Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?
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@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@iBonafideScrub_ said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@fubar2k7_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
It’s almost like the game is 2 weeks old and you don’t know how the rest of it will play out.
We don't have to wait to see how it will play out. It will play out exactly the way it has so far after 2 weeks. And then it will repeat.
You'll see the SAME cards used by everyone. Maybe the cards will change, but the lack of variety will not.
The Captains cards and other cards will largely be ignored when it comes time to put together a lineup for Ranked Seasons games.
And as more content is added, you might see a little more variety, but it won't be variety from a ratings standpoint. People will just replace one 99 with a "better" 99.
Oh man...how captivating and strategic! Just a bunch of Theo Epstein's and Billy Beane's around this community!
No one is making you play the game, which sounds like you’re not a fan of. Literally no one.
Snappy comeback. Really strong argument you make there, bud.
They ruined this game mode, and anyone who complains should just shut up and quit. Gotcha!
Don't worry. I won't be playing this garbage for much longer.
I'd rather play both team modes from EA and 2K too. At least there is some kind of strategy built into them, especially if you aren't spending money (NMS).
It's almost like SDS decided to make this mode too easy to appease their crybaby fanboys.
They ruined it for YOU, I’m just happy to be able to play the game without having to rush to complete collections to be able to compete with those who already completed it.
So EASIER = Better ?
Got it.
I just don’t see how strategy is gone because SDS released a game with 99 overall cards available on day one. People still have to grind their teams, those who play more will get to those cards faster… what does a grind factor has to do with strategy and team building?
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@fubar2k7_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
It’s almost like the game is 2 weeks old and you don’t know how the rest of it will play out.
That’s awesome lol
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@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@SuntLacrimae50_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
Because you can field a competitive team by just playing a good amount and not paying a cent. This game has a lot of rough edges. Being pay to play is NOT one of them.
So turning the game into this is the answer?
Now every team is JUICED, so it's a level playing field...?
Sorry, I much prefer what 2K does. Sure they cater to those who want to spend money. But I can build a solid team and improve it and customize it over time without spending a DIME. And then when I jump into an online game, they have matchmaking that doesn't put my 85 OVR rated team against someone with a 98 OVR rated team.
Doesn't happen in this game. Just made the game mode dull, boring, and repetitive. I should go thru my game logs and track who is in my opponents lineups. It's like the same 6 to 10 guys.
This new way of doing things just made META-only lineups a thing from Day 1 of pre-launch until EndGame. It made it so there is literally ZERO team building strategy now in this mode.
They added Captains and boosts...and then made them virtually irrelevant because you're still playing at a disadvantage against these juiced-up 97/99 cards.
2k really takes a lot of strategy, people cheese all the time lowering their team overalls. enough with the "strategy" talk, theres so much skill required in this game, its not just 99 card and press x, being able to actually hit, have an approach, pitch, set up you bench to platoon, bull pen, etc.
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@iBonafideScrub_ said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@fubar2k7_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
It’s almost like the game is 2 weeks old and you don’t know how the rest of it will play out.
We don't have to wait to see how it will play out. It will play out exactly the way it has so far after 2 weeks. And then it will repeat.
You'll see the SAME cards used by everyone. Maybe the cards will change, but the lack of variety will not.
The Captains cards and other cards will largely be ignored when it comes time to put together a lineup for Ranked Seasons games.
And as more content is added, you might see a little more variety, but it won't be variety from a ratings standpoint. People will just replace one 99 with a "better" 99.
Oh man...how captivating and strategic! Just a bunch of Theo Epstein's and Billy Beane's around this community!
No one is making you play the game, which sounds like you’re not a fan of. Literally no one.
Snappy comeback. Really strong argument you make there, bud.
They ruined this game mode, and anyone who complains should just shut up and quit. Gotcha!
Don't worry. I won't be playing this garbage for much longer.
I'd rather play both team modes from EA and 2K too. At least there is some kind of strategy built into them, especially if you aren't spending money (NMS).
It's almost like SDS decided to make this mode too easy to appease their crybaby fanboys.
