My opinion on how to make Captians better
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I want to start off by saying I have played 87 Ranked games. I know that is not a lot, but in my 87 games, I have only seen 1 opponent using a Capitan team.
If I was running the live content, I would make every Captain card either free in packs/or grindable like the Weekly Wonders.
I know SDS wants everyone to use Captains but as a No Money Spent player they make it impossible.
For Example. Yesterday they released the Captain pack for 1 hour. I picked one up and got the Babe Ruth Card for 15K.
As of typing this post he currently sits at 41K.
I am only speaking for myself as a NMS player that I am not going to use my hard earned stubs on a 95 Ruth, when I can get a Lars Nootbaar for 56K. Best thing to do with stubs is saving for Mantle or Mauer since those are the best cards in the game.
SDS needs to do a better job with the Captains bc Set 2 has made the game boring in my opinion.
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I don’t think making them free will make a difference in how much people use them. I don’t think SDS cares either. They’re just there if you want to build a theme team and it helps make lower overall cards more relevant.
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I just like them to switch things up occasionally. They’re not god squad type teams imo but still fun to use.
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I think they know the captains aren’t working. I bet a fortune of my fake money (stubs) we don’t see them again next year.
But I agree with OP. I haven’t touched a captain from a pack until I just need to buy a card for collections.
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I mostly play with the angels theme team . My record is 51 - 29 . I would have a slightly better record if I just used best squad.
I played with an a's theme on casual just to switch it up a little . I was like no wonder nobody uses theme teams in competitive modes . Almost every perfect was a lazy fly ball . The dude was just spamming fastballs down the middle because he knew none of my guys were going to hit it out . I did get a couple of homeruns but man it should have been a much closer game with all the perfect perfect hits I had . -
All they have to do is allow you to use the captain on the bench, stop releasing captain versions of players that have 97+ cards and make all the captains core.
They made the latest batch core, which is a good start, but I shouldn’t have to pinch hit for Cal Ripken every game or use a lower overall captain Kershaw when I have a 99 version.
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Captains are trash. More people would use them if the players they affect weren’t so restrictive, or gave captains multiple types of players they can effect.
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For my Philies TT JT is a viable captain. But on the pitching side cliff Lee is worthless because it requires to many players . I cannot compete with Philies live cards and DD cards. I am way better off using the best DD pitching cards.
It's a cool idea but certainly has some issues.
The cards expiring is more of an issue imop especially for a TT. I got only so much time and to replace these guys I am going to have to grind for the third time when set 3 comes out.
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They really whiffed on the Captains this year.
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I have said this in many threads.... in programs captains should be the 1st thing u get thats how u make me use them more
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They made the gold Diamond for live series players that was pretty decent. If they released a Diamond captain similar to that it could be a win.
Also the made a Valenzuela team captain with Salvy. If they did a Puerto Rico or Dominican Republic one that would be scary good.
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Better idea, allow captains to make any boosted cards usable regardless of their set.
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@nymets1987_PSN said in My opinion on how to make Captians better:
I have said this in many threads.... in programs captains should be the 1st thing u get thats how u make me use them more
Problem is SDS sees the captains in that program as reward for getting to the end of it.
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@OppoTacoz_MLBTS said in My opinion on how to make Captians better:
@nymets1987_PSN said in My opinion on how to make Captians better:
I have said this in many threads.... in programs captains should be the 1st thing u get thats how u make me use them more
Problem is SDS sees the captains in that program as reward for getting to the end of it.
Earlier on this year they had them very early in programs I don’t know why it changed
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