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How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion)

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    @Loyal-Wiglaf_XBL said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):

    "Guarantee it is!"

    "Guarantee it's not!"

    Lol, really. 2K released different versions of NBA last time I bought it -- a few years ago when current gen was next gen.

    I "guarantee" that if there is a current gen, they're not abandoning the last gen. Too much $.

    GUARANTEED, lol.

    Remember when people guaranteed McGwire and Sosa would never be in the game?

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    How to save MLB The Show

    1. Put pitcher pitch mix on the screen. That way your opponent can see it and doesn't have to hit R2 after EVERY F'N pitch.

    2. Get rid of high elevation stadiums, except Coors Field, in H2H play. No more Shield Woods and Laughing Mountain.

    3. DONT ALLOW CREATED STADIUMS IN H2H PLAY!

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    @Capt-Clutch-2K24_PSN disagree on created stadiums , just make sure the dimensions meet a realistic minimum.
    I only play in my created stadium.

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    @The_Joneser_PSN said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):

    Game play should be the focus, and that focus should primarily be on improved, simulated physics and a more realistic distribution of hits.

    Which mode are we talking about here. Franchise with a live roster or Diamond Dynasty with dream teams?

    There is always going to be a debate over whether this game is a simulation or an arcade game. Personally, I'd put DD more in the arcade category.

    People don't play DD to hit singles with Ozzie Smith or someone like Keith Hernandez. There is a reason people choose Trea Turner and Lindor over Smith. Why they would choose Harper or Freeman over Hernandez.

    People want to hit HRs. Shoot there is a reason we see several people every year complain about the HR counter being reset after 255 HRs in RTTS.

    There has always been two camps with this game. Those who want an even more realistic simulation and those who just want to get on the game and smash with their favorite players. There is no path SDS can take that will ever 100% satisfy both groups.

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    After each player picks their pitcher let us see them so we can make any lineup changes we want on the lineup screen instead of having to do it in game.

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    @Belli_bomb_PSN said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):

    After each player picks their pitcher let us see them so we can make any lineup changes we want on the lineup screen instead of having to do it in game.

    would be less fun … and some guys here told us, that it was in the game … being an awful thing, so it was dropped

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    @YOSHI24_MLBTS said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):

    @Belli_bomb_PSN said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):

    After each player picks their pitcher let us see them so we can make any lineup changes we want on the lineup screen instead of having to do it in game.

    would be less fun … and some guys here told us, that it was in the game … being an awful thing, so it was dropped

    Cause they'll play 9 RHB if it's LHP and vice versa. They could just play nine switch hitters though.

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    @Belli_bomb_PSN said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):

    After each player picks their pitcher let us see them so we can make any lineup changes we want on the lineup screen instead of having to do it in game.

    It used to be in.

    People would stack their lineups with lefties and if they came up against a leftie pitcher they simply backed out of the game and were never being penalized for it. It wastes the time of the other player and is just a cheap tactic.

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    Seems the easy solution is to allow us to set a lineup vs L and one vs R

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    @TeakAUS_PSN said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):

    Seems the easy solution is to allow us to set a lineup vs L and one vs R

    They had that. People used to back out, without any negative impact, if they didn't get an advantage.

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    @TeakAUS_PSN said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):

    Seems the easy solution is to allow us to set a lineup vs L and one vs R

    The question you gotta ask is why does somebody want it? I would really love to know if Nolan Ryan is on the bump for my opponent … But on the other hand: it is much more fun not knowing and taking on the challenge, if I see it. If then I want to platoon … it is up to me.

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    Don't these types of players just load up on switch hitters now?

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    @xRatedGProdigyx_PSN said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):

    Don't these types of players just load up on switch hitters now?

    On average a typical god squad consists of 6-7 … I encountered a few all-switch-hitter-lineup recently. Most of them have at least 3 switch-hitters on the bench.

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    I didn't spend a single dime in 24 . This year I plan on purchasing stubs equal to game price even though it's probably free on game pass , I think its fair . But if they get rid of created stadiums. I ain't paying nothing .

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    At this point most of the best hitters/swings are switch hitters anyway

    Ketel, jram, mantle, Reynolds, lindor, Adley(pop time), posada, etc

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    @Dolenz64_XBL, I am talking about DD. I wouldn't disagree with your take that it's closer to the arcade side of things, but I would argue that it shouldn't be; every video game will and probably should exaggerate the most exciting elements, but the deluge of home runs in this game is well past the point of being ridiculous. Might as well have flames trailing the ball when it leaves the bat.

