Diamond Dynasty might need to be renamed.
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Just rename DD to Moments.
Think about all of the content we have that involves moments.
Dailies (copy and paste “moments”, rarely ever based off an actual “moment”)
Player Programs
Evolution (do daily moments to get an evolution card “key” to do more moments)
Topps Now
POTM
Team Affinities (these are at least easy to skip)
Showdowns (glorified moments)I would have no problem with moments if they weren’t forced onto us. SDS really needs to give us an alternative way to interact with all of this content. What would it hurt just adding more stat missions for players that want to bypass moments?
The only things there are to do in this game that aren’t moments are RS, Events, BR, Conquest, and Play vs CPU, so if I can actually complete anything using those modes I’d have a lot more content to work towards and everyone’s happy.
In other words let me use the team I put together to engage in content since building a team is what DD is about right? Or is DD really just about moments?
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Agreed. The moments are excessive. Every new content drop is a moments fest. If there were more ways to complete the small programs they’d be more enjoyable, especially since most of these small program cards are not good enough to make a roster at this point, but are more useful for future collections or random XP for the current inning.
Sur
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@tgn848_psn said in Diamond Dynasty might need to be renamed.:
Agreed. The moments are excessive. Every new content drop is a moments fest. If there were more ways to complete the small programs they’d be more enjoyable, especially since most of these small program cards are not good enough to make a roster at this point, but are more useful for future collections or random XP for the current inning.
Sur
To be fair would you rather do moments or hours of mindless stat grinding like in MLB 18? That game was awful with some of the stats you had to accumulate to unlock some Diamond players
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Much rather grind stats, because that can be accomplished while actually playing the game! Whether you like playing ranked, events, BR, or conquest, you can accumulate stats while playing instead of doing mind numbingly boring moments that don’t count for anything other than progress towards the small program
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@kingss35_psn said in Diamond Dynasty might need to be renamed.:
@tgn848_psn said in Diamond Dynasty might need to be renamed.:
Agreed. The moments are excessive. Every new content drop is a moments fest. If there were more ways to complete the small programs they’d be more enjoyable, especially since most of these small program cards are not good enough to make a roster at this point, but are more useful for future collections or random XP for the current inning.
Sur
To be fair would you rather do moments or hours of mindless stat grinding like in MLB 18? That game was awful with some of the stats you had to accumulate to unlock some Diamond players
Why can’t there just be a middle ground? Or both options for whatever we prefer?
If it was an endless stat grind I’d at least complete things over time. Really don’t think I’ll even touch the Gary Carter Evo but if it was a stat grind at least I would get him eventually.
Basically like how Team Affinities are. Team specific stats, different categories, repeatable. You can use the stat grinds to complete the program completely or combine it with moments to fly through it quicker.
POTM is close but still impossible to complete without doing moments.
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I would like for there to be more options, not necessarily get rid of the moments. But give opportunities to do other things like how we have to beat certain teams vs cpu on all star or higher for the evolutions or which ever they are. I do not mind the moments but it can get overwhelming and monotonous after a while...I would not be against more stat driven accomplishments to go along with the moments so then that way you can choose which you would rather.
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@genopolanco_psn said in Diamond Dynasty might need to be renamed.:
@kingss35_psn said in Diamond Dynasty might need to be renamed.:
@tgn848_psn said in Diamond Dynasty might need to be renamed.:
Agreed. The moments are excessive. Every new content drop is a moments fest. If there were more ways to complete the small programs they’d be more enjoyable, especially since most of these small program cards are not good enough to make a roster at this point, but are more useful for future collections or random XP for the current inning.
Sur
To be fair would you rather do moments or hours of mindless stat grinding like in MLB 18? That game was awful with some of the stats you had to accumulate to unlock some Diamond players
Why can’t there just be a middle ground? Or both options for whatever we prefer?
If it was an endless stat grind I’d at least complete things over time. Really don’t think I’ll even touch the Gary Carter Evo but if it was a stat grind at least I would get him eventually.
Basically like how Team Affinities are. Team specific stats, different categories, repeatable. You can use the stat grinds to complete the program completely or combine it with moments to fly through it quicker.
POTM is close but still impossible to complete without doing moments.
This is what I’d love to see. 18 was abysmal with those insane stats grinds. I think it was the combination of needing a ton of specific stats coupled with all the individual player stat missions that made 18s content so mundane.
I’d love to see a better balance, it’s close right now, but could be closer and better. Would love to see a combination option with more stat mission options as well as the moments options. Right now, you HAVE to do moments to complete any of the programs.
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Way too many Moments. Making people jump thru hoops is ridiculous and that's what Moments are.
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Love the game but gotta agree with this. Moments have become an unenjoyable chore. There are soo many of them.
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I dislike moments, not because they exist but because there are certain types that just feel like a chore (in no particular order):
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Win 3 inning games....this is a conquest game, not a moment (Looking at the starter ones for gold mantle + last 2 dailies...)
