Are the My Team devs even aware of how bad the gameplay in this mode is?

[EarvGotti]

I'm being serious. On every forum that's 2k related and even on Twitter, tons of people are expressing their dislike of the gameplay. Some YouTubers even stopped playing the mode altogether because of the bad gameplay.

When you have that much disgust for gameplay in the community, as a dev you can't just sit back and do nothing. I appreciate the fact that they bumped up difficulty to All-Star....but frankly speaking....it's not enough.

Contested layups are going in at a high rate, its way too easy to drive past someone for a dunk, and "Wide Open" shots are not being rewarded enough.

If the issue is with the gameplay overall then bump the difficulty up to Superstar in Supermax to compensate for this. This is the most negativity i've ever seen towards My Team gameplay since 2K13 and it's not even SIM guys that are doing the complaining. It's the larger part of the community.

You simply can't ignore that. It's not about sim or cheese, it's about logic right now. And the logic in Supermax is just broken.

[VegetableLasagna]

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It's bad. I haven't even touched the game in like a month. No desire to play it. It's really bad.

Also, I'm tired of downloading updates. There shouldnt be this many updates of they were such money hugging greedy company.

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[justlaze]

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I think 2K17 wasn't that bad in comparison, I still enjoyed the game.
Although my favorite was 2K15 with the Onyx cards and high MT rewards for locking in teams. Even the AH was more fun to run. For my part, I enjoyed the collector levels and running niche markets where are all cards had some value...

This year i'm not getting hyped about rewards at all, the modes you have to complete feel trashy and broken (pack n play & schedules) and I don't wanna waste my time on those.

At this state of the game I'm just skipping the entire ruby tier, stacking MT and hoping that juicy cards come out sooner than later.

[Fakename22]

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Every single patch notes Myteam has the least stuff added or changed when its the mode that needs the most work.

Gameplay in Supermax is down right unacceptable to have paid what I paid for this game man. What a total let down.

I have more fun just actually getting my team to the cap and never playing a single game then I do of actually playing.

Also I guess one plus is that since gameplay is so TERRIBLE and I know Ill never play another SMAX game any time soon. I havent spent any money on VC this cycle. Which is a first.

The Devs have to raise this to exactly what PNO online is on and thats Superstar. And please remove the hip riding animation. Cheesers are exploiting it for driving.

[geisterhome]

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personally I'm glad the devs don't seem to care overly much abt that mode, I'm this type who absolutely gets nothing out of those card modes you know.

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[kabamaru]

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personally I'm glad the devs don't seem to care overly much abt that mode, I'm this type who absolutely gets nothing out of those card modes you know.

SM-G955F

So If I understand since you don't like it , you are glad that it is crap for everyone else that may like it, and have paid the exact amount or even more like you have

Great respect for the community bro, keep it up

[Bubba13laze]

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I've barely been playing Mt this year.. But I am keeping my eye on the cards they drop. It appears 2k is desperate to bring people into myteam mode right now as some of the cards just appear ridiculous. I'm a Mt vet.. I understand how the cards get inflated, fantasy like, and more attractive as the year goes on. With that in mind.. Right now the quality, or better to say, amount of inflated stats on cards, is at an ALL TIME HIGH for this point if the year. It's not even Christmas yet and we are seeing the kind of cards that drop between Feb April (not quite the 10 purple badges but stats getting way over inflated instead of still being nerfed at this point).

My point is easier explained if you compare this year's rocket version of tmac with like.. The last 4 years versions of rockets tmac. Rockets tmac is always one of the better early game cards, just like nuggets or rookie Iverson, that without fail, release every year prior to Christmas. All the previous rocket tmacs typically have about a 75-78 3 ball and 82ish mid. This one has 90 3ball and 93 mid.. The old versions of rockets tmac usually have about a 65-70 Lat quickness. This one has an 85!

I think at this rate it's not far off to say we are going to see every card have pretty much all 99s in every stat and the only difference will be the player model and animations.. You see a random scrub have a good game with 4 or 5 made 3s. Next day on 2k he is better at shooting than prime Ray Allen.

Sigh

[harryl]

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It is very weird how they're doing things. Moments Ruby LeBron is approximately as "good" as last year's Amethyst LeBron...but why inflate the quality of this year's Ruby LeBron in a way that most players don't really see?

Similarly, one big trend is Ball Control inflation. Players are getting to the 86 BC threshold with much lower version, much earlier in the season, than in previous years.

Since there is a hard 99 cap on all ratings...I don't really see how this all works out. It would seem that we get to "endgame" sort of cards earlier, which also means that we arrive, earlier, in that phase of the game where there is increasingly little differentiation between players because so many basically have no weaknesses..

[Bubba13laze]

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It is very weird how they're doing things. Moments Ruby LeBron is approximately as "good" as last year's Amethyst LeBron...but why inflate the quality of this year's Ruby LeBron in a way that most players don't really see?

