Struggling for motivation to play
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@Teak2112_MLBTS said in Struggling for motivation to play:
@DoIHearBossMusic_PSN said in Struggling for motivation to play:
@TheGoaler_PSN I'm jumping into that Oblivion Remaster, pretty rare W from Bethesda these days
Get Expedition 33 first, its incredible
I've tried that, got up to level 10, and may go back for some more even though I am not the biggest fan of turn based combat. It's the dodge/parry timing mechanic I can't seem to execute consistently and it is why I am also not a big fan of the Souls games. I came up against what I assume is a boss the last session where if I did not execute a Dodge/Parry the boss would one shot kill whoever it attacked.
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@Dolenz_PSN said in Struggling for motivation to play:
@Teak2112_MLBTS said in Struggling for motivation to play:
@DoIHearBossMusic_PSN said in Struggling for motivation to play:
@TheGoaler_PSN I'm jumping into that Oblivion Remaster, pretty rare W from Bethesda these days
Get Expedition 33 first, its incredible
I've tried that, got up to level 10, and may go back for some more even though I am not the biggest fan of turn based combat. It's the dodge/parry timing mechanic I can't seem to execute consistently and it is why I am also not a big fan of the Souls games. I came up against what I assume is a boss the last session where if I did not execute a Dodge/Parry the boss would one shot kill whoever it attacked.
Probably an optional bosses, so far the main bosses have been somewhat forgiving. if it has 'chromatic' in its name its optional.
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@INyOUrNYteMaR3S_XBL Lol, then you want arcade baseball. This game is a baseball sim meant to be consistent with real life physics and results. So no, you are wrong. You don't need a pat on the back everytime you make hard contact. If that's what you want then this isn't the game for you.
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I have 2 suggestions to consider for the game to make players like myself feel more included and not as left out and wanting to quit. Both are in Diamond Dynasty. For starters, I was a player that got to the game early, but one of my favorite things to do is play Road To The Show when I start up the game for the first time. As a result of this, I practically missed all pf the 1st Inning XP Rewards and now, some of the cards/items I wanted are now locked, like the Rookie cards for the Cornerstone programs. I wish there was a way for me to go back to get these cards, even if it is through the shop or something else. Between my time with school and work, I don’t have much time to play the game at all. The second thing is due to my time restraints, location, and social life, I don’t have online required for multiplayer mode. I’m not saying to get rid of multiplayer mode, but I wish there was a way for single-players to be able to obtain the multiplayer rewards without requiring online and also not having to pay an exorbitant amount of stubs for them if they are sellable. In other words, I think the game is fine, but wish it was just more accessible. It’s something that has bothered me about past games and has made me want to stop playing to try and get more players + cards because I know that I will never be able to get all of them for the collections and whatnot.
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Man, all the XP seems to be tucked away in programs. If I want a chance of getting to Ozzie in the reward path then I need to do as many of them as I can. Just playing conquest games with my Cardinals squad ain't going to get me close, even with Double XP.
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God. After playing mini seasons all day yesterday, something feels SO off about the hitting. No matter what I do to improve myself, hitting feels like a chore (it kind of is anyway, but it’s a chore in a bad way this year) that is inconsistent even when you do it right.
So many lineouts to the infield, and lineouts and fly outs to the outfield when I square up pitches. Also is anyone else struggling with timing right now? Because I’m constantly early or late. And when my timing is good? Out lol.
Even when I’m playing in a high altitude ballpark, getting an extra base hit, or a hit at all, it doesn’t feel like I earned it…? If I get a hit it feels like I got it through sheer, dumb luck.
It’s just so frustrating and exhausting.
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Yes it’s way off this year and by design. If you want to see it clearly, go play march to October on low difficulty and its night and day.
I think this was implemented by SDS to intentionally slow the grind, stall the power creep, and make players have to play/pay more to get ahead. Monetization at its finest.
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@LadySwampfox_XBL rookie conquest seems easier now and raised my 87 Judge avg from 330 to 352. Also HRs are occurring more frequently. Went back to back to back to back other day. Pitch speed feels lowered. Have scored 10 runs twice in last few games.
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I had a ranked game on HoF yesterday that I won 2-0. I went 4/4 on perfects, 1 HR and 3 singles. So, 1.750 slugging on those. My opponent had no perfect swings.
But my opponent and I combined for 23 good contact swings that weren’t foul. We went 8/23 for a .348 average, which is on the lower end of luck for good contact. Not atrocious but you could have a game where we’re 15/23 so 8/23 is definitely on the bad side. But more concerning is that we combined for just 11 total bases on those 23 good contact swings. 1 HR and 7 singles. That’s a .478 slugging percentage on good contact and only a .130 ISO. That’s… abysmal. Just atrocious.
Now, .478 overall slugging percentage isn’t that weird compared to real life. But that’s only good contact. There’s also all the okay contact, weak contact, other contact, and strikeouts to take into account. Excluding my 4 perfect swings, we were a combined 12/65 — .184 average, .231 slugging, and .047 ISO. With the perfect swings included, 16/69 — .232, .319 slugging, and .087 ISO.
It’s not like we never got any hits on the good contact. It’s just that they went absolutely no where. I hit 2 HRs in the game and every other swing was single or out.
We were at Shield Woods (I was away, he picked). I normally pick Shippett.
I’m not some amazing player, certainly not top 50, but I’m 163-17 in online play across all game modes this year (ranked, events, BR, and weekend classic). And this isn’t some abnormality for me and my opponents. This is normal. Good contact just goes no where. The averages aren’t terrible but it’s so just tiring watching everything just be a single.
I said in another post, through 14 games in the last moonshot event, I had only given up 1 HR. I had to intentionally try to give up 2 more HRs to compete the 3 HRs given up mission. I had given up 25 hits and only 1 of them was a HR… using common pitchers in a moonshot event locked at Coors.
Abysmal.
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I am close to being done. I’ve been grinding since early access weekend and I see no paths to completing the live collection for the 10 top cards which will cost over a million stubs. Unless I buy stubs. Which I won’t do. Pack luck is awful. Hence the few players costing so much. And there are no program achievements that would award anything close to big chunks of stubs that lead me to believe I can finish in the next month or two.