They ruined it for YOU, I’m just happy to be able to play the game without having to rush to complete collections to be able to compete with those who already completed it.
exactly mate - this OP is a giant whiner who is arrogant enough to think that his random opinion on the internet matters to all of us when in reality his comment is a regurgitation of many years prior with random guys creating accounts here into this forum to vent and puke out their frustrations, praying for their their echo chamber of [censored]
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@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@GoTitans3_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
Because they give out a lot of packs and rewards for playing the game. And if you do decide to spend money you can buy the currency and not gamble. Full stop. That’s the answer to your question.
This game certainly has its warts. And anybody who isn’t up their butts call them out on buggy stuff but it’s still leaps and bounds above both EA and 2K and it isn’t close.
The other games give out plenty of rewards.
Basically, what it really comes down to...is that they make it EASY to get the best cards in the game. They've dumbed down this mode soooooo much for all the simpletons that they love it. Given how most of the idiots I play online play...it makes a lot of sense, tbh.
And for years, all I heard was how much SMARTER everyone who plays this game is than those who play MUT and MyTeam. I couldn't disagree more.
No they don’t. Just because you say something is true doesn’t mean it is.
When 2k dropped this year they had the trophy case which took countless hours to get a centerpiece to get a pink diamond that was outclassed in 2 weeks from pack cards. To get the top cards it would take a laughable amount of hours.
Madden rewards are slightly better than 2k but that’s just because they let you get the second tier cards easier. A huge amount of their players just gamble on rerolls to try to make their coins for big cards. But solos give a second or third tier card every promo basically. And to actually play the game online you get peanuts. They used to give out good rewards with packs and stuff but stopped it because of farm accounts. Madden would be closer to MLB the show than you think if they could have stopped coin transferring a few years ago.
As for just giving out all the cards EASY on this game the biggest griped I’ve seen people have is getting the all star rewards for just playing the game and that’s just too easy. But take a look at the program. To get 100 points it takes 200 IP. That’s over 22 games played. At 40 minutes per game that is 15 hours played. That’s quite a bit of game time. Maybe you have just been programmed to not respect your time.
Lastly, I always joke about 2k and madden players because they say it should be harder to get cards. Then they spend $1,000 on packs to skip the hard part. Don’t try to turn mlb the show into this games just go play those games if you like them so much. But based on your last post I’m guessing you just want to bash people and don’t really care about any counterpoint to your flimsy point.
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Well, bye
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This game actually works (mostly) out the gate, unlike the last 3-4 Madden games.
I don't play online but I can make a serviceable team for nothing.
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@GoTitans3_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@GoTitans3_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
Because they give out a lot of packs and rewards for playing the game. And if you do decide to spend money you can buy the currency and not gamble. Full stop. That’s the answer to your question.
This game certainly has its warts. And anybody who isn’t up their butts call them out on buggy stuff but it’s still leaps and bounds above both EA and 2K and it isn’t close.
The other games give out plenty of rewards.
Basically, what it really comes down to...is that they make it EASY to get the best cards in the game. They've dumbed down this mode soooooo much for all the simpletons that they love it. Given how most of the idiots I play online play...it makes a lot of sense, tbh.
And for years, all I heard was how much SMARTER everyone who plays this game is than those who play MUT and MyTeam. I couldn't disagree more.
No they don’t. Just because you say something is true doesn’t mean it is.
When 2k dropped this year they had the trophy case which took countless hours to get a centerpiece to get a pink diamond that was outclassed in 2 weeks from pack cards. To get the top cards it would take a laughable amount of hours.
Madden rewards are slightly better than 2k but that’s just because they let you get the second tier cards easier. A huge amount of their players just gamble on rerolls to try to make their coins for big cards. But solos give a second or third tier card every promo basically. And to actually play the game online you get peanuts. They used to give out good rewards with packs and stuff but stopped it because of farm accounts. Madden would be closer to MLB the show than you think if they could have stopped coin transferring a few years ago.
As for just giving out all the cards EASY on this game the biggest griped I’ve seen people have is getting the all star rewards for just playing the game and that’s just too easy. But take a look at the program. To get 100 points it takes 200 IP. That’s over 22 games played. At 40 minutes per game that is 15 hours played. That’s quite a bit of game time. Maybe you have just been programmed to not respect your time.
Lastly, I always joke about 2k and madden players because they say it should be harder to get cards. Then they spend $1,000 on packs to skip the hard part. Don’t try to turn mlb the show into this games just go play those games if you like them so much. But based on your last post I’m guessing you just want to bash people and don’t really care about any counterpoint to your flimsy point.
