Content isn't the issue. Gameplay is..
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Since I play offline mostly, I don't feel compelled to use the 99s so I mostly don't unless I am doing content like DQ (which I havent touched in a while) or the classic mini season (which isnt really all that worthwhile this year)
I prefer 90-95 range...still a bit overpowered but usually have strengths and weaknesses. unlike that stupid Joey Bats card.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS you keep The Man’s name out of your [censored] MOUTH!!
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@JenkinMeyer_PSN 2022 was the last semi decent gameplay.
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We could all sit around and design baseball cards all day. All they do is slap new card images on the same players that play in an old [censored] engine. The stats don’t mean [censored] really, other than like power and contact, speed and reaction maybe on defense. You’re sold baseball cards that only have like 4 stats that mean anything.
It’s funny some people are like but yeah when you hit that threshold of 82 on power it really shows an effect. No it doesn’t. I feel the stats mean something per 20 points. Anything between is useless. So that’s dumb. May as well have stats of 1-5 on all players.
They make it seem like it means something but it absolutely doesn’t.
There’s 4 stats maybe that mean anything. The rest is just window dressing.
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I do think there is a big issue for SDS here:
The people happy with content are generally the online preferred players. They are the ones who like short programs, and dont care if they are 1 card as long as the card is good. These are also the people most impacted by the gameplay issues, especially online connectivityMeanwhile, the offline preferred people are significantly less impacted by 'MY INPUTS DONT MATTER' and there arent connection issues offline (not to say that the game plays perfectly), but they are the ones struggling with the content issues like TA
And then there is collections, which requires everyone to grind for stubs because there are very few collections with reliably farmable packs (150 XBH in the mini season with the best pitching for a deluxe pack is an option, but with those pack odds thats like 10+ hours of grind (for most people) for a non choice pack thats almost always a base round.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS great point! Input matters so much more during online play!!! I dont care if I line drive out every other at bat during offline modes. My batting average and wins do not matter as much in offline. And like you said. Offline plays much better anyway.
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Offline does not play better, whatsoever.
Miniseasons maybe with high caliber cards the teams have. Even then it’s a farce of a game the opponents (even if all bronze)play like diamonds there’s really no difference between any of them. High fb high fb low outside, win the game.
So to get any baseball out of the game you have to play online where your pitches matter, and you can’t do that ad nauseum.
There’s no fun whatsoever to offline grinding. It’s pure garbage where you only hit homeruns, and the rest of game you want the fastest pitcher to the plate to get out of it faster to go back to hitting and bitching about perfect perfects.
Online you actually play baseball and are not facing auto outs most of the time.
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Offline is so wildly inconsistent. I can score 8-10 runs fairly easily in Mini Seasons, but I sometimes have to go into extra innings to score a single run in Conquest. Even Play vs CPU (which, in years past, was always a very consistent offline mode) has been weird this year. One game I’ll score 38 runs without even paying attention, and then I’ll struggle to score 6 runs with the same lineup.
The really weird thing is that I can usually tell after the first inning how a Play vs CPU game is going to go. It’s very rare for me to score 5 runs in the first and then go cold for the next 8, or for me to struggle in the first and then pick things up as it goes on. It’s like there’s something in the code that says “this game is going to be a slaughter, regardless of the input or card attributes,” or “this game is going to be a frustrating slog for 9 innings.” Very frustrating.
SDS really isn’t doing themselves any favors. It’s hard to refute accusations of “laziness” on their part when they have scaled back their community interaction by a ton. I remember back in 2019 they would do live streams all the time. They were long streams that felt well planned and intentional and entertaining. Now, we get pre-recorded garbage that feels super low effort. And the weird thing is that they put a bunch of money into that new studio a few years ago. And now it feels like they do fewer (and much lamer) streams after investing in a media studio. So weird.
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Laziness is the word. They’ve made 0 changes since forever. Just put a new shell on players.
They aren’t designing a game for gameplay they just print digital baseball cards for Topps.
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@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS they've become trash to fill quotas... it's really that simple.
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@JenkinMeyer_PSN cannot disagree true!
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Exactly as i thought and expected of the majority of commentary when I made this post. Online and offline game play is sub par to say the least. Too many crazy collections.. They refuse to fix game play and most of us seem to agree. I hope they are reading this and fix this nonsense. Or they are going to lose a [censored] ton of people wanting to play their game. And this isnt just any game its a grind of a game! The amount of time people put into this game .. it better play good! Spending 100s of hours on this game grinding for sub par game play is completely unacceptable! This is just sad, for such a great game or used to be a great game.
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Offline has connection issues too. Just yesterday the pitches were noticeably faster. As soon as I start seeing things like this I know other things are coming. CPU easily stealing 2nd with 80 speed while 97 from me almost gets thrown out. Rolen boots a double play ball. Typical things that happen when connections are bad.
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@DemIsE4_XBL said in Content isn't the issue. Gameplay is..:
Offline has connection issues too. Just yesterday the pitches were noticeably faster. As soon as I start seeing things like this I know other things are coming. CPU easily stealing 2nd with 80 speed while 97 from me almost gets thrown out. Rolen boots a double play ball. Typical things that happen when connections are bad.
Offline means it's your internet
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@Ditka06_MLBTS said in Content isn't the issue. Gameplay is..:
Content is great. Gameplay is not. Ill take good game play over great content everyday including Sunday. Have they bothered to fix any of the bugs with game play issues at all this year, besides removing Goat? They definitely fixed the things that helped them in regard to monetary purposes. How is the status ball wheel still broken 4 months into the game.? Freeze offs still? Its 2025. Great Hitting and pitching inputs still not as rewarding as in years past, Match making issues in wc, server issues, banning players over their own bots ( still dont know the full story on this one) etc etc. Some of these things are indefensible.
You all can be excited over the content maybe forget about the gameplay issues for a moment. When that wears off and Until you get reminded its still a problem.
Multi million dollar corporation shouldn't be let off the hook from their players and fans. Do better.
I completely agree with you in the gameplay issues needing fixed. The content drops are what people do get excited for, and it's that euphoria you get from new things that makes people temporarily forget.
But yes there are a ton of both small annoying issues and completely obvious gameplay inconsistencies. However content and player names is what keeps people coming back.
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@Rhyno1986_XBL right but the great content doesnt feel great when the game isn't playing like it should. Way too much grinding in this game for game play to be below par.
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@Ditka06_MLBTS said in Content isn't the issue. Gameplay is..:
@Rhyno1986_XBL right but the great content doesnt feel great when the game isn't playing like it should. Way too much grinding in this game for game play to be below par.
Hypothetically speaking, if the content was great.
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@Ditka06_MLBTS very well said
