MyTeam is an incredibly fun game concept for NBA 2K20 that can appeal to a variety of fans. In MyTeam you build your own team of current and former NBA players to compete in a variety of game modes. To do this you must collect cards that are used to obtain more cards until eventually, you have a team of All-Stars to dominate the court with.
Whether you’re diving into this style of play for the first time or you’ve been at it for a while and need a bit of an edge there are some strategies and overall tips you can use. Whether it’s implementing a long-term strategy, carefully budgeting valuable currency, or what to do with your duplicates, here’s what you should know.
10 Achievement Hunting Or PVP?
The first thing you need to do is decide what you want to get out of MyTeam. Are you interested in completing all the achievements and grabbing all the cards as part of a completionist run? Or are you wanting to throw down in PVP mode and see your username climb the leader boards?
Knowing which goal you want to pursue will define which cards you keep and how to spend your currency more effectively. Generally speaking, Achievement hunting is more long-term and leisurely, while PVP will be about quick gains and grinding.
9 Build Around Strengths
Once you’ve decided on your long-term goals you need to identify what your strengths are and build a team around them. If you’re better at aggressive play then build an aggressive team, if you find yourself doing better at the three-point line then get players who do well at that range.
You’ll see a lot of players declaring who the best cards are and the best strategies to use on the court, but it does you no good to have the best three-point shooter if you do better going for layups. Figure out what works for you and build around that.
8 Budget Your MT
It’s very easy to earn MT and it can be tempting to start spending it on every little thing that catches your eye, but don’t do it. You’ll get more out of your MT by budgeting yourself rather than going crazy as soon as a little bit hits your account.
That being said don’t be miserly, it’s fairly easy to recover MT with a few hours of play so if you do make mistakes when buying cards it isn’t the end of the world. Just make sure what you’re spending it towards is likely to earn your MT back and you’ll rarely find yourself short on funds.
7 Triple Threat Offline Grinding
One way to quickly amass MT is to play the game mode Triple Threat in Offline. It’s a lot easier to win matches against a computer than against other players and it’s an efficient way of grinding up some MT.
Granted it’s not the most efficient use of your time as you’ll see in later entries, but if you’ve done everything else you’re supposed to and want to burn some time earning a bit of MT on the side, then Triple Threat Offline is the way to do it.
6 Really Budget Your VC
While MT is fairly easy to come by, VC isn’t as much. Admittedly it’s an infinite resource as you’ll never run out of ways to earn it, but it definitely takes time to obtain a large amount. Because of this, you want to be very, very careful about what you spend it on.
If you don’t mind using real-life dollars to acquire VC then this entry goes out the window, somewhat. You’ll still want to budget yourself as dumping hundreds of dollars into this game isn’t all that necessary if you’re careful about how much you spend and when you spend it. Again, the rule of thumb is that you only spend it if you expect it’ll earn back what you put in.
5 Play Daily (If Possible)
To earn more VC and MT you’ll want to play daily whenever possible. Every day there are challenges you can complete for decent rewards. If you play for seven days in a row you’ll get a chance to spin the wheel and this is where the rewards really lie.
Granted it’s not like you’ll be swimming in VC and MT by playing every day. But that little bit adds up and you’ll find yourself being able to make smart purchases at least once a week.
4 Buy Low, Sell High
The auction house is a great way to get useful cards for cheap or sell some of your less important cards for a small windfall of MC. The prices here will fluctuate like any free market and you’ll see the prices of things go up and down as the invisible hand dictates supply and demand.
Your best strategy is to buy cards at low prices and sell at high prices. You can also potentially do a bit of speculative investing by paying attention to trends and grabbing the best players during surpluses and offloading them during scarcities.
3 Do A Bit Of Everything
If you’re doing the daily challenges you’ll do this naturally, but it’s important for you to play a little bit of everything. There are some game modes you’ll be good at and you should grind them for everything they’re worth, but don’t become so tunnel-visioned you forget to try other things.
Every game mode is designed to reward you in different ways and if you get too obsessed with Triple Threat Offline you’ll find yourself swimming in MT but lacking VC. Take some time to spend a few play sessions doing a bit of everything.
2 Stick To The Agenda
A great way to do a bit of everything is to stick to The Agenda. This is the game’s way of guiding you to different aspects of the game as both a rough tutorial and a bare-bones campaign of sorts.
It’s nice for those times when you want to build up your resources but don’t know what to do. Just check the daily challenges, then check your Agenda to see what’s recommended and start grinding it out.
1 Keep Some, Sell Some
By doing the above you’ll notice yourself buying more and more packs of cards and coming across a lot of duplicates. Most will be of players you have no intention of using and can be quickly offloaded in the auction house for some quick MT, but now and then you’ll get duplicates of your favorites.
The best thing you can do is hang onto some copies. As your contracts start expiring you’ll need to rebuild your team and having copies of good players ensures that you can have a strong team in reserve. If you already have a few backups keep an eye on the auction house for when prices are going up on your favorites and get the best return for those harder to get, in-demand cards.