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Old 08-22-2019, 10:20 PM   #9
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Re: Is it just me or is the pie chart just archetypes?

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Y'all know I'm one of the bigger "glass half full" posters here, but this was real finesse work. This is what happens when a company has pundits that they endorse and throw freebies/swag to.

All these youtubers saw this. All of them. Not a single one sat back and said anything. The shilled the koolaid.

"SO DIVERSE!"

"I could make the build *I* wanted!"

GTFOH. First thing: 2K is wrong for the bait and switch. You can @me, Beluba. Your team promised something completely different than what was handed to us. The badge thing is the only thing that stands out as "I want this feature".

Second: not that I liked any YouTube creators before but I was subscribed to Shake. As soon as I realized they all started doing the cheesy things and basically being toxic I started just doing my own thing. They are all puppets at this point. If they hype it up enough 2K gives them amenities. They helped sell this fabrication.

So, when the "Fangirl 2k stan" has an issue with what you're doing, you know you screwed up
...oooooor, and hear me out, The YouTubers all signed NDAs making them legally unable to say anything about it until the demo launch, which cost no one anything since the game won’t release for another 2 weeks anyway. But whatever makes you feel better about your stance.

Yes, they leaned a bit hard into the “you can make anything you want” hype, but again, they gave everyone 2 weeks to decide for themselves what the game is before they spent a dime on it. If that’s a finesse, it’s the worst finesse ever.

If anyone believed they were going to make a 100% accurate Lebron or Kobe build and bring it online they were fooling themselves. No one wants that. Not 2K, and not the people that play park/rec every day. Can’t have thousands of player builds out there with no weaknesses. They were never gonna allow that.

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Old 08-22-2019, 10:36 PM   #10
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Re: Is it just me or is the pie chart just archetypes?

Classifying players into any groups of any kind, where they have their own strengths and weaknesses, could be considered archetypes.
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Old 08-22-2019, 10:43 PM   #11
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...oooooor, and hear me out, The YouTubers all signed NDAs making them legally unable to say anything about it until the demo launch, which cost no one anything since the game won’t release for another 2 weeks anyway. But whatever makes you feel better about your stance.

Yes, they leaned a bit hard into the “you can make anything you want” hype, but again, they gave everyone 2 weeks to decide for themselves what the game is before they spent a dime on it. If that’s a finesse, it’s the worst finesse ever.

If anyone believed they were going to make a 100% accurate Lebron or Kobe build and bring it online they were fooling themselves. No one wants that. Not 2K, and not the people that play park/rec every day. Can’t have thousands of player builds out there with no weaknesses. They were never gonna allow that.
You know what they could've done? Just not echo chambered the hype. NDA be damned, you can talk about what they let you and just not repeat the same buzz phrase.

Yes, I'm aware they won't let you make a player with no weakness. I've never been one to ask for that, and never cared that they didn't. However, you certainly can't do what they said, which is "make a build how you really want". I'm not asking for Kobe, or Harden, or Curry, or LeBron. But hell, I'd settle for an athletic PF that could run the floor well and rebound. How about a decent post build?

Like, I get checks and balances, but if I want to put all my points in handles, finishing, and shooting and throw defense out the window I should be able to. Or a guy who's low 80s/high 70s in every facet, just a utility guy?

Yes, you will always get the min max people. I'm not going to act like I wasn't think about how to optimize my skills, but that's it. I want to be able to cater to my personal skills.

I'll probably be able to finagle something with badge selection, but this is a pure bait and switch.
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Old 08-22-2019, 11:15 PM   #12
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These guys got “flewed out”, hotels and flights paid for, got to hang out with the devs and celebrities and were forced to sign NDAs.

We should have known they weren’t going to say anything negative about the game. They were glorified hype men and we fell for the hype.
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Re: Is it just me or is the pie chart just archetypes?

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You know what they could've done? Just not echo chambered the hype. NDA be damned, you can talk about what they let you and just not repeat the same buzz phrase.

Yes, I'm aware they won't let you make a player with no weakness. I've never been one to ask for that, and never cared that they didn't. However, you certainly can't do what they said, which is "make a build how you really want". I'm not asking for Kobe, or Harden, or Curry, or LeBron. But hell, I'd settle for an athletic PF that could run the floor well and rebound. How about a decent post build?

Like, I get checks and balances, but if I want to put all my points in handles, finishing, and shooting and throw defense out the window I should be able to. Or a guy who's low 80s/high 70s in every facet, just a utility guy?

Yes, you will always get the min max people. I'm not going to act like I wasn't think about how to optimize my skills, but that's it. I want to be able to cater to my personal skills.

I'll probably be able to finagle something with badge selection, but this is a pure bait and switch.

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Utility guy


Handles/Finishing/Shooting


Athletic PF


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That's without badges, height/wingspan/weight, takeover or the speed/strength charts and you can do literally everything you want. You said you didn't care about being a superstar and none of those guys are superstars. They're good in exactly what you yourself say you wanted though and what you claim isn't possible.

We're getting exactly what everyone has claimed to want for years and you guys are STILL complaining. Hilarious.
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Old 08-23-2019, 12:44 AM   #14
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Athletic PF


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That's without badges, height/wingspan/weight, takeover or the speed/strength charts and you can do literally everything you want. You said you didn't care about being a superstar and none of those guys are superstars. They're good in exactly what you yourself say you wanted though and what you claim isn't possible.

We're getting exactly what everyone has claimed to want for years and you guys are STILL complaining. Hilarious.
Nah, I want to create a player that I exactly want. No caps. For online, sure go ahead. But for offline? That’s BS. It’s a video game that we pay hard earned money for.
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Old 08-23-2019, 01:04 AM   #15
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Re: Is it just me or is the pie chart just archetypes?

Yes, that is correct. How is it "build own player" when we have to choose from a preset pie chart? When I first heard about building your own myplayer I thought we were going to have the freedom to put our attributes in any areas we wanted. Obviously each position capped by height/weight/wingspan. My thinking was that based on what attribute we put will determine our "archetype" and badges we get. There only like 10 charts to choose from which feel very limiting.

On a sidenote I don't understand why rebounding is tied to defending it should have it own category. Why do I need to increase my rebound just to get more badge upgrades? Post scoring should not be in three different category it should also be it own category in my opinion.
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man that post player is going places, with that 76 69 rebounding, the lateral quickness and defense, damn these players really sacrifice just to be able to shoot or play make..
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