Are injuries a problem?

[whitemamba24xx]

First let me say I love the game this year so far and I've been a 2k fan since the Sega Dreamcast. That said I have played to game so far one as the classic Rockets team with Yao and he got a broken nose in a play now game. I could deal with that because Yao was injury prone. Next game I started a GM career and Hayward suffered a broken ankle out 8-10 weeks.


I played these games on default pro difficulty. Should I adjust the injury slider and if so does anyone have any suggestions?


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[cool318]

Re: Are injuries a problem?

I'm bumping this thread because I have been experiencing the same thing.

I've started four or five MYGMS with the Lakers. The first game we played is vs the Rockets and every time I've played each of these games, Harden or Gordon get hurt and are out quite a bit

One time , Harden got a torn Achilles in the first game and was out for 8 months.

In one of myGMS , Anthony Davis broke his foot and was out for the season. It was just the first game of the year as well.

Basically , all the superstars are getting hurt.

[Retropyro]

Re: Are injuries a problem?

I'm 14 games into MyGM, there are a few injuries league wide but nothing that would be considered unrealistic. I had Dirk on my expansion team miss a single game for a muscle pull, he could have played but going by his "wear & tear" age and such, I just sat him to prevent further injury.

[PhantomLord]

Holy crap, injuries... are there too many?

So I'll start off by saying that I've played four full games now, and lost people to injury in every single one. Mostly minor stuff, so not a huge deal. Crap happens. It is a bit frustrating that for the 2nd straight year, my players keep hurting ankles after shooting a jumper, but eh, it happens.

My big concern is what happened in my first game of my Bulls MyGM. In the first quarter I had Robin Lopez go down for 1 to 2 weeks with a sprained ankle. No big deal... I don't like him anyway. Then D Wade takes a shot to the face. Out for the game. Rondo goes down a bit later for 2 to 4 weeks... and then Jimmy Butler gets hurt and will miss at least two months.

Four of my five starters injured in the first game of MyGM. I know I have bad luck... but wow. Just wow. Needless to say, despite winning, I shut the Xbox off without saving. I'm cool with an injury or two... but playing my first few weeks without at least two of my best players on an already crappy team? Nah.

Anyone else have crazy injury stories? Are you seeing too many, not enough, or just right?

[Leasim96]

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Injuries are definitely annoying - they can likely tone it down. Can't we also tone it down through settings?.

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[topotamolderps]

Re: Are injuries a problem?

I've also seen an injury on my first game so after like 3 years without seeing a single one I almost cried from happiness.

Please 2k , don't nerf injuries ever again. Most teams always have at least 1 or 2 players with injury problems basically at all times.

[skalagrimsons]

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Injuries are part of the game, but not at this rate. I have injuries every single game. Not on a contested layups, dunks or rebounds in traffic. No, no, no! Wide open jumpshots. At this rate, when the actual NBA season starts, I expect Steph Curry be injured about five times in the first game, because this game is a simulation.

Once in this simulation, I saw Harden injure his left ankle. It was a minor sprain, so he didn't leave the floor. On the next offensive play after the injury, I'm not kidding, he broke his other ankle. Too bad he didn't stay in a game. He could crawl on the hardwood and scream: "I still have some limbs and joints left!"

As for the sliders, more specifically injury frequency, it doesn't work. I have set it to 1, nothing changed, then to 100, no effect at all.

[KyotoCarl]

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I've played 20 regular season games and 4 playoff games in MyLeague and I've had no injuries at all, not to my players or the opponent's...

I have the injuries on 50 default.

[RSG Montoya]

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I started a new Career got drafted to the Pelicans what was fine for me but now nearly 30´s games into the season Anthony Davis played like 4 games, the first injury lasted 1 month than he played 1 game and was injured again :-) hope he will be back soon!

[skalagrimsons]

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We can try to compare our settings.

I play with 76ers, not the most reliable cast, I know, but the guys who got hurt were not the usual suspects.

I play MyLeague with 82 game season, best of 7 play-off format and 12 min quarters on superstar difficulty. Started about 100 games, finished only about 30 due to injuries, rage quit or some other bs.

I rarely use Turbo, only for dunks and blocks, otherwise it's useless in my experience. I take below 20 threes a game, and that is the majority of my jump shots, avoiding mid-range, most of the points come from the post game, points in the paint and free throws. I don't spam the dribble moves and I rest my main players more than Greg Popovich. So it comes as a huge surprise to see any of my guys fall like a sack of potatoes after a wide open jump shot.

Injury frequency has been at 50, 25, 5, 1 and then 100. No noticable difference. Perhaps its a season length thing. The longer the season the more injuries You are going to see.

[NattyPButter]

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Yeah its a problem and it's one of the reasons i hate this game. I have to remove James Harden injury every game because he gets hurt. Im dead serious that it's every freaking game. I even have durability at 90.

[NattyPButter]

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Also cpu doesn't seem to get all these injuries but only user. Everything in this years game seems to be to handicap the user.

[mitch820]

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I'm about 30 games into a Suns MyGM. Bledsoe just went down for the 3rd time. (First sprained ankle Day-to-Day, 2nd high ankle sprain 2 weeks). Now he's broken an ankle and is out for 4-6 weeks.
Booker just came back from the same injury and Warren is also out with an ankle sprain.
Len and Barbosa also missed small amounts of time through ankle injuries.
Literally every injury is ankle related, and mostly on jumpshots.
Hopefully this can be altered in the next patch, it's almost making the mode unplayable.

[TheFinalEvent97]

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This happens a lot in MyCareer, i have injured about 5-7 players by contesting their jumpshots. In my main MyCareer the Warriors lost Curry for about 2 months, then i played against them, 'injured' draymond green on a jumpshot and Durant went down as well. And Pachulia was injured around the same time as Curry as well.
Im assuming its something to do with wear and tear over the season, almost all injuries seemed to be on jumpshots or rebounds. Only other injury ive seen is in MyGM where Durant(on the Spurs) got a bruised rib from a Draymond Green drive to the hoop.

[Smirkin Dirk]

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Also cpu doesn't seem to get all these injuries but only user. Everything in this years game seems to be to handicap the user.

Im not sure what sliders you have are but the CPU has has suffered some injuries to their best players at crucial times in the ML games Ive played.

This issue is a tough one to get your head around.

Some posters are seeing none. Im definitely in the group that has seen a few too many. I had to increase the durability of my best guy because he kept getting hurt.