Banking xp
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@the57deluxe_psn said in Banking xp:
Reward path should continue well past 650k like it has at times in past. Every few levels should give you a few packs or unlock uniforms, etc. I played a bunch early on and have been finished with the collections and program for a week or so. If I had gotten credit for every game I’ve played and Double xp had worked the first week, I’d be sitting on about 900k xp. That’s what happens when your wife goes out of town for a few days right after a game releases.
I wouldnt be opposed to there just being like a 5 or 10 pack bundle every so often past 650k (like every 50k or so). Not something worth grinding for really but XP wont feel wasted. Theres a chance they can extend rewards on future innings based on how people progress here ( i think they did that last year where they added a bunch of extra stuff to inning 2 and beyond)
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@go4stros25_psn said in Banking xp:
So I finished the 650k xp and now what? All the xp we gain after the inning just disappears?
Yes it disappears. Just game out how it would work if you could bank it.
Let's say you finished 1st inning 2 weeks early and banked all XP from those 2 weeks for 2nd inning. So once 2nd inning drops you are 2 weeks into it instantly and end up finishing that inning 4 weeks early because of the head start. So 3rd inning drops and now you are 4 weeks in as soon as it opens. Eventually you'd have enough XP banked that once the inning dropped you'd have it maxed and just bank everything for the next inning.
The only way to combat that is either you don't earn XP once you max or just increase the max XP every inning to combat the banking. The second option is clearly the worst because it affects everyone not just the ppl that max. Madden is the same way. You don't earn XP once you max and start earning again once they add more levels.
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@the_dragon1912 said in Banking xp:
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@chuckclc_psn said in Banking xp:
Yeah kinda weird. It is like we are just wasting XP by playing that we could use for next inning. They really should have never taken away the XP reward path. That was an excellent thing they had going. Very odd that they changed that.
To be honest I prefer this years system (bar the expiry date). Much of what you got in the xp reward path was useless by the time you got to it. Even the 99s were shite.
Yep Kluber was the only usable card past the 2nd month in the XP path last year. Inning programs this year will be stuffed full of packs and stubs you would have otherwise gotten in the XP path. It's a very welcome change over facing Kluber 300 times throughout the year. The expiration date is moot because you can buy the cards anyway off the market IMO. Some people seem to think them getting rid of the XP path means we are getting less in the long run, which is not true. It's just more spaced out so people that exploit XP don't get too far ahead
I agree with you that that is how people see it but there was a lot more of use in the first inning program and if you factor in the daily moments program now there is plenty more. The expiry doesn’t affect me as I play through the year (or until I’ve had enough) but I feel the people coming in later not having access to previous content is a shame.
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@the57deluxe_psn said in Banking xp:
Reward path should continue well past 650k like it has at times in past. Every few levels should give you a few packs or unlock uniforms, etc. I played a bunch early on and have been finished with the collections and program for a week or so. If I had gotten credit for every game I’ve played and Double xp had worked the first week, I’d be sitting on about 900k xp. That’s what happens when your wife goes out of town for a few days right after a game releases.
Inning programs have never extended past what the stated cutoff was. Throw the XP path out the window and just think this years XP=last years stars and it won't be an issue. In the past the 1st inning has always been the easiest to max out. I almost wish they just stuck with stars and threw XP out completely to avoid the obvious confusion that is happening
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@go4stros25_psn said in Banking xp:
So I finished the 650k xp and now what? All the xp we gain after the inning just disappears?
Yes. It will disappear. Not saying this is what you did; but alot of people are complaining that they hit the 650K already and now anything the play doesn't matter.
Well, if people would just play the game normally instead of using XP glitches; then they wouldn't have this problem.
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@the_dragon1912 said in Banking xp:
@the57deluxe_psn said in Banking xp:
Reward path should continue well past 650k like it has at times in past. Every few levels should give you a few packs or unlock uniforms, etc. I played a bunch early on and have been finished with the collections and program for a week or so. If I had gotten credit for every game I’ve played and Double xp had worked the first week, I’d be sitting on about 900k xp. That’s what happens when your wife goes out of town for a few days right after a game releases.
