MyCareer gameplay is atrocious

[Twolf15]

Quote: Originally Posted by trandoanhung1991

However, GSW losing isn't because of me. I barely take 8-10 shots a game, make about 45-50% of those, 35% from 3pt.

I'm confused. In the openings post you complained about missing too much 3pointers?

[Foldzy]

I have none of these issues, I play on superstar. It's just a matter of getting better at the game

[wepr3]

Quote: Originally Posted by Retropyro

But aside from that, I can't even touch MyCareer anymore. Created player + MyLeague + Player Lock = Win.

I love this idea - thank you.

[Fredette]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cesco

Every year, after 10 or so NBA games, I get tired of MyCareer, every year. I strongly believe that if you don't buy (and spend) VCs and stay on par with other players you can't enjoy it. Worst of all, all the 80s and 90s players will quit Park games if you try to join with your 67 player.

Same for me. It's so sad how this once so cool mode jacked up for endless Microtransactions. Nowadays MYCAREER feels more like a "pay to win/free to play" mode with a dumb story. Gone is passion & credibility for a realistic NBA-Player career...

But like others said...Player-Lock and starting a MyLeague/MYGM career is best solution for us oldskool offline guys

[Lakerplayer8]

Quote: Originally Posted by trandoanhung1991

I had high hopes this year, and had a good time playing a Post Scorer/3pt on GSW. Gameplay was mostly fine because I patrolled the key and boosted defense. Offense consisted mostly of automated playcalling and post ups on mismatches. Got bored of it and decided to make a Shot-Creator/3pt SF, also on GSW. Wow, I never imagined how atrocious the gameplay is. Playing on Allstar, it's just atrocious. There's no such thing as a defensive mistake for the CPU. Even in fast breaks, they stick to me like glue. Screens don't really work, because I'm stuck in a crab dribble stance even with turbo. So they recover pretty much right away. Forget dribble moves and fakes, they don't fall for those. So right now I'm stuck with post moves, same as my PF, but worse since I can't bully my way into the paint anymore. Mid range/3pt shooting is atrocious. Even with 80s in mid range and 70s in 3pt I regularly go 3/12 overall and 0/5 from deep, taking open and wide open shots. I can't freelance at all. My defender literally sticks to me regardless of what happens. He'll also always bump and hand-check and shove me so that my movement speed is very low, all the while draining my stamina. That's bull**** and doesn't happen in the NBA that often. So I can't really run fast-paced plays because I'm stuck in slow animations ALL THE TIME. Oh yea, 3 second violations. My defender openly molests me and I can't do anything about it. Turbo doesn't work. He'll only release me when they get the ball back. My teammates are ******** and perform extremely poorly on offense. They regularly take bad shots AND horrible shots, but mostly don't make them. That means players like Durant and Curry are not a threat on offense, same with players like Livingston who feasts on posting up smaller guards. My team, GSW, regularly loses because we're out-rebounded, and shot a way lower percentage than our opponent. It's like a permanent slump. It's been that way for 20 games. Our record is 6-14... My teammates are also ******** on defense. Lockdown defenders like Iguodala and Draymond regularly gets beat by dribble move spam/backdoor cuts, as well as regularly giving too much space to the offensive player. Forget fast break defense, it's almost always a 3pt, a layup or a foul. CPU offense is extremely cheesy. It consists of spamming dribble moves over and over, side to side, and force an open shot/layup animation when the defender is slightly out of position. The ball is also magnetic, because many of the animations have the ball fall far from their hands, but defies physics and bounce back to them, so they rarely get a turnover. When they actually have motion in their offense, usually it's just setting a screen, side step to trigger the screen animation, and take an open shot. Again, very cheesy and frustrating. Anyway I can get to play free-flowing ball like in the actual NBA?

