Offline content? Not so much.
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@ericulous1_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
I finally woke up in the middle of the night to check the game out.
Mini Seasons looks cool. Great addition.
Otherwise, we have an innings program and a few repeat conquests. Team Affinity is truly gone. Not changed, gone. They made the innings program more interactive but this game is missing a huge chuck of offline content.
I do think Online content looks more inviting to the offline player, but wow...it's just so disappointing.
Before you all jump on here and argue which is welcome of course, my main beef is not that you can't get all the cards. I'm sure in time we will be able to get all of them. But they reduced the grindable content by a vast margin. Instead of 6 huge rewards paths for Team Affinity, 1 huge innings reward path + the daily moments reward path(again, not focused on the rewards part, but the path...the grindable content) and reduced it all to 1 that's shorter than the innings program. Plus, there doesn't look to be weekly moments and there's no section for monthly programs, maybe those will be in other programs?
I'm hoping in the coming weeks we get "other programs" to supplement what's missing, but for now....this is basically a much smaller version of last year's game.
Most of you know, I'm really not a negative poster. I'm still hoping I'm proven wrong. If Mini Seasons turns out to be a ton of fun and time consuming, I'd happily walk back these comments. It also remains to be seen what featured programs are on the horizon.
Anyway, I know nobody asked...I'm hoping to jump in here in the coming days and weeks and say I'm wrong, but thus far I'm just mourning the loss of my favorite program.
And no, I don't take this all too seriously. Of course there are bigger problems in life than a lack of video game content. But I was hoping to be a hermit and grind The Show all weekend but there isn't much to do.
Can I play this without spending any money?
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@ny_giants4_life said in Offline content? Not so much.:
RTTS: untouched from 21
That is just untrue. They did multiple things to RTTS to try and improve it from last year. Jury's out on the quality of those changes, but saying it is unchanged is not honest.
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@ibonafidescrub_ said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@thehungryhole said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@ibonafidescrub_ said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@oreorockstar_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
I played quite a bit last night. When I finished it hit me…..The improvements are minuscule, I could really not even notice them for gameplay.
Makes me wonder if I really want to spend a ton of time rebuilding my team. I feel like a major mark right now.
This is why I didn’t buy, felt that way in the tech test. I’ll continue to check for gameplay reviews before I decide if it’s worth it to start all over
same here buddy - so happy i dodged a bullet here - SDS is a joke - feel sorry for the guys who were excited on early access
Yeah, I’m still undecided. Trying to play the long game here and be smart, usually after 1 or 2 months the game starts to show all the flaws when the good cards start coming out. We’ll see then if it’s really worth it
smart idea im with you on that one
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@thebootman88_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@ny_giants4_life said in Offline content? Not so much.:
RTTS: untouched from 21
That is just untrue. They did multiple things to RTTS to try and improve it from last year. Jury's out on the quality of those changes, but saying it is unchanged is not honest.
What did they change about RTTS besides adding more podcast scenes that most people skip?
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@ladyswampfox_xbl said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@ericulous1_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
I finally woke up in the middle of the night to check the game out.
Mini Seasons looks cool. Great addition.
Otherwise, we have an innings program and a few repeat conquests. Team Affinity is truly gone. Not changed, gone. They made the innings program more interactive but this game is missing a huge chuck of offline content.
I do think Online content looks more inviting to the offline player, but wow...it's just so disappointing.
Before you all jump on here and argue which is welcome of course, my main beef is not that you can't get all the cards. I'm sure in time we will be able to get all of them. But they reduced the grindable content by a vast margin. Instead of 6 huge rewards paths for Team Affinity, 1 huge innings reward path + the daily moments reward path(again, not focused on the rewards part, but the path...the grindable content) and reduced it all to 1 that's shorter than the innings program. Plus, there doesn't look to be weekly moments and there's no section for monthly programs, maybe those will be in other programs?
I'm hoping in the coming weeks we get "other programs" to supplement what's missing, but for now....this is basically a much smaller version of last year's game.
Most of you know, I'm really not a negative poster. I'm still hoping I'm proven wrong. If Mini Seasons turns out to be a ton of fun and time consuming, I'd happily walk back these comments. It also remains to be seen what featured programs are on the horizon.
Anyway, I know nobody asked...I'm hoping to jump in here in the coming days and weeks and say I'm wrong, but thus far I'm just mourning the loss of my favorite program.
And no, I don't take this all too seriously. Of course there are bigger problems in life than a lack of video game content. But I was hoping to be a hermit and grind The Show all weekend but there isn't much to do.
Can I play this without spending any money?
