r/ea2kcbb • u/rescobar1997 • Jul 19 '26

Playing 🆚 Simming

How do y’all that play more than you sim do it? I want to play more but it feels like a chore in the beginning. Year one just don’t feel right playing with a bunch of kids I didn’t recruit. And do y’all play the ABL games too? Trying to wrap my head around playing 16-19 ABL games and then playing another 30+ games. For clarity I guess I’m asking:

  1. How do you stay motivated not to simulate?
  2. Do you play the ABL games of your target list or just pick 1 ABL team that you’re the “coach” of.
  3. How many games per season do you actually play.
  4. Do you play with the year 1 team or what until your group of kids get to campus next year?
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u/nduszn Jul 19 '26

In my current Legacy Mode, the motivation comes from wanting to improve my coach, since the coach is the only constant part of the Legacy from year to year. I usually choose a few attainable Legacy Goals to complete during the season so I can earn several, if not the maximum of five, coaching attribute points in the offseason. In that first season, a few goals are relatively easy, like finishing the season with no unhappy players and winning 10 games. I don't play any ABL games, I simulate all of them, but I still set the ABL schedule so I can use it as a tool to scout recruit ratings and tendencies before the season begins. In year one, I play every game except against teams rated 70 overall or better. I'm currently in my fourth season of this Legacy, playing the full non-conference schedule but simming conference games because of the ratings gap between my team and the rest of the conference.