Showdown
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@Teak2112_MLBTS Sometimes peoples preferred experiences differ. The solution people consistently have on this board for everything is basically get rid of the things I don’t like because my opinions are better than yours. How about a solution that works for both sides? Make showdowns optional for program progress like they used to be and make any unique rewards sellable, or don’t put unique rewards in showdowns. Removing things from the game because some people aren’t good enough is incredibly shortsighted.
Why do you assume its about difficulty? With some people it may be, but a lot of people simply dont like the mode (I am in this camp personally, most of the showdowns just have too many stages and I cant wait for them to end). While I agree thats not a justification for its removal by itself, I'm not sure how many people actually enjoy engaging with it. SDS probably has a better idea of this though, and given its still in the game its likely more than some of us assume.
There is also an assumption people make that more content x means less content y. But then I point to last year and we had a lot more conquest maps than prior years and it wasnt harming the other modes.
While I think extreme last year went a bit too far (if it was released around the all star break I would have thought otherwise...the pxp repeatable was just a bit too high for that late in the lifecycle), in general SDS does difficulty pretty well and one underrated aspect of 25 is the frequency of extreme moments. These were optional but some people really enjoy them. In general I can play at the level thats fun for me, and I really like the 2026 pxp changes to better reward higher difficulties.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS It really doesn’t matter whether it’s preference or skill.
For me it’s about variety. More ways to play the game is better.
The numbers don’t matter to me either. Maybe people don’t play as much showdown because it’s not as rewarding as it needs to be. I remember when showdowns were the go to way to complete TA the fastest. Look at what they did to March to October. Another mode I enjoyed. They nuked the rewards, so no one played it and now they’re removing it. Rewards should scale with the skill and time each mode takes.
I didn’t even touch extreme because it released so late in the game cycle. It should be the first 99 content in the game besides collections.
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I love showdown. Seriously love it. Sorry fellas its one of my favorite things.
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I like showdown but in small doses, primarily cause the CPU is cheap and sometimes cheats
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Not a fan of showdown, but I agree with GoozeFn (for once
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I like showdown, much more enjoyable and shorter than conquest and mini seasons
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I like beating Showdown....
It's the diving plays against and RNG elements that make it awful. -
again I'm fine with it being in the game, but it has literally nothing to do with DD apart from once or twice a year being forced into a program. No exp, no PXP, and you can't use you own players.
All I'm saying is move it out of DD and into a separate section like March To October was.
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If people hate the current iteration of Showdown, they would have LOATHED how it used to be when first put in the game in 2020. Each division had one initially and they were just incredibly tough with the RNG cheapness ramped all the way up it felt.
However, it absolutely was an integral part of DD especially the first few years because you could earn TA vouchers and exchange those for progress which was a great method to earn some of those early FOTF cards. There was also always a Showdown when a new Inning program dropped that gave you a pretty solid headstart in the program path if you beat it. Yes, it was always challenging, but OPTIONAL which is the perfect way to implement Showdown into the game and they nailed that execution in its debut season. The only example of where you had to beat Showdown to complete something was the Extreme program.
They need to go back to this model though. Do not make it mandatory, but make it valuable enough where players are enticed to give it a shot. Whether that's through program points, XP or a voucher is debatable.
Removing a mode entirely because some people simply don't like it is wrong. I think Conquest is one of the most monotonous and unavoidable things in DD, but understand that there are some who probably wouldn't buy the game if it was no longer available. It's just not for me the same way that Showdown and Diamond Quest aren't for others. I wouldn't want it taken out of the game though just because I don't personally enjoy it. That's silly.
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@Jay_Kimber_PSN Then no one will play it and it will be removed just like March to October. Terrible idea.
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Outside of extreme showdown, these showdowns the past few years are so easy that you could do them with your eyes closed.
I'm almost 50, play at an AS level and have no problems with them. Stop whining about everything or just dont play them. They are not required.
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In 2020 you had to beat Othani on All Star down 3 runs with 10 outs and that was just a mini boss in the middle not even a final boss
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They are not required.
Technically nothing is required, but the card rewards for Showdown are no sell.
It makes zero sense why DQ and online get sellable cards but miniseason and Showdown do not. Hopefully they reveal today that all cards in online or offline modes are sellable.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS So far, most of the content seems to be sellable.
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SHOWDOWN'S BACK, BABY!!!
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SHOWDOWN'S BACK, BABY!!!
Not only is it back but the WBC showdown rewards a pitcher every round if you win that round
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It's the first thing I'm playing, only because that's where you get (THE RIDICULOUSLY UNDERPOWERED WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE PEOPLE?!?!?) WBC Skenes. I may not be the first to P5 him, but he's going to be my first P5.
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(THE RIDICULOUSLY UNDERPOWERED WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE PEOPLE?!?!?) WBC Skenes.
Does the WBC Skubal leave your team after one game?
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(THE RIDICULOUSLY UNDERPOWERED WHAT ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE PEOPLE?!?!?) WBC Skenes.
Does the WBC Skubal leave your team after one game?
That's funny. I don't really understand why that was such a big deal, with pitch limits in pool play the starters can only go once, then in brackets you only need 3 starters and fill out the pitchers in the pen(I'm guessing unlike October baseball they couldn't put starters in the pen)so it kinda makes sense for him to go back to camp after pitching his game
