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[PhantomZone]

Had my first go at MyPlayer, my patience with it did not last long. I actually splurged on some VC points (may or may not have been the 250,000 package lol) in an attempt to accelerate my progress with the game. In 2K11 - 13 it only took a few games to get the hang of it and start to dominate the action. I was stinking it up from the first match onwards and in an attempt to make the game fun for me I decided to get a VC boost to make my player better than he was. It worked and I am now scoring easier baskets, and once again become the king of the 3 point shot. Funny thing is that despite now scoring 20+ points per game I am botching it by causing turn over after turn over so I am still averaging C+ ratings..

 

[Clevinger]

Damn, I went from the Hornets to the Knicks and shit's night and day. I'm in heaven. On the Hornets no starters would shoot 3s. I could count the amount of times Lance shot a 3 on my hand. Wide.fuckin.open. The one single time MKG shot a 3, he was literally wide open for 4 long seconds gathering himself and he bricks it. Big Al got injured and I had to rely on Cody Zeller, who was complete trash. Dude could not do shit.

Now everyone hits jumpers and Amare is a beast.

 

[brokenbeans]

Wow half way through a park game and twitch broadcast and I get an update, really?

 

[Uno Venova]

Had my first go at MyPlayer, my patience with it did not last long. I actually splurged on some VC points (may or may not have been the 250,000 package lol) in an attempt to accelerate my progress with the game. In 2K11 - 13 it only took a few games to get the hang of it and start to dominate the action. I was stinking it up from the first match onwards and in an attempt to make the game fun for me I decided to get a VC boost to make my player better than he was. It worked and I am now scoring easier baskets, and once again become the king of the 3 point shot. Funny thing is that despite now scoring 20+ points per game I am botching it by causing turn over after turn over so I am still averaging C+ ratings..

You should set a lot of screens. It's basically ratings padding.

 

[AyaisMUsikWhore]

Did anyone get rookie of the year? I know I'm not because the Wizards suck so much ass.

 

[x Misogi]

im in my second year; first went to the T'Wolves in hopes that we'd win a lot but we were terrible. Dipped to Indiana and having a lot more fun there even if PG shoots over two people all the time.

Voice Acting Tiers:

Okayish: Roy Hibbert(Not finalized), Thaddeus Young
Why are you here: Dante Exum, Corey Brewer, James Harden

I'd just rather have Jackson Ellis and a flock of other upcoming rookies/fictional characters (we dont get draft classes anyways) than terribad voice acting. B for effort though.

 

[ph33nix]

LMFAO

Spoiler

The Jackson Ellis reunion

 

[RellyRell28]

Okay I just bought the game yesterday(disc) for ps4 and it finished installing and everything but I'm still stuck with Heat vs. Spurs. do I really have to play the whole game

 

[ph33nix]

Okay I just bought the game yesterday(disc) for ps4 and it finished installing and everything but I'm still stuck with Heat vs. Spurs. do I really have to play the whole game

update the game and let it sit at "press X" menu for about 45 minutes then the game will boot the menu

there is no progress bar

 

[Into]

Okay I just bought the game yesterday(disc) for ps4 and it finished installing and everything but I'm still stuck with Heat vs. Spurs. do I really have to play the whole game

What worked for my friends was just close the application down, remove disc and reinsert and start the game

 

[swaggerbot3000]

if a defender bites on a pump fake...is there any way to jump into him and draw foul?

 

[ph33nix]

if a defender bites on a pump fake...is there any way to jump into him and draw foul?

you used to have to use the LS to lean in and then shoot but the last few years all I can do is lean in and then have them jump on me and I don't get it off

 

[SonicXtreme]

man i can't play on ball defense for shit, it seems like anyone who wants to drive past me can. The controls seem sort of floaty in the defensive position to me. I guess they tried to add momentum but it just ends up feeling clunky to me.

Also how do I call a 1-3-1 zone in this game? Do I have to earn a certains team playbook in myteam or what? actually even when i played as the cavs in the regular mode i couldn't find the 1-3-1 anywhere.

what's the best packs to buy in myteam mode when starting out? I would think saving for gold packs would be worth it, but with the contract gimmick, i'm worried i'll run out of contracts if i'm buying a pack every few games like i would have to with gold packs. should i buy bronzes to start off with?

i started off with the cavs and have anthony morrow, mike miller, james jones, dellevadova, and jimmer on my team so it's raining 3's all day, i'd probably be kind of frustrated if i started off with a crap team without a lot of 3 point specialists.

also when the hell did this series put 'change view' on the back button instead of that being timeout?? so there's no timeout hotbutton? why the hell would you change the view midgame. stupid.

