Practice in Association

[DLev45]

Can any of you more experienced association players tell me what effect the weekly practices have on your team during an association season? Are the stat boosts you get temporary? How long do they last? What is the effect on your overall fatigue? etc. I'm just really unsure how it works and affects your team, so I have just been simming to the next game every time and not bothering.

[R9NALD9]

Re: Practice in Association

Would love to know this as well

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Practice in Association

Effects of practice last for your next game only. But keep in mind if you play well and morale and team chemistry are clicking your ratings get nice boosts that can last quite some time.

As far as fatigue. Yes it will effect your players evergy level and can cause injuries. Be careful not over work your team on long road trips, and back to backs.

Use your common sense. For example you have 2 days between a big game against the Magic. You want to make sure you hit the boards hard to offset Howards presence. So you schedule either a normal or hard practice for your team on rebounds.

Or for example you have a particular matcup your concerned about. So you schedule a normal or aggressive or light (depending on your players energy level) practice and focus on that player you want to step up (eg Wade vs Kobe).

I use practices throughout my regular season. In the post season I do not.

[aksumite]

Re: Practice in Association

Effects of practice last for your next game only. But keep in mind if you play well and morale and team chemistry are clicking your ratings get nice boosts that can last quite some time.

As far as fatigue. Yes it will effect your players evergy level and can cause injuries. Be careful not over work your team on long road trips, and back to backs.

Use your common sense. For example you have 2 days between a big game against the Magic. You want to make sure you hit the boards hard to offset Howards presence. So you schedule either a normal or hard practice for your team on rebounds.

Or for example you have a particular matcup your concerned about. So you schedule a normal or aggressive or light (depending on your players energy level) practice and focus on that player you want to step up (eg Wade vs Kobe).

I use practices throughout my regular season. In the post season I do not.

Nice.

I was always wondering this too for my association. I've been playn for years and never really knew for sure.

I did notice guys getting tired if I practice too much or too hard.

[MMurda]

Re: Practice in Association

Effects of practice last for your next game only. But keep in mind if you play well and morale and team chemistry are clicking your ratings get nice boosts that can last quite some time.

not exactly true.

light=2 days, 20% fatigue
normal=3 days, 30% fatigue
intense=4 days, 40% fatigue

i may be slightly off for the fatigue but the days that it last are correct for sure. in order to get the correct info on this straight from the games mouth for verification...when ur in the screen to schedule the practice hit "Y" or triangle button for ps3. all of the info for how practice effects ur team is written for u there on screen

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Practice in Association

not exactly true.

light=2 days, 20% fatigue
normal=3 days, 30% fatigue
intense=4 days, 40% fatigue

i may be slightly off for the fatigue but the days that it last are correct for sure. in order to get the correct info on this straight from the games mouth for verification...when ur in the screen to schedule the practice hit "Y" or triangle button for ps3. all of the info for how practice effects ur team is written for u there on screen

Nice. Good info. I rarely if ever do a heavy practice.

[Bballplaya72]

Re: Practice in Association

not exactly true.

light=2 days, 20% fatigue
normal=3 days, 30% fatigue
intense=4 days, 40% fatigue

i may be slightly off for the fatigue but the days that it last are correct for sure. in order to get the correct info on this straight from the games mouth for verification...when ur in the screen to schedule the practice hit "Y" or triangle button for ps3. all of the info for how practice effects ur team is written for u there on screen

I think it's actually:

light 1 day
medium 2 days
heavy 3 days

That's how it's been anyway in former installments of 2k. I never use anything besides light practices.

[MMurda]

Re: Practice in Association

I think it's actually:

light 1 day
medium 2 days
heavy 3 days

That's how it's been anyway in former installments of 2k. I never use anything besides light practices.

nope its what i listed...2,3,4 for sure

[13]

Re: Practice in Association

"Team Practice comes at a cost. The harder you practice your players, the more their fatigue will accrue. Light practices cause a +10 increase in fatigue, Normal practices cause a +20 increase in fatigue, and Intense practices cause a +30 increase in fatigue. The fatigue penalty lasts for the duration of the practice's effects.

Attribute boosts only last a few days depending on how much effort was assigned to the drill: Light practice boosts last 2 days, Normal practice boosts last 3 days, and Intense practice boosts last 4 days."

Taken directly from the game.