When You Play MyPlayer Do You Put Up Huge Number Consistently?

[dukebeatsuncagain]

When I first decided to go all in on a MyPlayer, I put it at 12 minute quarters. Naturally. But it got super boring super quick because I with all that time, I could easily put up 25 ppg as an entry level player. As I got better it was turning into 35-45 point nights on the regular, and it got even more boring.

So finally I dropped it all the way down to 6 minutes and things started to pick up. At first I felt weird because the scores were so low, but I was actually starting to have fun so I ignored the 'sim' player in me, at least for a little longer. And i am glad I did.

Now, my PG really has to go off to get 25 and 10. Games went from dragging and dragging on to me wishing there were more time on the clock, which results in crazy progression from playing game-after-game-after-game.

Maybe some of you want to put up, or feel like you should put up 40 a night and that is cool. Me personally, I never played basketball organized, (I played Baseball, LAX, and Hockey...can you guess what race I am?) so it doesn't really seem right for me to go out and dominate on the court. I like to keep it how I would actually play in real life. Distribution on the drive, calling plays, and hitting the 3.

Oh and I have never and will never buy a dunk package. I can't dunk in real-life, so I try and emulate that too. All layups baby. FUNDAMENTALS.

So what is it for you? Do you go out and put up 40 with ease and love every second of it, or do you try and restrain some aspect of the game to make it more challenging?

[sk]

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When I first decided to go all in on a MyPlayer, I put it at 12 minute quarters. Naturally. But it got super boring super quick because I with all that time, I could easily put up 25 ppg as an entry level player. As I got better it was turning into 35-45 point nights on the regular, and it got even more boring.

So finally I dropped it all the way down to 6 minutes and things started to pick up. At first I felt weird because the scores were so low, but I was actually starting to have fun so I ignored the 'sim' player in me, at least for a little longer. And i am glad I did.

Now, my PG really has to go off to get 25 and 10. Games went from dragging and dragging on to me wishing there were more time on the clock, which results in crazy progression from playing game-after-game-after-game.

Maybe some of you want to put up, or feel like you should put up 40 a night and that is cool. Me personally, I never played basketball organized, (I played Baseball, LAX, and Hockey...can you guess what race I am?) so it doesn't really seem right for me to go out and dominate on the court. I like to keep it how I would actually play in real life. Distribution on the drive, calling plays, and hitting the 3.

Oh and I have never and will never buy a dunk package. I can't dunk in real-life, so I try and emulate that too. All layups baby. FUNDAMENTALS.

So what is it for you? Do you go out and put up 40 with ease and love every second of it, or do you try and restrain some aspect of the game to make it more challenging?

Do you play on rookie difficulty?

Do you play a sim style? Yes if you play a JR Smith type of basketball then you can score at will but if you are looking to play a balanced overall game, it's not easy to rack up a lot of assists or rebounds while scoring a bunch.

[dukebeatsuncagain]

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Superstar/Sim.

I have just played 2k for so so so long, I just know what the AI is going to do at certain times and can capitalize on it.

As far as 'playing like JR Smith' not at all. I always pass first trying to others involved but if they sag off, and I am open from the outside, I'm not NOT going to take the shot.

Either way, I'm not really asking for advise here, just seeing if people who regularly play MyPlayer regularly put up huge numbers. I look at youtube videos of people playing and they have 45 in the 3rd. I'm happy playing, just seeing how other attack this mode.

[sleepyshotta]

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I'm averaging 61ppg with my SG (2nd year) right now. I'm scoring a lot because I'm trying to get somewhere close to the all-time scoring leader, if not to the top of the list. I also have a C(2nd yr) whom I play within the offense with, and I have kind of regular numbers(30 and 15) with him.


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[ThatKidNamedTae]

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I'm averaging 61ppg with my SG (2nd year) right now. I'm scoring a lot because I'm trying to get somewhere close to the all-time scoring leader, if not to the top of the list. I also have a C(2nd yr) whom I play within the offense with, and I have kind of regular numbers(30 and 15) with him.