Similarly, one big trend is Ball Control inflation. Players are getting to the 86 BC threshold with much lower version, much earlier in the season, than in previous years.

Since there is a hard 99 cap on all ratings...I don't really see how this all works out. It would seem that we get to "endgame" sort of cards earlier, which also means that we arrive, earlier, in that phase of the game where there is increasingly little differentiation between players because so many basically have no weaknesses..

Yup you hit it perfectly. End game appears to be arriving dramatically sooner than any year of myteam I have experienced. It's a damn shame we can't take the realistic player attributes/badges from the historic play now teams and have them as the go to archetype for cards in myteam.

[kabamaru]

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Yup you hit it perfectly. End game appears to be arriving dramatically sooner than any year of myteam I have experienced. It's a damn shame we can't take the realistic player attributes/badges from the historic play now teams and have them as the go to archetype for cards in myteam.

EXACTLY. Play now online has MORE realistic player/attributes/badges. I don't want to say it is fully realistic because James Worthy having 82 3 pt shot is rediculous. But in any case you can live sith some exceptions like these.

Why can't these be the end game cards? Moment cards and playing with the intagibles rating has killed the mode.

Players have no differentiation whatsoever. If Westbrook has a 90 3, then he is no Westbrook... So it defies the game's purpose itself, to use the players' you want.

In FIFA Ultimate mode, you wold never see a Messi with 90 strength or a Ibrahimovic with 98 speed.

It is plain stupid

[Hustle Westbrook]

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The gameplay is straight ***.

The "chicken with its head cut off", constant running up and down the court dunking BS is so damn annoying.

[popsicle1228]

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The gameplay is straight ***.

The "chicken with its head cut off", constant running up and down the court dunking BS is so damn annoying.

I cannot say that I am helping improve the level of play. I started off trying to play real basketball online, but quickly realized that it is much better for me to take my Moments Lebron and spam dunks from the PG position. Now I win more often, and since I can no longer play at my own pace because of the Wednesday through Saturday schedule, winning is paramount. I complained about this type of play earlier, but as the cliche goes, "if you cant beat them join them." So, spamming dunks with unstoppable Lebron it is.

It is quite ironic. Last year featured invisible brick wall defense, and this year I just bulldoze to the rim, and posterize Manute Bol. There seems to be no middle ground.

[isdatyt]

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It is very weird how they're doing things. Moments Ruby LeBron is approximately as "good" as last year's Amethyst LeBron...but why inflate the quality of this year's Ruby LeBron in a way that most players don't really see?

Similarly, one big trend is Ball Control inflation. Players are getting to the 86 BC threshold with much lower version, much earlier in the season, than in previous years.

Since there is a hard 99 cap on all ratings...I don't really see how this all works out. It would seem that we get to "endgame" sort of cards earlier, which also means that we arrive, earlier, in that phase of the game where there is increasingly little differentiation between players because so many basically have no weaknesses..

I was going to say how gameplay of this mode is pretty wack but that's run-of-the-mill for pretty much all Ultimate Team modes.

My issue is similar to yours. I don't mind the ball control spike. I don't believe basic momentum crosses should be locked behind a rating for an NBA level guard. Realistically D-league guards can do advanced dribble moves. I think they need a separate rating for ball security or just make all the moves available and less effective for lower ratings.

My main problem though, is how completely F'd the content stream is this year. It's super flooded while being simultaneously dry. Them going from Bi-weekly to weekly with theme packs is definitely to blame in most regards in terms of over saturation. We're getting 12 brand new cards every weeks, however they don't offer too much variation. There's a shooter, a dunker, a guard, and a big in every pack, and the reward is some guy who isn't going to be worth his weight in MT by the time the next theme pack drops. (I learned early when I locked in that Grant Hill, who doesn't even get in anymore for me)

There's also the awful moments system. I mean we went from "Next day" in 2k16, to "Immediately after the game" in 2k17, before being downgraded back to next day again for 2K17. Now we're lucky if we get the card the same week.

The schedule challenges are absurd. You barely get anything for each challenge. 2500 MT for beating an all-time team with 3 golds? That's absurd lmao.

2K is too deep in the game for rookie mistakes like this. There is a very clear format to follow. Madden laid the perfect blueprint, and we still have these issues. Why?

[pilonv1]

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Yup you hit it perfectly. End game appears to be arriving dramatically sooner than any year of myteam I have experienced. It's a damn shame we can't take the realistic player attributes/badges from the historic play now teams and have them as the go to archetype for cards in myteam.

This is why I stopped playing after a few weeks. The power creep is insane and there's no incentive to finish domination and schedules are broken AF. There's no variation in player types since everyone does everything and players don't have any real flaws.

[boltokpwnage05]

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Is no one else having lag/game dropping issues? I am wired into my XBox with a very fast internet speed. I can't finish a game hardly. I wonder if I should get a PS4.