We're into August now...
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@SaveFarris said in We're into August now...:
August 2018: "You released all the good cards in June and now there's no reason left to play!!"
August 2020: "It's August and you haven't released the best cards yet!"
Pick a lane...
Stop making assumptions like you're clever. I didn't ask for a bunch of cards to be dumped into the game. I'm just pointing out there are a lot of desirable players left and it's August. Why would anyone want all those guys to show up at the same time?
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Quit expecting top tier cards in headliner packs. The only headliner so far that is considered end game is Dibble and thats because of lack of relief pitchers. Andruw Jones probably should have gotten his best card by now, maybe even in a headliner. Expecting Babe, Foxx, Ted, Pujols, Griffey, Yelich, Scherzer, Kershaw etc. in headliner packs is asinine though.
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The entire line of Fake Series cards is a great idea in concept. It's the execution that failed.
These guys haven't proven a [censored] thing, but because we're "new and fresh" we have them eclipsing all the LS and legends.
To those that are bored with the same cards, great. Go play franchise mode and ramp up your Pache and Adell there.
I ordered MLB the show, not MiLB. They could have skinned an entire minor league mode where ya'll can play with the minor guys in minor league parks, and earn FS 99 diamonds.
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There were 86 99's released last year.
Launch: 10 (Collects, XP Bosses, XP High Diamonds)
May: 3 (3rd Inning Bosses)
June: 9 (4th Inning, WS, BR, Sig Choice options)
July: 7 (Sig Choice, 5th Inning, Wagner, WS Cobb)
August: 8 (BR, Goldy Headliner, 6th Inning, WS)
September: 9 (HL Posey, 7th inning, HL Parker, WS Chipper, HL Killebrew, Sig Agon/Vlad)
October: 21(!): 8th/9th Inning, Event, Sig Choices, WS Ruth, Finest Elites, Finest Collect)
November: 14 (PS Strasburg, Events, BR Foxx, Sig Choices, 10th Inning Boss/Henchmen, Sig Ichiro)
December-February: 5 (Events, Extreme Gossage)This year, we're already ahead of last year's pace w/ 42 99s (not counting prestige)
March: 12 (Collects, XP Bosses, Kluber)
April-May: 0
June: 20 (DotP, 5th Inning, Sig Jackie, BR Carter/Mize, HL Scott, 11 Team Affinity)
July: 9 (WS Vlad/Eddie, POTM Paxton, BR Donaldson/Feller, 6th Inning, Trout)
August: WS Ricky/Sale -
@hoboadam said in We're into August now...:
The entire line of Fake Series cards is a great idea in concept. It's the execution that failed.
I ordered MLB the show, not MiLB. They could have skinned an entire minor league mode where ya'll can play with the minor guys in minor league parks, and earn FS 99 diamonds.
My guess is that real-life intruded and Stage 2 was actually supposed to be "Hot Start" players or something equivalent.
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@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
Quit expecting top tier cards in headliner packs. The only headliner so far that is considered end game is Dibble and thats because of lack of relief pitchers. Andruw Jones probably should have gotten his best card by now, maybe even in a headliner. Expecting Babe, Foxx, Ted, Pujols, Griffey, Yelich, Scherzer, Kershaw etc. in headliner packs is asinine though.
Did I mention HL packs? Nope, merely pointed out that we're still getting cards like this when there are plenty of cards that are more popular. You guys are latching onto the legends, I specifically mentioned LS cards as well. Why 98 Pache and not an Acuña Jr. flashback?
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@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
Quit expecting top tier cards in headliner packs. The only headliner so far that is considered end game is Dibble and thats because of lack of relief pitchers. Andruw Jones probably should have gotten his best card by now, maybe even in a headliner. Expecting Babe, Foxx, Ted, Pujols, Griffey, Yelich, Scherzer, Kershaw etc. in headliner packs is asinine though.
Did I mention HL packs? Nope, merely pointed out that we're still getting cards like this when there are plenty of cards that are more popular. You guys are latching onto the legends, I specifically mentioned LS cards as well. Why 98 Pache and not an Acuña Jr. flashback?
Acuna has only been in the league 3 years. Players like that don’t tend to get flashback cards. All the future stars hate posts just get old. I don’t care for them myself but it’s a lost cause because every single content drop has been planned since February. The only drops that aren’t planned before the game comes out are POTM, Topps now, Finest, and that seasons postseason cards
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@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
Quit expecting top tier cards in headliner packs. The only headliner so far that is considered end game is Dibble and thats because of lack of relief pitchers. Andruw Jones probably should have gotten his best card by now, maybe even in a headliner. Expecting Babe, Foxx, Ted, Pujols, Griffey, Yelich, Scherzer, Kershaw etc. in headliner packs is asinine though.
