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Mike Lowe I try and see both sides to this knowing there are many moving parts,...
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
Yes, because not previewing haircuts is downright scamming. Thats the main point for me that crossed the line. I dont even care that you earn even less VC with every year, Im not totally against VC, but the way 2k handles this is disgusting. Literally everything in MyCareer screams for buying VC to speed up the process of upgrading your player. A lot of stuff is hidden behind certain OVR's (yes even hairCOLORS), they know that everybody wants to get 80+ asap and they do everything to maximize profit. There are a lot of game developers out there that handle microtransations way better... -
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
And years ago, in the app we could get many VC every day (even 1500 vc). Now just 100 per day (plus 500 for playing)Comment
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
VC is ruining gaming as a whole. I remember when skill points were all it took to level up a playerComment
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
I'm sorry, I'm old: I'm assuming VC is virtual coin or virtual currency?Comment
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
I blame the famous Youtubers for making VC so popular and acceptable within the 2k communityComment
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
Kind of feels like 2K14 all over again...where they had to dial it back after public backlash...you would think that was a lesson learned....
Really sucks that they went this route in a year where the gameplay developers worked their tails off...
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
whats unacceptable is not being able to see what you are buying...Comment
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
I don't buy into this, "it's amazing that games have kept at $60" line. Games are made on disc, which are very cheap to produce. The age of the game manual are long gone, remember those "books" that use to be packed with every game. And even more, in the last 5 years there has been an increasing shift to digital which eliminates any distribution cost.
I'm fine with VC to a point. but 2K is pushing far beyond that. They've gotten greedier by the year.
For MyCareer it will take roughly 100,000 VC to get your player to around a 75 overall. That would cost you roughly $30. Or between 150 & 200 games played to grind it out. Maybe knock off 20 to 30 games if you grind the app as well. Just to get your player to a 75 overall, a bench player realistically.
Not only has 2K made it harder to build up your player (and more expensive) they've also neutered the app as a way to earn anything significant, unlike a few years ago where the return was decent (and people still actually paid for VC so it wasn't killing sales).Comment
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
The line has definitely been crossed. The gameplay is great, but having just about every single thing that can possibly be tied into VC being tied into VC combined with it being harder to get VC compared to the past without paying real money is really killing the experience here.
Someone here, I forgot who, posted the perfect summation of what VC has done to 2K. The game has now become a chore instead of something fun to do, and if you actually want to be able to enjoy the game and have fun playing it you almost have to pay extra real money to buy VC. Either that or spend every waking hour grinding out games that simply aren't fun because your player is so bad.
VC is killing the 2K experience and 2K has nobody to blame but themselves.Comment
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
I been saying this since day 1 but I'm the bad guy.
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
I don't mind the grind, the game last me all year long.
What I would like is the separation of currency between the gear and the attributes of my player.
I don't want to chose between the two everytime I spend VC.Comment
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
Yeah I feel bad for Mike and the gang. This VC backlash overshadowed their superb work this year. They will dial back the VC for next year only to go all out in a couple of years later. They started a cycle of stupid.Comment
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Re: VC in NBA 2K18: Have We Crossed a Line of Acceptability?
These are my issues on how VC has become worse over the years:
The 2K app used to have up to 3,000 VC rewards 2-3 years ago in the daily picker game now its 1,500 as of the 2K17 app. Not sure its been activated yet for 2K18 app since I last checked a 2 or 3 days ago.
VC rewards for stats/skills in game have dropped 3point baskets used to get you 9 VC in 2K16 then 6 VC in 2K17 and are now are apparently 3 VC and 2 point baskets are now worth 2 VC down from 5 VC just as a prime example.
Gameplay moves like dribble moves or fashion/create a player items such as hairstyles are now 1000 VC with hair colour 200 VC and beard styles 300 VC. Shoes are up and down in their costs last year custom or created shoes were 7,500 VC and this year 10,000 VC.
Difficulty Multiplier is now gone so no reward for playing the game at a higher difficulty for 2K18 with no extra VC given for it.
They stopped giving VC rewards for spending time in the gym making 5 shots 25 dribble moves shoot around for 10 minutes now after 1 attempt given that they were very minimal rewards still poor form and gives no reason to spend that extra time putting in work.
2K17 attribute/skill bucket purchases was probably better value than the single skill/attribute upgrade despite a few times were certain skills in that attribute wouldn't improve.Comment
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