Fast Forward Player can't get to 99 overall
Product: NBA LIVE 19
Platform:Sony Playstation 4
Which version? Full Game
Which feature / component / location in game are you experiencing issues with? The One
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Create a new player and fast forward to LVL 50. Spend points, upgrade icon, equip traits, animations and so forth (be sure to max the ICON skill and use remaining points on any other skills). The created player's overall will increase accordingly. After spending skill points, go to outfits and equip a new outfit. Back out to the main menu and you will notice that that all the points have been reset except for the ICON skill.
What happens when the bug occurs? Once the bug is triggered, all 50 points spent on the fast forward character are refunded, however, the ICON skill will still be maxed at 85. This results in additional points to spend (11 more points than what should be available at LVL 50). Once the character hits lvl 100 with primary icon maxed, primary icon skill maxed, primary and secondary skills maxed and 3 gold traits, the overall for this character is 96 instead of 99. However, if I switch to the secondary icon which has not been leveled at all and max that secondary icon skill. The overall is 99. The end result is that a lvl 100 character with all skills maxed, gold traits and a gold primary icon has an overall of 96 while the secondary icon with max icon skill will be a 99 overall even if the secondary icon has no upgrades unlocked.
What should be happening instead? A max level character with max icon/traits/skills should be 99 overall. A completely un-upgraded icon path should not confer a higher overall than a maxed one.
How severe is the bug? C - Medium
In this image you can see my Floor General is LVL 100 with 5 attribute points in the bank. He has the POINT GAWD icon equipped and MAESTRO icon is showing an overall of 90 at BRONZE level. Rebounding is already maxed so I cannot spend the 5 points I currently have.
In this image my Floor General has MAESTRO equipped and as you can see the POING GAWD icon is maxed at gold but is somehow 3 pts lower at 87 even though MAESTRO is not maxed.
I suspect the root of the issue has to do with the moment the points are reset after changing the outfit. the full 50 pts are refunded and the player's overall drops back down to 70 but the primary icon skill is still maxed. Points that would have been spent on that icon skill can never be spent and applied to the player's overall.
Without the traits you will be level 80, but add three silver traits provided with the fast forward then you’ll be 86.
I have made a player reach level 100 after this update, and every player I've made has the ability to "skip the rise" and boost to xp level 50. Once you upgrade your skills and equip 3 silver traits (every trait starts at silver) your player will be an overall of 85.
86 if you put all skill points in and 3 silver traits
It's seems that on your main character you made a error of updating skill points and icon at same time which will cause to lose your icon bonus and thus level 96 not level 99. In your second player the Max should be 96 not 99 but because you had the beginning error of losing icon bonus it's switched becoming 99 but not having all of your icon full filled. It's sounds like a mess and a complex bug. I do read people not having enough to get their second icon maxed and at level 96. If you got a 99 than go with that or if you like your 96 player better it's like me on 98 but should be 99. The clothes thing never happened to me. I never did a second icon thing or made another player, just use one and avoid the bugs. I kept it simple and made a player I wanted a rim protector with evolution is what I like.
Seems that you got combo bugged. Don't feel bad I also got bugged with the dreaded make a player in demo and now I'm at 98 instead of 99 overall even though I'm maxed at 100. In the game lobby Im at level 98 not 99 but in edit player I'm at 100.
I think it's just a visual glitch bug and doesn't impact how you are if you have skills maxed out and traits max out in gold as well as your icon maxed. Some people get lucky and get level 99 with all the skill points used and traits in gold and icon maxed, at least 1 icon, but then don't have enough to make the second icon maxed. Other people create characters from full game and can only have a 96 or 98 while others get a 99. There are many odd bugs like these that should get addressed either in NBA Live 2019 or in Live 2020 hopefully to be resolved.
If you can and want to start all over than I guess thats one way to go, otherwise your stuck like I am waiting for a fix from a future patch.