Inning programs have never extended past what the stated cutoff was. Throw the XP path out the window and just think this years XP=last years stars and it won't be an issue. In the past the 1st inning has always been the easiest to max out. I almost wish they just stuck with stars and threw XP out completely to avoid the obvious confusion that is happening
Eh, thats not true. Last year you could make progress on previous innings, its just that you didn't get any progress for playing games....so all dailies and game-earned stars went to the current inning.
Conquest maps, Showdowns, collections, player program missions and online program missions (win 10 online games, etc) all still progressed throughout the year. The online ones even stacked so if you ignored ranked/online games for a while you could progress in several at once.
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@khain24_psn said in Banking xp:
@the_dragon1912 said in Banking xp:
@the57deluxe_psn said in Banking xp:
Reward path should continue well past 650k like it has at times in past. Every few levels should give you a few packs or unlock uniforms, etc. I played a bunch early on and have been finished with the collections and program for a week or so. If I had gotten credit for every game I’ve played and Double xp had worked the first week, I’d be sitting on about 900k xp. That’s what happens when your wife goes out of town for a few days right after a game releases.
Inning programs have never extended past what the stated cutoff was. Throw the XP path out the window and just think this years XP=last years stars and it won't be an issue. In the past the 1st inning has always been the easiest to max out. I almost wish they just stuck with stars and threw XP out completely to avoid the obvious confusion that is happening
Eh, thats not true. Last year you could make progress on previous innings, its just that you didn't get any progress for playing games....so all dailies and game-earned stars went to the current inning.
Conquest maps, Showdowns, collections, player program missions and online program missions (win 10 online games, etc) all still progressed throughout the year. The online ones even stacked so if you ignored ranked/online games for a while you could progress in several at once.
While that's true, most that are saying that expiration dates are a problem talk about completing the program(getting the boss). You couldn't do that without completing the collection of the previous 3 bosses last year, which was always more expensive than buying the boss you wanted outright. And who's to say their plan all along wasn't to include boss packs in the future inning programs anyway? They did say they were combining inning programs with the XP path. IMO it's just to early in the content cycle to get worked up over Lofton, Valenzuela, and Piazza
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@the_dragon1912 said in Banking xp:
@khain24_psn said in Banking xp:
@the_dragon1912 said in Banking xp:
@the57deluxe_psn said in Banking xp:
Reward path should continue well past 650k like it has at times in past. Every few levels should give you a few packs or unlock uniforms, etc. I played a bunch early on and have been finished with the collections and program for a week or so. If I had gotten credit for every game I’ve played and Double xp had worked the first week, I’d be sitting on about 900k xp. That’s what happens when your wife goes out of town for a few days right after a game releases.
Inning programs have never extended past what the stated cutoff was. Throw the XP path out the window and just think this years XP=last years stars and it won't be an issue. In the past the 1st inning has always been the easiest to max out. I almost wish they just stuck with stars and threw XP out completely to avoid the obvious confusion that is happening
Eh, thats not true. Last year you could make progress on previous innings, its just that you didn't get any progress for playing games....so all dailies and game-earned stars went to the current inning.
Conquest maps, Showdowns, collections, player program missions and online program missions (win 10 online games, etc) all still progressed throughout the year. The online ones even stacked so if you ignored ranked/online games for a while you could progress in several at once.
While that's true, most that are saying that expiration dates are a problem talk about completing the program(getting the boss). You couldn't do that without completing the collection of the previous 3 bosses last year, which was always more expensive than buying the boss you wanted outright. And who's to say their plan all along wasn't to include boss packs in the future inning programs anyway? They did say they were combining inning programs with the XP path. IMO it's just to early in the content cycle to get worked up over Lofton, Valenzuela, and Piazza
Oh even with collecting bosses I still couldn't manage to complete any innings last year. It definitely helps but I also think because xp/stars were separate it was a lot slower to earn stars through gameplay. It seems far more do-able now (yes I did do the 42 collection for the 50k xp, but I also got 3 days left and I earned about 30k xp last night playing ranked games so I don even think it was necessary). I also didn't do the prospect collection so thats an extra 15k I skipped.
I will say the expiration dates on like showdowns/conquest kind of sucks because I definitely put some of those off at times but I guess it gives you incentive to focus on them early and knock em out for free stuff/xp.