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Anything that requires you to play more than a half inning (non player lock). No I don't want to pitch out of a jam, just to re-enact a walk off hit in extra innings. Just start me at the guys AB with someone on.....
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Pitching moments in general --- No idea why I need to take 4 ABs a game when trying to wrack up 6IP+ or 13ks. They need to program pitching moments to auto skip pitcher ABs.
Also, can't say I'm a huge fan of the changing presentations for some daily/player program moments. The black and white mode is awful imo and I like to see pitch speeds and actual swing feedback which doesn't come up on some of the older presentations.
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Yeah, the moments do need to get toned down. I was an avid franchise player until this year when I realized how fun DD is. But [censored] all these player programs, topps now moments, dailies, etc. I just don't have the patience to play through them.
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I really miss all the stat missions / career stat missions from ‘18. I don’t think they need to be as extreme as some of them but I hated that they completely went away from most stat mission type things. Always liked unlocking a random card for my 150th career HR online. You could really put some crazy cards in these missions. I’m happy to see them come back to some extent this year but I’d love to see more of them.
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The entire motto for this years game was “play how you want” except we will force everyone to play a ridiculous amount of moments to unlock anything.
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As an offline player I like the fact that I can earn a bunch of good cards in Moments. I'll take them over the relentless stat grinds of 18 any day (I played 18 a whopping 50 hours and was done with the game in May of that year). I don't enjoy every moment and I agree that random 3 inning games are not moments but until someone comes up with a better plan that does not include forcing me to playing endless games trying to get 20 hits and 10 doubles with a bronze or silver player that I don't even want in my lineup I'll take moments.
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I don’t mind doing moments , but agree it would be nice if there was a way to bypass a few of them that get tough whether it was through exchanges or offline stat missions or something else
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@genopolanco_psn said in Diamond Dynasty might need to be renamed.:
@kingss35_psn said in Diamond Dynasty might need to be renamed.:
@tgn848_psn said in Diamond Dynasty might need to be renamed.:
Agreed. The moments are excessive. Every new content drop is a moments fest. If there were more ways to complete the small programs they’d be more enjoyable, especially since most of these small program cards are not good enough to make a roster at this point, but are more useful for future collections or random XP for the current inning.
Sur
To be fair would you rather do moments or hours of mindless stat grinding like in MLB 18? That game was awful with some of the stats you had to accumulate to unlock some Diamond players
Why can’t there just be a middle ground? Or both options for whatever we prefer?
If it was an endless stat grind I’d at least complete things over time. Really don’t think I’ll even touch the Gary Carter Evo but if it was a stat grind at least I would get him eventually.
Basically like how Team Affinities are. Team specific stats, different categories, repeatable. You can use the stat grinds to complete the program completely or combine it with moments to fly through it quicker.
POTM is close but still impossible to complete without doing moments.
You know, I actually knocked out Carter pretty easy. I did the 5 xbh on PvCPU in a few games on rookie @ Coors, did the exchange and then did the two "hit 1 home run" moments and I had him. No way was I going to do that 5 xbh in 5 games, or whatever it was, but it only took a few hours once I sat down and concentrated on it.
Of course, the first time I tried, I had like 50 at bats at the first moment to hit 1 homerun and I couldn't do it... lol. Just come back to it and you can knock it out pretty easily.
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@kingss35_psn said in Diamond Dynasty might need to be renamed.:
@tgn848_psn said in Diamond Dynasty might need to be renamed.:
Agreed. The moments are excessive. Every new content drop is a moments fest. If there were more ways to complete the small programs they’d be more enjoyable, especially since most of these small program cards are not good enough to make a roster at this point, but are more useful for future collections or random XP for the current inning.
Sur
To be fair would you rather do moments or hours of mindless stat grinding like in MLB 18? That game was awful with some of the stats you had to accumulate to unlock some Diamond players
This isn’t MLB 18
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My biggest gripe about all the
Moments is that the game plays differently on account of all the slider tweaking that goes into making them “challenging”.I honestly don’t hate moments, so much as how playing them feels completely random. I know if I just make enough atttemps, eventually, I will succeed. When I do, it rarely feels like it has anything to do with how good my swing was or my pitch sequencing or whatever.
This has the effect of making me bad at the game, because it kind of lulls me into a stupor. Then I need to do a bunch of batting practice to actually take on a real opponent.
It would be great if the game played <I>consistently </I> throughout the modes, so that you could get better at the game by playing any aspect of the game.
It does not feel like that at all to me now.
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Middle ground...i've said it before I hate moments, some i knock out the first time or in like 5 minutes and some take for f'n ever! If I can choose to grind some stats and maybe knock out a few moments and leave the ones i want no part of i'm fine with that. Just put stat grinding as an option is all and to each their own. you wanna grind stats, grind'em, you love moments and think they're awesome do'em. We're not talking long division here.
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I actually don't mind this year too much. I hate playing online so the moments and other options are good for me. I think it would be great if they could give you multiple options to acquire so many points to unlock something whether that be moments or grinding stats. Some either/or to make everyone happy doesn't seem too far fetched.