This. All of it.
I've stopped buying / playing Madden altogether. I buy 2k every other yr just to play offline MyTeam to get my basketball fix in.
To me (a non-competitive mostly offline gamer) - MLBTS is BY FAR the most rewarding sports video game and it's not even close. I don't have a ton of free time but I'm still able to get most of the offline programs done. I enjoy the "grind" and playing with the different cards along the way to advance in the various programs.
I'm not saying it's for the OP...but I really enjoy the game and I love the 99's on day 1 as well. This is the best version of the game yet IMO. I've even got 3 of my buddies hooked on it this yr - and they've never bought the game before. It's just a fun - stress-free game.
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@lazytoast_MLBTS said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
Lmao. So let’s be like 2k where there’s 17 versions of a player. Or like EA where you have to wait 6 months sometimes for a card to get upgraded. Go play Nintendo bro
wait til you find out this game is also available for Nintendo.. lol
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The reason they get a pass, is the cornballs worrying about giving them out, play offline and SDS just gave them 99 overalls they can use to destroy the Orioles.
There isn't a more pay to win sports game at the moment but take it from one of the “I haven’t played an EA game in 7 years” guys they also seem to know what there always in about. They don’t even know everything in The Show came from other games besides conquest which is literally just a stolen game lmfao.
Programs used to run all year, now they are a two month fortnite battle pass you need to do nothing to complete but sign in everyday and do a 10 minute challenge fit for a 8 year old.
Honestly might be the lowest IQ community around. The Easter egg hunt was literally to much thinking for some.
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@SotaNice-_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@SuntLacrimae50_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
Because you can field a competitive team by just playing a good amount and not paying a cent. This game has a lot of rough edges. Being pay to play is NOT one of them.
So turning the game into this is the answer?
Now every team is JUICED, so it's a level playing field...?
Sorry, I much prefer what 2K does. Sure they cater to those who want to spend money. But I can build a solid team and improve it and customize it over time without spending a DIME. And then when I jump into an online game, they have matchmaking that doesn't put my 85 OVR rated team against someone with a 98 OVR rated team.
Doesn't happen in this game. Just made the game mode dull, boring, and repetitive. I should go thru my game logs and track who is in my opponents lineups. It's like the same 6 to 10 guys.
This new way of doing things just made META-only lineups a thing from Day 1 of pre-launch until EndGame. It made it so there is literally ZERO team building strategy now in this mode.
They added Captains and boosts...and then made them virtually irrelevant because you're still playing at a disadvantage against these juiced-up 97/99 cards.
2k really takes a lot of strategy, people cheese all the time lowering their team overalls. enough with the "strategy" talk, theres so much skill required in this game, its not just 99 card and press x, being able to actually hit, have an approach, pitch, set up you bench to platoon, bull pen, etc.
Not playing a lineup full of 99's is "cheese" now?
That's hilarious. Clown world.
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I'm personaly absolutely loving this year of MLB The Show.
There's no variety in cards? I can't disagree more... I have so many very good cards right now at each position, that I really don't know who to start first, this is great. And we still don't know, what cards will come in Set 2.I also don't know, what is that strategy in team building OP is talking about? I played lot of MUT, HUT and Fifa before and I don't see any strategy in team building there. You just use the best cards available to you by grind or money transactions, that's all in my opinion.
The true difference between DD and other Ultimate modes is in the quality of cards you can grind for free. And this is much, much better in DD than anywhere else
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@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@SotaNice-_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@SuntLacrimae50_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
Because you can field a competitive team by just playing a good amount and not paying a cent. This game has a lot of rough edges. Being pay to play is NOT one of them.
So turning the game into this is the answer?
Now every team is JUICED, so it's a level playing field...?
Sorry, I much prefer what 2K does. Sure they cater to those who want to spend money. But I can build a solid team and improve it and customize it over time without spending a DIME. And then when I jump into an online game, they have matchmaking that doesn't put my 85 OVR rated team against someone with a 98 OVR rated team.
Doesn't happen in this game. Just made the game mode dull, boring, and repetitive. I should go thru my game logs and track who is in my opponents lineups. It's like the same 6 to 10 guys.
