NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

[thatphillydude]

This MyLeague Online sounds okay, but is still selling us online gamers short. No offseason, no draft, no free agency = point less to continue with more than one season. Sigh. Another year of getting short changed.

I mean my God, just copy and paste leagues from 2k12 and 2k13 at the very least. Stop giving us half-*** modes.

Thaaaaaank you. I'm one for new features,but for the online league I would kill for a copy/paste work right now. Rather it be old and a complete feature than a updated and half assed one

[Saix12345]

I think having the ability to release new custom uniforms for your team would be cool. Say you play on Christmas day and you want a new uniform. You could design a new unifrom that could be used that day and availabe for head to head matches. Some teams dont have many uniforms and being able to release new uniforms would be one of the coolest features to have.

[schnakenpopanz]

To my long battered and bruised Online Franchise heads, it sure looks like we spoke too soon about receiving the motherlode in 16. This myleague online mode is some Orwellian word play at its finest. Why give a mode the equivalent name of its fully featured offline version when it pales in comparison? The lack of an offseason alone renders this mode an online league; and far from an "online franchise" as described in the blog. Let's call a spade a spade and leave the misleading marketing wordplay of "myleague online" for the casuals and uninformed who can't discern between the fully featured offline version and the half baked online version.

I do respect VC for delivering a mode that will work out of the box while implcitly alluding to the fact that the inclusion of the offseason aspects could glitch or break the mode like they did on last gen OA modes. I am also appreciative of the admin options and league customization options that were omitted up until the 3rd iteration of the series for next gen.

With the hype meter fully dialed down after the reveal of this god forsaken mode in comparison to the offline version, it is imperative that the questions posed by Ataman be answered in order to calm the anxieties of an appreciative albeit dissapointed OA nation.

If at the bare minimum, a dev can assure us that all of the myleague offline options for team coaching options and roster management are present in the mode, then the confirmed custom roster feature will be the bed rock of hardcore leagues on extending this mode to be a fully featured multi season OA; accounting for manual progressions, regressions, retirements, and draft classes, along with a work around FA system. Frankly, we were able to do this in 15 with custom rosters as workaround, so the admin options, game registration, stat tracking, a functional post season is what VC is essentially assuring the OA community in the is blog for 16.

Leftos, Czar, Sim baller, we appreciate your efforts in beginning to throw more resources and attention to this long neglected mode. The community acknowledges that Rome wasn't built in a day but acknowledging basic roster management, coaching options, i.e playbook customization would go a long way in placating the anxieties of this hardcore community who has enjoyed the OL/OA mode dating back to the xbox/ps2 era.

Couldn't say it better.

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

People say this every year. "Be happy with what you got and the work 2K put in". No. Dude, the offseason is a basic part of an franchise mode. We're not asking for anything out of the ordinary, this is barebones stuff. Put the full mode into the game and stop giving half-done game modes. Period.

I hear you and I'm usually not that guy but everything is not as easy as it seems to just put things in like you think. If it was a copy and paste thing don't you think they would have done that? I mean look at that diary and all they did. I look at that and go how did they add all that stuff with the time and limited staff. Look at madden who has 5x as many (guessing) debs working on that game and they couldn't knock out 5 things on that list. I guess I'm just ok with baby steps albeit most of these additions are more than baby steps! Sliders in leagues in itself is big time. Plus let's be honest how many leagues really play a year let alone multiples? I'd say not to many to warrant a lot of Dev time. To each their own...

[sammy watkins]

So would you rather no online franchise mode at all?

I get what you are saying but considering the amount of stuff 2k has added it was probably just one of those things they didn't have enough time for or just wasn't on their list of priorities. I could see if 2K barely made changes and the online off season was left out but they did adied a ton to these modes. There is only so much that can be done in one year.

There were previous 2K games that had an off-season and free agency. I mean, keeping all of that stuff out of a franchise mode defeats the purpose of playing in the same league for multiple seasons. Once again this is BASIC. We're not asking for things that are unconventional. Free agency, and NBA Draft are critical parts of the NBA and that has been removed from online leagues.... when 2K games from LAST GEN had those features.

