NBA 2K16 2K Pro-Am Interview with Jeff Thomas

[DBMcGee3]

Anyone else want to hear about things other than Pro-Am??? I mean c'mon, I know people are excited about that mode but surely we can talk about game play a little as well, no?

[Jrocc23]

Quote: Originally Posted by MikeGSW

Why would you want to restrict people to just one crew? Being able to join more than one is beneficial for everybody surely?

Mostly what HowDarel said and it's not as competitive when people are crew hopping all over the place imo. I know it's kind of cool to go play on another friends crew or randoms crew, but I stated my post saying "selfishly" before anything. Because I feel your crew is your crew. You shouldn't be able to just join all types of Crews.

I loved how OG crew was because you had a 15 man roster, if I remember correctly and that was your team. Not one dudes crew for a game or 2 and he's on a whole other crew the next game.

You could join other crews sure, but you had to actually leave that squad, lose your stats and then get invited to come back. Again, you had 15 people in your roster, more than likely you'll be able to at least start up a game with 1 other person. And if not, you got Park and Rec to hoop until one of those other 14 or so get on. People on the team that had a lot of games in rarely left because they didn't want to lose their team stats.

[MikeGSW]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jrocc23

Mostly what HowDarel said and it's not as competitive when people are crew hopping all over the place imo. I know it's kind of cool to go play on another friends crew or randoms crew, but I stated my post saying "selfishly" before anything. Because I feel your crew is your crew. You shouldn't be able to just join all types of Crews. I loved how OG crew was because you had a 15 man roster, if I remember correctly and that was your team. Not one dudes crew for a game or 2 and he's on a whole other crew the next game. You could join other crews sure, but you had to actually leave that squad, lose your stats and then get invited to come back. Again, you had 15 people in your roster, more than likely you'll be able to at least start up a game with 1 other person. And if not, you got Park and Rec to hoop until one of those other 14 or so get on. People on the team that had a lot of games in rarely left because they didn't want to lose their team stats.

Each to their own I suppose. I know that personally I can be loyal to more than one crew, as for competitiveness I always want to win so I won't play softer or whatever just because it's not my team. And I like the idea of just being a role player for another crew, gives me a break from organising everything for my own Crew. It can be tiring being that guy sometimes.

As I said. Top crews won't allow just anyone to band wagon onto them so I doubt you'll see hundreds of people jumping ship constantly.

[Jrocc23]

Quote: Originally Posted by MikeGSW

Each to their own I suppose. I know that personally I can be loyal to more than one crew. And I like the idea of just being a role player for another crew, gives me a break from organising everything for my own Crew. It can be tiring being that guy sometimes.

Yeah, I know players that feel both ways. It's not a mode breaker at all for me, just wish it wasn't that way where you can be in multiple crews. About the only thing I didn't like about the news.

Luckily, most of the guys I play with is all around the same level of skill and it's a dynamic thing. One game I might be the go-to scorer, next game I might be just the assist man because someone is taking over or we might all just be hot. Just want it to be competitive as it used to be though, again, selfishly.

It's not even just about Top Crews. Just period. You'll see a lot more hopping around than before where you had to leave the crew, lose your stats in that Crew and get invited back. Instead of joining however many crews you wanted. So you'll see it a lot more.

[MikeGSW]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jrocc23

Yeah, I know players that feel both ways. It's not a mode breaker at all for me, just wish it wasn't that way where you can be in multiple crews. About the only thing I didn't like about the news. Luckily, most of the guys I play with is all around the same level of skill and it's a dynamic thing. One game I might be the go-to scorer, next game I might be just the assist man because someone is taking over or we might all just be hot. Just want it to be competitive as it used to be though, again, selfishly. It's not even just about Top Crews. Just period. You'll see a lot more hopping around than before where you had to leave the crew, lose your stats in that Crew and get invited back. Instead of joining however many crews you wanted. So you'll see it a lot more.

I would've been fine if they capped it at two. You can own/run a crew and you can join one other you don't own.

I guess you will see crew hopping... BUT. If you've got 6-7 guys already and you know they're loyal, you know you're fine. It's only a huge issue if you don't have anyone and you're trying to get a team going.

Best just to have your 6/7 loyal guys and then think of everyone else as a bonus/loan haha.

I totally get what you're saying. But I'm on the other side of it. I'm really looking forward to just filling in for a team when they're short and taking a back seat as a role player. Especially with all these cool custom courts and jerseys lol.

[Pokes404]

Quote: Originally Posted by DBMcGee3

Anyone else want to hear about things other than Pro-Am??? I mean c'mon, I know people are excited about that mode but surely we can talk about game play a little as well, no?

I have to ask ... if you're sick of hearing about Pro-Am, why click on a thread discussing a Pro-Am interview? I couldn't possibly care less about shoes, but there are plenty of others who do care. So I just don't click on threads discussing shoes. The people who care can discuss shoes all they want, and I don't have to listen to or read anything about it. It's a win-win.

They'll have plenty of gameplay info down the road and we'll all discuss the Hell out of it when it's released. I know I'm eager to hear about gameplay improvements. But until then, people are going to talk about things that we know about the game.

[Pokes404]

Quote: Originally Posted by MikeGSW

I would've been fine if they capped it at two. You can own/run a crew and you can join one other you don't own. I guess you will see crew hopping... BUT. If you've got 6-7 guys already and you know they're loyal, you know you're fine. It's only a huge issue if you don't have anyone and you're trying to get a team going. Best just to have your 6/7 loyal guys and then think of everyone else as a bonus/loan haha. I totally get what you're saying. But I'm on the other side of it. I'm really looking forward to just filling in for a team when they're short and taking a back seat as a role player. Especially with all these cool custom courts and jerseys lol.

I would have liked the number of Crews you can join being capped as well. But at the same time, I get it. When you have a new mode that you're trying to grow and get people excited about, putting a bunch of restrictions that make it harder to get into a game usually isn't the best way to go. That's why I like that 2K has allowed the CPU to fill in if you're a few guys short of a full team, and allowed you to join multiple Crews.

Maybe if the mode becomes incredibly popular and people get a year to get settled in with their teams and build up their friends list for this mode, then maybe 2K will consider limiting teams. For this year though, I say anything that gets people into a game faster and easier is good with me.

[BellSKA]

I always hated how small the last Crew roster was. It limited me on playing Crew because not everyone is on at the same time. I want to play Crew with my friends, but I also want to play. I would like a cap at 2 teams and double digit roster capacity.