 

[AcridMeat]

I'm having the same issue with defense, I had a game yesterday with just a fantasy team in myleague, and every single play was someone driving to the basket for a lay up. It was infuriating. Either Westbrook would blow past me or he'd pass to the wing and they'd dribble straight down to the basket.

I think the best way to start out is doing domination, you get 3 card packs if you get all 3 stars which isn't difficult to do, and they'll have contracts in them as well as a silver player usually. So even if you don't have a lot of contracts you'll have at least some back up players to fill in once others are out. For instance I have Danny Granger and Ramon Sessions just sitting in the ether because I'd rather wait until I have to use them than use them for the sake of having them.

Also yeah the back button change is stupid as hell. I still haven't figured out a way to call a timeout myself. That used to be the button for intentional fouls as well but now you have to hold down X (which doesn't work) or RB+LB which works only slightly better.

 

[cb1115]

timeout is mapped to R1+L1 (RB+LB).

yes, it's really stupid.

 

[mbmonk]

Anyone else find the shot meter is completely useless when playing online? If I waited to release the shot at the middle of the meter my player would have almost landed back on the ground.

There have been some really good improvements to the on court gameplay. I like it, but online still has issues. Glad I rented it.

 

[SonicXtreme]

So there's a weird glitch that keeps happening to me where all I can type in text boxes is Y no matter where my cursor is located. Also WTF @ not being able to type in names on your physical keyboard; is it just me or can you only more around and select letters with the cursor?? that can't be the case, can it?

also when I started myteam mode, one of my players got injured in my first game. that left me with an imcomplete roster, and not enough credits to purchase any players to replace him, so i was completely stuck in myteam with no options...i can't see how you can purchase a heal card without getting one in a pack or however you get them, and i couldn't gain any more credits without being able to enter a game with a full roster....luckily i play the mynba2k app on my phone and i earned enough vc for a pack to get going but, if i couldn't have done that, how the hell was i supposed to advance in the mode?

 

[JohnDoe8865]

im in my second year; first went to the T'Wolves in hopes that we'd win a lot but we were terrible. Dipped to Indiana and having a lot more fun there even if PG shoots over two people all the time.

Voice Acting Tiers:

Okayish: Roy Hibbert(Not finalized), Thaddeus Young
Why are you here: Dante Exum, Corey Brewer, James Harden

I'd just rather have Jackson Ellis and a flock of other upcoming rookies/fictional characters (we dont get draft classes anyways) than terribad voice acting. B for effort though.

You should hear Al Jefferson....

 

[ViciousDS]

Also how do I call a 1-3-1 zone in this game?

Well boys we found ourselves a cheeser lol


1-3-1 is removed dude, you will never find it. They removed it because thats all people used

 

[RS4-]

So there's a weird glitch that keeps happening to me where all I can type in text boxes is Y no matter where my cursor is located. Also WTF @ not being able to type in names on your physical keyboard; is it just me or can you only more around and select letters with the cursor?? that can't be the case, can it?

Had to use mouse cursor lol.

 

[kingkitty]

Is the Shaq pregame included in MyLeague?

I heard it's only included in MyGM.

This is very important.

 

[Mahonay]

Fortunately for 2K I'm not just a huge fan of Saving, but I'm also a Loading enthusiast. So this is definitely giving me my fill of both Saving and Loading.

This is perfect.

 

[Shun]

Does NBA 2K15 have a way to play your own music when playing a match?

I'm waiting for an iteration where you can do that cause I need to make a Lil B Based God character and I want to play "Fuck KD" every time I play KD, Westbrick, and the rest of the Thunder.

Pharell Williams why have you failed us, why wasn't this a secret track in the game?

PS: Durant can't catch a break, NBA 2K curse where something shitty happens to you when you're on the cover. Rose gets injured, Lebron loses the finals, KD fractures his foot, etc.

 

[Dranakin]

im in my second year; first went to the T'Wolves in hopes that we'd win a lot but we were terrible. Dipped to Indiana and having a lot more fun there even if PG shoots over two people all the time.

Voice Acting Tiers:

Okayish: Roy Hibbert(Not finalized), Thaddeus Young
Why are you here: Dante Exum, Corey Brewer, James Harden

I'd just rather have Jackson Ellis and a flock of other upcoming rookies/fictional characters (we dont get draft classes anyways) than terribad voice acting. B for effort though.

