Myteam Online is Complete and Total Garbage

[bottledwaterfan25]

Myteam online is absolutely dreadful. The mode feels like NBA Jam. I have been playing Myteam online since NBA 2k13, and this the worst it has ever been. Pardon my french, but the devs have really **** the bed this year. There has never been a lower skill gap than this year.

Playing 2k18 in Play Now Online, compared to 2k18 myteam supermax is akin to playing two completely different video games. 2k18 Play Now Online is a strategic, Sim chess match, which represents realistic basketball. 2k18 Myteam online "supermax" is akin to playing NBA Jam or NBA Hangtime from the late 90's. There is absolutely no skill gap in Myteam online gameplay this year whatsoever.

There have been bad years here and there for 2k in Myteam as it concerns online game play, but nothing like this year. This year, 2k LITERALLY rewards low IQ players by allowing contested 3 point shots, and heavily contested layups to fall at an embarrassing clip. If that wasn't enough, in this mode specifically, there is an ALARMING amount of occurrences with the blow-by animation popping up on drives by players. This animation DOES NOT OCCUR even a fraction as often in Play Now Online as it does in MyTeam Online.

In conclusion, this mode that has traditionally been one of my favorites year in and year out since 2k13; but it absolutely SUCKS this year. All I play is online head to head modes in 2k, and this is the WORST Myteam experience I have ever had. I have switched to Play Now Online since writing this post, and am having a blast. If 2k can't do the right thing, and fix this abomination of a Myteam mode, I likely will NOT continue in the future to play and support Myteam with any of my hard earned $ in the future.

[kabamaru]

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What makes you think the developers don't know what they are doing?

They release Ilgauskas cards with 91 3 for God Shake. They want this arcade style.They believe it is good for profit

2 years ago. this thread was filled with people,there were reviews on players, hidden gems etc.

You could get a good squad early and be competitive all year long.

Yes, your opponent might had 10 95 rated players and you would have 2 93 players 1 94 and 2 91, along with 5 89 rated players but you could complete

I remember 2k16 I believe, I got Gold 89 Wall, award RIP (and award Mullin afterwards) LBJ/KD/AD and then I won Ewing, the final prize. I stuck to this team until March where I got Mitch Richmond as a SG.

Now you just can't do that. Whatever team you may assemble, it will be practically useless after 2-3 weeks.

And since the game will not reward you with equally good cards you need to buy packs. Cards are cheesiest and cheesiest.

This mode is dead

[CoachLou]

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2K needs to get smart and listen...or they will kill the golden goose.

The answer is simple...I've mentioned it multiple places now for several years...they need a mode in MyTeam for those of us who want some type of SIM game.

Just make it like SuperMax is now...but with way lower salary caps...and a higher difficulty level.

It's not complicated.

[bottledwaterfan25]

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2K needs to get smart and listen...or they will kill the golden goose.

The answer is simple...I've mentioned it multiple places now for several years...they need a mode in MyTeam for those of us who want some type of SIM game.

Just make it like SuperMax is now...but with way lower salary caps...and a higher difficulty level.

It's not complicated.

I would love such a mode. That's what I have always enjoyed about Myteam is that we get to play basketball with a hand-picked team of past and present players we choose. And for the most part, over the years the games have been staged at a difficulty where you can play smart sim ball and win 9/10 times over your opponent (lineups being relatively equal).

However, this year really is just a complete downturn when it comes to difficulty. This year in supermax 2k actively rewards low IQ basketball; and it is worse than I have ever seen it. There are still about 8 months left of 2k18 being active and relevant until 2k19 drops, and this mode is already dead.

[kabamaru]

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2K needs to get smart and listen...or they will kill the golden goose.

The answer is simple...I've mentioned it multiple places now for several years...they need a mode in MyTeam for those of us who want some type of SIM game.

Just make it like SuperMax is now...but with way lower salary caps...and a higher difficulty level.

It's not complicated.

