Are Finest Cards meant to be the....finest cards?
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I hear this all the time - a salary cap mode. This is a cool idea, but if SDS fully transformed competitive play into something like this - 90% of the community would most likely abandon ship. This is Diamond Dynasty for a reason. While it’s established by real-life events, it isn’t implemented in that way. For example, Ian Happ had a good enough season to earn a Finest card. Did he deserve the insane stats he got? No, but this is DD for a reason. Why not give random guys some love and juice them. This is a baseball fantasy team mode, not a realistic sim. SDS has the leverage here because there aren’t necessarily any rules. Nobody’s forcing anybody to like the cards. Nobody’s forcing anyone to use god squads. I love theme teams even though I use my god squad 95% of the time. You can be good and use a cute little theme team. That’s the good thing about Diamond Dynasty. There are no “meta” cards. Sure, there are cards that are in another league of influence in the game, but you don’t have to use them to be competitive of that’s what you’re striving for.
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@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN As someone with well over 100 P5 cards, believe me when I say i'm not one to use the same cards repeatedly.
I was just expecting better from these cards.
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@NotesOfJohn_PSN said in Are Finest Cards meant to be the....finest cards?:
@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN As someone with well over 100 P5 cards, believe me when I say i'm not one to use the same cards repeatedly.
I was just expecting better from these cards.
How? If they're not switch hitters with maxed contact/clutch and 100+ vision or outlier pitchers with 90+ control then they're probably not outdoing the meta guys.
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@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN How did I think they'd be better? Well, having as good or better attributes than cards released weeks ago would be a start.
Some of these cards wouldn't make most people's best four or five squads, let alone their god squads.
Radical concept, but if you're playing all year to achieve Finest vouchers, the resultant players should be the best of the best.
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@NotesOfJohn_PSN said in Are Finest Cards meant to be the....finest cards?:
@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN How did I think they'd be better? Well, having as good or better attributes than cards released weeks ago would be a start.
Some of these cards wouldn't make most people's best four or five squads, let alone their god squads.
Radical concept, but if you're playing all year to achieve Finest vouchers, the resultant players should be the best of the best.
JRam Finest is arguably best 3b in game, god squad worthy
Cal Raleigh is arguably best offensive catcher in the game with solid d, god squad worthy
Ian Happ is among best LF in the game, god squad worthy.
Trea Turner SS is god squad worthy, especially on higher levels with his vision. Bobby Witt is solid, Francisco Lindor is a switch hitter with a fan-favorite swing, and Colson Montgomery has big power.
Kyle Schwarber is a solid DH.
Cody Bellinger at 1B is a fan favorite with stacked #s.
You make 2/3 of a god squad lineup with those guys.
Are they just supposed to give everyone 125 con, 125 pow, 125 vis, and 99 spd?
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@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN said in Are Finest Cards meant to be the....finest cards?:
JRam Finest is arguably best 3b in game, god squad worthy
Did you forget about Chipper Jones?
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@Talkingben9558_XBL said in Are Finest Cards meant to be the....finest cards?:
@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN said in Are Finest Cards meant to be the....finest cards?:
JRam Finest is arguably best 3b in game, god squad worthy
Did you forget about Chipper Jones?
Nope I didn't forget...:-D
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But it doesn't need to be a "salary cap mode" - some cards can be obviously better, but if you need the build and use the lower cards in order to make them better, you have a system where everything works together. (Use the lower cards, form theme teams, and that IN TURN improves your best players).
Right now, nothing works together - you've just got 13 spots and 5 pitchers to fill, and that's it.
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@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN
Then stop disrespecting him. Have you had a look at their stats side by side? Dont tell me Jram has a better swing, Chipper's is amazing. And Chipper can also play left field! What more do you want from him? Not to mention Chipper is 500,000 stubs cheaper -
@Talkingben9558_XBL said in Are Finest Cards meant to be the....finest cards?:
@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN
Then stop disrespecting him. Have you had a look at their stats side by side? Dont tell me Jram has a better swing, Chipper's is amazing. And Chipper can also play left field! What more do you want from him? Not to mention Chipper is 500,000 stubs cheaperJRam better
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Just looking at the attributes (ignoring the intangible "swing" preference) it is pretty much a coin flip when comparing all aspects of the card.
3B - Top 5 by Meta Score Rank OVR Player Team Series Meta 1 99 Chipper Jones ATL Milestone 106.3 2 99 José Ramírez CLE 2025 Finest 106.15 3 99 David Wright NYM Signature 105.4 4 99 Nolan Arenado COL Finest 105.2 5 99 Ernie Clement TOR 2025 Postseason 104.05Just looking at the offensive attributes the top 5 3B are:
Rank OVR Player Team Series Bats Meta Offensive Meta 1 99 Junior Caminero TB 2025 Finest R 101.4 120.6 2 99 Harmon Killebrew MIN Spooky R 99.9 119.4 3 99 Chipper Jones ATL Milestone S 106.3 118.34 4 99 Nolan Arenado COL Finest R 105.2 115.82 5 99 José Ramírez CLE 2025 Finest S 106.15 115.7And a direct comparison
