NBA 2K24 Rep System & Rewards: Rookie To Legend & 2K Rep System Review

NBA 2K24 Rep System & Rewards: Rookie To Legend & 2K Rep System Review

7/25/2023 5:57:57 PM

How will the rep rank system work in NBA 2K24? Is the Rookie To Legend really coming back? Today, we are going to talk about some info and idea about the NBA 2K24 Rep System, as well as review the rep systems with rewards in previous NBA 2K game versions.

NBA 2K24 Rep System & Rewards (Rumor & Ideas)

Imagine for a second walking into the park, walking into the rag, walking around the neighborhood, or even walking around the city and everybody that sees you across your path just crowds around you. Reaching the ultimate goal on 2K Games used to have so much value within the community and across the board players respected your grind. No matter how you got to Legend everyone in the community understood that there was a specific type of player that made it to Legend and surely some Legends were better than others, but even the bumpiest legend got their due respect for taking on that grind and accomplishing the ultimate goal on 2K games. The last real grinder Legend was in NBA 2K20. And ever since 2K decided to redefine what it is to be a legend it was the beginning of the end of the legend run. The seasons aren’t a bad idea but it ruins the long grind of what a lot of people liked. In NBA 2K24, it seems we are going to have the road to glory returning.

1 - Rookie to Legend Rep Coming Back in NBA 2K24?

Apparently, the Rookie to Legend Grime is coming back to 2K in NBA 2K24. Why 2K took something that had so much value within the community is that it kept players on the game for the entirety of the annual cycle, because there was always a goal to strive for 2K thinking that they'll spread the wealth in NBA 2K21 by dumbing down the old grind to Legend - the amount of time it took you to hit Legend on previous versions of 2K (2K20 and before) was very different than what we're experiencing now on 2K23. So the rumor is 2K is bringing that grind back a bunch of rumors and speculation are spreading through the community like wildfire, talking about a Rookie to Legend Grime. Why this rumor started because 2K Game recently held an event for a bunch of influencers throughout the community and the name of the event was the rookie one event.

NBA 2K24 Rep System

If you had to make a choice which grind would you prefer? Some of these newer grinds roll to 99 and like they've done in recent years give you set tasks to make it to legend. Or the old grind which meant that you just played a game players who knew how to maximize their My points per game would be able to increase their potential to accomplish that goal of reaching legend that much sooner. It encouraged teen gameplay because you couldn't just reach Legend by dribbling the clock away or just scoring all the points, the best way to reach Legend was by playing a team or ended type of game, because you wanted to increase those My points and the best way to increase those My points was doing like flashy passes, throwing alley-oops and taking like leaner shots, but you couldn't just OD on the leaner shots because 2K had a cap on the My points that you will receive per game. To give you a for instance, you'll take maybe three liters and then you'll throw like seven alley-oops and five flashy passes. It was just a super fun experience since 2K devalued the whole experience of becoming Legend and dumbed the grind down so that almost anybody can make that happen, it seems like a ton of players within the community just lost their interest in becoming Legend.

2- Two Rep System in NBA 2K24?

We also expect to see two systems in NBA 2K24: have the Season give decent rewards, then the Rookie to Legend gives it better rewards for the difficulty it takes to gain Legend, which will make both sides of the community happy! Provide seasons for casual players who don't have much time to play the game while they can still gain rewards for ranking to each rep level. For the players who want to invest more time and effort on grinding, offer a challenging path from Rookie to Legend with better rewards. This way, casual players can also choose to grind for Legend if they want, while progressing their season level.

NBA 2K Rep System & Reward Review

Now to help you understand the rep system especially the Rookie To Legend ranking in NBA 2K, we take a review of how did the rep system work in previous 2K games:

NBA 2K15 Rep System & Rewards

The legend grind started in NBA 2K15, it was easy for you to wrap up and so many people made it to Legend. Now during the legend ride, they had Rookie, Pro All-Star, and Legend, and there were 3 tiers in each level. You did get rep rewards for each one of these levels, and then when you got to Legend 3 which was the highest level you could achieve in the game, you got the mascots - the first time that they had mascots in NBA 2K.

