Showdown is a carnival game
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@mike_ph said in Showdown is a carnival game:
@skepple15 said in Showdown is a carnival game:
Ok? In a mode where only offense matters, people are paying an entry fee but are regularly forced to pick pitchers and all glove fielders. Everything about this game is a random mess that lacks any forethought by the devs and it gets old so people complain in a place that they know has developer's eyes on it. Until(if) they fix it, people are going to complain about it.
What are you talking about? There’s only 1 all pitcher round..
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@skepple15 said in Showdown is a carnival game:
@mike_ph said in Showdown is a carnival game:
@skepple15 said in Showdown is a carnival game:
Supes hard and rigged...
Like what is the point of this? Does everyone on here have to be a massive piece of [censored] person constantly? I also beat the NL east showdown, should I be a massive asshole towards people who havent too? [censored] dorks.
Every day
Showdown is rigged
Showdown is impossible
Showdown is the worst thing this franchise has ever done
Everything I hit in showdown is a line out
SDS doesn’t want me to get X playerThere are better ways of dealing with other players frustrations than by simply throwing your successes in their face. That just makes the situation worse.
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@skepple15 said in Showdown is a carnival game:
@mike_ph said in Showdown is a carnival game:
@skepple15 said in Showdown is a carnival game:
Ok? In a mode where only offense matters, people are paying an entry fee but are regularly forced to pick pitchers and all glove fielders. Everything about this game is a random mess that lacks any forethought by the devs and it gets old so people complain in a place that they know has developer's eyes on it. Until(if) they fix it, people are going to complain about it.
What are you talking about? There’s only 1 all pitcher round..
Read the rest of that sentence and then figure out what I am talking about. Jesus christ this place is full of idiots. "Im gonng quote half your sentence and then pretend I didnt read the rest to make my point".
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It’s 1000x easier than Moments, like playing Conquest on Veteran. Down swing unless you have 2 strikes, use contact boost perks. Been screaming it for 2 weeks but easier to [censored] than searching for a solution
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There is no problem with showdown.. sorry that guys expect to just do things mindlessly in the game
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@NOTandris said in Showdown is a carnival game:
Ransom put up a little video on YouTube explaining how to be a little more successful at Showdown. Long story short, take a two strike approach.
Thanks, gonna give your 2 strike approach serious try. Like in your video how last HR your pci is not even covering the ball. Those are fly outs for me everytime.... Lost track but think this is my last 8th try at Showdown. Frustrating part is having to start all over from scratch and hit or miss if you get to pick from ideal hitters.
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@AmericanArrogant said in Showdown is a carnival game:
@NOTandris said in Showdown is a carnival game:
Ransom put up a little video on YouTube explaining how to be a little more successful at Showdown. Long story short, take a two strike approach.
Thanks, gonna give your 2 strike approach serious try. Like in your video how last HR your pci is not even covering the ball. Those are fly outs for me everytime.... Lost track but think this is my last 8th try at Showdown. Frustrating part is having to start all over from scratch and hit or miss if you get to pick from ideal hitters.
Thank you, but all the credit goes to Ransom, it’s his content I just shared it with whoever needs some help.
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Notice Jensen throws ton of cutters. I cant seem to hit HR off the cutter. Almost makes me think should be trying a high contact & vision lineup against him for final showdown
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My advice to people on showdown, go play some offline modes on HOF or legend, get used to the speeds, then go back to showdown after a little break.
I promise you will find it MUCH easier.
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For me it's not the difficulty or the amount of runs you have to score, hit rates just seem way lower in that mode than any other offline mode. I would say more times than not, a good swing in showdown does not result in a hit. It's either a missile to an outfielder, a one hop tailor-made double play at 105mph, or some sort of crazy circus catch. For example, in my last attempt (which resulted in a success) the infield was in, I hit a ball on the ground 100+mph. It's a one hop rocket that was gloved by a diving Gleyber Torres and ended up being a double play. Gleyber dove to catch a missile ground ball while the infield was IN and then turned the double play. Incredible.
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Painful, just missed beating the final showdown.... had 15 runs only needed one more! 🤯 Jensen hardly throws any swingable pitches.
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@NOTandris said in Showdown is a carnival game:
Ransom put up a little video on YouTube explaining how to be a little more successful at Showdown. Long story short, take a two strike approach.
Good video. Ransom always has good tip videos. Thanks for posting it though.
Gonna give this two strike thing a shot tonight. I've lost like at least 15 different runs through them so far, maybe a few more than that. Always been too aggressive. So yeah, thanks.
