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Re: MyTeam Newbie - need some starting tips
Hey OP,
It may take some getting used to controlling the whole team, but once you do, myteam is pretty fun. If you don’t want to burn contracts while you learn, you can always play MyGM. You earn VC and get practice controlling the full team.
Offensively, if you learn pick and roll/pick and pop (with all players, not just the bigs), you’ll be fine in the beginning. Defense may be a bit challenging at first; I play off ball with the player guarding the other team’s worst shooter, but since you’ve always played mycareer, you might like to play on ball.
As for the coach, Idk how important it is, but I personally didn’t like the offensive system you start with, so I bought Steve Kerr pretty early on. Coaches are pretty cheap so just pick the style you want to play and go get the matching coach.
What you should focus on depends on what you want out of myteam, I guess. If you want to eventually play online against other players, I’d focus on playing the offline modes first so you can collect some players, build up some myteam currency, and buy the players you want. Each team you beat in domination, for example, earns you myteam currency and gets you a player to add to your collection. I believe there are 63 domination reward players if you play through all 3 levels (including 3 amethyst players).
If you’re more about completing all the challenges, unlocking rewards, and then moving on, you don’t need to worry about having as good a team as if you’re playing online. I’m currently through 2 of the 3 domination modes using mostly ruby, sapphire, and emerald players. I’ve never needed to buy an amethyst player, though I have used ones that I’ve unlocked through the challenges.
Either way, I’d stay away from buying boxes/packs and focus on spending your myteam currency on the players you actually want. i.e. if you want an amethyst DeMarcus Cousins, just save up to buy him rather than hoping you pull him in a box/pack. But, if you don’t mind spending money, then you could just buy a bunch of VC and go nuts I suppose.
My favorite mode in myteam is actually Pack and Playoffs. It’s FREE (it doesn’t cost any contracts) and you earn rewards like myteam currency, contracts, shoes, injury cards, and occasionally a player card. Some people aren’t into it, but I’ve never had to buy contracts because you unlock so many this mode.
In PnP, you randomly draft a team each round (Round 1, Conference Semis, Conference Finals, and Finals). You can build your team however you want-- I’ve seen people with all guards for example, but the most effective lineup for me has been 4 shooters and a defensive/rebounding big (Gobert/Whiteside for example). If you can pull a 5 shooter lineup with someone like Boogie or Anthony Davis, you should breeze through the round. Each round you advance, you earn rewards and once you beat the finals you get a reward box with 5 (gold) players, a few contracts/injury cards/strategy cards. Once you pass board 1, you unlock board 2-- all the way up to board 10.
You’ll be playing against other people online, but most of the time they’ll have no significant advantage over you because they pick from a similar pool of players. Most of the time you’ll get matched with someone your level or slightly worse so you’re able to advance (though once in a while you'll get blown out). And if you do ever get eliminated from a round, you tend to get a better team when you redraft and start over. Give it a try and see if you like it.
I know that’s a lot of info, and there’s still a bunch more. Hope you enjoy myteam, it’s pretty fun once you get into it.
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02-14-2018, 08:09 AM