Did I mention HL packs? Nope, merely pointed out that we're still getting cards like this when there are plenty of cards that are more popular. You guys are latching onto the legends, I specifically mentioned LS cards as well. Why 98 Pache and not an Acuña Jr. flashback?
Acuna has only been in the league 3 years. Players like that don’t tend to get flashback cards. All the future stars hate posts just get old. I don’t care for them myself but it’s a lost cause because every single content drop has been planned since February. The only drops that aren’t planned before the game comes out are POTM, Topps now, Finest, and that seasons postseason cards
Please stop interjecting assumptions that aren't there. I don't hate the FS cards and didn't hate the Prospect cards. FS Dylan Carlson is one of my favorite cards. However the time for those cards should be over, it's just lazy rehashing content for the sake of content.
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@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
Quit expecting top tier cards in headliner packs. The only headliner so far that is considered end game is Dibble and thats because of lack of relief pitchers. Andruw Jones probably should have gotten his best card by now, maybe even in a headliner. Expecting Babe, Foxx, Ted, Pujols, Griffey, Yelich, Scherzer, Kershaw etc. in headliner packs is asinine though.
Did I mention HL packs? Nope, merely pointed out that we're still getting cards like this when there are plenty of cards that are more popular. You guys are latching onto the legends, I specifically mentioned LS cards as well. Why 98 Pache and not an Acuña Jr. flashback?
Acuna has only been in the league 3 years. Players like that don’t tend to get flashback cards. All the future stars hate posts just get old. I don’t care for them myself but it’s a lost cause because every single content drop has been planned since February. The only drops that aren’t planned before the game comes out are POTM, Topps now, Finest, and that seasons postseason cards
Please stop interjecting assumptions that aren't there. I don't hate the FS cards and didn't hate the Prospect cards. FS Dylan Carlson is one of my favorite cards. However the time for those cards should be over, it's just lazy rehashing content for the sake of content.
I agree, but future stars aren’t over with until Franco and Adley are released and I think you know that. All I’m saying is that they aren’t changing their set in stone content schedule because the same 6 people complain about future stars over and over again
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@MadderBumgarner said in We're into August now...:
Let the kids play!!!
But seriously where the fuzz is Bumgarner (besides cutting into a rattlesnake to save some rabbits)?
That was a great story lmao
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My bigger issue is that there aren’t even remotely usable cards for some legends. Andruw Jones has an 84, Babe Ruth has a 77, Jimmie Foxx has a 70, Lou Gehrig has a 83, Fergie Jenkins has a 83, Tom Seaver has a 84, and so on. Just give them some kind of ~90 overall diamond that could be somewhat usable and it would be more palatable.
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@SaveFarris said in We're into August now...:
August 2018: "You released all the good cards in June and now there's no reason left to play!!"
August 2020: "It's August and you haven't released the best cards yet!"
Pick a lane...
True!! Well said
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@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
Quit expecting top tier cards in headliner packs. The only headliner so far that is considered end game is Dibble and thats because of lack of relief pitchers. Andruw Jones probably should have gotten his best card by now, maybe even in a headliner. Expecting Babe, Foxx, Ted, Pujols, Griffey, Yelich, Scherzer, Kershaw etc. in headliner packs is asinine though.
Did I mention HL packs? Nope, merely pointed out that we're still getting cards like this when there are plenty of cards that are more popular. You guys are latching onto the legends, I specifically mentioned LS cards as well. Why 98 Pache and not an Acuña Jr. flashback?
Acuna has only been in the league 3 years. Players like that don’t tend to get flashback cards. All the future stars hate posts just get old. I don’t care for them myself but it’s a lost cause because every single content drop has been planned since February. The only drops that aren’t planned before the game comes out are POTM, Topps now, Finest, and that seasons postseason cards
Please stop interjecting assumptions that aren't there. I don't hate the FS cards and didn't hate the Prospect cards. FS Dylan Carlson is one of my favorite cards. However the time for those cards should be over, it's just lazy rehashing content for the sake of content.
I agree, but future stars aren’t over with until Franco and Adley are released and I think you know that. All I’m saying is that they aren’t changing their set in stone content schedule because the same 6 people complain about future stars over and over again
No way this is the same content roll out planned all along. They've already had to adjust POTM on the fly. I'm sure this isn't the original roll out.
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@SaveFarris said in We're into August now...:
August 2018: "You released all the good cards in June and now there's no reason left to play!!"
August 2020: "It's August and you haven't released the best cards yet!"
Pick a lane...
Truth. There still isn't a lot of variability in lineups lol
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@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
Quit expecting top tier cards in headliner packs. The only headliner so far that is considered end game is Dibble and thats because of lack of relief pitchers. Andruw Jones probably should have gotten his best card by now, maybe even in a headliner. Expecting Babe, Foxx, Ted, Pujols, Griffey, Yelich, Scherzer, Kershaw etc. in headliner packs is asinine though.
