And this is where SDS has crossed the line in my view
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Reading through this thread, I am amazed that people aren't even a little bit embarrassed by throwing a toddler's tantrum and stomping their feet because they can't immediately have all the cards in the game just two weeks in. Is this really important enough to spend so much energy to look so ridiculous? Really. Those of you flailing against the walls because your one-time purchase of a video game doesn't entitle you to a free and constant stream of never-ending content that you deem worthy should be ashamed of yourselves for being so petty.
Is SDS really greedy because you can only grind for four Captain packs and have to buy four others with in-game currency that no one forces you to pay real money for, or do you think that the real definition of greed is something closer to the compulsion to have all of the Captain packs and the saltiness you exude when you can't have all the things you want, right now? Think that the over 250 diamond cards that exist exactly 2 weeks after launch is insufficient? Perhaps you should meditate on what the word "greed" really means...
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@The_Joneser said in And this is where SDS has crossed the line in my view:
Reading through this thread, I am amazed that people aren't even a little bit embarrassed by throwing a toddler's tantrum and stomping their feet because they can't immediately have all the cards in the game just two weeks in. Is this really important enough to spend so much energy to look so ridiculous? Really. Those of you flailing against the walls because your one-time purchase of a video game doesn't entitle you to a free and constant stream of never-ending content that you deem worthy should be ashamed of yourselves for being so petty.
Is SDS really greedy because you can only grind for four Captain packs and have to buy four others with in-game currency that no one forces you to pay real money for, or do you think that the real definition of greed is something closer to the compulsion to have all of the Captain packs and the saltiness you exude when you can't have all the things you want, right now? Think that the over 250 diamond cards that exist exactly 2 weeks after launch is insufficient? Perhaps you should meditate on what the word "greed" really means...
I am so done with some of you who want to make excuses for this garbage behavior cause it went from having to WORK for the cards ( grinding - no problem with that ) to how many stubs you have once content is released mixed in with a little bit of grindings. Why is it impossible for some fans to get this simple point ?
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@The_Joneser said in And this is where SDS has crossed the line in my view:
Reading through this thread, I am amazed that people aren't even a little bit embarrassed by throwing a toddler's tantrum and stomping their feet because they can't immediately have all the cards in the game just two weeks in.
You are only taking form it what you want to see.
My biggest issue is the drop in content when compared to last year.
The increase in shop cards make it even worseLast year I was delaying Topps Now some weeks because I had plenty of other things to do. This year that is not remotely the case.
So I would argue my issue is more that I already have all the (offline) cards, not that I don't have them all.
And while they cant release enough cards to keep up with "content locusts", they should be keeping pace with last year and not slashing it. -
@blitz77tw Seriously. None of us are asking to be handed every single card. We just want the ability to grind for them through gameplay and not having to spend all day on the marketplace flipping cards just to have enough stubs to get the cards that are only available through packs that rely heavily on RNGs.
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@DominickB3 said in And this is where SDS has crossed the line in my view:
@blitz77tw Seriously. None of us are asking to be handed every single card. We just want the ability to grind for them through gameplay and not having to spend all day on the marketplace flipping cards just to have enough stubs to get the cards that are only available through packs that rely heavily on RNGs.
Did you read my post -- I mean really read it -- cause I said I had ZERO issue with grinding for stuff but now they go for our stub wallet with a tiny bit of grinding. -- LOL
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The sad thing is that I don’t actually mind spending money but when I don’t feel like the return is worth it than I don’t have much interest in spending money. I definitely spent a lot of money last year. The reason was because some of the cards were actually worth it. I’m definitely not spending a bunch of money for 89-92 OVR cards just so then I can collect a 99 card.
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@Shauwn it's literally what NHL does and partially why no one plays it. MLB is a top-10 game annually, they do not need to do this
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Seems like it's now going to be impossible to get enough cards to get any of the season collection reward 99s without buying (a bunch of) packs from the shop.
This thing of cutting programs by half is going to box no money spent players out of the standard collection rewards people put their time into playing the game to earn, unless they start putting like 20k stub milestones in the program reward path. -
@betamax0
Seems like it will be impossible to even complete the season XP path with how much they have nerfed XP. 15k daily xp cap is insane.