This new way of doing things just made META-only lineups a thing from Day 1 of pre-launch until EndGame. It made it so there is literally ZERO team building strategy now in this mode.
They added Captains and boosts...and then made them virtually irrelevant because you're still playing at a disadvantage against these juiced-up 97/99 cards.
2k really takes a lot of strategy, people cheese all the time lowering their team overalls. enough with the "strategy" talk, theres so much skill required in this game, its not just 99 card and press x, being able to actually hit, have an approach, pitch, set up you bench to platoon, bull pen, etc.
Not playing a lineup full of 99's is "cheese" now?
That's hilarious. Clown world.
people cheese in 2k using lower overall cards on their bench and a 5 man rotation of starters. Lower team overall lower matchmaking against other teams, thats how 2k does matchmaking.
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Just look at Twitter where multiple MyTeam creators started playing Diamond Dynasty for the first time and are RAVING about how rewarding the game is just for playing the game. 2K is a scam that thrives on micro transactions with <2% odds of pulling top cards in their packs that are $5 a pack when using VC. You grind just to get small amounts of MT to the point they banned half their community for buying MT when it was a problem they caused by their own greed.
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@DeleteyourTTVBTW_MLBTS said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
The reason they get a pass, is the cornballs worrying about giving them out, play offline and SDS just gave them 99 overalls they can use to destroy the Orioles.
There isn't a more pay to win sports game at the moment but take it from one of the “I haven’t played an EA game in 7 years” guys they also seem to know what there always in about. They don’t even know everything in The Show came from other games besides conquest which is literally just a stolen game lmfao.
Programs used to run all year, now they are a two month fortnite battle pass you need to do nothing to complete but sign in everyday and do a 10 minute challenge fit for a 8 year old.
Honestly might be the lowest IQ community around. The Easter egg hunt was literally to much thinking for some.
prorams did not use to run all year, they had an XP reward path that did, but we use to have inning programs that yes were available all year, but you could only earn program stars for the current program other than the program stars given within a program. So not much has really changed.
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With all of the same arguments appearing in different threads (and I guilty of some of them), I think if the WBC set of cards didn't exist there would be less complaining. But if you play a Ranked game and see less than 6 WBC cards on your opponents lineup, I'd consider that a rarity. You just get smacked in the face with WBC cards around every corner right now. And the program is here for the entire year so that's not going to change. Just need to accept it, 99 Lindor is here to stay haha.
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@SotaNice-_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@SotaNice-_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@SuntLacrimae50_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
Because you can field a competitive team by just playing a good amount and not paying a cent. This game has a lot of rough edges. Being pay to play is NOT one of them.
So turning the game into this is the answer?
Now every team is JUICED, so it's a level playing field...?
Sorry, I much prefer what 2K does. Sure they cater to those who want to spend money. But I can build a solid team and improve it and customize it over time without spending a DIME. And then when I jump into an online game, they have matchmaking that doesn't put my 85 OVR rated team against someone with a 98 OVR rated team.
Doesn't happen in this game. Just made the game mode dull, boring, and repetitive. I should go thru my game logs and track who is in my opponents lineups. It's like the same 6 to 10 guys.
This new way of doing things just made META-only lineups a thing from Day 1 of pre-launch until EndGame. It made it so there is literally ZERO team building strategy now in this mode.
They added Captains and boosts...and then made them virtually irrelevant because you're still playing at a disadvantage against these juiced-up 97/99 cards.
2k really takes a lot of strategy, people cheese all the time lowering their team overalls. enough with the "strategy" talk, theres so much skill required in this game, its not just 99 card and press x, being able to actually hit, have an approach, pitch, set up you bench to platoon, bull pen, etc.
Not playing a lineup full of 99's is "cheese" now?
That's hilarious. Clown world.
people cheese in 2k using lower overall cards on their bench and a 5 man rotation of starters. Lower team overall lower matchmaking against other teams, thats how 2k does matchmaking.
That's not cheese, dude.
Whether players are on the bench or starters does NOT have an effect on OVR rating whatsoever. NONE.
That's how matchmaking SHOULD work. It would be nice if it worked that way in Ranked. When I load up a team with an overall of 83 to have some fun, I shouldn't be matched with someone playing all 99s. How is that fun?