    I think you're generalizing a bit... there are also people who like the pitching and defensive side of things. The current model emphasizes hitting (and, again, only power) to the point where pitching becomes almost irrelevant, and I'd argue that the game would be far more interesting if great pitchers were also given their due; we wouldn't all face the same four guys (who offer the only chance of keeping an ERA below 5.00) if every facet of the game wasn't tamped down so there could be more home runs for the unimaginative. How many games have you played where you've given up 6 hits and 5 of them were long balls? I'm saying that needs to be tempered. You can still emphasize home runs and pepper the game with them, but they shouldn't be the only thing that works.

    People don't use singles hitters because hitting singles doesn't work. People want to win, and you cannot win games the way things are set up because singles hitters do not hit singles consistently; they fly out. That can be fixed, and if things were changed so singles hitters not only hit singles, but hit more singles than power hitters hit home runs, that might change.

    You're right that SDS can't please everyone, but considering that their game is a baseball game, it should play more like a baseball game. They won't lose customers by improving their physics models.

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    @The_Joneser_PSN said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):

    @Dolenz64_XBL, I am talking about DD. I wouldn't disagree with your take that it's closer to the arcade side of things, but I would argue that it shouldn't be; every video game will and probably should exaggerate the most exciting elements, but the deluge of home runs in this game is well past the point of being ridiculous. Might as well have flames trailing the ball when it leaves the bat.

    I think you're generalizing a bit... there are also people who like the pitching and defensive side of things. The current model emphasizes hitting (and, again, only power) to the point where pitching becomes almost irrelevant, and I'd argue that the game would be far more interesting if great pitchers were also given their due; we wouldn't all face the same four guys (who offer the only chance of keeping an ERA below 5.00) if every facet of the game wasn't tamped down so there could be more home runs for the unimaginative. How many games have you played where you've given up 6 hits and 5 of them were long balls? I'm saying that needs to be tempered. You can still emphasize home runs and pepper the game with them, but they shouldn't be the only thing that works.

    People don't use singles hitters because hitting singles doesn't work. People want to win, and you cannot win games the way things are set up because singles hitters do not hit singles consistently; they fly out. That can be fixed, and if things were changed so singles hitters not only hit singles, but hit more singles than power hitters hit home runs, that might change.

    You're right that SDS can't please everyone, but considering that their game is a baseball game, it should play more like a baseball game. They won't lose customers by improving their physics models.

    I agree with the notion that at least 1 out of 2 hits is a long ball. But when you allow made up high elevation fields (Shield Woods, Laughing Mt, etc) and cheap created stadiums like Costco into online mode; you'll have that outcome.

    What I would've loved to see, and I doubt SDS would've provided the data, is how many of the homeruns listed on our report cards came from these cheap stadiums.

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    The only „data“ (and not personal guesses) we have is from SDS …. https://x.com/mlbtheshow/status/1869428253385220184?s=61&t=EHF_WX3TnZlVu7MUvxi8Ng
    From that, 1/3 of the hits are HR

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    Created stadiums is NOT the problem.
    First off I rarely face opponents with created stadium much less cheap ones like Costco. I think my opponents chose costco like twice the whole year.
    My created stadium has if I remember correctly less than 100 foot elevation .
    330 404 330 . The ball flies out of there .
    I think it's worse than costco and it's not supposed to be .
    I have enjoyed the few created stadiums my opponents have chosen.

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    I should not need to buy a NEW game annually.
    By this time in gaming a Baseball game should be perfect.
    From animations to game play.

    I SHOULD be buying a New Roster annually to add to my game.

    I should be able to buy the 1956 roster as well.

    I should be able to replay the 1986 season IF I want to buy it.

    The game should cost me $120.
    Should come with 1 roster of the current season.

    If I want more rosters unlocked they should cost 50 bucks.

    Leagues would pop up everywhere.
    You want to play with the 55 dodgers.
    Buy it.

    Why we are not at this is beyond me.

    This is an infinite stream of money.
    Some would buy three and 4 rosters.

    I would want.

    1927
    1941
    1955/56
    1961
    1969
    1975/ 78
    84/85/86
    96/98
    2001
    2004
    The list goes on and on

    Stop being lazy SDS and think out of the box.

    Oh yea

    I should be able to play DD games vs CPU against All Time rosters.

    Like lets go!

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