NBA 2K16 Rep System & Rewards

But then we move on to NBA 2K16 where it was actually harder to wrap up to Legend, they still had Rookie, Pro All-Star, and Legend, but this time they added more tiers - there were actually 5 tiers that you needed to do to get up to Legend. Again you got a reward for each one and then when you hit Legend 5 you actually got a tiger to walk around the park with, but they also had something else that was actually cool. They had affiliations and with affiliations they had rival dates.

NBA 2K17 Rep System & Rewards

But then we go to 2K17, which at that moment was the hardest Legend grind ever. Only a few people hit Legend. They were Rookie, Pro, and All-Star, and they added Superstar on their way to Legend before you had Ledgen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. They put 5 tiers except for Legend automatically. At Superstar 5, this is when they brought out the jet packs which meant that you got the name put on the wall somewhere in 2K.

NBA 2K18 Rep System & Rewards

With 2K18, they did away with the original rep system got rid of it totally, and brought the road to 99. People didn't really like this Legend grind because it encouraged you to play more of MyCareer, so fewer people actually played a part. When you wrapped up to whatever Route 85-86, you did get rep rewards for every level, and then when you hit Legend which was 99 overall you got a badge that would allow you to upgrade your other badges by one tier. They also brought in IRL gifts on this one, where they actually got you a free pair of shoes

NBA 2K19 Rep System & Rewards

With 2K19, they actually continued the road to 99. Again because you could use MyCareer to get to 99, fewer people played Park. But they added three tiers for Park, so in the park, you can be an Amateur, Pro, or Elite, but you didn't get any reps for any of those Park levels. But you still got rewards for every level going up to 99. Then again once you got Legend or 99 overall, you got Mortalize and custom pair of shoes, and if you were one of the earlier ones to do it, you got a copy of the next year's game - for this one was NBA 2K 20.

NBA 2K20 Rep System & Rewards

With 2K20, a lot of people's favorite 2K. Now this is the 2K that they went back to the rep system, instead of being rolled to 99, we were actually going from Rookie, Pro, All-Star, Superstar, and they added Elite. So then we got the elite tier and you had Legend, there were three tiers in each one of these reps, except for Legend. When you hit Legend early enough, you got a copy of NBA 2K 21. You got 40 extra bash points - 10 per category.

NBA 2K21 Rep System & Rewards

In NBA 2K21, this is when the next-gen consoles came out where they actually split up the community. On Next Gen, they kept the same Legend grind - Rookie, Pro, All-Star, Superstar, and Elite, and you steal for your Legend you still got 40 extra Badges and that means 10 per category. But they changed it from the helicopter arriving style to the arriving style where you use a teleportation device to teleport to special locations that they had over the city.

NBA 2K22 Rep System & Rewards

In NBA 2K22 Next Gen, they did with the OG rep system and brought out the season, it was like level 1 to level 40. Each level between level 1 to 40, you got a reward, and level 40 was supposed to be the big reward until you hit Legend. To hit Legend, you had to hit level 40 on 4 Seasons - not just consecutively but just 4 Seasons overall, and then you hit Legend. This is probably one of the worst Legend rewards that we got in NBA 2K where they got us a talking parrot - this parrot didn't really do anything but fly around the court and talk.

NBA 2K23 Rep System & Rewards

In NBA 2K 23, the current game that we're playing right now. For this Legend grind, this still had seasons in it so it was still level 1 to 40. But this was probably the hardest Legend grind that we had, you had to score 100K points, 500 games played at G.O.A.T level, complete 12 season quests, and earn prizes across 20 events in the City. This was one of the harder ones because it encouraged you to be able to have to score points, unlike other ones where it was My Points that actually determined it so somebody who played as a big or a lockdown was able to hit Legends just as much as the guard was. People didn't necessarily like the grind but what made it worse was that reward that you got for legend.

The greatest achievement an NBA 2k player could do was to get that logo icon under your player and with NBA 2K24 almost here, the community is excited to see that Legend icon again. Do you think it's possible for 2K to revitalize that grind and if there is a rookie to Legend grind similar to The Grind we've had in previous versions of 2K? The second we get any more information on the rep system what's going to be the grind to Legend, we're definitely gonna share it here, stay tuned!