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    omegaminus_sk
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    #55

    I'm not terribly bothered by the online-exclusive prestige missions. I'm just disappointed that there's still no offline counterpart to ranked seasons - a longer-term mode with the capability of playing proper 9-inning games with my DD collection.

    A single-player custom league would be perfect if it:

    1. counted toward TA/daily innings and evolution missions
    2. had rewards similar to how MTO does
    3. didn't require exploiting a loophole to create
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    @Furious_Boogers said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    I mean, sure it’s an obvious money grab, but considering the quantity of free content they give out (assuming similar to 19), I’ll let this one slide.

    They're going down the EXACT same path, MLBTS just started a couple years behind.

    If it's just a money grab thing, I can live with that bc I'm not going to be spending thousands on this game anyways, I'm happy with a grind, and they are entitled to make money in the current landscape if people want to spend it.

    Now the real question, to find out if SDS is actually trying to break free from the pack, are the gameplay issues going to be addressed? And if it's anything close to the way they talk about the direction they're heading on stream (more skill based), I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say they are actually a league above all the rest.

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    If you are just playing offline, you don't really need the blood diamond version of a card. You do after all get to select the difficulty you want to play at most of the time.

    When online players are grinding with their 300 star program rewards, offline players who will use Todd Helton (as an example) will make a killing when they upgrade to a newer 1b they want in their lineups. The effect is going to be major profit for offline players able to sell that Helton card and a stub sink for those who grind for the blood diamonds.

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    If you're playing offline, you don't really need the evolution version of a card. You do after all get to select the difficulty you want to play most of the time.

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    I think restricting the ability to quicksell collected diamonds will really help the market out. Though it’s amazing to be able to play with whoever you want, last year it was a little too easy to get diamonds because a lot of them could be bought near quick sell value.

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    @Some_Schmuck_22 said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    If you are just playing offline, you don't really need the blood diamond version of a card. You do after all get to select the difficulty you want to play at most of the time.

    It is not about need. Sure I could set the difficulty to rookie and beat the CPU with a bunch of bronze and commons but that is not fun. I get the same satisfaction of pulling or earning a diamond that any online player would get.

    At the end of the day we all pay the same admission price.

    Now, I realize that the difference between the original diamond and the prestige diamond will probably be minimal and I am sure I would not want to try and grind them all. But if there is, for example, a Red Diamond Pujols card it sure would be nice as a Cardinals fan to be able to get it in some way.

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    Anyone feel all the things described today were a bit TOO MUCH? Moments for this, moments for that, showdown for this, showdown for that, BR, RS, events, stat grinds, 50 million different style cards all meaning something different (and inflated).

    I mean, I probably play more than a lot of people and I play online and offline, but it seems like A LOT.

    I just hope they haven’t spread themselves too thin and the product is [censored]. As for those plus-3 red diamonds. I’m not even sure if they’ll end up being worth it (stubs locked in and stat grind) when it sure sounds like there’s going to be millions of “end-game” cards with all these possibilities (red diamonds, signature, prime, award winners, they said LS will somehow stay relevant)

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    And headliners twice a week? That is to be solely for a cash grab. Once a week last year seemed like a good flow. And how many conquest maps this year?

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    @bhall09 said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    Anyone feel all the things described today were a bit TOO MUCH? Moments for this, moments for that, showdown for this, showdown for that, BR, RS, events, stat grinds, 50 million different style cards all meaning something different (and inflated).

    I mean, I probably play more than a lot of people and I play online and offline, but it seems like A LOT.

    I just hope they haven’t spread themselves too thin and the product is [censored]. As for those plus-3 red diamonds. I’m not even sure if they’ll end up being worth it (stubs locked in and stat grind) when it sure sounds like there’s going to be millions of “end-game” cards with all these possibilities (red diamonds, signature, prime, award winners, they said LS will somehow stay relevant)

    It's a little overwhelming, but I'm ok with it. There is always going to be something to do, something to accomplish everytime I log in.

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    @bhall09 said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    And headliners twice a week? That is to be solely for a cash grab. Once a week last year seemed like a good flow. And how many conquest maps this year?

    Last year headliners packs had multiple cards in them. This years will have one headliner per pack just multiple packs per week. Kinda the same thing except you know which headliner you are gambling towards

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    @bhall09 said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    Anyone feel all the things described today were a bit TOO MUCH? Moments for this, moments for that, showdown for this, showdown for that, BR, RS, events, stat grinds, 50 million different style cards all meaning something different (and inflated).

