Character in Standard Edition

[Shi Wuxia]

I would like to ask, how many characters are there in the standard edition and how many characters are locked if I buy the standard version?

I only play offline with my friends and don't really focus on online. So it's a bit surprising that there are too many characters that can't be played with my friends offline.

[Zeokage]

It appears there are 338 characters in total which includes 10 managers. The ones that are locked when starting the Standard Edition would be the following:

• 63 alumni in the Purchaseables menu - Earn in-game or buy SuperCharger DLC to unlock
  
• 41 to unlock via Showcase - Earn in-game or buy 40 years of WrestleMania Edition to unlock
  
• 46 MyFaction Personas - Earn in-game or buy VC to purchase in the mode
  
• 43 DLC - Have to purchase

That still leaves you with 135 superstars of the current main roster and a lot of NXT to begin the game if my research is correct.

The other number you can use is the 137 in the roster list here.
https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/roster-list/

There's overlap where I might have counted an attire unlock in Showcase as an actual new character, so the 137 seems more correct.

[Shi Wuxia]

Originally posted by Zeokage:

It appears there are 338 characters in total which includes 10 managers. The ones that are locked when starting the Standard Edition would be the following:

• 63 alumni in the Purchaseables menu - Earn in-game or buy SuperCharger DLC to unlock
  
• 41 to unlock via Showcase - Earn in-game or buy 40 years of WrestleMania Pack to unlock
  
• 46 MyFaction Personas - Earn in-game or buy VC to purchase in the mode
  
• 43 DLC - Have to purchase

That still leaves you with 35 superstars of the current main roster and a lot of NXT to begin the game if my research is correct.

The other number you can use is the 137 in the roster list here.
https://wwe.2k.com/2k24/roster-list/

There's overlap where I might have counted an attire unlock in Showcase as an actual new character, so the 137 seems more correct.

Thanks for letting me know, looks like I'll be saving up for 2k25 with the higher edition instead of buying the standard version of 2k24.

[Zeokage]

If you pre-order 2K25 you get the Standard Edition of 2K24 as well.

Oh, and I fixed a typo. It's 135 characters it leaves you with.

[vrdeath]

so i can unlock wrestlers that are earned by playing the showcase mode, by buying the 40 years of wrestlemania pack. or do i still have to play the showcase mode to get them?

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

When I used that unlocking DLC, I believe some things (characters and such) were not unlocked for Showcase and MyRise but for the latter, it was more about costumes and arena's.

And then these Locker Code things can give you points and such for those Persona Cards on MyFraction (you get one Persona for just loading up MyFaction):

https://steamcommunity.com/app/2315690/discussions/0/4286935719736087631

If you play the online MyFraction mode a lot, you can get many points (I have 650K MFP and 80000 VC over 4 months) but the Persona Cards run very high in the Card Market; although, Live Events usually has free card packs and Persona cards to win.

The hope is that 2K releases the Persona cards at the game's online EOL.

Originally posted by Zeokage:

If you pre-order 2K25 you get the Standard Edition of 2K24 as well.

This is an interesting fun fact.

[Zeokage]

Originally posted by vrdeath:

so i can unlock wrestlers that are earned by playing the showcase mode, by buying the 40 years of wrestlemania pack. or do i still have to play the showcase mode to get them?

Apologies, I think I mixed something up with the Showcase unlock. I was referring to this part of the 40 Years of WrestleMania Edition bonuses...

- Showcase Superstar Unlock that automatically unlocks all playable Superstars from 2K Showcase of the Immortals.

...but I think that's actually exclusive to the edition now that I look at it again. With it, you could unlock the characters but you would still need to play the mode to get the arenas.

As you're just looking at Standard Edition, I'd recommend just putting it on Easy and going through it as it's not too difficult once you understand the objectives.