I really hope you didn't get paid for this: DeMarcus Cousins

 

[AcridMeat]

Murdered the Celtics in domination and got Rondo in the player pack! WOOO

Spoiler

he's already on the marketplace, screw a point that can't shoot free throws or jumpers

 

[Slizeezyc]

man i can't play on ball defense for shit, it seems like anyone who wants to drive past me can. The controls seem sort of floaty in the defensive position to me. I guess they tried to add momentum but it just ends up feeling clunky to me.

I was struggling a lot at first as well until I sort of figured things out. I'm still not a pro in any way, but the best success I've had is using defensive position to get up on somebody at the start while they're in triple threat/closing out/haven't used their dribble yet.

Once they start dribbling don't touch the defensive position button until you want to close out, or if you've really lost your guy and need to catch back up -- in which case try to use with turbo.

Otherwise, it's more about KYP (know your personnel) on both defense and offense to figure out how much room to give certain guys based on who you're using and guarding.

Final thing I try to do is just shade guys towards help a lot of time, which maybe allows them to drive at times, but at least it's in to the help.

 

[ron_bato]

I was struggling a lot at first as well until I sort of figured things out. I'm still not a pro in any way, but the best success I've had is using defensive position to get up on somebody at the start while they're in triple threat/closing out/haven't used their dribble yet.

Once they start dribbling don't touch the defensive position button until you want to close out, or if you've really lost your guy and need to catch back up -- in which case try to use with turbo.

Otherwise, it's more about KYP (know your personnel) on both defense and offense to figure out how much room to give certain guys based on who you're using and guarding.

Final thing I try to do is just shade guys towards help a lot of time, which maybe allows them to drive at times, but at least it's in to the help.

This is how I play defense too, sound advice here.

Also, I encourage everyone to take at least 2 minutes of your time and adjust your defensive settings. It helps to pick which guys you want to sag off, and which guys you should stick tight to on ball and off-ball. Also adjusting your Points of Emphasis during the game depending on how your opponent is playing you.

They also re-tuned on ball defense this year, here are some tips from Da_Czar (who's now part of the 2k team) on how to play on ball defense.

 

[cacophony]

Channing Frye is by far the best player VA

 

[Onemic]

I really hope you didn't get paid for this: DeMarcus Cousins

Dude just sounds like hes mumbling into the mic 100% of the time

 

[gazele]

Channing Frye is by far the best player VA

Markieff Morris has to be one of the worst

 

[Vestal]

Steph Curry is FUCKING OP..

Holy shit he lit up my MyPlayer team(Hawks lol) I went for 32(in 25min) with my guy, Steph went for 45..

WTF

 

[Exploratory]

Steph Curry is FUCKING OP..

Holy shit he lit up my MyPlayer team(Hawks lol) I went for 32(in 25min) with my guy, Steph went for 45..

WTF

Yeah he's ridiculous. He was bad last year now he's unstoppable.

 

[EekTheKat]

The collision system is scary brutal this year. Played a game with Derrick Rose and he was getting annihilated on each foul when he drove to the basket.

I'm sure the real Derrick Rose would have died on some of these fouls that slammed him to the floor.

 

[cacophony]

this is amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9ujiWrurWw&feature=youtu.be&t=11m48s

holy fuck, hearing demarcus cousins VA at the end for the first time.. sounds like he is passing out

al jefferson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AejosR4kuzA&feature=youtu.be&t=4m3s this VA entertaining me more than the game

 

[tookhster]

The load times for this game are simply unacceptable for 2014. I can't believe there aren't more people complaining about it. It takes almost a whole minute (sometimes longer) just to back out of game modes or select a new one. WTF is the 50 GB install for, even if I have a physical disk?

Welcome to next/current gen people.

 

[brokenbeans]

Markieff Morris has to be one of the worst

I'm at the Suns too, his voice is just so deep and low.

 

[gibration]

Errors everywhere.

 

[cacophony]

man they made jump shooting way too damn hard

 

[Hasney]

I find jump shooting much easier than 2k14. I don't either bother trying to drive to the hoop anymore, just take a lot of perimeter shots when I'm open.

 

[regenhuber88]

The load times for this game are simply unacceptable for 2014. I can't believe there aren't more people complaining about it. It takes almost a whole minute (sometimes longer) just to back out of game modes or select a new one. WTF is the 50 GB install for, even if I have a physical disk?

Welcome to next/current gen people.

I think the load times are not the problem, FIFA games take just as long to load but they play music and have that little 1 on 1 game DURING loading.