I'm sure you can. And I'm sure there will be more opportunities to get the cards. But for now it just doesn't seem like there is much content for offline only players. I'll spend some time (if the servers allow) on the game exploring but from everything I've read and seen so far...it's an online players game now.
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@ericulous1_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@ladyswampfox_xbl said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@ericulous1_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
I finally woke up in the middle of the night to check the game out.
Mini Seasons looks cool. Great addition.
Otherwise, we have an innings program and a few repeat conquests. Team Affinity is truly gone. Not changed, gone. They made the innings program more interactive but this game is missing a huge chuck of offline content.
I do think Online content looks more inviting to the offline player, but wow...it's just so disappointing.
Before you all jump on here and argue which is welcome of course, my main beef is not that you can't get all the cards. I'm sure in time we will be able to get all of them. But they reduced the grindable content by a vast margin. Instead of 6 huge rewards paths for Team Affinity, 1 huge innings reward path + the daily moments reward path(again, not focused on the rewards part, but the path...the grindable content) and reduced it all to 1 that's shorter than the innings program. Plus, there doesn't look to be weekly moments and there's no section for monthly programs, maybe those will be in other programs?
I'm hoping in the coming weeks we get "other programs" to supplement what's missing, but for now....this is basically a much smaller version of last year's game.
Most of you know, I'm really not a negative poster. I'm still hoping I'm proven wrong. If Mini Seasons turns out to be a ton of fun and time consuming, I'd happily walk back these comments. It also remains to be seen what featured programs are on the horizon.
Anyway, I know nobody asked...I'm hoping to jump in here in the coming days and weeks and say I'm wrong, but thus far I'm just mourning the loss of my favorite program.
And no, I don't take this all too seriously. Of course there are bigger problems in life than a lack of video game content. But I was hoping to be a hermit and grind The Show all weekend but there isn't much to do.
Can I play this without spending any money?
I'm sure you can. And I'm sure there will be more opportunities to get the cards. But for now it just doesn't seem like there is much content for offline only players. I'll spend some time (if the servers allow) on the game exploring but from everything I've read and seen so far...it's an online players game now.
We can't be playing the same game cause I have bee playing all day offline and have so much to do.
Mini season is awesome I am loving it,
Been doing some moments, conquest
Scored my first chase pack with a diamond pull 85 live series.
Please explain what you would be doing differently as an offline player then what I mentioned above?
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@cdnmoneymaker93_mlbts said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@ericulous1_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@ladyswampfox_xbl said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@ericulous1_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
I finally woke up in the middle of the night to check the game out.
Mini Seasons looks cool. Great addition.
Otherwise, we have an innings program and a few repeat conquests. Team Affinity is truly gone. Not changed, gone. They made the innings program more interactive but this game is missing a huge chuck of offline content.
I do think Online content looks more inviting to the offline player, but wow...it's just so disappointing.
Before you all jump on here and argue which is welcome of course, my main beef is not that you can't get all the cards. I'm sure in time we will be able to get all of them. But they reduced the grindable content by a vast margin. Instead of 6 huge rewards paths for Team Affinity, 1 huge innings reward path + the daily moments reward path(again, not focused on the rewards part, but the path...the grindable content) and reduced it all to 1 that's shorter than the innings program. Plus, there doesn't look to be weekly moments and there's no section for monthly programs, maybe those will be in other programs?
I'm hoping in the coming weeks we get "other programs" to supplement what's missing, but for now....this is basically a much smaller version of last year's game.
Most of you know, I'm really not a negative poster. I'm still hoping I'm proven wrong. If Mini Seasons turns out to be a ton of fun and time consuming, I'd happily walk back these comments. It also remains to be seen what featured programs are on the horizon.
Anyway, I know nobody asked...I'm hoping to jump in here in the coming days and weeks and say I'm wrong, but thus far I'm just mourning the loss of my favorite program.
And no, I don't take this all too seriously. Of course there are bigger problems in life than a lack of video game content. But I was hoping to be a hermit and grind The Show all weekend but there isn't much to do.
Can I play this without spending any money?
I'm sure you can. And I'm sure there will be more opportunities to get the cards. But for now it just doesn't seem like there is much content for offline only players. I'll spend some time (if the servers allow) on the game exploring but from everything I've read and seen so far...it's an online players game now.
We can't be playing the same game cause I have bee playing all day offline and have so much to do.
Mini season is awesome I am loving it,
Been doing some moments, conquest
Scored my first chase pack with a diamond pull 85 live series.
Please explain what you would be doing differently as an offline player then what I mentioned above?
I thought Mini Seasons and Conquest both weren't working.
Alright, I'll shut up and give it another go.