Did I mention HL packs? Nope, merely pointed out that we're still getting cards like this when there are plenty of cards that are more popular. You guys are latching onto the legends, I specifically mentioned LS cards as well. Why 98 Pache and not an Acuña Jr. flashback?
Acuna has only been in the league 3 years. Players like that don’t tend to get flashback cards. All the future stars hate posts just get old. I don’t care for them myself but it’s a lost cause because every single content drop has been planned since February. The only drops that aren’t planned before the game comes out are POTM, Topps now, Finest, and that seasons postseason cards
Please stop interjecting assumptions that aren't there. I don't hate the FS cards and didn't hate the Prospect cards. FS Dylan Carlson is one of my favorite cards. However the time for those cards should be over, it's just lazy rehashing content for the sake of content.
I agree, but future stars aren’t over with until Franco and Adley are released and I think you know that. All I’m saying is that they aren’t changing their set in stone content schedule because the same 6 people complain about future stars over and over again
No way this is the same content roll out planned all along. They've already had to adjust POTM on the fly. I'm sure this isn't the original roll out.
I’m positive it is. The only things affected by real life baseball are POTM’s, topps now, finest, that seasons PS cards, and roster updates. Yes, they changed Rollins with Oswalt as the 1st inning boss, thus making Rollins a 6th inning boss, but there is no way to know if the preseason leak was actually correct
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@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
Quit expecting top tier cards in headliner packs. The only headliner so far that is considered end game is Dibble and thats because of lack of relief pitchers. Andruw Jones probably should have gotten his best card by now, maybe even in a headliner. Expecting Babe, Foxx, Ted, Pujols, Griffey, Yelich, Scherzer, Kershaw etc. in headliner packs is asinine though.
Did I mention HL packs? Nope, merely pointed out that we're still getting cards like this when there are plenty of cards that are more popular. You guys are latching onto the legends, I specifically mentioned LS cards as well. Why 98 Pache and not an Acuña Jr. flashback?
Acuna has only been in the league 3 years. Players like that don’t tend to get flashback cards. All the future stars hate posts just get old. I don’t care for them myself but it’s a lost cause because every single content drop has been planned since February. The only drops that aren’t planned before the game comes out are POTM, Topps now, Finest, and that seasons postseason cards
Please stop interjecting assumptions that aren't there. I don't hate the FS cards and didn't hate the Prospect cards. FS Dylan Carlson is one of my favorite cards. However the time for those cards should be over, it's just lazy rehashing content for the sake of content.
I agree, but future stars aren’t over with until Franco and Adley are released and I think you know that. All I’m saying is that they aren’t changing their set in stone content schedule because the same 6 people complain about future stars over and over again
No way this is the same content roll out planned all along. They've already had to adjust POTM on the fly. I'm sure this isn't the original roll out.
I’m positive it is. The only things affected by real life baseball are POTM’s, topps now, finest, that seasons PS cards, and roster updates. Yes, they changed Rollins with Oswalt as the 1st inning boss, thus making Rollins a 6th inning boss, but there is no way to know if the preseason leak was actually correct
You can't say you know, because you don't. Regardless, planned or unplanned, to go this long with none of the aforementioned legends having a usable cards in August is big dumb.
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@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
Quit expecting top tier cards in headliner packs. The only headliner so far that is considered end game is Dibble and thats because of lack of relief pitchers. Andruw Jones probably should have gotten his best card by now, maybe even in a headliner. Expecting Babe, Foxx, Ted, Pujols, Griffey, Yelich, Scherzer, Kershaw etc. in headliner packs is asinine though.
Did I mention HL packs? Nope, merely pointed out that we're still getting cards like this when there are plenty of cards that are more popular. You guys are latching onto the legends, I specifically mentioned LS cards as well. Why 98 Pache and not an Acuña Jr. flashback?
Acuna has only been in the league 3 years. Players like that don’t tend to get flashback cards. All the future stars hate posts just get old. I don’t care for them myself but it’s a lost cause because every single content drop has been planned since February. The only drops that aren’t planned before the game comes out are POTM, Topps now, Finest, and that seasons postseason cards
Please stop interjecting assumptions that aren't there. I don't hate the FS cards and didn't hate the Prospect cards. FS Dylan Carlson is one of my favorite cards. However the time for those cards should be over, it's just lazy rehashing content for the sake of content.
I agree, but future stars aren’t over with until Franco and Adley are released and I think you know that. All I’m saying is that they aren’t changing their set in stone content schedule because the same 6 people complain about future stars over and over again
No way this is the same content roll out planned all along. They've already had to adjust POTM on the fly. I'm sure this isn't the original roll out.
