Radical, Probably Unpopular Idea...
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I cant speak for this year, but last year Carlos Santana captain singlehandedly destroyed lineup diversity. I got so tired of playing against those lineups, its dull playing against the same lineup every game.
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@macdaddy-o_PSN You’re right… this is a terrible idea.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS Last years lineup diversity was way better than this years.
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@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN said in Radical, Probably Unpopular Idea...:
Diamond Dynasty isn't real baseball. Most of what happens in DD will never happen in a real baseball game. I wish Willi Castro was as good in real life as his 99 card suggests but he's not. If you want a more realistic experience then play Online Rated.
Can I save the first two sentences of this post and use it as a canned reply when people complain about RNG and P/Ps bring outs?
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If they removed the pci shrinkage on low and away slider/circle change ups, then people would not have to use so many switch hitters
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@GoozeFn_PSN said in Radical, Probably Unpopular Idea...:
@Teak2112_MLBTS Last years lineup diversity was way better than this years.
Not in low levels of ranked. It was all Santana all the time last year
Granted I dont play online much this year because of the nonsense stat requirements being a turnoff, but there is far more variety in the 500 range than there was last year.
In the case it wasnt Santana it was Buxton or whatever the flavor of the month captain was.
I used Delgado most of the time last year (Mets theme), but i couldn't hit with him...
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@Teak2112_MLBTS Well, I agree that they have completely ruined theme teams this year. My experience has not been the same as far as lineup diversity. Yes, last year you saw a lot of the meta captains Buxton then Santana, but after they nerfed him I saw a lot more variety. Theme teams were viable and there were a bunch of viable captains which led to lineup diversity. I used Verlander, Hoffman, Castillo and different team captains throughout the year. I saw a lot of variety. The only variety we see this year is based on how much people play, which determines what cards they have. Sure, you’re going to see more variety at low levels because you’re playing people that don’t play much and don’t have most cards. It’s a lot different on the levels above you.
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#BringbackOGCaptains
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL There's also no legal reason Beltran can't play well in LF, so similar to how he would be nerfed there (that is my understanding for OOP anyway), they could do something similar for switch hitters. With all the "we want a sim" people that attack any posts asking for more offense, etc., I would think they would certainly be on this bandwagon too.
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@dinkus_MLBTS How is that the same? People who want more of a sim also want the correct rules of baseball. There is no rule preventing a team from having all switch hitters. It’s probably never happened, but it certainly should not be a rule.
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I feel like circle changes are so good this year that if you have a cutter, sinker, circle change with maybe a slider then the switch hitting doesn't matter a ton
I feel like clemens for example doesn't work against opposite hitters because he hangs his slider and splitter alot... So assuming your opponent can catch up to outlier the opposite hitter is a little tougher
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I wouldn't mind being able to set a vs. RHP and vs. LHP lineup, but I'm still not sure it would solve the problem. Obviously people could still just use all switch hitters, but even if they don't, I think we'd see people using openers as pitchers and then switching after an inning to counter whatever lineup they face. It would at least introduce some strategy though.
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Forget the issue of whether it's real baseball or a sim. The bottom line takeaway is that it is boring and annoying to face a team of all switch-hitters. The fact that it NEVER happens in real baseball is just an additional point as to why does it happen in this game. If you like facing nothing but switch-hitters, good for you! I'm sure you also enjoy playing in insane created stadiums where every fly ball is a home run and the bleachers are the size of a skyscraper.
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:shrugs: That's baseball. Even if they did your four-man limit, your opponent could start 4RHB and have 4LHB on the bench ready to replace them if they guessed RHP/LHP wrong. Even if SDS banned switch hitters entirely, your opponent could guess LHP or RHP, start 9 LHB/RHB, and if they guess correctly, you're facing the same thing.
Any ban on switch hitters would diminish their overall value, which means less money for SDS, which means you might get a "No Switch Hitter Event" but that's about it.
I don't like backfoot sliders but it's part of the game so tough [censored] for me lol.
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@macdaddy-o_PSN I’m not going to forget about that issue because it is an issue that I care about. It’s boring to you, not me. When was the last time you actually faced an all switch hitting team?
