Serious Online question
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I have severe arthritis in both hands and dont play too well head to head. Is there a gain if you lose all the time, or should I just stay offline?
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@joerebel I'm pushing 60, and my reflexes aren't what they used to be. That said, I still do play online.
In your case, if you struggle to win but would still like to earn cards, I'd focus on RS (Ranked Seasons). There is no entry fee, so it doesn't cost you any stubs. Also, you earn points for the program simply by playing (innings pitched). You also get points for the PxP's you earn each game, and there are usually other ways to earn points, such as Total Bases, etc.
I really don't care about winning or losing in RS. I just play to get some free cards and to earn PxP's toward various missions (Team Affinity for example).
One quibble - to earn an "inning", your pitcher needs to get all 3 outs in an inning. If you swap him out after he's gotten one or two outs, the inning won't count.
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As constructed in 2023...
Ranked: @arvcpa details how you can earn points via IP and stat collection even if you lose every single game.
BR: There's fewer chances to earn non-win points (especially in the beginning of the year), but you won't be completely shut out.
Events: You will be completely shut out. Wins or nothing.
They haven't yet detailed the hows/whys of 2024 online play, but we expect the existing modes to work in a similar fashion.
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@joerebel said in Serious Online question:
I have severe arthritis in both hands and dont play too well head to head. Is there a gain if you lose all the time, or should I just stay offline?
I had front and back four vertebrae spinal fusion in my neck. It crushed a few of my nerves and I have lessened feeling in both hands and no feeling in my right thumb. Add light arthritis and my movement is severely hampered. In fact, I keep on having to retype this to correct my many typing mistakes.
I spent $200 on the Dual Sense Edge Controller for my PS. far from perfect, but it lets me remap my controller with 3 different configurations. Also, there is the ability to add paddles to bottom. I have X as the right paddle and change the left paddle to whatever game I'm playing. This had improved my game significantly. I don't play online, but that's by choice. I suggest looking into it.
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@joerebel I have severe arthritis in both hands too (all my DIP joints are fusing). I don’t play online, and don’t really see a reason to. I can get enough stubs through gameplay and flipping to get the cards (that are obtained online) I want. In fact, I’m sitting on just under 800k and can’t decide how to spend them.
Even playing offline is too much for my hands sometimes. Celebrex & arthitis Tylenol are what I live on at those times.
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I second Bleeder. I'm 60, on Celebrrx all the time, and stopped even playing my free BR entry for the pack because of the other players. I don't feel like I miss a thing playing offline.
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The online mode for this game is straight garbage. It’s easily the worst performing online mode in any sports title on the market. I’m sure that they will never fix it either. You aren’t missing anything skipping it only like 8% of the player base plays online and even less then that enjoy that mode.
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@VioletNine9 said in Serious Online question:
The online mode for this game is straight garbage. It’s easily the worst performing online mode in any sports title on the market. I’m sure that they will never fix it either. You aren’t missing anything skipping it only like 8% of the player base plays online and even less then that enjoy that mode.
First where do you get that numbers from? And second: Do you really need to post this in every thread?
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@VioletNine9
It isn’t the best but it definitely isn’t garbage!
I played probably 1000 games this year across all game modes and enjoyed the majority of them. Win or lose. I don’t care. I just want a good game.
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@lewisnadasurf1 I post it in each thread because it’s relevant and it’s the biggest issue with the game that never gets fixed. Also they said it in a stream a few years back it’s a very small percentage of the player base that goes online
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@VioletNine9 You know what it posting the same thing in every thread is for sure: annoying …
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I’m terrible at the game 900 wins 1100 loses and I’m 44 and relatively healthy. But whether I win or lose, I usually have fun but as you see by the record, I just put out there that’s my rank seasons record, so I mostly lose if there’s a toxic player or whatever I just quit. That’s mostly why my records so bad, I’d probably be about a 500 player if I stayed with every game.
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@YOSHI24 stop white knighting a crappy game mode it’s a bad look
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@EzMack do you play with cross play turned off, I'm thinking about really getting into online when the new game drops, so any info helps from switch player to switch player
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Most of the time with it on. Except when a new event drops for the first day I play with it off. A lot of goon tryhards and cheezers otherwise for me. But otherwise ranked season always cross play. PS4 peeps seem the easiest to be in my experience. But im terrible most games swing at everything problem