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Only complaint I have this year so far is no "bonus xp" for conquest like we had last year. Hopefully it gets worked in soon. Would just be a nice boost for those working a lot or can't get on all the time.
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@ny_giants4_life said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@thehungryhole said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@dolenz_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@thehungryhole said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@charterbus_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@thehungryhole said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@ibonafidescrub_ said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@oreorockstar_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
I played quite a bit last night. When I finished it hit me…..The improvements are minuscule, I could really not even notice them for gameplay.
Makes me wonder if I really want to spend a ton of time rebuilding my team. I feel like a major mark right now.
This is why I didn’t buy, felt that way in the tech test. I’ll continue to check for gameplay reviews before I decide if it’s worth it to start all over
same here buddy - so happy i dodged a bullet here - SDS is a joke - feel sorry for the guys who were excited on early access
Yeah if your going to listen to a review of the game, don’t get it from guys complaining there is no POTM programs on April 1st.
you are right - i can just listen to literally this whole forum going on about all of the problems to justify my decision
Even then I would be leery. The forums for almost every game released are full of complainers and naysayers on day 1. People love to come to forums and complain. Not nearly as many come to share good feedback.
absolutely mate but i would absolutely love to hear what is so good about the game come launch day - reading this forum i am seeing none of it minus some small QOL updates like flipping packs and how they open up now etc.
the only good things are the miniscule QOL updates around the game that you would miss if you werent looking for them. but none of that is substantial enough to create depth.
RTTS: untouched from 21
MTO: untouched except now you can play a second season and theres an offseason (as if anyone actually wanted to spend more time playing this mode they keep force feeding us)
Franchise: untouched once again
DD: They added mini seasons and consolidated content paths.its just a reskin of 21 with content updates and a roster update pretty much. Very Madden-esque
I know they’re saying they consolidated paths, but that is not really accurate, they got rid of paths.
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@jacksonvance35 said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@jkooch66_xbl said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@jacksonvance35 said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@jkooch66_xbl said in Offline content? Not so much.:
I just grind US conquest and now doing that plus mini seasons is a hugely welcome addition. I found the Team Affinity to be tedious and I'm glad it's gone. They mentioned monthly awards on the DD stream and I'm sure there will be some form of Topps Now. And there will be All Star content, etc. It'll be just as easy to have a team of 99s.
You really talking about all star content? Might as well start getting hyped for finest. I’ve never complained about the show’s content but this is buns.
Team Affinity isn't extra content in terms of something to do. It's just extra cards. It was a ton of annoying moments, annoying Showdown, and stats to accrue in OTHER modes of play. The only thing we're kind of losing is the cards, but who cares. As long as there's other ways to grind out 99s it's fine.
It was an easy way to compete with people who drop 2 thousand dollars on the game day one, now instead of 4 hours to complete it, it’ll take 50+ to complete less than half of it. Absolute L.
Totally agree, they definitely put way too much weight into the opinions of people who play the game as a living -
@ny_giants4_life said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@thebootman88_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@ny_giants4_life said in Offline content? Not so much.:
RTTS: untouched from 21
That is just untrue. They did multiple things to RTTS to try and improve it from last year. Jury's out on the quality of those changes, but saying it is unchanged is not honest.
What did they change about RTTS besides adding more podcast scenes that most people skip?
They now allow you to create multiple , different, RTTS characters.
You are not forced into playing a two way player. They allow you to choose pitcher, position player or two way.Those are the biggest. Maybe that does not excite you personally but those are changes that I am guessing were pretty major from a development view.
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@dolenz_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@ny_giants4_life said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@thebootman88_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
@ny_giants4_life said in Offline content? Not so much.:
RTTS: untouched from 21
That is just untrue. They did multiple things to RTTS to try and improve it from last year. Jury's out on the quality of those changes, but saying it is unchanged is not honest.
What did they change about RTTS besides adding more podcast scenes that most people skip?
They now allow you to create multiple , different, RTTS characters.
You are not forced into playing a two way player. They allow you to choose pitcher, position player or two way.Those are the biggest. Maybe that does not excite you personally but those are changes that I am guessing were pretty major from a development view.
I mean last year all it took was one dialog option to be just a position player or just a pitcher so that's not that big of deal imo. Multiple RTTS characters is nice but that's a kind of miniscule QOL change, not actually upgrading RTTS itself
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There doesn't look to be weekly moments?
The season hasnt even started yet. What moments are they gonna give us now?
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@etb_0910_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:
Only complaint I have this year so far is no "bonus xp" for conquest like we had last year. Hopefully it gets worked in soon. Would just be a nice boost for those working a lot or can't get on all the time.
If you mean for the Face of the Franchise program, they said in their stream that they'll be adding conquest maps.
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