So we're basically grinding 2 months nonstop for cards that will be useless within a couple weeks?
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@x814xmafia They already said (maybe you should listen to the streams), that S2 will start probably with 92/93
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@x814xmafia They'd build up as the year goes on like last the previous shows, as time goes on TA cards will get better, and better. Thats thr power creep model.
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@chucky97___ said in So we're basically grinding 2 months nonstop for cards that will be useless within a couple weeks?:
@Bearsfan217 The Ta's fly by this year, i have barely even tried to complete the TA's and finished the the AL east already, once you get the bossess the grind just flys by, this is nothing like last year and again, the cards overalls will rise each season, this way is the same as not have a season, you ddont want to use these 89's in July do you?
I disagree. It's fine for right now but doing it 3x per season? Going to be tough to swallow heading into season 2 IMO
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@chucky97___ Why are you talking about 89 overall players? Im talking about the 99 bosses you get and the S1 collection 99 rewards that you're gonna get at the end of the season. Nobody is complaining about losing 89 overall players that you can get on day 1.
You intentionally being a dimwit to try and defend SDS on this or are you naturally this slow?
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@chucky97___ said in So we're basically grinding 2 months nonstop for cards that will be useless within a couple weeks?:
@SuntLacrimae50 TA has so many different ways to grind, and is 100x faster this year and i mean in this is with offense, but what do you want? Do you want them to just give you cards? TA is and always will be the best for no money spent players, you don't have to strictly play single player anymore you can get so much TA points just by completing multi player missions, TA is really good this year.
Oh I get it, and it's fine. It's a design decision. My discomfort is more general, it's with the "attention economy" and "audience capture" in culture generally. I can feel SDS/DD trying to do that here more than in previous years, maybe. Any persistently online mode will try to find newer and better ways each year to keep you "loyal" -- on the drip.
I think modes like this have a sweet spot for the player, but companies can't allow that sweet spot to just be, because there's always incentive to do more/better (=make more money). I feel that this year...maybe because I'm more sensitive to it generally all around us.
All good.
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I’m enjoying the grind right now but it does make me laugh how they said this year would feel “less grindy”
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But we are in the same place as last year with very similar teams. It's like the WBC set all over again. Most teams are made up of Buxton, Beltre, Clemente and the Spring Breakout players.
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@Dankmaymays You get 4 wild card spots find a spot for 4 of them, the moajority of players won't get all 6 99's lol, again 4 Wild card spots.
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@biscodisco it's almost as if diamonds are limited right now, and the game just came out, you'll see more cars as the season goes on.
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@aaronjw76 We should just log on the game and get the rewards for free
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@chucky97___ no way!? The game just came out?! And people are "grinding" for the same exact rewards? Let's revisit this in a month when all of those new diamonds are out and people have the same exact squads with those new diamonds.
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The easiest fix to all this is limit ranked like events. For example, no more than 5 cards of any value like 5 for 89, 5 for 90, etc. Each season you get the wild cards that you can use any value for, so theoretically you can have 9 99's it still need to grind them out. To keep pxp relavent, the original value of the card is the value. Any level you grind is a bonus to the player. So if you have a 96, you get an extra 99 if you P5 it.
This literally solves the problem for everyone - keeps people grinding, people who are goats play with more 99's, and SDS makes money.
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@chucky97___ said in So we're basically grinding 2 months nonstop for cards that will be useless within a couple weeks?:
@aaronjw76 We should just log on the game and get the rewards for free
Why are you putting words into my mouth that I didn't say or even infer?
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@aaronjw76 I'm just saying like no matter what we'll have to grind like I get restarting every season might stink but at least theirs a purpose this year and they keep trying to be innovative, I get others will hate on the game simply to hate on the game cause there is no pleasing some.
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@biscodisco Do you want people to not use good cards? People are always going to play towards the meta cards what is that you want?
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@chucky97___ that is exactly why the game gets stale quickly. Maybe there are people who enjoy facing the same lineup all of time. Hell I do the same thing with my lineup because that's what the game dictates. I've been saying it for years and it will never happen, but if this game had a salary cap ranked mode I think it would be way more enjoyable. And no, Events does not count, that's three innings. The game is supposed to be a simulation. Let people actually think and have to be creative with their lineups is all I am saying.
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@biscodisco madden tried a salary capped mode and the mode was awful, I hear you but the game offline is a sim, online in a "Ranked Playlist" people are going to compete and it should be an input based game. Salary cap would be the exact same, The best teams in salary capped would all be replicated.
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@biscodisco said in So we're basically grinding 2 months nonstop for cards that will be useless within a couple weeks?:
@chucky97___ that is exactly why the game gets stale quickly. Maybe there are people who enjoy facing the same lineup all of time. Hell I do the same thing with my lineup because that's what the game dictates. I've been saying it for years and it will never happen, but if this game had a salary cap ranked mode I think it would be way more enjoyable. And no, Events does not count, that's three innings. The game is supposed to be a simulation. Let people actually think and have to be creative with their lineups is all I am saying.
come to think of it salary capped would be a nightmare, you'd fave sub marine pitchers, all sinker cutter pitchers, pitchers with weird wind ups, it'd be all of the same.
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No matter how one would add restrictions, there would always be some kind of "meta" lineup that most would have some sort of variation of.
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@chucky97___ said in So we're basically grinding 2 months nonstop for cards that will be useless within a couple weeks?:
once you get the bossess the grind just flys by,
This is exactly what I'm seeing...
