How do you choose an archetype and stick with it?

[Erithtotl]

I made 8 myplayers last year. Highest one got to 93.

I plan to hold off a few days on making a myplayer if I can, and wait until the builders for points and badges come out. That way I can make an informed choice. Last year I was just guessing on what might work, not realizing that there were a few 'key' builds that got a lot of perks, like the 6'8" playmaking shot creator SF who got speed boost and contact dunks and no stupid badges, or that certain badges that sounded good, like lob city passer, which were actually worthless.

It looks like the new archetype system this year is going to fix some of those problems. but I'd rather not invest a 100 hours in a player I'm eventually going to ditch because it'll always be 2nd best, or worse.

[howardphillips214]

I have 9characters that are all viable on 18. They've all been upgraded to at least an 80. There's literally nothing i can't do to help the team win. Whatever we need i have one (besides a pure sharp, that's against my religion) and i enjoy that immensely.

However, i think i picked the perfect build for me this year. There's no telling if I'll make more players, pretty confident i will. But if he does what i want him to I'll be able to come back to him when we need a guard. I'm thinking of sticking with 2 players this year. A wing and a big. Pretty much besides point I'll be able to do anything. Only reason i won't make a point this year is i always create like 5 PGs. Gonna try and curb that impulse this year.

[The Gym Reaper]

Quote: Originally Posted by GK_11

I guess yes theyre correct? It just seemed a bit dismissive to me because I think if he knew what build he would enjoy playing as the most already he would just make that build. He wasnt even sure what position he would like, let alone archetype. Hes not looking for a shortcut because hes impatient about having a low overall, hes looking for a way to keep from getting FOMO on the tons of different archetype/position combos and find the motivation to commit to one player. It sounds like over the last couple years you were able to narrow it down and figure out what is funnest/works best for you through trial and error. The question seemed to be to me, what do you do if youre not sure about your fav playstyle and what the funnest/most effective build for you is going to be? Thats why i think your anecdote about being a young pass first pg who idolized shawn kemp helping you figure out your playstyle to be a lot more instructive for him than telling him to shutup and dribble lol you know what i mean?

My bad, that wasn't my intention. Just been seeing these types of questions for the past 3 years.

My answer still stands, though. Best advice I can give is make your build based around the player you like the most/are best with in Play Now.

I started off trying to make a 1 of 1 Derrick Rose copy and now it's morphed into something completely different. You just gotta dive in and commit to the build.