2K load times feel so f'ck'ng long because there is no music, no minigame, no infographics, no nothing. Just this stupid % wheel.

Big disappointment, because in 2014 it should be possible to play an audio file WHILE loading up a game. Especially if you hire Pharell for your game

 

[universalmind]

Anyone figured out how to improve the offensive consistency stat? I don't see it listed under any attributes, only defensive consistency, but if you look at your stats in game offensive consistency is listed and has been at 50 since I started mycareer.

 

[bucknuticus]

So in MyPlayer mode I made PF, is there anyway for the PG to sotp standing at the top of the key until theres 7 seconds left on the shot clock? Most frustrating thing about this game is they literally use the entire shot clock on both sides of the court.

 

[Hasney]

So in MyPlayer mode I made PF, is there anyway for the PG to sotp standing at the top of the key until theres 7 seconds left on the shot clock? Most frustrating thing about this game is they literally use the entire shot clock on both sides of the court.

Who did you sign with? This doesn't happen at all with me and my Bucks. We've got great ball movement.

Did anyone get rookie of the year? I know I'm not because the Wizards suck so much ass.

Still going through my first season, but I'm leading the rookies in PPG and APG, so I should do OK even if my defensive stats are hilarious.

 

[bucknuticus]

Who did you sign with? This doesn't happen at all with me and my Bucks. We've got great ball movement.

TimberWolves, but even the team were playing does it, so idk what the deal is.

 

[backbreaker65]

After 10 days and extensive play(I'm not an online player) I rate this game about a 7/10 based purely on game play. Not features or modes, just game play x's and o's and badge system. This may go up when I delve into my league

Shot clock Cheese is back.

CPU Contested shots even when the player doesn't have a Deadeye or unfazed badge go in damn near all the time. So playing great D is meaningless when you force the CPU to shoot a bad shot when the shot clock is winding down and you're contesting a shot and they score effortlessly.

CPU Rebounding is a farce(for the end-user), even when I have a tenacious rebounder, he isn't really tenacious or a rebounder. I was frustrated and wanted to see if it was me or the CPU. I switched teams and all of a sudden my tenacious rebounder became tenacious under the guise of the CPU.

Input Lag is atrocious my big men when going for the block, don't even jump and when they do, it's after the ball has gone through the hoop. Guards have no fear driving the lane and shooting a layup over my big men and score at a high frequency.

I really like the playcall system, it's put together very well. And, on top of that the plays are great and the branching options are unparalleled and your teammates move with urgency. The CPU run plays as well.

Learning to play defense was a chore. I was always out of position and the CPU would drive by me all the time. Once I learned that momentum is a big factor in the game I became better. Feathering the sticks and knowing when to back off or gap my player and cut the CPU off at the path made it more rewarding. VC did a great job on this part of the game. L2+R2+RS is your friend learn to use it, to cut off speedy guards.

Collisions in the paint are great, and a welcome addition.

Shot meter is a welcomed addition, it takes away from the end-user cheese, so I'm sure online games are better or head to head matches. My only problem so far is everytime I hit the perfect green the shot is made, this needs to change, there should be an occasional miss even when perfect.

May add more later but right now 7 out of 10.

 

[ph33nix]

does anybody know if you can demand to trade away a teammate

because I very much would like to ship shabazz napier's ass out

 

[Ocelott]

this is amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9ujiWrurWw&feature=youtu.be&t=11m48s

holy fuck, hearing demarcus cousins VA at the end for the first time.. sounds like he is passing out

al jefferson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AejosR4kuzA&feature=youtu.be&t=4m3s this VA entertaining me more than the game

I am dead lol

 

[regenhuber88]

Input Lag is atrocious my big men when going for the block, don't even jump and when they do, it's after the ball has gone through the hoop. Guards have no fear driving the lane and shooting a layup over my big men and score at a high frequency.

I had the same problems with my 7 foot Center mycareer at first, when you upgrade the "athlete" ratings traits like reaction and quickness go up and my player became less laggy.
But still rebounds and shots are a crap shoot, in some games I can dominate guys like Tim Duncan and next game I get dominated by Spencer Hawes.

 

[brokenbeans]

Just upgraded bruiser to gold should be able to take more contact inside now.

Some of the fouls are so hard, I was convinced my dude was injured when he went to ground.

 

[AcridMeat]

Some of the fouls are so hard, I was convinced my dude was injured when he went to ground.

They're brutal. I had to change myplayer to 6'2 instead of my actual 5'8 because any time he went inside he was thrown out like some newspaper.