NBA 2K13: How Signature Skills Have Changed the Game

[Culture Rot]

Has it been explained yet how these function any differently than ratings? When I first heard this announced I thought of it in All Pro Football terms. A ratings engine, with +number boosts depending on the special skills and abilities

[youALREADYknow]

Quote: Originally Posted by xlatinoheatx

Has it been explained yet how these function any differently than ratings? When I first heard this announced I thought of it in All Pro Football terms. A ratings engine, with +number boosts depending on the special skills and abilities

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[return.specialist]

Well written article. The author explicitly articulated the pros of Signature Skills and detracted from some of the early criticisms for the new feature.

I for one am excited about Signature Skills because, for example if there are two players, say Steve Nash in his prime and another player with the exact same attributes and capabilities. However, if only Steve Nash has the appropriate Signature Skills, he will perform better, and be a more valuable asset than the other PG with the same ratings.

[jersez]

I could be wrong but in the my player dev video, it looks like there will be different levels of signature skills. Look at the 3:50 mark. I'm not sure because I can't recall a dev saying there are different levels of signature skills, but if there are then I just fell in love with signature skills. I liked ss before but if there are levels, I'm in love with 2k13.

[TreyIM2]

Salivating...

[lockdown50]

the whole time i was thinking'' this is all fiine, but are my teammates still gonna have the IQ of javale mcGee?"
and then they addressed it, thank you 2k!, the next gen game is gonna be crazyy in a couple years if this is what they can do now

[da ThRONe]

Reports like these only make me further question why the 5 limit. If it's subtle and situational(like I originally assumed) than why the need to hold each character to a self imposed limit. If these are truly the "intangibles" attributes and tendencies can't account for why can guys only have 5 max regardless if they legitimately qualify for more?

[Belly_of_a_Whale]

Great write-up!

I, too, am excited about signature skills and the deeper level of gameplay and customization they could add to the game. I just hope 2K has all the bugs fixed on it so that the skills are implemented in the way they are planned and don't turn into sneaky ways to cheese.