Gold to Diamond?

[Bobbi Deniro]

What is the purpose of going from gold to diamond? The load screen says the player gets another boost to stats, but i don't believe that is the case. I just got Kobe to Diamond and remembered to screen shot him before completing the final challenge. No stat change other than the +4 for the final change.

Gold Kobe with 1 challenge left (screenshot)

Diamond Kobe (screenshot)

[View The Phenom]

Diamond just signifies that you've completed all challenges for a player.
The switch itself doesn't provide any bonuses.

[canis39]

I think at some point during development, they planned on Diamond being another level of stats. In fact, there's a loading screen that shows exactly that: four levels of stats for James Harden (bronze, silver, gold, diamond).

But it seems like they changed their mind, close enough to the release of the game that they couldn't be bothered to take out the loading screen.

I think it's a good idea. The rebounding and blocking challenges are pretty tough with some players. I'm glad I can get players up to maximum stats without having to complete everything.

[View The Phenom]

Originally posted by canis39:

I think at some point during development, they planned on Diamond being another level of stats. In fact, there's a loading screen that shows exactly that: four levels of stats for James Harden (bronze, silver, gold, diamond).

But it seems like they changed their mind, close enough to the release of the game that they couldn't be bothered to take out the loading screen.

I think it's a good idea. The rebounding and blocking challenges are pretty tough with some players. I'm glad I can get players up to maximum stats without having to complete everything.

Or Harden having higher stats at diamond is just a result of all his challenges being complete.
If you think about it, diamond is another level; it just requires players to complete a set of challenges to attain.

[canis39]

Originally posted by View The Phenom:

Or Harden having higher stats at diamond is just a result of all his challenges being complete.
If you think about it, diamond is another level; it just requires players to complete a set of challenges to attain.

Nope, I have Harden, upgraded to gold, but not diamond -- never finished rebounding or blocking -- and his stats match the ones listed under "gold" on the loading screen.

[Bobbi Deniro]

Bronze through Diamond James Harden (screenshot)

[canis39]

Sorry, I misspoke. I meant to say:

I have Harden, upgraded to Gold, but not Diamond, and his stats match the ones listed under "Diamond" on the loading screen. 3PT = 95, 2PT = 97, etc.

EDIT: okay, my brain finally started working.

So the real issue here is that the loading screen makes it seem like "Diamond" is its own level. It's not. It's simply a compilation of each of the individual challenges. There's no baseline stat jump for reaching Diamond, there's just the individual stat increases based on the completion of the challenges.

To put this another way, View The Phenom is absolutely correct.

This being the case, I think the loading screen is a little misleading. But the system is working as intended.