Anybody else play for fun
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Also, pitching a gem with a card you spent hours to unlock, or thousands of stubs on, is fun.
Exactly! That's why they shouldn't set expirations on them and let you use them as you please in competitive modes. Very good point.
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My issue with 24 over 23 is the RNG playing online. Its very clear this years iteration has implemented some sort of handicap system for players not on the same level. I can have games where late and early on hall of fame go over the fence every other swing against guys better than me. I average between 8-900 every year. But this year if I get hung up in a ranked, Br, or event with someone that’s ranked 5-600ish than I get my [censored] kicked almost everytime. The dink hits up the middle. The late and early bloopers. Late and early home runs. The pitching mechanics suddenly not working. The comical defensive errors. The game absolutely does everything it can to try and hinder your performance at times and it’s ridiculous. The only reason why I’m playing is because 23 was removed from gamepass. 24 is a [censored] show and SDS has bounced
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I do have fun at times, but it can be a frustrating experience at the same time. I started playing online back in Apr( after a several year layoff). The most fun I have is when I am playing ranked 9 inning against an equal opponent. It's nice when strikes are being thrown and hits are happening to score runs. However, every lineup is an All-Star caliber, and a ton of home runs get hit. I do not have any issues with the lineups, but with the fact that good pitching cannot neutralize good offense. Some of the issues I see:
- Pitching is inconsistent. Whatever pitch is being thrown may go wherever. It doesn't matter if it is a good release on a 1 or 2 pitch. I get the 3,4,5 pitches may not be placed all the time, but too many times my pitches are just going wherever they want. It's too easy to plunk a guy, with a ton of errant pitches breaking 2 or 3 feet out of the strike zone. If you miss on a slider, sinker, or etc...it is getting killed. There is always the errant slider that just flys away for some reason.
- In the 3 inning games, guys get gassed way to fast. With foul ball at bats sometimes going 8 or 9 pitches, relief doesn't stand a chance.
- The PCI indicator is the true weapon that proficient players have to destroy the ball. If you can't use it, you really are not going to win a lot in the long term. A lot of bad balls are getting crushed. I have benefited at times, but it makes for a lousy experience in 3 inning games.
- Pickoffs on a 1 step lead happen way too much.
I love the game and the ranked series. All video games are addictive, and they are built that way to keep us wanting more. Last year I made it to end of July, and picked it back up in Feb 24. This year has been good so far. I like to collect the cards, flip a bit and always complete the LS Series. This year did hit a HR by making us use LS players more, and having captains like Castillo to boost the players.
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@AdeptOfMemory_PSN I like set and seasons. I have wild cards and can throw any pitcher I want in those.
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Online H2H can be very fun, but a lot depends on your opponent. Rage quitting, along with other annoying things, has become too common. -
@CULOSIN_PSN I always play for fun, but the game. It is not BP, it is a game … I have fun winning but I can also have fun losing a good game (that is not played at the worst experience of it all … Shield Woods is just a disgrace … and so are all the other max elevation created ballparks)
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@YOSHI24_XBL said in Anybody else play for fun:
@CULOSIN_PSN I always play for fun, but the game. It is not BP, it is a game … I have fun winning but I can also have fun losing a good game (that is not played at the worst experience of it all … Shield Woods is just a disgrace … and so are all the other max elevation created ballparks)
Where is this Shield Woods everyone is talking about? I looked up in stadium creator to see and didn’t see it
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@nymets1987_PSN said in Anybody else play for fun:
@YOSHI24_XBL said in Anybody else play for fun:
@CULOSIN_PSN I always play for fun, but the game. It is not BP, it is a game … I have fun winning but I can also have fun losing a good game (that is not played at the worst experience of it all … Shield Woods is just a disgrace … and so are all the other max elevation created ballparks)
Where is this Shield Woods everyone is talking about? I looked up in stadium creator to see and didn’t see it
It's a Minor League stadium.
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@nymets1987_PSN Do not look it up, it is the worst
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@YOSHI24_XBL said in Anybody else play for fun:
@nymets1987_PSN Do not look it up, it is the worst
Laughing Mountain has higher elevation than Shield I believe now...
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Losing is never fun to me lol, the whole I’m going to let my opponent hit because reasons is really funny to me
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@AdeptOfMemory_PSN how can it have higher than Max elevation?
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@TheCanuckler309_XBL said in Anybody else play for fun:
@AdeptOfMemory_PSN how can it have higher than Max elevation?
I don't believe it's max anymore.....SDS nerfed some of them and made others better to keep people from playing it but it just became a rotation between 3-4 extremely high elevation stadiums Laughing, Shield, Shippett, and Capitol League.
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@AdeptOfMemory_PSN no they didn’t lol
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@TheCanuckler309_XBL said in Anybody else play for fun:
@AdeptOfMemory_PSN no they didn’t lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/MLBTheShow/comments/13w9jz0/minor_league_park_elevations_inside_listed_in/
I just watched some vids from KDJtv talking about this exact thing. They made changes to Shippett and Shield Woods at least in 23.
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I have fun playing the game itself, even though I'm not happy about the direction they're trying to force DD into.
RTTS is still fun, playing the games themselves are still fairly fun minus the 30 foot vacuum fielders
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@AdeptOfMemory_PSN Shield Woods only came into the game in 2023. Shippett elevation was lowered in 2022.
Shield woods elevation - 5281 ft.
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@TheCanuckler309_XBL said in Anybody else play for fun:
@AdeptOfMemory_PSN Shield Woods only came into the game in 2023. Shippett elevation was lowered in 2022.
Shield woods elevation - 5281 ft.
Laughing mountain elevation - 5005 ft.
Idk what to tell ya other than they are just high AF elevations and if you don't have the power cards like your opponents then you ain't winning those games. -
@AdeptOfMemory_PSN “idk what to tell ya” you could start with “I was wrong”
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@TheCanuckler309_XBL said in Anybody else play for fun:
@AdeptOfMemory_PSN “idk what to tell ya” you could start with “I was wrong”
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