Shoot around in your M圜OURT, as performing certain actions (hit three three-pointers in a row, dunk in each basket, etc) will earn small amounts of VC. It’s only 100 VC per correct answer, but it’s a decent earning if you can regularly pick winners on NBA games. While you’re in that building, play Daily Pick ‘Em.
Even if it’s a small amount, it all adds up when you’re constantly grinding.ĭo the Daily Spin you may get VC, or you may gain fans which push you closer to being able to negotiate bigger endorsement contracts. You also need to take advantage of every other avenue that M圜AREER provides to earn VC. That means playing often, putting up big numbers and reaching your incentives, getting a good teammate grade to add to your base salary, gaining fans for more lucrative deals with your endorsements, and occasionally sacrificing team chemistry to plug products in post-game press conferences (you can easily get it back through wins and training). If you want to avoid buying VC, you must be doing absolutely everything you can to earn it in-game. It may sound like very obvious advice, but it needs to be said. On every negotiation, pick the incentives that you can easily reach time and time again. Certain incentives may pay more, but are tougher to hit consistently as a Sharpshooting Playmaker. As such, I’ve chosen incentives that pay out when I get double-doubles, as well as specific combinations of points and assists I’m likely to get. For example, I’m currently averaging 26 ppg and 12 apg on the season, though as of late it’s been closer to around 30 and 15. It’s tempting to pick the biggest payouts here, but they’re only valuable if you can reach those incentives every game. Of course, if you can get a good deal on both, go for it.Īfter that, you’ll have an opportunity to negotiate endorsement deals, which all have their own incentives. Cap breakers still take a long time to hit, and early on it’s better to have more VC. This is something I was advised to do at the time, but I regret it now.
I also made the mistake of taking less VC in exchange for a 2x MyPOINTS multiplier. I started a new player after completing The Prelude as I wanted a different Archetype, and since I’d chosen to skip it, the best offers were all slightly lower. We have the ability to negotiate our first contract, so it’s vital that you look out for your best interests as you make the deal. To begin with, you want to maximise your earnings when you reach the NBA in this year’s M圜AREER. With that being said, let’s take a look at some strategies for VC budgeting! I did skip The Prelude for this player, though as a bonus tip, I would suggest that you play through it in order to get a head start on upgrades and Badges, as well as an opportunity for a higher salary out of the gate. Aside from the pre-order bonus for the standard edition, I’ve not spent any VC that I didn’t earn in-game, and as of this writing, I’m sitting at 74 Overall (starting from the base rating of 60). As the push for recurrent revenue is quite aggressive, the grind is very real. With that in mind, I’ve devised five tips that I hope will be useful for both earning and managing VC.īefore I get to the tips, I should emphasise that it’s still going to be a long process. After all, while microtransactions are strongly encouraged, VC can indeed be gained without spending real money. Since the situation is unlikely to get better anytime soon, I’ve decided that it would be more productive to focus on some content that helps gamers rather than critiques 2K’s design choices. This week’s Five offers five tips for earning and managing VC in NBA 2K19’s M圜AREER.įighting the urge to buy VC to level up faster in NBA 2K19’s M圜AREER? You’re not alone, as the game is designed to push you in the direction of microtransactions.
The feature is presented as either a list of five items, or in the form of a Top 5 countdown. Welcome to this week’s edition of The Friday Five! The Friday Five is a feature that I post every Friday in which I give my thoughts on a topic that’s related to NBA Live, NBA 2K, and other basketball video games, as well as the real NBA, and other areas of interest to our community.