One big win for TA
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I don't mind it.
They obviously don't want to lock people out of their favorite team's all star or finest card. This boost will get me the Cardinals Finest and then I can not worry about it. It's the only one I will get done. If people want to grind that is still a lot of grinding to do it for all teams.
The only explanation is that they looked at the data for all players, and just not those in the top 5%-10%, and saw less progress in the TA programs than they expected. They can't lessen the stat grinds and remain fair to those who already have done them so this is a catch up mechanic.
And as far as the Team affinity My Journey timeline I think it would be cool if they gave out Gold Versions of those cards between the 365K mark when you get the Finest and the 1.415 million. That is a lot of extra points to get for an icon that nobody will see if you are an offline player. Those icons used to show here on the forums too but that seems to have stopped.
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@Dolenz_PSN If they designed the TA as it waa originally and didn't know a small pct of the player base would have significant progress in May, they are idiots.
Just looking at it on day 1 it was pretty obvious it was a months long grind that would be unattainable for 30 teams for a high percentage of their player base.
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I don't think they did it so we lesser mortals could get all 30 done. I think they did it so many players could at least get their 1 favorite team done.
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This should help crash the LS market. Packs are going to be flowing pretty good now. And those 88s and 89s (like Ketel Marte) should really come down now that there are better, free options at some of these positions. I’m glad my buy order for Ketel didn’t go through at 90K last night. He’s bounced back up but I really am holding out hope that those LS cards will drop a good deal by early next week
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@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS They definitely should. Hold off for sure, I am doing the same.
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Thank you for those of us who dont play 10 hours a day
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W for me....
I play a good bit and I'm prob on a fine pace. Outside of getting the jolt cards I wanted I really didn't put much effort or attention into team affinity...It's just like at whatever pace I'm at is what I'm at.
So getting 150k and HOPEFULLY pulling something of value so I can finally get beltran is more important to me than ASG vouchers or these new cards
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@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said in One big win for TA:
I really am holding out hope that those LS cards will drop a good deal by early next week
I posted something yesterday saying that "I have enough stubs to finish the LS collection but I'm waiting for prices to come down".
That post has not aged well.
I mean, they have to come down someday... Right? Oofff.
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@MarioMendoza935_XBL said in One big win for TA:
@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said in One big win for TA:
I really am holding out hope that those LS cards will drop a good deal by early next week
I posted something yesterday saying that "I have enough stubs to finish the LS collection but I'm waiting for prices to come down".
That post has not aged well.
I mean, they have to come down someday... Right? Oofff.
Right?? This year has been bonkers. I remember when I started playing in 19 and trout was always like 450K. But then a few years ago the big gatekeepers all of a sudden maxed out at like 150,000. Now Shohei is probably close to 700?? What on earth. I just want to finish my d-backs team but I cannot justify throwing half my stubs at a LS Marte that I will hardly ever use. Weird year for the live series!
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One I finish this I will probably have all of the first team affinity done. Not sure how much motivation I’ll have to play after that. I agee with some of the others. 150k was too much. I would’ve rather had more packs and less XP.
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@RealMessiah_XBL said in One big win for TA:
@iBonafideScrub__PSN I'm happy for the folks who don't have the time to grind. Just would have been nice if they had told us they would make it really easy to attain the Finest voucher eventually so the people taking part in the grind they created could have played with the lineups they wanted, not the ones benefitting their TA grind.
Gotta look at the positives man. Since you'll be done with TA soon, you have the rest of the year to use whatever lineups you want. While others are still trying to grind out TA.
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It's nice. It's summer, man, gotta spend some time in nature. No way I was gonna get to the All Star Cards by All Star Break, with how slow those chunks of progress come off post Jolt cards.
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@GoldenGamingKM_PSN Take your frustration somewhere else and do not assume anything. Instead: Enjoy your few hours and spend them on the game.
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@RealMessiah_XBL You can always play with the lineup you want.
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@GoldenGamingKM_PSN Maybe spend a few less hours watching social media and cable news to free up some time. You're not actually "seeing" any of this, you're being told this is happening, like you were told people's dogs and cats were being eaten.
People aren't living on unemployment that pays less than half what they made working, and If you knew someone who is disabled, who has ever dealt with trying to get disability, you'd know it's not a process you can just waltz through.
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I think it's a W. I play a lot and that 150.000 still won't take me to the All-Star voucher. I'm still gonna need quite a bit of work in June. I can't imagine how far behind casual gamers are. I get it I'm being greedy and trying to do every single team and keep them all around the same percent complete but I kind of hit a wall recently losing the will to grind. This kind of gave me a reboot.
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@betamax0_NSW said in One big win for TA:
@GoldenGamingKM_PSN Maybe spend a few less hours watching social media and cable news to free up some time. You're not actually "seeing" any of this, you're being told this is happening, like you were told people's dogs and cats were being eaten.
People aren't living on unemployment that pays less than half what they made working, and If you knew someone who is disabled, who has ever dealt with trying to get disability, you'd know it's not a process you can just waltz through.
A thousand likes. Although my teaching job was tough at times, it was nice having my own house and car. Giving up my car, moving back in with my parents for the first time in 25 years, and knowing I could die any month now is NOT FUN!
@GoldenGamingKM_PSN probably thinks Fox News is too liberal. They probably get their "news" from alternative fringe "news" sources.
And like he said, going through applying for disability was not easy or fun. Even with an obvious condition like cancer, it was still difficult to get. And I get paid less than a third of what I used to make. So not a great life.
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I don’t care if people view it as a positive or a negative as I just view it as yet another example of failure by SDS. It’s a clear admission that their original design decisions of My Journey were never going to align with most people’s playing habits. They knew it was hard as they intentionally made it ridiculously long, only to now back away from it once the potential consequences of it being hard were becoming apparent. And people that it helps will give them credit and be positive when it really should just result in asking, “Why does this stuff keep happening every year? How many times do the content/design teams get to make the same mistakes, not learn from them, and keep getting to do their jobs?”
FYI, SDS, you should have put a collection for 40,000 points in the Color Storm programs where anyone that actually did the long grinds could collect the AS voucher for the 40,000. You’re letting everyone else fast track to catch up while giving absolutely no reward to the people that actually did the grind that you told us we’d have to do.
And that’s always the problem with you guys desperately trying to fix your mistakes. You never make everyone right. You always screw one group over.
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I consider myself a casual player who likes to play on Rookie/veteran. This program is PERFECT for someone like me!
Put together a Phillie team with Schwarber as jolt captain. Two games vs CPU on Veteran at Coors Field and BAM: JT Realmuto is my new catcher!
Get him to 500 PXP and I can start to catch up on TA (which I’m way way way behind on)
I only have about half of the Jolt captains….
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@MarioMendoza935_XBL said in One big win for TA:
@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said in One big win for TA:
I really am holding out hope that those LS cards will drop a good deal by early next week
I posted something yesterday saying that "I have enough stubs to finish the LS collection but I'm waiting for prices to come down".
That post has not aged well.
I mean, they have to come down someday... Right? Oofff.
They will, this is why I stopped playing when they increased the cap for 90+ LS to 750. I knew Ohtani would sell for the max price and when 95s started to release he would drop his price.
I had to get Treinen so I did that program today. I’ll be looking at the market from my phone, these prices have to come down a little with the packs that will get open in the next few days.