    You are not required to do all of it you know.

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    The stream blew my expectations away. I absolutely cannot wait for Friday. So much in fact I'm taking the day off to play. My job actually gives us a "floating" personal day so why not burn it up.

    If the servers go down I'll cry lol

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    I think it was done the right way. To me there is no "offline prestige" the only way to "prestige" is playing online.

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    Since there's no way to exchange or QS locked cards, I doubt I'll go for collections. Big part of the return from doing collections was the small stub return from LS diamonds and then the advancement of affinity with everything else. Not a fan.

    But life moves on.

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    SDS has always favored online play because it makes you feel that you need better players so then you will buy more stubs. It is a cash grab, just like "no quick selling collected cards" is. SDS has never cared much for offline players in DD. These reasons mean that I will be only playing offline leagues this time around. I am not spending extra money just to be regulated to the 2nd class citizen status again.

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    @Vipersneak said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    SDS has always favored online play because it makes you feel that you need better players so then you will buy more stubs. It is a cash grab, just like "no quick selling collected cards" is. SDS has never cared much for offline players in DD. These reasons mean that I will be only playing offline leagues this time around. I am not spending extra money just to be regulated to the 2nd class citizen status again.

    Seriously? Online has RS, BR, and events. Offline has conquest, affinity, MTO (new in 19), moments (new in 19), and showdown (new in 20). SDS does an amazing job for offline. And even these red diamonds are pretty easy stat grinds online (no absurd single game missions) that you can literally do on veteran difficulty by keeping yourself at the lowest level of RS.

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    nflman2033_PSN
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    @GradektheBard said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    @Vipersneak said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    SDS has always favored online play because it makes you feel that you need better players so then you will buy more stubs. It is a cash grab, just like "no quick selling collected cards" is. SDS has never cared much for offline players in DD. These reasons mean that I will be only playing offline leagues this time around. I am not spending extra money just to be regulated to the 2nd class citizen status again.

    Seriously? Online has RS, BR, and events. Offline has conquest, affinity, MTO (new in 19), moments (new in 19), and showdown (new in 20). SDS does an amazing job for offline. And even these red diamonds are pretty easy stat grinds online (no absurd single game missions) that you can literally do on veteran difficulty by keeping yourself at the lowest level of RS.

    I agree, they have no doubt answered the pleas the offline guys have had. The only thing that is strange is those offline modes that have been added do not utilize your DD cards. Moments has preset players to use, showdown is a BR draft style. So the only mode offline specific for your DD cards is Conquest, other than straight up vs CPU. I do think trying to arrange an online league and kick out users maybe the best thing for Offline guys to do to have something vs CPU that utilizes your acquired cards.

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    @omegaminus_sk said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    I only caught a tiny part of the stream, but I did see them talking about the prestige diamonds and how they were using them to respond to the requests for the return of some of the stat grinds. Except that in my experience, 95+% of the people asking for stat grinds were

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    @CaseyA211 said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    @omegaminus_sk said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    I only caught a tiny part of the stream, but I did see them talking about the prestige diamonds and how they were using them to respond to the requests for the return of some of the stat grinds. Except that in my experience, 95+% of the people asking for stat grinds were offline players looking for more to do than just play Conquest over and over.

    As someone looking for better things to do with my DD collection without having to play H2H, was there anything new in this stream?

    Showdown is entirely offline and made to be a BR type experience for offline players

    Showdown does not use your DD cards, which is what offline players want, a way to use your collection offline. Offline players really have no reason to collect cards at all.

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    @GradektheBard said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    @Vipersneak said in The three features that received the most L's in todays stream:

    SDS has always favored online play because it makes you feel that you need better players so then you will buy more stubs. It is a cash grab, just like "no quick selling collected cards" is. SDS has never cared much for offline players in DD. These reasons mean that I will be only playing offline leagues this time around. I am not spending extra money just to be regulated to the 2nd class citizen status again.

    Seriously? Online has RS, BR, and events. Offline has conquest, affinity, MTO (new in 19), moments (new in 19), and showdown (new in 20). SDS does an amazing job for offline. And even these red diamonds are pretty easy stat grinds online (no absurd single game missions) that you can literally do on veteran difficulty by keeping yourself at the lowest level of RS.

    Yes there are things to do, but not with your DD collection. This means there is no reason for any offline player to collect cards other than Conquest.

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