I suggest lowering the difficulty. I started on pro and then moved to All-Star. Games got more competitive on all-star but I would get blown out against the warriors and lakers. My team originally was the suns. So I decided to be like Durant and request a trade to the team that beat me down, golden state. We usually blow bad teams out or teams without great perimeter shooting but games against the lakers and rockets are still competitive. You just gotta let your teammates play honestly. Turn the play art on FULL and just let them run the offense. Once in a while you can call for the ball and run pick and roll if you so choose but that isolation ball stopper stuff doesn’t work in 2k19. Maybe after you are a 90+ overall or have 86+ ball control but you can’t be dominating the ball with a slow three point shooting shot creator. Our current lineup is:

Curry
Myself
Durant
Draymond
Cousins

Klay comes off the bench but curry and KD average 20+ easy. KD rountinly has 25+ points actually and he’s very efficient. Curry will have some solid games as well. I am always looking for both on the fast break and they both usually pull up for a wide open three or mid range shot which is money. In the half court just let them run the plays. They don’t play stupid I’m not sure why everyone says that. Go play on a team like the suns and then play on the warriors. It’s night and day. They are way easier to win with compared to other trash teams

[Barncore]

I think the gameplay is fine but i agree with this statement:

Quote: Originally Posted by Cesco

Every year, after 10 or so NBA games, I get tired of MyCareer, every year. I strongly believe that if you don't buy (and spend) VCs and stay on par with other players you can't enjoy it. Worst of all, all the 80s and 90s players will quit Park games if you try to join with your 67 player.

[franzis]

This year P&R from the top is almost useless.
I'm having some success running P&R on the wing with the pick clearing the baseline.
Usually it opens a lane for the drive or for a pass to the roller.
Sometimes the defense rotates strong with a third man for closing those lanes and you must be smart to find the man left open on the perimeter.

[trandoanhung1991]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lakerplayer8

I suggest lowering the difficulty. I started on pro and then moved to All-Star. Games got more competitive on all-star but I would get blown out against the warriors and lakers. My team originally was the suns. So I decided to be like Durant and request a trade to the team that beat me down, golden state. We usually blow bad teams out or teams without great perimeter shooting but games against the lakers and rockets are still competitive. You just gotta let your teammates play honestly. Turn the play art on FULL and just let them run the offense. Once in a while you can call for the ball and run pick and roll if you so choose but that isolation ball stopper stuff doesn’t work in 2k19. Maybe after you are a 90+ overall or have 86+ ball control but you can’t be dominating the ball with a slow three point shooting shot creator. Our current lineup is: Curry Myself Durant Draymond Cousins Klay comes off the bench but curry and KD average 20+ easy. KD rountinly has 25+ points actually and he’s very efficient. Curry will have some solid games as well. I am always looking for both on the fast break and they both usually pull up for a wide open three or mid range shot which is money. In the half court just let them run the plays. They don’t play stupid I’m not sure why everyone says that. Go play on a team like the suns and then play on the warriors. It’s night and day. They are way easier to win with compared to other trash teams

Yeah, I always do that. But for some reason I'm not having success when compared to my PF.


And running plays get extremely annoying when they just molest you for the whole shot clock, and you can't get to where you want, so the mismatches disappear.

Quote: Originally Posted by Twolf15

I'm confused. In the openings post you complained about missing too much 3pointers?

Problem is, I compared the stats to actual NBA stats. At my rating of 86, I should be making more than 35%, closer to 40%, considering a few things:

• I only do catch and shoot 3pt shots. Badge is silver.
• A lot of them are off pick and pop. Badge also silver.
• A lot of these are also corner 3s. Again, badge also silver.

The closest comparison I can find is Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum. Damian has less badges than me, and 3 points lower in open 3pt rating, and in real life he hits between 36% when open to 40% when wide open. CJ McCollum has 1 point higher open 3pt rating than me, and gold catch-and-shoot, silver corner specialist, and no pick and popper. He shoots 39% when open and 45% when wide open.


So obviously I should be shooting closer to 40% than 35%, considering those factors.