NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyTEAM

[QNo]

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I will say it AGAIN...

Position restrictions are not needed.

Why, oh, why would 2K put positional restrictions in MyTeam at a time when like 2/3 of the NBA is starting to play 'position-less' basketball? When teams like the Pacers and Raptors are talking about playing guys like Paul George and Demarre Carroll at PF...

You fix those problems by fixing GAMEPLAY. And looking at all the gameplay adjustments they've made, especially on defense, I think we'll see a lot less cheese.

"We don't need laws and punishments. We need to stop using laws and teach all citizens how to act in a moral way. That kind of society is better than one that relies on laws and punishments to make their citizens act morally."

It's easy to see that this kind of picture is way too idealistic. The same with 2k16, because no matter how amazing it looks and how excited I am, I still have a hard time believing that, bar any restrictions, LBJ at PG won't have big advantages over CP3 at PG. When the game is lifelike enough, I'll be happy to rally against restrictions. Until then, they're a necessary bandaid. 2k15 MT would've been twice as fun if you could play guys only at their primary and secondary positions (hint: DeMarre, PG13) and if they had changed the difficulty to be SS/HoF Sim.

[Vroman]

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No mention of online game modes (full team control) I'm afraid it'll be another year of circus-fest rttp game mode. Really really hope there won't be mess up with different difficulty settings throughout seeds at least. Also disliking player rating boosting, its shoes this time but still i'd prefer to play with and against the players as they are.

Only thing exciting is euroleague logos and jerseys.

[AssassinPandaYT]

I hope domination is revamped. I don't want to have to feed the post and get assists just to get some MT. I want to play real basketball.

I hope challenges pay out a decent MT and don't have too bad of restrictions.

[kabamaru]

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So as you can start historic domination too historic players will be there from the start right? Also on packs or only the packs you will get beating domination? I hope domination will not be a post fade contest again! Just play as you like and win by specific points margin.
Second question. Do we have any idea what the pre-order emeralds gonna be like? Silver Kd was a silly idea last year.

[redsox4evur]

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So as you can start historic domination too historic players will be there from the start right? Also on packs or only the packs you will get beating domination? I hope domination will not be a post fade contest again! Just play as you like and win by specific points margin.
Second question. Do we have any idea what the pre-order emeralds gonna be like? Silver Kd was a silly idea last year.

The only pre-order MyTeam card I know aboot is the MJ card you get for pre-ordering the Jordan deluxe version.

[kabamaru]

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The only pre-order MyTeam card I know aboot is the MJ card you get for pre-ordering the Jordan deluxe version.

It will be in the simple version
"NBA 2K16 – Early Tip Of Edition Pre-Order Bonus:
NBA 2K16 is schedule to release on September 29, 2015 but if you pre-order you will get it 4 days earlier. So that means the game will be in your hands on September 24, 2015.
10,000 Virtual Currency (VC), this will be very helpful in unlocking many phases.
NBA 2K MyTeam VIP Pack (3 MyTEAM Emerald Packs each with a guaranteed Emerald player)."

[Scramz718]

NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyTEAM

Second question. Do we have any idea what the pre-order emeralds gonna be like? Silver Kd was a silly idea last year.

Emeralds are now Dynamic Ratings cards. Basically cards that ratings fluctuate during the NBA season base off their irl performance.
For the preorder bonus you'll get random x # of DRC packs which can contain anybody form Kendrick Perkins to Andre Drummond.

[kabamaru]

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So no Harden? :P

[Scramz718]

NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyTEAM

I don't think they'll put top tier cards in the preorder bonus packs. It'll mostly be silver and bronze cards.

[kabamaru]

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I don't think they'll put top tier cards in the preorder bonus packs. It'll mostly be silver and bronze cards.

This is an issue though.

There should be a usable card. E.g last year's Silver Durant was a joke. It was barely unusable expect from seed 8 e.g as Gold Durant was so easily obtained. No one used him after let's say first week of game.

Pro evolution had Goetze for example.

Ok I really am not expecting Harden, but some average gold/sapphire players that you could start building your team on and use them possibly as bench players in the future could be a start.

E.g a Gold/Sapphire Monta Ellis or similar players would not provide any obvious advantage to the players who get them but at least whould show some respect to people who pre-ordered.
What kind of bonus would be an emerald Perkins?

[Scramz718]

NBA 2K16 Developer Blog - MyTEAM

This is an issue though.



There should be a usable card. E.g last year's Silver Durant was a joke. It was barely unusable expect from seed 8 e.g as Gold Durant was so easily obtained. No one used him after let's say first week of game.



Pro evolution had Goetze for example.



Ok I really am not expecting Harden, but some average gold/sapphire players that you could start building your team on and use them possibly as bench players in the future could be a start.



E.g a Gold/Sapphire Monta Ellis or similar players would not provide any obvious advantage to the players who get them but at least whould show some respect to people who pre-ordered.

What kind of bonus would be an emerald Perkins?

Disagree, good cards were way to easy attain. Give ppl 3 good cards just for preordering the game is silly. You should have to earn them.

Rookie KD was defiantly a useable card. He was great for Domination, 90% of the challenges, and from qualifying to 6th seed.

You didn't do anything to earn him so you shouldn't be mad if you get Perkins in those PO packs. Gold cards shouldn't be in those packs. They're a ton of serviceable silver cards that are better than any cards you'll get from a your booster pack.

[synistr]

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I hope domination is revamped. I don't want to have to feed the post and get assists just to get some MT. I want to play real basketball.

I hope challenges pay out a decent MT and don't have too bad of restrictions.

this game could have ridiculous shelf life but that is not smart business is it? they want you to buy the new version when it drops.

I still enjoy playing 15 but I can only play rttp now because of paltry helping of challenges and repetitive requirements. gem cards were really only good for rttp. smh. by the time I earned a sapp card besides Archibald, I had been long done with domination.

[jrock920]

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KAREEM!

[bpietro]

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The only concern for me related to domination is if we will need to keep the "assist-postfadeaway" or "run'n'gun threes" cheese to keep high scores.
Will I be able to play normal-tempo basketball, play real defense and still win a decent amount of points to get a player pack? I understand that points are directly related to the final score, tho. I don't want to win 25x24 and get a thousand points, but DO I NEED to score 90 points without even enjoy what I'm doing to get, lets say, 800 points?

[Kstat]

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The only concern for me related to domination is if we will need to keep the "assist-postfadeaway" or "run'n'gun threes" cheese to keep high scores.
Will I be able to play normal-tempo basketball, play real defense and still win a decent amount of points to get a player pack? I understand that points are directly related to the final score, tho. I don't want to win 25x24 and get a thousand points, but DO I NEED to score 90 points without even enjoy what I'm doing to get, lets say, 800 points?

This is my problem with domination as well.

Domination FORCES you to cheese. It's not enough to simply play good basketball and win, you need to win by 20-30 points in short quarters. I couldn't just play how the game was meant to be played, I had to chuck early threes using every cheap trick in the book, and I hated every game of it. It was an easy way to earn MT and free packs, and the only way to get Archibald so I had no choice.

Can't it just be enough to win the game? Maybe making win streaks or roster limitations a way to make the mode more challenging without breaking it?