Check out my YouTube videos @ YouTube.com/sleepynate718

"regular".

[dukebeatsuncagain]

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I'm averaging 13.3 ppg with 4.4 apg, and 2.2 reb per game as a Rookie PG on the Knicks.

With those number in the real NBA I would be 3rd in scoring, 3rd in apg, and 6th in rebounding.

I would say that is a pretty competitive stat line.

That is kind of what I am saying, I really would never feel right scoring 61 ppg...ever. But, at 12 minute quarters...I probably could. And for a 6'2 rookie PG, that is ridiculous for me.

Anyone else?

[bo.jangles344]

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I've talked about this before and as a pg your job isn't to put up big numbers. The challenge is to get realistic-wish numbers and also have your teammates do well. I highly doubt that your teammates enjoy playing 20 mpg and I doubt they enjoy scoring 10 ppg. The problem with shorter quarters is it's damn near impossible to have your teammates have a good game as well as yourself. If you were really a Sim player you would average anywhere from 17-20 ppg and 6-8 assists with a few rebounds. The problem is, it's really hard to get your teammates good scoring numbers consistently. Even when playing with good players because it seems that great players can't or won't play well when you are on the same team. I've had games where I put up 85 points and I don't enjoy it nearly as much as when Paul George or Dirk score 40. But that's the thing, you can't run a real offense. There is so much CPU cheese in this game my career is unplayable for me. Whether it's every big man is a beast on the glass for the other team or they make every turn around jumper from the post, to psychic defense stealing simple entry passes to me jogging to get back on defense even tho I'm in perfect position to get in the way of their fast break. I can't wait to get my ps4 because a lot of my issues like poor spacing and not enough buckets from teammates to the absolute dreaded 3 second shoot release. It's really pathetic that they've done absolutely nothing in 5 years to make this game mode play any better.

[dukebeatsuncagain]

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"If I was really a sim player."

Ahh I see...

No.

See, my other teammates don't really care about playing 20 minutes per game because...they aren't real people it is a video game. So lucky for me that isn't a factor...at all.

Once again, NOT ASKING FOR ADVISE ON HOW TO PLAY 'SIM'...just seeing if people really play this game and put up unrealistic numbers...and you do. 81 in a game is something I should NEVER be able to do.

[dukebeatsuncagain]

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"regular".

Exactly. Those are All-Star numbers.

[dukebeatsuncagain]

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I play 12 minute quarters and will purposely stop taking shots if I notice I have a ton of points and it's only the second quarter or something.

I mean, I've had games where I've put up 60, but most games I put up 28 and 9 assists or something which is obviously spectacular but not like off-the-wall unrealistic. If I'm gonna invest a lot of time into Myplayer, I want my player to be a perennial MVP candidate/compete for greatest of all-time without being TOO ridiculous. I mean, scoring 35 points per game is amazing but not unheard of. Kobe averaged 35 just less than a decade ago, so I don't feel too bad if I'm putting up numbers like that every night. But if I was over here averaging 70 points per game or something stupid like some people do, it just wouldn't be enjoyable to me.

I feel that.

If you are going for a 'Superstar' type player, all those number definitely make sense.

[Taer]

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These types of threads are just ... ugh.

You are an awesome 2k player that can break the mode if you so desired. Cool. Thanks for sharing.

or

The mode is stupid because it caters to the casual that wants to pretend to be MJ, Wilt and Rodman all combined into one in every game they play in this mode. This has been said every year since 2010. Glad you made another post on the subject.

Whenever someone posts ways to improve the enjoyment you might get in this mode you dump on them...

Just what exactly is the point of this thread again?

Seriously ... 2k could, if they want, go back to the original vision of the career mode genre but for whatever reason they decided they wanted to make it a "trainer" for their online mode. Which, to me is stupid but it is what it is.

Until they separate offline from online completely, this mode will have a dual personality.

