What happened to offline content?
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They are struggling because no one is playing online. I tried to grind the event last night and found one game in an hour.
Basically what happened to me. I don't play much online; however, usually if I play an event it connects within five seconds max. Last night I only connected twice and the one time I had to back out cause the selection screen was super laggy. I couldn't believe it was that inactive...in APRIL.
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@MetalDoc17_XBL The xp is painfully slow. We aren’t getting as many chunks as we got last year. The xp path also isn’t very rewarding. For 500k xp you get:
7750 stubs
2 cards no one uses
14 standard packs
1 boss pack
2 deluxe packs
1 premier pack
3 ballin packs
1 headliner
3 gold wbc packsIt could take days of xp to get a few standard packs. That’s crazy. I will say that I’m happy they removed the icons and useless stuff, but single standard packs for thousands of xp, no bundles is weak.
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Definitely need a repeatable conquest map with worthwhile rewards. Even a decent size one with a 5 or 10 pack (depending on map size) and some XP at the end of each time would be something
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I’ve been playing since ‘21, it’s clear that SDS is no longer nudging us to play online, they are FORCING us to play online. Like many of us offline only, I finished every offline program in the first inning, except New Threads mini season. Completed 6 runs of WBC mini season. I came no where close to finishing the first inning. I play my games in Vet.
It’s very discouraging
I’ll edit and added that we know SDS monitors stuff like this and will adjust. (At least I hope they do)
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I’ve been playing since ‘21, it’s clear that SDS is no longer nudging us to play online, they are FORCING us to play online. Like many of us offline only, I finished every offline program in the first inning, except New Threads mini season. Completed 6 runs of WBC mini season. I came no where close to finishing the first inning. I play my games in Vet.
It’s very discouraging
I’ll edit and added that we know SDS monitors stuff like this and will adjust. (At least I hope they do)
Yes I have played more online this year than I have the last 3 years combined
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I agree. We need more offline content. I’d love a new Team Affinity program and at least a repeatable conquest. Honestly I’d like a lot more thanthat but I guess that’s wishful thinking.
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I’ve enjoyed grinding out the team affinity rewards — I completed all 30 Jolt cards a few days ago. But I’d like something else worthwhile to do offline than playing WBC mini seasons over and over and over again.
Each of the last couple content drops I’ve been excited to have something new to do, then I see it takes maybe 30 min total and then you’re back to WBC mini season for the next week.
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@MetalDoc17_XBL XP has definitely gotten worse (despite what they say).
Last year I would get the bosses within 10 days.
This year, i'm not even halfway there.
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Having no new content for a week is just bad management when we are in the first month of the mlb season.
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Do kids today even understand the idea of grinding? Everyone is always so happy when programs and reward paths are short - why, so you can be done in five days and have no progression path to work on? The idea of the "long grind" seems to be lost.
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@NotesOfJohn_PSN There were innings last year when I was done by the second day. I’m only around 300k and I play a ton. I saved some conquest/program xp too. There’s going to be a lot of people who don’t finish this inning.
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Make the conquest maps repeatable with SELLABLE ITEMS. Such a massive L on the behalf of SDS.
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Its 24 all over again. Weak programs that take 20 minutes to do and plenty of packs to buy.
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Lots of Ls this year.
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Content release:
2019-2021: amazing
2022-2024: FOMO
2025: balanced
2026: crawl -
I don't understand why they don't have staggered TA content like in the past. I keep reading what is there now is all there is for the year, hoping that is false but I've read it in several threads already. I know they got rid of MtO because I guess I was the only one playing it, but why not do a TA/mini-season combo where you have to win a season with an single franchise team or something similar? I love missions where I have to make a roster work with limited or underdog cards.
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@Precisionist99_XBL Lazier and lazier
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I don't understand why they don't have staggered TA content like in the past. I keep reading what is there now is all there is for the year, hoping that is false but I've read it in several threads already. I know they got rid of MtO because I guess I was the only one playing it, but why not do a TA/mini-season combo where you have to win a season with an single franchise team or something similar? I love missions where I have to make a roster work with limited or underdog cards.
Unfortunately they did say this was it for TA this year. Because people complain that everything takes too long and is too hard. So they make everything shorter and easier, and then people complain that there is nothing to do. I mean we have a whole thread on here with a bunch of replies about how Rookie is too hard.
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That's comparing apples and oranges. Yes Rookie is harder this year, so less Ks per game for pitching and less runs scored overall in Rookie games. But that doesnt make the complete lack of length or depth of offline content any better. They aren't appeasing anyone, all they are going to see is a falloff of player count as the year progresses due to nothing to do, and less renewals next year as it feels like the MLB the Show franchise is on a severe down trend.
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Yep, having played ever MLBTS since 2006 and DD since 2020 it really feels like they are mailing it in. Doing everything they can to patch together a broken gameplay engine. Monetizing live series and packs as much as possible with horrendous scummy odds to get every last bit of profit out of the current player base before they bail this year, maybe for good.
