Free for PS+ July 2020. Any advice?

[djb5f]

Here is a link to my review of the game in the most recent platinums thread in case it helps.

 

Those new to the series are in for a treat.  I got hooked on the series when NBA2K16 was offered as part of PS Plus.
 

 

[CosmoWolf_]

On 01/07/2020 at 11:30 AM, MiseryMystery said:

 

What game are you playing??? There’s no casino. You have ball drops where you literally get a reward for every drop in both triple threat online and for locker codes. And there’s a vault that sometimes opens in triple threat offline. Where is the casino? Where is the gambling? 

Do you think I mean a literal casino that you walk into and interact with? There are gambling games you would find at a casino in the game, hence why it is essentially just playing at a casino

https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/gyzq89/not-content-with-just-loot-boxes-nba-2k20-has-actual-casino-games

[MiseryMystery]

14 hours ago, CosmoWolf_ said:

Do you think I mean a literal casino that you walk into and interact with? There are gambling games you would find at a casino in the game, hence why it is essentially just playing at a casino

https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/gyzq89/not-content-with-just-loot-boxes-nba-2k20-has-actual-casino-games

No that’s not what I thought you meant. The game is not like walking into a casino. The slots machine isn’t in the game anymore. Token mania is nonexistent. That article is out of date and released right at launch so is completely irrelevant. They removed this stuff so long ago. This guys talking about starting this game fresh so I don’t see the relevance at all in your comments whatsoever for giving them the advice that they are asking for 

Edited July 3, 2020 by MiseryMystery

[usapro2017]

I will not play this game even if it is fun because I want a 100% account and refuse to spend 300+ hours on a game to get all the cards for a trophy.

[grimydawg___]

1 hour ago, MiseryMystery said:

No that’s not what I thought you meant. The game is not like walking into a casino. The slots machine isn’t in the game anymore. Token mania is nonexistent. That article is out of date and released right at launch so is completely irrelevant. They removed this stuff so long ago. This guys talking about starting this game fresh so I don’t see the relevance at all in your comments whatsoever for giving them the advice that they are asking for 

People who haven't played the game and are misinformed.  What a surprise....

[RedDevil757]

Meh

Edited July 3, 2020 by RedDevil757

[JEDI_X_WING]

On 29/06/2020 at 3:42 PM, Andrea9281 said:

The existence of packs definitely is gambling to me, and they have other lower stakes things like the weekly spin wheel and ball drops after triple threat offline/for locker codes.

 

Starting this no money spent in July of 2020, I would suggest the following:
 

Make spotlight sims your priority, particularly the all-time and finals sims because these have no player requirements (current and historic require 10 players per team on your roster to complete.) Some people would suggest domination, and that's definitely worth doing at some point, but the MT and token rewards are far superior in the spotlight sims, and you'll want to accumulate MT fast. You also get some outstanding free cards through this grind, including a Larry Bird that has 99 in all stats and enough additional galaxy opal players to build an incredible team. 

 

Use the MT from all-time and finals sims to prioritise building rosters that can do historic and current spotlight sims. You need to have 10 players per team, doesn't matter what value or set they are from, which means you should pick three of your best players to be your permanent fixtures, then find 10 cheap cards to compliment them. This way you can continue the offline grind while also building your collection.

 

You might see some of the teams in this mode and find it to be daunting, particularly for your starter team. Luckily there is cheese available to help in the form of the Nets Playbook. A play you can run through that will guarantee you score almost 100% of the time, regardless of your skill level with the game. Here's a good video outlining how to set this up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4406XNqJwFg

 

After you have finished spotlight sims, go back and play domination. All the cards in this mode are outdated now, but they still count toward collector level. You get something like 300 cards for completing this mode + several hundred tokens and perhaps a couple hundred thousand MT.

 

Don't bother with the unlimited multiplayer mode or triple threat offline. Triple threat online can be good if you are an expert at it, but it takes a really good squad to compete and time to master that in my opinion is better spent on the dom/spotlight grind.

 

As you are earning MT from spotlight sims, invest it into the market. Your priority here should be cards from premium sets - I would buy any for under 3k, but start with those you can find at or around 1k (should be plenty to choose from.) I suggest these over trying to get a bunch of current series players because 1.) these cards are far more usable than any current series set - you can find some cards that would've been day 1 gods for like 1.5k now and 2.) we don't yet know what cards will be attainable through packs when 2k stops updating the game. Current series will always be oversaturated in the market, but random premium cards could become scarce and see their value inflate.

 

If/when new super packs are released, priortise these cards. Super packs always mean market crash, particularly for the lower end cards in the collection.

 

As you are playing you will also accumulate tokens. These tokens should be redeemed in the market for ALL emerald, sapphire, and ruby cards to give you a quick boost to collection. After this, it is best to start using the tokens to rip "Lights out" packs in the market instead of acquiring more exclusive players. 30 tokens is simply not worth it for 1 amythest player, when you could rip 5 packs for that price. These packs will almost never give you anything truly good, but we don't care about that - you will be picking up a lot of cards you don't have, AND you will quick sell those you do have to acquire easy MT. In this way, you are efficiently converting your tokens to MT and cards.

you say start with spotlight sims thats ok but for them you need 3 cards of the same team so the user that was askin about the plat (forgot his/her name sorry) wont have them cards to start with like me spotlight sims 76ers you need 3 players from the 76ers

Edited July 7, 2020 by DAVEHUDSON

[jgm4789]

Stop playing other games until you get the online done as this game is incredibly time consuming and the servers will likely be shut down within 1-2 years. A 300 hour plat is one thing but with this one you have a strict time limit to get the online done because 2k are assholes that shut down servers after 2-3 years.

[Andrea9281]

1 hour ago, DAVEHUDSON said:

you say start with spotlight sims thats ok but for them you need 3 cards of the same team so the user that was askin about the plat (forgot his/her name sorry) wont have them cards to start with like me spotlight sims 76ers you need 3 players from the 76ers

 

This is why I say to start with either the finals spotlight sims, OR the all-time spotlight sims that were released today. These two variants have no player requirements, while like you mention the current and historic sets do have gradually increasing requirements (from 3 players in game 1 to 10 players in game 5.)

[ounity]

Not sure if I'll get the platinum for this but I'm having loads of fun with it. I can't believe you can play as Kurt Rambis! That is so awesome.

Edited July 10, 2020 by ounity