Diamond Badges - there should be 1 per elite player

[UnbelievablyRAW]

I'd rather there be no badges. Players are already highly rated, and badges that increase their offensive abilities even more passed their ratings already make the game frustrating

[A6_Foul_Out]

Your Diamond Deadeye vs. My diamond lockdown defender. Let's get it.

[SpeedyClaxton]

All these words (bronze, silver, gold, diamond) resembles some card game, let alone badges, don't turn basketball game into MMORPG. Basketball game can be perfectly realistic even without 50+ badges separated into 3-4 tiers which only complicates whole thing.

2K was realistic game even when it didn't had any badge/skill, i am advocating for realism but realism isn't necessaraly tied to badges IMO.

[jk31]

Especially when 2k doesn't show realism in giving out those badges...

[jfsolo]

I'm torn on this issue. The OP correct in pointing out that the game doesn't represent well the unique abilities of many of the players we've seen in the league. As a User vs CPU player only, this suggestion could work. The problem, IMO is that all the tuning and tinkering and balancing that goes on because of User vs User play ends up making many parts of the game not function well as a result, i.e., overpowered User abilities especially on offense.

I don't know how they're going to reconcile making a more realistic NBA gameplay experience while still trying to indulge User G.O.A.T. fantasies.

[Philbin]

Yeah I mean what does Lebron have 40 badges. Let's just add more **** if right. Why even pretend it's sim anymore...


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[ChiliPalmer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rockie_Fresh88

I think 2k should slowly have less and less badges .

There should be 1/3/5 badges MAX for each player (depending on the colour) so you wont have a Lebron with over 40 gold badges. With bronze/silver/gold i dont think we need another badge colour but make the differences between the badge tieres (more) noticable.
Atm you cant feel the difference between a gold poster badge and a silver one. This makes the tiers somehow meaningless.

As an offset, badges should be rare. There should be only a handful of players who have a certain gold badge. Current Lebron gets a bronze poster badge. Current DJ gets a gold one along with prime VC, Kemp etc.

[NoLeafClover]

On a related note it's interesting to think of if the best historic players of all time could only have one diamond badge, who would be the ones to get it.

I am thinking:

Acrobat - Michael Jordan
Posterizer - Vince Carter
Bruiser - Shaq
Pick and Roll Maestro - John Stockton
Dimer - Magic Johnson
Limitless Range - Steph Curry
Offensive Crasher - Dennis Rodman
Defensive Crasher - Bill Russell
Screen Outlet - Dirk Nowitzki (or possibly Fade Ace?)
Perimeter Lockdown Defender - Scottie Pippen
King of Euros - Manu Ginobili or Dwyane Wade
Tear Dropper - Tony Parker
Relentless Finisher - Allen Iverson
Post Lockdown Defender - Hakeem Olajuwon
Killer Crossover - Tim Hardaway
One Man Fast Break - LeBron James
Deadeye - Larry Bird
Eraser - Mark Eaton
Hustle Points - Moses Malone
Post Hook Specialist - Kareem

anyone care to add the rest?