Plus some clear ladder like in pno without silly points awarded for wins and losses that no one understands and also no silly ratings. You can't give every player a 90 3 point card because he scored 2 3pts in 2 tries. Moments cards should go
There should be the normal cards of pno updated at the same time as pno

Now thatpno has all time teams included, there is just no excuse for that

They say they want versatility in the game. What versatility is there with 7 versions of harden? If you can't afford the diamond, you go for the Amethyst or Ruby

Playing out of position should be banned. I am tired of seeking teams without pg. Players should have a primary and secondary position and that's it

[harryl]

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While I really wish that all SM tiers were at Superstar and then maybe HoF at Diamond and PD, to me the main problem is the cycle-long OP nature of driving. And also the OP nature of double-teaming. The ease with which it is to knock a ball loose, force a jump ball, or at least force a dribble pick-up on a post-up player is a really serious problem, because it makes it very hard to punish players who run teams with Stretch 4's as Centers. Meanwhile, it's way too easy for them to punish a true big through ISO/P&R drives.

It's incredibly frustrating to lose to that sort of strategy, and it's no fun to engage in the same cheese.

[CoachLou]

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MyTeam definitely has flaws...

The lack of a SIM gameplay/difficulty mode with some kind of realistic salary cap is the most glaring.

Wake up 2K! There are lots of players who want to play with a custom team they put together that mirrors a REAL NBA roster...and play against other squads that do the same.

Much like how Play Now Online has the tiers...why not do something similar in MyTeam?

Too many overpowered cards is another problem. However, I sort ofunderstand WHY 2K is doing it. They are simply responding to customer DEMAND when it comes to this.

It's what the lowest-common-denominator cheesy try-hard 2K gamers WANT.

FACT.

It helps them sell packs...which helps them sell VC...which makes them money.

In other years where 2K didn't offer these overpowered cards...they made LESS money...and players complained the mode was boring and didn't have enough content. To a vast majority of 2K gamers who play MyTeam "content" is overpowered cheeser cards that NEVER miss shots and can't be stopped from dunking on anyone and everyone.

It's the sad truth about the 2K "community"...it's mostly immature cheesers looking for the easiest way to cheese and troll people.

[CoachLou]

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Plus some clear ladder like in pno without silly points awarded for wins and losses that no one understands and also no silly ratings. You can't give every player a 90 3 point card because he scored 2 3pts in 2 tries. Moments cards should go
There should be the normal cards of pno updated at the same time as pno

Now thatpno has all time teams included, there is just no excuse for that

They say they want versatility in the game. What versatility is there with 7 versions of harden? If you can't afford the diamond, you go for the Amethyst or Ruby

Playing out of position should be banned. I am tired of seeking teams without pg. Players should have a primary and secondary position and that's it

Completely disagree about positions.

Improve the gameplay and that no longer becomes an issue.

Turn on the TV and flip on an NBA game sometime...teams are using awkward lineups on a nightly basis. Restricting that in 2K is counterproductive.

[kabamaru]

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Completely disagree about positions.

Improve the gameplay and that no longer becomes an issue.

Turn on the TV and flip on an NBA game sometime...teams are using awkward lineups on a nightly basis. Restricting that in 2K is counterproductive.

there can be awkawrd line-ups playing sometimes but this is only for special situations and the last like 4-5 minutes

In 2k this happens only for cheesing purposes and breaking down game mechanics all game long

Agree that gameplay should be improved. but this is a legacy issue that might take 3-4 seasons to get fixed.

How many more cycles of 2k shall we see that Chris Paul is a PG that NOONE would use. Why would you use Chris Paul when you can have a SF at PG right? And why would you post-up with Cousins, when he can sit in the corner in a 5-out and hit every corner 3?

Also I am pretty sure that profits for myteam are down as well, so I am not sure why you think this has turned good for profit for 2k.

IYoutubers are not even making videos for reviews or gameplay. Every year this period this forum was FULL of discussions and threads

[harryl]

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there can be awkawrd line-ups playing sometimes but this is only for special situations and the last like 4-5 minutes

In 2k this happens only for cheesing purposes and breaking down game mechanics all game long

Agree that gameplay should be improved. but this is a legacy issue that might take 3-4 seasons to get fixed.