[HustlinOwl]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

Plus let's be honest how many leagues really play a year let alone multiples? I'd say not to many to warrant a lot of Dev time. To each their own...

thats the thing how can you really know though considering they have yet to do it right?? If done exactly as offline, I will bet you more than what they have now with it not a true franchise

[ggsimmonds]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

This may be the best news/blog that I have ever read about a game. Well done 2k.

I liked it all, but the biggest 3 for me:

1. Team relocation. They went all out and judging by the map, Baltimore will get an NBA team.

2. Teams now plan ahead. One of the things I hated the most about past games was when LeBron was a FA and no team could afford him. So now we can see teams dump salary in preparation for big FA classes? Guys...this is kind of a big deal.

3. Peak start and peak end. Yes, yes, yes. Every sports title should have something of the sort.

[sammy watkins]

Over the past few years 2K has actually gone backwards in terms of online leagues. Can't you guys see. There were essentially no online leagues at all in 2K14 on the next gen consoles and the mode has been non-existent the last 2 years. Previously, NBA 2K12 and NBA 2K13 had online leagues (granted there were bugs and issues with the leagues), but the basic features where there.

We are now reaching NBA 2K16 and still no offseason activities. This game's online franchise mode is FAR AND AWAY behind NBA 2K13 and that is 100% UNACCEPTABLE.

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

thats the thing how can you really know though considering they have yet to do it right?? If done exactly as offline, I will bet you more than what they have now with it not a true franchise

I'll go with that... Id assume 2k11 leagues were used more than any other seeing that was the best we had that I remember. Im sure those numbers last 4 years fell off immensely due to bare bones mode. I get it! :-)

[ataman5]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

So would you rather no online franchise mode at all?

I get what you are saying but considering the amount of stuff 2k has added it was probably just one of those things they didn't have enough time for or just wasn't on their list of priorities. I could see if 2K barely made changes and the online off season was left out but they did adied a ton to these modes. There is only so much that can be done in one year.

I guess after all these years i really would accept no online franchise. Yes then i can finally recognize i shouldn't buy the game and spent my whole time trying to make things right and get going, if you know what i mean, it's my time and dedication plus a lot of other guys time and dedication, too and well earned or not some kind of dollars or not still more or less they count. You know how much time we dedicated this year, i got into coding and built my own website (it's a plus for me right, 2k makes me creative sure!) yet it's a hustle that in the year of 2016 i shouldn't be dealing, that's the point of game consoles plug and play. How is that possible if the only mode i play is way behind of that concept and it's been like this not one but for years...

So i'm sorry but there are more wrongs then rights here and yes i would take no online franchise rather than this anytime.

[Wildcats302]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

Can we get a full list of cities we can relocate to?

I'm going to say:

Vancouver?
Seattle
Portland
Anchorage, Alaska
Honolulu, Hawaii
San Diego
San Francisco
LA
Oakland
Las Vegas
Denver
Salt Lake City
Phoenix
OKC
Dallas
San Antonio
Houston
Austin, Texas
Kansas City
St. Louis
Omaha, NE
Minneapolis
Milwakee
Chicago
Memphis
Nashville
New Orleans
Louisville
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
Orlando
Atlanta (also not sure why there are two places near ATL...cannot think of another city unless that means two teams can relocate there?)
Charlotte
Indianapolis
Cincy
CLeveland
Columbus
Richmond, VA?
Baltimore
DC
Montreal
Toronto
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Philly
Detroit
Boston
Different variations in NY.

I am just going off the map and basic geographical knowledge. Any I missed guys? I can't really tell what is going on near NYC as they all merge together without a zoom function.

[ultralow36]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

Looks pretty good....no how about those online servers

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[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

Get rid of those bland *** EA Clippers uniforms anyone?

Think I'll go with something similar to one of these:

Spoiler

or

Those are pretty sick!

[vannwolfhawk]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

Want to play 5 years of a 37 yr old Kobe Bryant... Online My League is for you!!!

Good point! Lol

[zello144]

Re: NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyLEAGUE, MyLEAGUE Online, MyGM & More

Can't wait


They weren't joking around last year when they said 2k16 was going to be good.
September 25th better come soon I need me some NBA 2k!!!!