MyLeague/MyGM Draft Classes are broken

[wodi]

Quote: Originally Posted by dregos

We are hit with the same issues on release every year. I think at some point, the customer has the right to be upset. 2K offers no demo (besides prelude...which is just an extra money grab IMO) then hits us with game-breaking bugs that take weeks (sometimes MONTHS) to be patched. EVERY YEAR. I agree with whomario. Things like this should be tested before they are sold to the masses. It took me 10 minutes tops to realize MyLeague was not worth playing... Who tested this stuff?

No one tested, they never do.

They add big headline grabbing features to myleague, but they never test or fix sim stats or tendencies or contracts.

Been the same thing for years.

[SteboSSK]

Technically not unplayable but for people that really put real time into myleague it can kill immersion when features vital to continuous play are broken. The 2k generated classes have been beyond terrible and buggy for years. So the only way to keep a good and balance league is via custom made draft classes.

Quote: Originally Posted by Cowboy008

So do you think this makes MyLeague unplayable?

[BluFu]

Not sure if this was mentioned, but another issue is that there are too many "generational prospects" being generated. Literally every draft class has 1 or 2 whereas before they used to pop up maybe 1 in every 4 or 5 drafts.

[Freakywwe]

Quote: Originally Posted by BluFu

Not sure if this was mentioned, but another issue is that there are too many "generational prospects" being generated. Literally every draft class has 1 or 2 whereas before they used to pop up maybe 1 in every 4 or 5 drafts.

Couldn't this be fixed by lowering the draft class quality?

[LorenzoDC]

Quote: Originally Posted by BluFu

Not sure if this was mentioned, but another issue is that there are too many "generational prospects" being generated. Literally every draft class has 1 or 2 whereas before they used to pop up maybe 1 in every 4 or 5 drafts.

That may or may not be a problem. What we have to figure out is how many of them reach their peak potential, given injuries and peak end ratings, and how many stars are in the league 5 and 10 years down the road. If the number of stars in the league long term remains realistic, then the high potential draft prospects are not a problem.

[LorenzoDC]

Quote: Originally Posted by Freakywwe

Couldn't this be fixed by lowering the draft class quality?

It's not necessarily that simple. Think of lowering quality like moving a triangle up or down, where the pointy top of the triangle is the top of the potential rating distribution of the class.

But what about the shape of the triangle? Is it pointy and skinny at the top, or is is wider and flat? One of 2K's past problems has been that the average drafted player ratings and potential have been good but the draft classes didn't produce enough stars to keep the league realistic over multiple years. So in the NBA now 2k might have 9-12 guys rated over 90. But once those guys age out of the league, there would only be maybe 2-5 guys over 90. That's a league without enough stars.

So if you try to fix that by jacking up the draft class quality - pushing up the triangle - you can get more stars but you also get a LOT more guys with ratings in the 80's - because 2k's "triangle" is too fat. The result then is the league is filled with too many high contracts signed to those higher potential young players, everyone runs out of cap, and we see all the silly free agents out there with 84 ratings unsigned.

So, it's not as simple as changing draft class strength if the distribution of talent strength across the draft class is not varied enough. 2k needs to narrow that imaginary triangle, make it more pointy at the top - at least based on what was in the game last year.

[SavoyPrime]

Quote: Originally Posted by wodi

I was so hyped to play, but now it's like **** I now have to wait for simworld to fix 2k..... again

This. Every year it is this. I can't do NBA 2K without Simworld being involved. Especially the draft classes.

[SavoyPrime]

Quote: Originally Posted by BA2929

Especially when you can just use custom draft classes and not ever see the issue whatsoever.

The issue with that is the availability of QUALITY draft classes on X1 and PS4. If you go deep into MyLeague, there's not enough custom draft classes to cover it. Especially on the PS4.