactly $0 from me.

You do get players, I got Dell Curry and another legend PG that's name is eluding me right now.

[mrprice33]

I'm going to be writing about VC for VGRevolution.com in the next couple of days. It's a terrible implementation.

[JJT]

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I agree that things are way to overpriced. Last year you could get a dunk bundle, now I think I have to spend like 2000vc for 4 dunks. Crazy.

[RumbleCard]

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Some of this wouldn't make me feel so dejected and bitter if we didn't have to compete against guys who just buy a team.

Where is the challenge in opening up your wallet. Like mentioned earlier its not even a mode or game at this point...its a money grab. For what? So we can have Jay's lowrider pen-striping all over the game.

I almost feel like the people paying should have their own league and ones putting in the time and effort should have theirs. It would at least level the playing the field. You pay to play then you need to play with league B. You earned it...you get to play with league A.

After all we play games like this for the competitiveness and challenge not to see who can spend the most money the fastest.

[chandlerbang]

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play online and you will earn more currency than playing offline

[Zach_Novak]

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VC is broken... You get 500 VC for an annual income but I got sick quickly that 50% of the opponen team scored as my direct opponent, so I capped my on ball D at 95 to purchase the Lockdown defender sig skill and guess what, it's gunna cos me 7500 VC!! I only need a 15 year career to save that much for 1 sig skill... I want the cheat codes Ronnie had in his screen shots. And I'm not spending my hard earned money on VC at a store... I play this in my free time and want a stress free enjoyable experience.

[xxjustblazexx]

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Some of this wouldn't make me feel so dejected and bitter if we didn't have to compete against guys who just buy a team.

Where is the challenge in opening up your wallet. Like mentioned earlier its not even a mode or game at this point...its a money grab. For what? So we can have Jay's lowrider pen-striping all over the game.

I almost feel like the people paying should have their own league and ones putting in the time and effort should have theirs. It would at least level the playing the field. You pay to play then you need to play with league B. You earned it...you get to play with league A.

After all we play games like this for the competitiveness and challenge not to see who can spend the most money the fastest.

This game right here is exactly where the root of my frustration arises... The worst part is i only lost by 10