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Didn't they Add more levels to 1st inning after seeing soo many people finished early?. Maybe they'll add some more. Make it 900k or something haha
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@louieepthree_psn said in Banking xp:
Didn't they Add more levels to 1st inning after seeing soo many people finished early?. Maybe they'll add some more. Make it 900k or something haha
That was the 1st event last year, not the 1st inning
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@whitejw98_psn said in Banking xp:
I've seen quite a few posts lately from people who've hit 650k in the program. Pretty impressive for a game that's allegedly so unplayable that we all must demand compensation.
Exactly my thoughts. Lol. People complaining yet making post how about they’re so bored because they’ve done everything in the game within the 1st two weeks.
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I mean xp I just tied to the inning program there is other stuff to work towards. If you have maxed out jump online and grind some wins in the event or RS. I know I won't make WS but I'll upgrade some players and maybe pick up a few wins and get some stuff
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I owe my first 650k XP to COVID. I’m not sure maxing out Inning 2 will be as easy. Conveniently tested positive 2 days before early access.
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@whitejw98_psn said in Banking xp:
I've seen quite a few posts lately from people who've hit 650k in the program. Pretty impressive for a game that's allegedly so unplayable that we all must demand compensation.
The people who hit 650k already are obviously home playing during the day. I only have free time in the evenings and it has crashed all but 2 nights since launch. I was playing for XP last night and the servers crashed from 8:30 until at least 10:00.... so that's how that's been going for us that can't play during the day.
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I hit 650k xp last night. I’m doing the daily stuff then playing something else til the next program starts. I’m so frustrated with this game, Idk how the hell I logged 96 hours ahead but I did
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I hit 650 with a week to spare. The expiration isn't a big deal to me because I will stop finishing the program when I get burnt out on the game. It's about the only game I play so it happens. I do think it would be cool if the old programs were available and you could just select which program you were using your XP towards. So if you bought the game late you could make up lost ground. Or if you didn't like the current inning bosses.
FWIW: Did the conquests and showdowns. A lot of daily missions. No real XP glitch. Played mostly at night.
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@chuckclc_psn said in Banking xp:
Yeah kinda weird. It is like we are just wasting XP by playing that we could use for next inning. They really should have never taken away the XP reward path. That was an excellent thing they had going. Very odd that they changed that.
It was one of the thing that set it apart from other games that use XP. Madden for instance slow plays it 5 weeks at a time. Some of the FPS games are the same way. I loved that I could grind and play and it would always be working toward an end goal. Now that I am maxed out I have less reason to wait out the servers and play. They easily could have used XP for the inning programs but also put in a full year XP reward path for the people who play all year.
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If I were SDS and reading all these complaint posts from people who finished early, my first thought would be, "Well I guess they don't need double XP anymore. In fact, maybe it needs to be way slower than we originally had it."
We've got a good thing going here and you guys are gonna ruin it for us lol.
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@whitejw98_psn said in Banking xp:
If I were SDS and reading all these complaint posts from people who finished early, my first thought would be, "Well I guess they don't need double XP anymore. In fact, maybe it needs to be way slower than we originally had it."
We've got a good thing going here and you guys are gonna ruin it for us lol.
Well double xp was originally supposed to only be for the weekend. I'd expect it to be turned off eventually.
@pscrabro_psn said in Banking xp:
@whitejw98_psn said in Banking xp:
I've seen quite a few posts lately from people who've hit 650k in the program. Pretty impressive for a game that's allegedly so unplayable that we all must demand compensation.
The people who hit 650k already are obviously home playing during the day. I only have free time in the evenings and it has crashed all but 2 nights since launch. I was playing for XP last night and the servers crashed from 8:30 until at least 10:00.... so that's how that's been going for us that can't play during the day.
I don't play at all during the day and I had no problem finishing the program and that is before they provided the super easy 100k bonus xp collections for POTM/Topps cards. Do the conquest maps, do the player programs and put in some time.
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You must play a lot more than I can then. I have played approximately 2 hours per night since the game came out and ended up at about 230k XP without even bothering with the collections for XP. This Game Is grinder friendly for sure and I'm not much of a grinder.... I like to grind a little and play h2h mostly. This Game is aimed toward those that play more like 4-6 hours a day not 2 like me.
