Which additional badges to throw on the The Dream?

[harryl]

Quote: Originally Posted by synistr

no, they definitely do. next time you play a game with a guy who has posterizer, and you do a dunk with someone near you, go to the quick sub menu or immediately pause the game and look at the energy. in fact, right before the dunk is executed, pause the game and look at the energy before then after. same thing with Eraser.

Yeah, I'll do that and see if can see this operating. If this hasn't changed, as you describe, it's a pretty huge deal.

And a 5% bump is very easy to see. Would have to be apparent. Even if Energy is low, say, at 75, 5% is still 3.75 and so it will be very easy to see if it does work, or it doesn't.

[synistr]

Quote: Originally Posted by harryl

Yeah, I'll do that and see if can see this operating. If this hasn't changed, as you describe, it's a pretty huge deal. And a 5% bump is very easy to see. Would have to be apparent. Even if Energy is low, say, at 75, 5% is still 3.75 and so it will be very easy to see if it does work, or it doesn't.

it hasn't, trust me. I play with Lebron, Kawhi, and Penny on the same team and I always check. Last year I used to do that with Lebron and only rest him. Its beneficial if you have more than one guy who has it in the lineup so he can buff the other guy up. Thats why when I get some I am gonna put on my Hakeem and Sampson. David Robinson too, which I don't understand why he doesn't have it. it will be easy for you to see especially early when everyone has good stamina. You will notice, the guy doing the dunking stamina will be lower while it will seem as if the other guys are still fresh. I have dunked with LBJ sometimes maybe 5x and he may be at 85 and everyone else still at 100.

[Scramz718]

Quote: Originally Posted by synistr

I will have to look in MyCareer but in the official 2k release it didn't have anything about them, just told you how to get the badges in mycareer. it didn't go in depth about what they actually do in detail. We know Bruiser and Posterizer still effects stamina. Brick Wall does too...I read it somewhere last year but can't find it anymore. Brick Wall was updated. As for Posterizer being a waste, I wholeheartedly disagree...for one..a lot of current bigs have it, but they chose not to give it to most of the Historic bigs which was dumb. its funny though that silver Alonzo has it and Amethyst David Robinson doesnt. two, Eraser doesn't neutralize it, if anything PLD would neutralize it and even that doesn't...it mainly works on the other badges that I am aware of. You don't have to dunk ON a player for it to activate....just dunk when a defender is near you. there is a misconception about Eraser....people think it helps make a shot blocker better, like Corner Specialist or Limitless Range...it doesn't, unless they changed that as well. Eraser is more of an after-the-fact badge. It boosts teammate stamina and decreases shooting stats after the block is made. Also, when you have Amethyst bigs....you have 5 slots...what 5 badges would be better unless your big is a shooter like Draymond...who doesn't get a ton of dunks? Posterizer is a must for anyone who you get more than 3 dunks per game with on average.

That description is dated, eraser lower inside scoring attributes and negates inside scoring badges. Post LD negates post badges. Perimeter LD lower soothing attributes and negates outside scoring badges.
Go to the edit roster menu. Then find a player with eraser to see the description. In mycareer your player a have to earn a badge so you can see a detailed descriptions.



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[harryl]

Quote: Originally Posted by synistr

it will be easy for you to see especially early when everyone has good stamina. You will notice, the guy doing the dunking stamina will be lower while it will seem as if the other guys are still fresh. I have dunked with LBJ sometimes maybe 5x and he may be at 85 and everyone else still at 100.

Have you done before-and-after comparisons...before a dunk and then after, with that dunk having also activated Posterizer?

I'm curious because, as I said before, I've seen these sorts of Energy disparities based upon really heavy driving usage with one guy and other guys being almost totally inactive on Offense.

In my anecdotal experience, it was Boban playing a full period and getting to the mid-high-70s in Energy but his teammates having low 90s. I know for sure, in that situation, his teammates weren't getting Energy buffs due to his badging.

[synistr]

Quote: Originally Posted by harryl

Have you done before-and-after comparisons...before a dunk and then after, with that dunk having also activated Posterizer? I'm curious because, as I said before, I've seen these sorts of Energy disparities based upon really heavy driving usage with one guy and other guys being almost totally inactive on Offense. In my anecdotal experience, it was Boban playing a full period and getting to the mid-high-70s in Energy but his teammates having low 90s. I know for sure, in that situation, his teammates weren't getting Energy buffs due to his badging.

yeah, all the time. not so much this year because didnt feel the need to...but I can record if you like. if players are on 95 and a posterizer is activated they go up to 100. its not about them being inactive and not using energy, they gain it.

[synistr]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scramz718

That description is dated, eraser lower inside scoring attributes and negates inside scoring badges. Post LD negates post badges. Perimeter LD lower soothing attributes and negates outside scoring badges. Go to the edit roster menu. Then find a player with eraser to see the description. In mycareer your player a have to earn a badge so you can see a detailed descriptions. XBL Scramz B

does it tell exact percentages, like Corner Specialist boost or Posterizer boost? I know that list is dated, I have seen the descriptions you mention but no percentages or details about the boosts which is what I wanted to share with the guys here since they didn't know about some of these boosts.

[QNo]

I can confirm that posterizer replenishes stamina, I checked earlier today. Really interesting find, didn't know until this thread. I've had a few games where my guys all had 96-100 stamina at the end of the first quarter, always thought it was some kind of bug.

[harryl]

Quote: Originally Posted by QNo

I can confirm that posterizer replenishes stamina, I checked earlier today. Really interesting find, didn't know until this thread. I've had a few games where my guys all had 96-100 stamina at the end of the first quarter, always thought it was some kind of bug.

Okay, cool...thanks for confirming that and thanks to Synistr for bringing this up. Not sure if I'd try to strongly focus on contested dunks to trigger Posterizer, or go for blocks when contest is better, but this definitely will figure into badging decisions if a guy doesn't come with Posterizer or Eraser by default.