It's true that the fundamental issue is that mechanics are not nuanced enough.

Mechanics are "good" enough that a Curry has a mismatch to exploit when Cousins is guarding him on the perimeter. But they're not good enough that Curry has enough of a mismatch to exploit against a Giannis on the perimeter. But Giannis has a huge mismatch in driving on a Curry.

But you're also right that this probably isn't changing enough, quickly enough.

What's really messed up this year, as far as I've seen, is that it now also makes a lot of sense to play a big wing at 5, because it's easier for the wing to exploit the true big, on the perimeter, than it is for the big to exploit the wing in the paint.

Maybe I just need to play more and get a better feel for things, but when I last played SM a couple weeks ago and had my Sapphire Embiid matched up with, say, a Ruby LeBron, the LBJ could pretty easily exploit my Embiid in ISO. But I had a hard time exploiting LBJ with Embiid with post-ups, because double-teams result in loose ball / jump ball animations much more quickly than before, it seems.

So then the counter of passing out to the open shooter becomes less effective, because the pass out of the post needs to be made earlier than before, which means the help defender isn't actually as committed to the double-team on the post-up man, and can close out faster on the perimeter shooter.

What I saw was basically a Positionless-Basketball wet dream, wherein some guys were running squads of all wings. And while that's sort of a thing IRL, the game is not fully imposing the minuses that would be imposed IRL: getting dominated inside by true bigs who have post game. And while I think the game favors height quite a bit, I don't think that there was enough of an edge on the offensive boards...not like we saw IRL when Golden State ran its Lineup of Death against OKC Twin Towers two seasons ago (Adams and Kanter).

I also feel like there's something different about the movement/collision/post-up mechanics that makes it harder to engage into the post-up animation where the post-up man and the defender are "stuck" together in the backdown struggle.

I feel like, to get into that animation requires one to inch into it more, this year, rather than backing quickly into it. And, also, that if one rushes into it, rather than inches into it, one is much more likely to get the ball pop loose for basically no good reason.

But maybe that's just me.

[jyoung]

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Part of the problem with people being able to run all wings in their lineup is that just about every good card in the game is able to speed boost this year. 2K has been handing out 86 ball control ratings like Oprah handing out cars. And for the few good wing cards that aren't already at or above that 86 rating, there's a 90% chance you can just reach that rating threshold by adding a ball control shoe.

[slerp]

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My team probably rakes in more money for 2k than any mode because its the best. Mypark is pathetic at times but still fun, the space in 3s means bigs get burnt running on breaks and deep threes are impossible to defend, in 2s if you beat your man thats pretty much it. At least in Myteam you have help defensive settings and you can assign matchups to halt OP players. People complaining about OP cards are jealous, yes it takes dedication/money to get these cards just like westbrooks or lebrons training takes effort ...but look what they can do irl. Winning is fun and if you create a superteam you should increase your chance of winning. Look at all the haters on KD for going to the warriors.... Guess what he won a championship! OKC and houston and others are now creating superteams to combat the competitors . You gonna rise or cry in MYteam? OP drives can be stopped if you apply the right matchups and help defensive rotations and gameplan tempo. YOU have control. People will destroy you if you let them win or you can actually get wiser by coaching and calling timeouts and pressing start to use the AVAILABLE coach settings. Lebron irl looks for mismatches irl to expose them, the CAVS would call that good offense .....DUH. The NBA is full of mismatch oppurtunites , its called basketball and the reason we need diamond cards is so you can defend and play offense . CANNOT Paul george defend and play offense or Kobe , LBJ, AD etc...NBA players are always increasing their game like expanding there range or whatever (AD, LBJ, Cousins, Westbrook, etc) like a ruby going up to Diamond yeah? Diamond Kobe prettty much clamps any one his size or smaller (for example). Pro am is ok but I have played flawless games many times only to lose by getting sold out by incompetant teammates. I have totally destroyed proam players who lead the league in stats when they step into the MYteam arena cause they have no clue how to run plays or defend as a WHOLE and they cant get carried. Theres playbooks and sets available in MYteam which makes it more like real life unlike proam especially if the team is not communicating and have mutual plans. I have thrashed park/playground and proam and am glad I finally found the best mode MYteam.

