To offline players
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I seen a lot of posts of "oh I only play offline, and how can this program be done offline..."
I just don't get this concept. DD is meant to be online. I don't play RS often but do dive into BR and def a lot of Events.
If you are playing offline, what's the fun? to get a better team to beat the same missions, conquest or vs CPU all over again???
I'm just not understanding playing ONLY offline and never wanting to play vs people even if it can be toxic players online ie bunt dances pausing etc. For the most part the players you face online play fair and it's really not hard to get some wins in an event or stats to complete the programs.
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I have definitely had bad experiences online in the past that are a major turn off but I don’t have the time to dedicate playing a nine or six inning game without extended pausing. The fun for me is the nostalgia of card collecting and satisfying my need to accomplish missions.
I could turn around and say, “what is the fun of playing online?” The majority of posts are about how “the game is broken”. Ultimately, whether you play online or offline, all we are doing is killing time until next years game comes out and then repeating. There is no real end prize. The year ends and we start over. -
The OP must think everyone is the same.
I don't like shaved poozy, but don't go asking why do people like that over bushy ones.
Offline is still fun and there's a lot to do thanks to Parallels.
The AI will drive you nuts, but it's still satisfying.
Remember this one MAJOR point.
A lot of us started gaming when there was no online until around 1999 with NFL 2K on the Dreamcast.
Offline gaming is our roots, so some of us stick to them. -
I mostly play offline because it takes the majority of my free time to just keep up with all the content. I'm not against online play, but I look at it like something extra to mess around with when I've done with all the offline stuff and don't feel like playing a different game.
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I think people have a short term memory.
What did we do in pre-2000 or so, when online gaming wasnt a thing.
We played offline, the only multiplayer was when people came round our houses.
Some people like offline gaming, some people like online gaming.
There is no right or wrong answer.
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"meant for online". DD has had vs cpu and vs ppl content in every year of its existence, and as the years have gone by it has gotten more friendly to the vs cpu only crowd. This debate has raged for a long time now and players have said this onljne purpose, but i never recall a dev saying anything one way or another, and recently they have been saying play how you want.which would seem to indicate that it is meant for both(and always has been)
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not for noting i was playing hardball 6 (PC) online in 99. Back then there was no cheese your were psyched to be playing another human as opposed to the CPU. THEN out of nowhere the "whatever it takes to win" slowly entered online games and was a complete turn off to people that wanted to compete legitimate. Now unless you play custom leagues w people you know, u deal w toxcitity. Is what it is (isnt that the latest saying??)
EDIT: wow website is still up 22 years later!!!......http://redozone.com/hardball.html
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@painpa_psn said in To offline players:
"meant for online". DD has had vs cpu and vs ppl content in every year of its existence, and as the years have gone by it has gotten more friendly to the vs cpu only crowd. This debate has raged for a long time now and players have said this onljne purpose, but i never recall a dev saying anything one way or another, and recently they have been saying play how you want.which would seem to indicate that it is meant for both(and always has been)
Exactly this. SDS will be fully aware or the player base who play online or offline and will adjust accordingly.
I do wonder though if they make more money from online as opposed to offline with stubs purchases though. I’d probably lean towards online as the competitive edge.
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@lewisnadasurf1_psn said in To offline players:
What did we do in pre-2000 or so, when online gaming wasnt a thing.
We played Strat-O-Matic, and we LIKED IT.
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I don't generally have a problem with people that play offline. Play how you want to play, for the most part. The problem lies with the showdown hate club that thinks they deserve special treatment for the FOD program despite online players being forced to play offline for every program Except FOD.
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Online is as little fun for me as offline is for you. Pretty simple.
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@arvcpa_psn said in To offline players:
@lewisnadasurf1_psn said in To offline players:
What did we do in pre-2000 or so, when online gaming wasnt a thing.
We played Strat-O-Matic, and we LIKED IT.
You know i posted that and thought i bet about 50% of the people in this forum werent even born in 2000! getting old (mature)!
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@bsmith4263_psn said in To offline players:
The fun for me is the nostalgia of card collecting and satisfying my need to accomplish missions.
This exactly for me as well. I chose to play online to get Clemente, but it's not my preference. I enjoy mission based content and the collecting of cards especially players I loved like Piazza.
As a man who has passed the mid-way point in life, I really don't feel like dealing with kids using all the exploits they see on youtube to win instead of playing the game the way it was meant to be played.
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Who on earth said DD was meant to be online? lol
Online is full of pay to win cheesers and I'd rather not have to worry about if I'm going to get a decent opponent.
As someone else stated, for me my time is limited with having a full time job, wife, and two kids. Not to mention God forbid I may actually want to play another game occasionally. It takes most of my gaming time to keep up with all the offline content so I have absolutely no reason to subject myself to all the complaints people have about online opponents.
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@chriscolbert_xbl said in To offline players:
Who on earth said DD was meant to be online? lol
People who play online and hate offline content.
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First year player and someone who has gone from playing more offline to online. My preference lately has been Events and BR and I am so bored with moments I can't see straight. However, my interest in Events and BR has grown mainly because there are very few offline options. (For the record...I am in favor of more options offline and online). I would love some form of an offline season mode where you basically play "Extra Innings" games in a season format. Something like that would probably keep my attention more than anything...even without rewards of any sort. DD is not just offline and not just online in my opinion...so I try to make the best out of what is available. Basically just saying I get the people who want to play offline and I could see myself being happy as a straight offline player if there were more options. I just feel my time is better spent with BR or Events in the current system.
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I played a lot online last year but mostly offline this year. Sometimes I just don't want to deal with humans. Depends on my tolerance of selfish jerks at any given time.
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This thread is surprisingly civil with well thought out responses.
I think SDS has done an exceptional job of swatting away the bots that are infecting other games and forcing their developers to drastically cut down on rewards for offline play. MUT this year has basically given the proverbial finger to all but the fat wallet whales, by making the offline grind impossible.
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I think DD is meant to force people to do both. It's not an offline or online format...it's both. I guess you could technically finish an Inning program by grinding out RS/BR/Event games but I don't know if you would have enough time to get 650,000 on just online games. You also have to put in time for collections, moments, showdown, conquest and so on. Same with offline, they are forcing you to take some part in the online content by stopping you at 98 in a program instead of letting you get to 100. SDS is trying to make DD their hybrid option for the game.
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dd myteam all of these type of modes are not and online or offline mode they are a card collection mode with the option to use the cards you have to play a game and to many people have forgot that because someone on you tube told them how to use someone fake jucied up aa player to exploit the game
