big-shot-ROB wrote:I heard the algorithm was really complex and intangibles ratings were the ones that really affected it.
Yeah, given the fact that this blank intangibles rating that does nothing (as stated by a lot of users) can get an OVR from
A ( Intangibles set to 25) to
A + 8 (Intangibles set to 99), this category is usually tackled by the 2K team IMO to make player looks better or worse in comparison to their teammates or other league players.
I know how ratings work now for most of the time, those intangibles ratings were everything with every roster update. Players usually got tweaked for a handfull of categories by a maximum of 10 clicks. That's sometimes not enough to increase/decrease an OVR by one single point. 10 clicks for the Intangibles category are worth like 30-40 clicks of any category, if not more, when it comes to OVRs.
For example. 2K had to give Russel Westbrook a great OVR increase somehow when he was averaging a triple double to avoid those "HOW IS XYZ BETTER THAN WESTBROOK 2K IS BULLSHIT" comments so they raised his Intangibles rating by a ton. The formula is known only by the devs but some tricks have been discovered by the category. If you want to see what's behind those ratings that are meant to display real life fatigue and to please the community, just grab a roster and give all the players the same Intangibles ratings. Only then you'll see who's actually better numbers-wise.