PLEASE RECONSIDER TEAM AFFINITY
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We'll all just wait and see. I am of the opinion that they either need to add more later or boost the captain cards throughout the year. Maybe start at 88, then boost to 92, 96 and 99.
But the only reason I would not be a fan of the second method is then it eliminates the need for these players to get different cards along the way. I mean who doesn't want this beast of a card back
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@Dolenz_PSN one can hope
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@RealMessiah_XBL that’s exactly it; it will be almost exactly like last year. If you watch the stream the missions can be done in a single sitting, especially with 9 innings MS games.
They may not be Neon or whatever, but we’ll definitely other themed TAs. They will probably move the themes around, like Summer being in TA and Neon being it’s own program outside TA, but overall the structure will be the same.
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Maybe they will address it in todays stream since this is what most people seem to be talking about after yesterdays stream.
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It seems obvious that you're not gonna be using 88 captains forever, so there will be new paths to get different captains. This Team Affinity seems like it's just a launch-day program that it is pretty much done and over after about a month.
They keep saying that this year has more content and "things to do," but I don't really see that yet. All of these things seem really quick and short - doesn't seem to be a whole lot of steady grinding to do. I'm bothered by them constantly making concessions to players who hate putting in time to grind.
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It seems obvious that you're not gonna be using 88 captains forever, so there will be new paths to get different captains. This Team Affinity seems like it's just a launch-day program that it is pretty much done and over after about a month.
In 2024 you were stuck with low captains until post Finest. So there is precedent.
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I think I actually like this move, assuming it means more of these cards will be available in other programs like they said. TA is usually great early in the game, but in the future drops I get kind of burned out on having to play with teams I just don't care about to try and get a reward I might want. TA requires so many rewards cards throughout the year that it eliminates those guys as possibilities to be in other programs. So as long as the other programs are solid I think this will be a welcome change.
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I think I actually like this move, assuming it means more of these cards will be available in other programs like they said. TA is usually great early in the game, but in the future drops I get kind of burned out on having to play with teams I just don't care about to try and get a reward I might want. TA requires so many rewards cards throughout the year that it eliminates those guys as possibilities to be in other programs. So as long as the other programs are solid I think this will be a welcome change.
I agree that TA is at its best early in the year because those mid-level diamonds are super valuable at that time around launch and will be all over most people's squads.
It does get a little repetitive as the season goes on and that is usually when you run into the common complaint of "none of these guys even crack my team" because at that point there are so many other viable options available from other card series.
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In 2024 you were stuck with low captains until post Finest. So there is precedent.
24 was also the year we had no content. A new season would drop and then it was like 3 weeks before we got a new conquest or program.
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It does get a little repetitive as the season goes on and that is usually when you run into the common complaint of "none of these guys even crack my team" because at that point there are so many other viable options available from other card series.
Changes shouldn't be made for people that only care about god squads though. Making pretty much every card being required for some collection is more of the issue I feel which makes people compelled to go after cards they don't have any desire to use.
I get that some people think the grind is repetitive. This is like the Showdown argument: if a not insignificant portion of the community enjoys it it, should it be removed just because others don't like it?
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I hate that there will be no more TA drops. For offline players like me, that means a lot fewer packs, cards, and stubs on top of significantly less content to do. I hate pvp and really resent the push to force people to pvp, by giving us less offline content to do
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@DivineFury75_PSN they will be more!!! They showed the launch programs only
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@yankblan_PSN I wish I had your faith and hope about this, I really do
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@DivineFury75_PSN it’s the same format as last year; instead of having the path extend past the Captain until #1 fan, it stops after the last captain and the #1 fan path is separate and goes on.
The next TA program will be separate just like the first one. So there’s no “come back later” hidden cards.
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There will be NO next ta program. None! This is it for the whole year for TA
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I hate that there will be no more TA drops. For offline players like me, that means a lot fewer packs, cards, and stubs on top of significantly less content to do. I hate pvp and really resent the push to force people to pvp, by giving us less offline content to do
I'll push back on this a little.
Go laod up 2021 if you have it and see what they had then. Some conquest maps and showdowns. And a LOT of moments, some of them super long. (I think 2025 nailed moments in general, the right amount, and some good challenging ones)
Fast forward to 2025 and we have mini seasons, a LOT more conquest maps (granted most of them were small), mini seasons, and DQ (which I didn't like the 2025 implementation but has potential). And now in 2026 we are getting some changes to mini seasons including a WBC mode. They have pushed a lot of offline stuff in general. Its far better than what you'll find in the competition.
So I'll give SDS some credit on that. What they don't cater to as much is people that want to make The Show their main source of entertainment. Which has its own merits even if I would prefer otherwise. I think the foam fingers are an attempt at that, but its just not what personally appeals to me. Now if winning the WBC as each team rewards me one of those shiny gold versions of the Tatis card, that would be pretty neat
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@DivineFury75_PSN it’s the same format as last year; instead of having the path extend past the Captain until #1 fan, it stops after the last captain and the #1 fan path is separate and goes on.
The next TA program will be separate just like the first one. So there’s no “come back later” hidden cards.
They did say it was the only TA program of the year. It could mean that they didnt consider color storm a TA program, but it didn't sound like that. We will find out in 2 months I guess.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS What about All-Star cards and Finest cards? With no more TA how will they work?
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@Teak2112_MLBTS I can't argue with the additions since 21, but I guess to be honest I'm seeing everything right now through a lens of massive disappointment over TA.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS can you find where they said that? Because I watched live and re-watched the TA section later and didn’t hear them say that.
Edit: All right found it; you’re right, my bad.