I’m positive it is. The only things affected by real life baseball are POTM’s, topps now, finest, that seasons PS cards, and roster updates. Yes, they changed Rollins with Oswalt as the 1st inning boss, thus making Rollins a 6th inning boss, but there is no way to know if the preseason leak was actually correct
You can't say you know, because you don't. Regardless, planned or unplanned, to go this long with none of the aforementioned legends having a usable cards in August is big dumb.
I don’t know. I’ll admit that. But I’ve been around long enough to notice trends in how they release content. Not releasing these guys yet keeps players interested. You will always hear “you gotta release these guys before madden comes out” from folks on here. Let’s be real the people leaving for madden leave anyway regardless of what content this game has to offer. The earliest the big name legends have every been released were 18’s immortals which was in mid July I believe (@SaveFarris would have the exact date). No one played 18 after the immortals because they were burnt out by the grind and every single lineup consisted of any combination of the 13 or 14 immortals. There are so many players that played longer than usual last year because they had to wait for Schmidt, Pujols, Trout etc. That is why none of these players are released
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@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
18’s immortals which was in mid July I believe (@SaveFarris would have the exact date).
June 27th
The Career Arc II Stream, which I believe was also the first ever "Push the Button" stream.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/278324421?filter=archives&sort=time
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I’m sure the inning bosses are mapped out from the beginning. And they probably know who is a HL, who is a Ducks pack, who is Moments Extreme, etc, but I don’t believe they have it so nailed down as to be permanent and immovable. There’s no reason why they couldn’t move things around if they wanted to. If wander Franco is arrested for poisoning a bus full of nuns, do you think they’ll still release his FS and just say “sorry — we had it all locked down in February! Nothing we could do about it!” The truth is that none of us know how they plan these things out, but we can all use logic to know that things can and have changed. It’s a safe bet that their yearlong plan is written in pencil and not in ink.
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@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in We're into August now...:
@the_dragon1912 said in We're into August now...:
Quit expecting top tier cards in headliner packs. The only headliner so far that is considered end game is Dibble and thats because of lack of relief pitchers. Andruw Jones probably should have gotten his best card by now, maybe even in a headliner. Expecting Babe, Foxx, Ted, Pujols, Griffey, Yelich, Scherzer, Kershaw etc. in headliner packs is asinine though.
Did I mention HL packs? Nope, merely pointed out that we're still getting cards like this when there are plenty of cards that are more popular. You guys are latching onto the legends, I specifically mentioned LS cards as well. Why 98 Pache and not an Acuña Jr. flashback?
Acuna has only been in the league 3 years. Players like that don’t tend to get flashback cards. All the future stars hate posts just get old. I don’t care for them myself but it’s a lost cause because every single content drop has been planned since February. The only drops that aren’t planned before the game comes out are POTM, Topps now, Finest, and that seasons postseason cards
Please stop interjecting assumptions that aren't there. I don't hate the FS cards and didn't hate the Prospect cards. FS Dylan Carlson is one of my favorite cards. However the time for those cards should be over, it's just lazy rehashing content for the sake of content.
I agree, but future stars aren’t over with until Franco and Adley are released and I think you know that. All I’m saying is that they aren’t changing their set in stone content schedule because the same 6 people complain about future stars over and over again
No way this is the same content roll out planned all along. They've already had to adjust POTM on the fly. I'm sure this isn't the original roll out.
I’m positive it is. The only things affected by real life baseball are POTM’s, topps now, finest, that seasons PS cards, and roster updates. Yes, they changed Rollins with Oswalt as the 1st inning boss, thus making Rollins a 6th inning boss, but there is no way to know if the preseason leak was actually correct
You can't say you know, because you don't. Regardless, planned or unplanned, to go this long with none of the aforementioned legends having a usable cards in August is big dumb.
I don’t know. I’ll admit that. But I’ve been around long enough to notice trends in how they release content. Not releasing these guys yet keeps players interested. You will always hear “you gotta release these guys before madden comes out” from folks on here. Let’s be real the people leaving for madden leave anyway regardless of what content this game has to offer. The earliest the big name legends have every been released were 18’s immortals which was in mid July I believe (@SaveFarris would have the exact date). No one played 18 after the immortals because they were burnt out by the grind and every single lineup consisted of any combination of the 13 or 14 immortals. There are so many players that played longer than usual last year because they had to wait for Schmidt, Pujols, Trout etc. That is why none of these players are released
I think we can all agree that SDS does this so people will play longer, hopefully buy more stubs etc. And as a company i can see why it makes sense. But the baseball fan in me, and being a fan of “The Show” I’m just tired of waiting for the big name’s. I’ve got a ton of stubs ready to buy these big names up! Sure the 99’s we’ve gotten so far have been great! It’s been a lot of fun, but I want these other 99’s already lol.