[Hustle Westbrook]

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It's a shame. I have a really fun team that I want to use but can't because Super Max is so unenjoyable.

[kabamaru]

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My team probably rakes in more money for 2k than any mode because its the best. Mypark is pathetic at times but still fun, the space in 3s means bigs get burnt running on breaks and deep threes are impossible to defend, in 2s if you beat your man thats pretty much it. At least in Myteam you have help defensive settings and you can assign matchups to halt OP players. People complaining about OP cards are jealous, yes it takes dedication/money to get these cards just like westbrooks or lebrons training takes effort ...but look what they can do irl. Winning is fun and if you create a superteam you should increase your chance of winning. Look at all the haters on KD for going to the warriors.... Guess what he won a championship! OKC and houston and others are now creating superteams to combat the competitors . You gonna rise or cry in MYteam? OP drives can be stopped if you apply the right matchups and help defensive rotations and gameplan tempo. YOU have control. People will destroy you if you let them win or you can actually get wiser by coaching and calling timeouts and pressing start to use the AVAILABLE coach settings. Lebron irl looks for mismatches irl to expose them, the CAVS would call that good offense .....DUH. The NBA is full of mismatch oppurtunites , its called basketball and the reason we need diamond cards is so you can defend and play offense . CANNOT Paul george defend and play offense or Kobe , LBJ, AD etc...NBA players are always increasing their game like expanding there range or whatever (AD, LBJ, Cousins, Westbrook, etc) like a ruby going up to Diamond yeah? Diamond Kobe prettty much clamps any one his size or smaller (for example). Pro am is ok but I have played flawless games many times only to lose by getting sold out by incompetant teammates. I have totally destroyed proam players who lead the league in stats when they step into the MYteam arena cause they have no clue how to run plays or defend as a WHOLE and they cant get carried. Theres playbooks and sets available in MYteam which makes it more like real life unlike proam especially if the team is not communicating and have mutual plans. I have thrashed park/playground and proam and am glad I finally found the best mode MYteam.

Dude, chill out. When we say the game is trash, this is not coming from "jealous" players. I have played all previoys years MyTeams and have finished them all, using really cheap squads. I have won the last division more than 10 times in every release.

Myteam online started to be really bad in 2k17, with the release of unrealistic cards plus 5 out. No man, Westbrook is NOT an elite 3 pt shooter in real life. Cousins is not either, and David Robinson definitely wasn't

This year the game is even worse, with all the above still existing, plus the low difficulty level.

Regarding the defensive settings you say, it is just cheese to fight cheese. Using e.g deny all defense to all 5 players for example, or help and no rotation for ALL 5 players, could be useful in 2k to combat the offensive cheese but it is a completely unrealistic tactic in real basketball

Just make a comparison of the gameplay in PNO even in All-Time teams vs Supermax and you will understand

[slerp]

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I am chilled out, sounds like your losing alot of supermax games. Its more realistic now than 16 and 17 , what are you talking about. 5 out last year was cancer. They have nerfed 5 out a bit this year and anyway you can stop 5 out but not with deny all. Deny all isnt the best for stopping 5 out. I only use deny on 1 or 2 players, deny stays in the passing lanes and this isnt good for stopping 5 out as 5 out usually means you have 5 good shooters. I have individual settings for each player I use all my 2 minutes for changes. I have learnt to combat 5 out and yes it does often take a few awesome defenders on the floor like diamond kobe , wes unseld and diamond pippen or similar etc. Have you seen an nba game lately .... I am an elite athlete but when I see how fast westbrook is IRL on the floor.... im in awe. Unguardable at times IRL so you can bet some cards are very hard to guard in the video game. Unrealistic cards you say ok have you watched kobes last game, have you seen what victor oladipo has been doing lately, How does Dirk do what he does for so long IRL those shots IRL are unguardable ....REALITY check m8. I could go on. GG 2K you rock