If you really want a challenge, play full seasons at full regulation time and try to get your team mates to mirror their real life stat lines for the season.

If you achieve this, awesome. Please give pointers on how you achieve this, because this would be something very helpful in my quest to get MyCareer teams to be mirrors to their real life counterparts.

I just hope the day comes soon that 2k breaks MyCareer away from MYPlayer completely and goes back to the vision that the 2010 mode had with D-League, Summer ball and combine experiences.

My feeling is that they will continue down the scripted story-board "hero" path they started to flesh out with 2k14 NG for a bit more. Unfortunately.

[dukebeatsuncagain]

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These types of threads are just ... ugh.

You are an awesome 2k player that can break the mode if you so desired. Cool. Thanks for sharing.

or

The mode is stupid because it caters to the casual that wants to pretend to be MJ, Wilt and Rodman all combined into one in every game they play in this mode. This has been said every year since 2010. Glad you made another post on the subject.

Whenever someone posts ways to improve the enjoyment you might get in this mode you dump on them...

Just what exactly is the point of this thread again?

Seriously ... 2k could, if they want, go back to the original vision of the career mode genre but for whatever reason they decided they wanted to make it a "trainer" for their online mode. Which, to me is stupid but it is what it is.

Until they separate offline from online completely, this mode will have a dual personality.

If you really want a challenge, play full seasons at full regulation time and try to get your team mates to mirror their real life stat lines for the season.

If you achieve this, awesome. Please give pointers on how you achieve this, because this would be something very helpful in my quest to get MyCareer teams to be mirrors to their real life counterparts.

I just hope the day comes soon that 2k breaks MyCareer away from MYPlayer completely and goes back to the vision that the 2010 mode had with D-League, Summer ball and combine experiences.

My feeling is that they will continue down the scripted story-board "hero" path they started to flesh out with 2k14 NG for a bit more. Unfortunately.

I literally said none of that.

Why does almost every person commenting on this post either think I am asking how to be 'sim' or complaining?

I enjoy this mode, quite a bit, as I said...once again...

I am asking if when you play MyPlayer if you consistently put up huge numbers or if you try and limit yourself or do something special that I don't know about yet so I can try it out to make this game even mode more fun.

So ONCE AGAIN another person replies to my question with no sort of response that actually pertains to what I was talking about.

[dukebeatsuncagain]

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Also, like I tried to explain in the actual post...I am not going for a Superstar type player. I am going for a role-type player.

I make it so he can't even dunk.

[dukebeatsuncagain]

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Clearly, you read my original, and the other posts.

Just what exactly is the point of this thread again?

So what is it for you? Do you go out and put up 40 with ease and love every second of it, or do you try and restrain some aspect of the game to make it more challenging?

Either way, I'm not really asking for advise here, just seeing if people who regularly play MyPlayer regularly put up huge numbers. I look at youtube videos of people playing and they have 45 in the 3rd. I'm happy playing, just seeing how other attack this mode.

[Taer]

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... I am asking if when you play MyPlayer if you consistently put up huge numbers or if you try and limit yourself or do something special that I don't know about yet so I can try it out to make this game mode more fun.

... If you really want a challenge, play full seasons at full regulation time and try to get your team mates to mirror their real life stat lines for the season.

If you achieve this, awesome. Please give pointers on how you achieve this, because this would be something very helpful in my quest to get MyCareer teams to be mirrors to their real life counterparts. ...

So, "ONCE AGAIN": perhaps approaching the mode in the manner I laid out would make the game "more fun". From my experience, it is a very hard thing to accomplish with out-of-the-box rosters, sliders and without changes made to things like the playbooks.

Prior years, after a couple of seasons experience, I'd be working on making changes to mirror MyCareer teams to their real life counter-parts. This year, due to corruptions, changes made by 2k, and a lot more frustration, I am having a hard time making it through the first season to gather my data-points.

This year, without even a patch, or attention being paid to current gen, I'm debating if I will play more than one or two seasons.