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@mcallen05_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
Just look at Twitter where multiple MyTeam creators started playing Diamond Dynasty for the first time and are RAVING about how rewarding the game is just for playing the game. 2K is a scam that thrives on micro transactions with <2% odds of pulling top cards in their packs that are $5 a pack when using VC. You grind just to get small amounts of MT to the point they banned half their community for buying MT when it was a problem they caused by their own greed.
Just making it EASY to get ridiculously overpowered cards is not "rewarding", it's just EASY.
How is it a "scam"? 2K gives out plenty of cards that you can grind for. I use them all year long and do just fine.
The problem is there are so many babies out there who lack self-control. They want Tracy McGrady NOW!!!! Waaaaahhhhh wahhhh wahhhh.
The lack of impulse control and any kind of intelligence is the issue.
They could easily use the free cards, save MT, sell off their boosts, badges, shoes, etc...and then buy McGrady in the AH eventually.
At least that way, there is a strategy involved.
You really want to go into EVERY online game a week after the game is released and play against a 99 McGrady on EVERYONE's team?!?!?
Because that's what's going on in DD right now. Every game it's 99 Lindor. 99 Trout. 99 Ohtani...being used a the CLOSER.
That's the entire POINT of this post...
If MyTeam had 99 McGrady and 99 LeBron on EVERY team you play online 7 days after release...they would be getting killed online.
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@biscodisco_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
With all of the same arguments appearing in different threads (and I guilty of some of them), I think if the WBC set of cards didn't exist there would be less complaining. But if you play a Ranked game and see less than 6 WBC cards on your opponents lineup, I'd consider that a rarity. You just get smacked in the face with WBC cards around every corner right now. And the program is here for the entire year so that's not going to change. Just need to accept it, 99 Lindor is here to stay haha.
This.
Not only is it not fun or entertaining to play all these 99s so early in every game. It's really NOT fun to jump into an online game and play the SAME LINEUPS over and over and over and over again.
If the WBC cards weren't available, I literally think we'd see the total opposite.
Every game I load into, I get nauseous as soon as I see all the hideous WBC card art everywhere in EVERY one of my opponents lineups.
Serious question...
We often see people talk about how this game takes SKILL and you can win with lesser cards if you are skilled.
If that's the case, and it gets repeated all the time online....then how come literally NO ONE jumps online with anything LESS than the best, most META lineup possible? Does no one like a challenge? I thought skill wins over the best cards in The Show?
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@BrikMahorn_XBL said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
@mcallen05_PSN said in Why Does SDS Get a Pass...and EA and 2K don't?:
Just look at Twitter where multiple MyTeam creators started playing Diamond Dynasty for the first time and are RAVING about how rewarding the game is just for playing the game. 2K is a scam that thrives on micro transactions with <2% odds of pulling top cards in their packs that are $5 a pack when using VC. You grind just to get small amounts of MT to the point they banned half their community for buying MT when it was a problem they caused by their own greed.
Just making it EASY to get ridiculously overpowered cards is not "rewarding", it's just EASY.
How is it a "scam"? 2K gives out plenty of cards that you can grind for. I use them all year long and do just fine.
The problem is there are so many babies out there who lack self-control. They want Tracy McGrady NOW!!!! Waaaaahhhhh wahhhh wahhhh.
The lack of impulse control and any kind of intelligence is the issue.
They could easily use the free cards, save MT, sell off their boosts, badges, shoes, etc...and then buy McGrady in the AH eventually.
At least that way, there is a strategy involved.
You really want to go into EVERY online game a week after the game is released and play against a 99 McGrady on EVERYONE's team?!?!?
Because that's what's going on in DD right now. Every game it's 99 Lindor. 99 Trout. 99 Ohtani...being used a the CLOSER.
That's the entire POINT of this post...
If MyTeam had 99 McGrady and 99 LeBron on EVERY team you play online 7 days after release...they would be getting killed online.
Yep just sell off boosts, shoes, and badges for maybe a couple thousand MT (if you’re lucky) for Mcgrady whose card is over 1,000,000 MT on the Auction House. TroyDan opened over 538 packs for Dark Matter Kobe Bryant. SDS makes it to where people can be NMS and get the best players by grinding the game. That’s a good thing. 2K’s community hates them and has a pack strike going bc of it.
