Should you be allowed to grind for HOF badges/Hotspots on rookie difficulty?...

[MrBallaBoy21]

While the players that play on Superstar/HOF get no badge requirement boosts at all.

I just want to know the general consensus because I've been playing MyCareer on Superstar while running plays and after a tough game of fighting with my dumbed down AI teammates I just sat back and thought, "There's dudes who get all these badges in 10 games playing on rookie/12 minute quarters(and they can't be stopped in MyPark/ProAm)...."

Trying to get these badges legit is so stressful. There are some games where I'm wide open and the CPU would rather try a shot in the paint over 4 people. On my screens they jack a contested 3/middy while I'm wide open on the pop...

I know we get more VC playing on these difficulties but why don't we get badge requirement multipliers as well?

[Tomb Of God]

I voted no, but if it wasn't that way the fun factor of MyCareer would plummet to negative levels.

I went for Deadeye on Superstar with a Inside SG in 2K16 and about lost my mind. Hit up Rookie on my second character and almost laughed at the comparison of difficulty. Didn't even get that elitist feel that I got Deadeye legit on a higher difficulty, just felt dumb that I wasted all that time.

Currently making a Glass Cleaner, and I'll probably get all my badges Hall of Fame on Hall of Fame difficulty just because it's better suited for this archetype. But thinking about going for Mid-range / Long-range Deadeye on anything other than Rookie in this game makes me have recurring nightmares of that 2K16 grind.

Majority of archetypes would go from mindless grind to horrific if you had to get badges on anything but Rookie.

I've actually talked myself out of answering no. MyCareer mode is already a terrible enough grind as it is, until a system is implemented where I don't have to play bad basketball (forcing terrible shots for Deadeye / throwing TO's for Defensive Stopper. etc.) to get these badges and they can be gotten in a fun and fresh way, there's no way I'm in favor of making this mode any more grind-friendly.

[cablexdeadpool]

MyCareer is already a terrible mode...let's not make it more terrible.


And I got all my badges mostly on Superstar.

[MrBallaBoy21]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tomb Of God

I voted no, but if it wasn't that way the fun factor of MyCareer would plummet to negative levels. I went for Deadeye on Superstar with a Inside SG in 2K16 and about lost my mind. Hit up Rookie on my second character and almost laughed at the comparison of difficulty. Didn't even get that elitist feel that I got Deadeye legit on a higher difficulty, just felt dumb that I wasted all that time.

First of all, should an inside scoring SG with sub 80 shot ratings even be able to get deadeye? A badge for the best shooters in the league?

I disagree with the fun factor thing. It's much more fun to just play MyCareer the way you want without having to worry about what you have to do to get a badge.

If I didn't play Pro-Am with my boys, I wouldn't even be trying to get these shooting badges.

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Currently making a Glass Cleaner, and I'll probably get all my badges Hall of Fame on Hall of Fame difficulty just because it's better suited for this archetype. But thinking about going for Mid-range / Long-range Deadeye on anything other than Rookie in this game makes me have recurring nightmares of that 2K16 grind.

Glass Cleaner badges are the second easiest to get next to posterizer even on HOF. You don't even have to use a strat. Much more different than these shooting badges.

It should be hard with the requirements that 2k has set. But any 10 year old can play on rookie/12 and get an elite level Pro-Am scorer(In under 15 games!). These shooting badges are INCREDIBLY overpowered and you don't even need actual ability to get them. I see this as a problem.

Without the rookie/12 minute grind cheese, 80% of all Park/Pro-Am players would not have these badges, which would result in a lower % of bullsh*t 3s dropping in Park/Pro-Am, and less shooting updates to fix the inflated %s.

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Majority of archetypes would go from mindless grind to horrific if you had to get badges on anything but Rookie. I've actually talked myself out of answering no. MyCareer mode is already a terrible enough grind as it is, until a system is implemented where I don't have to play bad basketball (forcing terrible shots for Deadeye / throwing TO's for Defensive Stopper. etc.) to get these badges and they can be gotten in a fun and fresh way, there's no way I'm in favor of making this mode any more grind-friendly.

The thing I want to know is. What do you want the badges for? Do you play online? There's not really a point in having them for offline play.

If you actually had to play on a real difficulty to earn these badges, how many overpowered "GodShooters" do you think would be running around?

[ATLBrayden]

Sure everyone can get the badges if they play on a lower difficulty, but it's not going to make them a good player. Bad players will be bad players, except they'll just have shiny badges now.

Maybe make it so you can get badges on any difficulty, but to get Hall of Fame tier badges you have to play on Hall of Fame difficulty? I don't know, I don't really care either way.

It would just make the grind longer which I'm opposed to because my most played mode is Park/Pro-Am and I don't want to spend more time mindlessly grinding for badges. It doesn't matter if these dribble-gods get the badges easy, it's not gonna propel their skill enough to beat everyone.

[MrBallaBoy21]

Quote: Originally Posted by ATLBrayden

Sure everyone can get the badges if they play on a lower difficulty, but it's not going to make them a good player. Bad players will be bad players, except they'll just have shiny badges now.

OK then what do you think of a Pro Am team that runs 5 out, has one glass cleaner set HOF brickwall screens, a playmaker with HOF dimer and Pick and Roll Maestro, and everyone else is a Sharp/Stretch with all HOF badges and their grand badges spotting up 5 feet behind the elbow 3 point line?

Would you consider this a skillful playstyle or these shooters good players?

[Caelumfang]

Ever try getting the Deadeye badges (especially the HOF versions) on HOF? Go ahead, try. Let me know how that works out for you.

[MrBallaBoy21]

Quote: Originally Posted by Caelumfang

Ever try getting the Deadeye badges (especially the HOF versions) on HOF? Go ahead, try. Let me know how that works out for you.

It's hard but possible. I'm playing on superstar and I'm starting to be able to hit deadeye type shots in the corner since I have gold catch and shoot and corner specialist.

If you're trying it on HOF the required shots for it should be way less than on rookie anyway. That's half the reason I made the thread.

EDIT: I don't even have my grand badge yet. With that you can pull from anywhere if you're a shooter.