5 star, greatest ever match! ...141 VC

[cb4n28]

I think the VC pay outs are a bit low. At this rate it will take me like 21 5 star matches to unlock a lower tier legend.

On the one hand I have the preorder so I can just magically unlock everyone and it will take me months to earn enough to do it normally, on the other it is kind of fun to earn and unlock stuff.

Feels like it needs some rebalancing, or is there something I am missing?

[Rockin' Shawn]

Don't know. I personally suspect they are testing the waters for microtransactions (maybe for 2K19). The harder the grind, the higher chances are, people would shell out cash for VC. Should they really pull that stunt, I'm not gonna get another WWE 2K game. Microtransactions for full-price games are cancer - simple as that.
We're probably lucky 2K18 doesn't have that (yet).

[Nep Nep]

you are missing nothing, vc is harder to get this year

[LeapingRodent]

If you don't want to grind out the VC you could always use cheat engine to get the funds. Like shawnbaxe says, they want it to be annoying so you consider buying the unlock dlc.

[Nothson]

Wouldn't surprise me if they had planed to have MTs in this and pulled them due to the backlash in NBA2k18, but didn't change the VC earnings to be balanced without the MTs.

[Emmagination]

This year was the first year I actually used the unlocker. VC gains are miserable and if you play MyCareer you'll need it for the stupid loot boxes...prepare to spend 10k vc for a random pair of shoes, an elbow drop and a bunch of 1 match boosts....

[cb4n28]

Originally posted by LeapingRodent:

If you don't want to grind out the VC you could always use cheat engine to get the funds. Like shawnbaxe says, they want it to be annoying so you consider buying the unlock dlc.

I have the deluxe edition, so I can just unlock everything I want. That just feels unsatisfying. On the other hand grinding out 700 matches to earn the VC to buy everything seems incredibly tedious

So basically either way they have made it a bad experience. Definitely not well considered

[TheCharlieTour]

Absurdly hard to get and annoying as ♥♥♥♥

[cb4n28]

Just to illustrate, after a quick informal count in which I might be off by 10,000 VC or so either way. I currently will need to earn 219,000 VC to unlock the remaining Legends. And that's AFTER I already unlocked a bunch with the free VC that came with the digital deluxe.

At 140 VC for a five star match, I will need to grind our 1,564 matches or so to get the remaining Legends. That is not counting the unlockable championships and arenas

What's the point of this system? If the only way it isn't terrible is by buying the DLC and pressing the magic "unlock all" button, seriously there is no reason it should exist from a game design perspective

[cb4n28]

Is it this terrible online? I only play offline

[Matt Cason]

If you get a five star rating on a match you get 750-1200 VC

[Werecat101]

For a 5 star match in my universe I got 600 points. if i just watch each match ai vs ai i make 2000 points for a 7 match show.

[cb4n28]

Originally posted by Matt Cason:

If you get a five star rating on a match you get 750-1200 VC

That's why I was asking if I missed something. I had a Dusty Classic tourney going and made a point of getting 5 stars with Enzo and Cass vs the Hart Foundation. Got 141 points.