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Love it or hate it, I really think SDS is using this year as a test of the tolerance of the player base. It’s a bit of a titration of what people will pay to play the game and at what point the player base declines. I’m curious if it was a one-person decision at SDS. I’ve played for quite a few years, paying a lot of money because I have OCD tendencies, but the only thing positive I can really say about the game this year is that servers seem more stable. Other than the first few hours of early release, I haven’t noticed many hiccups. Unfortunately that’s my only positive so far. The low XP cap, little content, expensive packs with low odds, no sell rewards, continued seasonal sets that will require you to pay to get all 3 reward cards, etc are all just very disappointing. I hope it changes but I’m not sure that the whole year hasn’t already been predetermined and locked in. We may be down to zero major sports games that aren’t using this model. It needs to be give and take and not take take.
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@The_Joneser Well hey Im sure ill get a participation trophy if I dont hit a million xp or finish collection for S1.
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@blitz77tw Yeah I was agreeing with you. That we all have no problem with the grind.
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@AfterShockGamer said in And this is where SDS has crossed the line in my view:
@Shauwn it's literally what NHL does and partially why no one plays it. MLB is a top-10 game annually, they do not need to do this
Yep, I played HUT as well. It's a little less extreme than MUT and FUT, but still bad. It wasn't always so bad.
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This game is turning or perhaps already turned into a pay to win piece of trash. To top things off, most of the cards they want you to pay for will be unusable after season 1.
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@The_Joneser said in And this is where SDS has crossed the line in my view:
Reading through this thread, I am amazed that people aren't even a little bit embarrassed by throwing a toddler's tantrum and stomping their feet because they can't immediately have all the cards in the game just two weeks in. Is this really important enough to spend so much energy to look so ridiculous? Really. Those of you flailing against the walls because your one-time purchase of a video game doesn't entitle you to a free and constant stream of never-ending content that you deem worthy should be ashamed of yourselves for being so petty.
Is SDS really greedy because you can only grind for four Captain packs and have to buy four others with in-game currency that no one forces you to pay real money for, or do you think that the real definition of greed is something closer to the compulsion to have all of the Captain packs and the saltiness you exude when you can't have all the things you want, right now? Think that the over 250 diamond cards that exist exactly 2 weeks after launch is insufficient? Perhaps you should meditate on what the word "greed" really means...
Perfectly said.
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@MetalDoc17
Glad I am not the only one with "OCD Tendencies"...lol ... This baseball game gets me every year. Don't get me started with my lineup finickiness. -
@fubar2k7 said in And this is where SDS has crossed the line in my view:
@RegWombat said in And this is where SDS has crossed the line in my view:
Yeah, I paid $100 bucks for this game that apparently I need to pay hundreds of more dollar to be able to use the content. Dang I used to really love this game. But I am not this stupid. I'm not buying any of these packs. And I'm hoping another baseball game comes out next year.
EA and 2K are free to make a game anytime they wish. Nobody has an exclusive license. EA chose to make Mega Baseball and 2K go wiped out by an exclusive to Sony game before. I’d love to see what they make. Especially when their NFL and NBA games are worse at microtransaction than this game ever has been.
However if you look back over how the process has been for all games, they didnt just go from everything is free to where EA and 2K are at now. It took years and years for them to get there. Now SDS was late to the game. They have now caught on and are slowly moving towards it year by year. Ive been saying it for years and I get trashed every time I bring it up. But Im so glad to see people finally seeing whats going on. There IS a game pass coming. I read an article that said that SDS is thinking about putting it in the game.
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has anyone else noticed that we lost the 6 division cards from the live series? When we had to turn in each division to get the division card. Then turn in the 6 division cards for the AL/NL cards then turn in for the MLB card.
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@Rhyojaan said in And this is where SDS has crossed the line in my view:
has anyone else noticed that we lost the 6 division cards from the live series? When we had to turn in each division to get the division card. Then turn in the 6 division cards for the AL/NL cards then turn in for the MLB card.
They have gotten rid of a lot of rewards this Year and especially ones where u could get reasonable good cards early on
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@nymets1987 said in And this is where SDS has crossed the line in my view:
@Rhyojaan said in And this is where SDS has crossed the line in my view:
has anyone else noticed that we lost the 6 division cards from the live series? When we had to turn in each division to get the division card. Then turn in the 6 division cards for the AL/NL cards then turn in for the MLB card.
They have gotten rid of a lot of rewards this Year and especially ones where u could get reasonable good cards early on
they just gave a trout, othani, and yelich first week. what else do you want?