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I like showdown & would have to disagree with anybody that says it’s “rigged”. My only gripe with the mode is that the cpu makes an insane amount of ridiculous diving plays. Doesn’t matter what they’re rated as a fielder, they’ll make the catch. Other than that, I’ve had no issue with the mode. I’d say a lot of people are seeing the difficulty setting & thinking it should be a cakewalk. Just slow your approach with the final boss & don’t allow yourself to get rattled.
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I may be in the minority, but I enjoy Showdown. Takes some strategy and a lot of patience at the plate. I also like that it is challenging at times. It is always the 2nd boss battle that gets me sweating. It would be boring if it was a cake walk every time. It’s OK to lose sometimes. I think this mode is a great addition by SDS. Hang in there and keep trying.
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I have more fun doing showdown then I do playing ranked, events or br. YeH the defense is diamond on every player, the pitchers dot like we want to. But hell is fun and you don’t have to deal with the bs hitting or pitching
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@Whereismymind808 said in Showdown is a carnival game:
I like showdown & would have to disagree with anybody that says it’s “rigged”. My only gripe with the mode is that the cpu makes an insane amount of ridiculous diving plays. Doesn’t matter what they’re rated as a fielder, they’ll make the catch. Other than that, I’ve had no issue with the mode. I’d say a lot of people are seeing the difficulty setting & thinking it should be a cakewalk. Just slow your approach with the final boss & don’t allow yourself to get rattled.
The diving plays are half the reason I say it’s rigged. They’re quite laughable sometimes actually. The other reason is that hit rates just seem down. Obviously I have no evidence to prove it, so it’s just speculation, but hard hit balls seem to get down way less in showdown than in any other mode.
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@IIJACKINTHBOXII said in Showdown is a carnival game:
@Whereismymind808 said in Showdown is a carnival game:
I like showdown & would have to disagree with anybody that says it’s “rigged”. My only gripe with the mode is that the cpu makes an insane amount of ridiculous diving plays. Doesn’t matter what they’re rated as a fielder, they’ll make the catch. Other than that, I’ve had no issue with the mode. I’d say a lot of people are seeing the difficulty setting & thinking it should be a cakewalk. Just slow your approach with the final boss & don’t allow yourself to get rattled.
The diving plays are half the reason I say it’s rigged. They’re quite laughable sometimes actually. The other reason is that hit rates just seem down. Obviously I have no evidence to prove it, so it’s just speculation, but hard hit balls seem to get down way less in showdown than in any other mode.
Yep. It’s not impossible or even extremely hard. But you will fail sometimes. The issues are what you said, Spider-Man fielders and getting screwed on some hits. Still doable tho.
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@NOTandris said in Showdown is a carnival game:
@AmericanArrogant said in Showdown is a carnival game:
@NOTandris said in Showdown is a carnival game:
Ransom put up a little video on YouTube explaining how to be a little more successful at Showdown. Long story short, take a two strike approach.
Thanks, gonna give your 2 strike approach serious try. Like in your video how last HR your pci is not even covering the ball. Those are fly outs for me everytime.... Lost track but think this is my last 8th try at Showdown. Frustrating part is having to start all over from scratch and hit or miss if you get to pick from ideal hitters.
Thank you, but all the credit goes to Ransom, it’s his content I just shared it with whoever needs some help.
Two strike approach can work, but I find I do get good pitches in hitters’ counts fairly often. Getting knocks early also lowers the cpu pitcher confidence.
Be careful not to build the cpu pitcher confidence too much by taking too many fastballs right down the [censored].
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@MrGamebred said in Showdown is a carnival game:
My advice to people on showdown, go play some offline modes on HOF or legend, get used to the speeds, then go back to showdown after a little break.
I promise you will find it MUCH easier.
It has nothing to do with pitch speeds. It has to do with incredibly high amount of good contact that turns into outs and the fact that I just had 3 out of 4 gold/diamond draft rounds offer me 3 pitchers and then a fielder at a position I already had filled with a high rated player(yes I am also aware I can put people out of position, not the point when they are offering me high glove no bat catchers). The draft needs to incorporate some form of [censored] logic and it needs to stop offering me 75% pitchers when I already have a starter and 3 relievers that I dont even need in the first place.
The complains, similar to most in the game, are at the devs lack of foresight into any potential issues. At some point youd think these people be capable of being proactive instead of reactive. Hell who am I kidding, Id settle for reactive at this point.
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I refuse to even play showdown. Too many negative comments regarding it and I think it will screw with my already shaky offense online.
You’d have to assume there will be a Showdown Extreme.
Between Showdown and moments, those are two aspects of the game I’m fine without.
Also, I like to use my actual team in DD. I don’t like moments or showdown, because I can’t grind with my team and have stats tracked.
Last year during moments extreme, I’d play for days without any stats being tracked. I hated that.
