What happened to offline content?
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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.
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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.
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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.
And here is a secret for SDS:
If I am unhappy with the offline content Im not going to start playing online more, Im just going to play the game less. Which means very little chance for me to care when you do a flash sale if I need to top up for a fomo gamble.
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That’s just it. By short changing offline players we don’t jump to play online we just walk away.
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@Precisionist99_XBL you're right on with this post. There are a ton of ways that they could give you to use all the other cards in your binder - all those cards that you barely ever play with because you have a ton of better options. There are online ways and offline ways to do it - Events does it a little tiny bit (but even Events doesn't give you reason to build most kinds of theme teams), and there's nothing offline to promote it.
WBC was great launch day content. But, there's no long-term progression path. It's just a bunch of quick "ten minutes and you're done" content.
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Offline player as well. Just over a month in and I havent played the game for 2 weeks. XP grind for Offline player is just not worth it. Feels like rinse and repeat. I thought the new perks system would help, it did not. Been player since MLB the Show 16, and I have never stopped playing this early. Having only 1 Team Affinity didn't help either. Now comes the "BIG" collection that wont even be close to attainable (nor will I even want to try for it). These past 3 years have truly been awful for this game.
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I watch all the Show live streams on twitch and didn’t hear them say this was the only TA this year but I’m not doubting you all when you say they did. This would be one of the worst ideas in my opinion. To be honest I don’t know how a development team can sit around a table and decide this is a good idea. To me TA is easily one of the best parts of the game. We used to have start up TA,Future Stars,All Stars,Finest, and a lot more I can’t think of off the top of my head. It keeps people playing the game daily. As a game developer you wpkld think that people playing the game should be the top priority. I don’t want to bash them completely because I do like the game. I just agree with the other people in this thread saying the programs are done in a day and then there’s not much else to do. People are going to get burned out before the end of this season at this rate. Not trying to be cynical. Just being honest.
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Just over a month in and I havent played the game for 2 weeks.
I have played 7 Conquest games and a bunch of Spotlight Moments as my total playing time in April. That's maybe 3 to 4 hours.
That is most likely the least I have played in April ever.
As a Cardinals fan we have gotten, if I am not mistaken, a single card since we got three on March 19th for Spring Breakout. That card was an Egg Hunt Masyn Winn which was in a pack so I just bought him. No reason to play.
I assume we will get an April Jordan Walker Card but that is still like two weeks away and with him cooling off on the HR front (although he is currently tied for the longest active hit streak at 15) he is probably not a leading candidate for Lightning so there is a better than a 50% chance he will just be another pack card.
And I know there are a few teams in even worse shape than the Cardinals.
When you couple that with the fact that I am somewhat addicted to Crimson Desert and also the fact that Microsoft Flight Sim 2024 is supposed to release their patch that enables PSVR 2 support this week, only Cardinals content will pull me back into the game for the foreseeable future.
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They aren’t getting rid of those other programs (AS, finest,..), they just aren’t incorporating them into TA this year for some reason.
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‘Some reason’ - streamers didn’t want to grind for the AS/Finest collections and would rather be able to just buy everything
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@On_a_Power_Trip_PSN I think that’s lame in my opinion. What fun is it just to buy everything? To me the fun is in the gameplay and grind. What do I know though. I know my opinion probably isn’t important to anyone in here. I just state my opinion in hopes that if the developers see enough of these they listen to our feedback.
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Not having allstar or finest a part of TA but their own separate thing is a good idea, they should still do something else with TA though
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wonder what that could be
