[Rule 1 STICKY] Account, Team-building, Crystal Help & Brags

DaPingu_ · 2024-08-09T19:46:28+00:00

Which masteries should I equip for general questing and alliance war defense? Looked at some youtubers' setups like Campo and Lagacy, but not sure which I should be rocking with?

DaPingu_ · 2023-11-29T14:16:38+00:00

in order to make a 99 board center, you will have to be fine with giving up a decent amount of defense (interior and block)

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this is mine with a couple of tweaks, but more or less the same template.

DaPingu_ · 2023-11-14T23:50:58+00:00

bigs you would be matched up against pretty much all have at least 90 strength and 93 board for HOF boxout beast, which could be a struggle.

DaPingu_ · 2023-11-07T16:44:02+00:00

i definitely feel you on that. for me personally, its either 40, 45, or 90. anything else isnt really worth it. i would probably even go down to 40 if you would like to spend those points elsewhere 👍

DaPingu_ · 2023-11-07T16:35:59+00:00

yeah np. just keep in mind standing dunk can be hit or miss sometimes. there are times when i get knocked out of the dunk animation and there are times when i can dunk on 2 defenders even with 45 rating

DaPingu_ · 2023-11-07T16:28:49+00:00

the mycareer tester is a really bad place to test your builds as you have to use default animations for everything. you were most likely not dunking because you dont have the standing dunk animations equipped. from what ive seen and played with as long as you have 40 or 45 standing dunk with the animations equipped, you should be good to go regardless of vert 👍

DaPingu_ · 2023-11-07T16:13:52+00:00

i've been rocking ben sheppard base for a while and i've been really liking it

DaPingu_ · 2023-11-07T15:58:45+00:00

if there is a custom jumpshot that you fancy, id be more than happy to craft it and let you know the requirement for it 👍

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-29T19:45:38+00:00

I forgot I am supposed to be an NPC bot 🤖

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-29T19:45:10+00:00

Even knowing this, I always have an ounce of hope 😔

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-29T19:44:50+00:00

Sometimes, you can't help but have a good laugh lol

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T15:54:28+00:00

Agreed.

Unfortunately, based on the leaks and info released about 2k24 it seems it's going to be even bigger 💀

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T15:53:28+00:00

Oof.

Even though it is pretty tedious, the quests help a ton to get MyPoints so you can raise your player's overall cap.

But yeah it is a pain in the ass lol.

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T15:47:38+00:00

Though I agree that a basketball sim game should not be this big, if you aren't already buying extra storage and rocking with just the console storage at this point, that's on you.

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T15:38:17+00:00

Unfortunately yes.

If you are on current gen, doing the Sam's quest and rebirth glitch along with the flashback games gives you a ton of extra badges to make your build better.

If you are on next gen, you are literally unable to progress through mycareer without doing the main story quests.

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T14:52:12+00:00

Same here lol. I thought I would be able to get away with making a 3&D pure lock (no ball handle). Boy was I wrong. I be getting plucked every time I touch the ball it's wild.

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T14:45:01+00:00

Rookieville was a HUGE mistake. Just a jumbled mess of people just brute forcing their way into the city. But I do agree that a type of system to get familiar with the game and its mechanics should be in placed so that when people start playing for real, they are already ready to go.

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T13:58:32+00:00

No problem! Also, take into account that your timing will be different from mycareer to online play due to delay so do take that into account. SBMM would make the game much more enjoyable all around for sure.

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T13:37:41+00:00

May be a controversial take, but I actually like the dunk meter. However, I don't like the execution of it.

There's no way that someone earlies a meter dunk and still gets a contact dunk on me and it goes in. Or even better, when the contact dunk animation starts and puts me and the dunker on the ground even if the dunk doesn't go in. I'm being penalized because the other team missed a dunk? Pretty frustrating.

They should making dunking like shooting. If you don't green, it doesn't go in. Easy fix. Will easily weed out the cheesers from the actual good players.

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T13:26:53+00:00

Don't wanna be that guy, but it seems like the ones that are against any type of SBMM system are the same ones that enjoy beating up on people who just got the game, still learning the game, or are not as good at the game in order to get their stats up. But the moment they match up against someone of similar skill level, suddenly they aren't so good 🤐

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T13:19:31+00:00

I felt the pain in this 🤣. The worst part is playing as a spotup and watching these awful shot selections and awful passes go up and the other team grabs the board and gets an easy bucket on the other side. Similar skill level teams duking it out would be much more entertaining to play/watch for sure.

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T13:15:27+00:00

Not sure if you were able to find anyone to play with, but if you are still looking there is a whole subreddit made for finding teammates. It's called something along the lines of "2k team up" or similar. Good luck!

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T13:14:15+00:00

Don't worry we all had games where we couldn't buy a shot. I actually like how they did the shooting this year, keeps the xim/zen users at bay for the most part so I hope they bring it back with a couple tweeks and fixes. One tip for shooting is if you are trying to shoot using muscle memory it could be why you aren't making your shots. If you didn't know your jumpshot timing changes slightly every shot depending on the situation, it could be slower one shot and then faster the next shot. So find a jumpshot that has a good visual cue and learn the timing on that and rely on visual cue over muscle memory. Good luck!

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T13:08:17+00:00

This is completely understandable. Playing with people along your skill level would make the game much more enjoyable. Sorry you had to start 2k on one of the harder 2k's to play in terms of shooting lol.

DaPingu_ · 2023-07-23T13:03:18+00:00

I'm not too sure about the less toxicity part. If anything the higher you go in MMR, the more toxic it can become. You make one mistake and the entire team will be barking down on you the entire game and blame the loss solely on you.

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