What happened to offline content?
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@Sarge1387_PSN said:
I'll rarely touch conquest because it feels...off? It plays entirely different from other modes. I grind offline primarily for the XP path.Yeah Conquest has been different for a few years now. I don't have any evidence to back it up but I think what happened is they changed Conquest from the "casual" setting to "simulation" which plays a lot more brutally. Mini seasons and versus CPU are on the "casual" setting so you can hit HRs with guys even in the 60s in power. In Conquest it seems like the only way to get a HR is with a 100+ power guy, a perfect/perfect pull shot. Everything else dies at the warning track.
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I wouldn’t mind them updating the Jolt cards mid season with a roster update to make them viable again at that point. Maybe make them 95s if they aren’t releasing anything else.
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Between lack of content, crappy rewards and terrible XP the offline grind is just about dead. Kinda wishing I hadn’t bought the game this year. I feel like SDS doesn’t want me as a consumer so why am I still here? Not sure.
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@PAinPA_PSN its a good idea until you realize that it will just be another lame program with most of the cards being in packs.
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@LHUBison58_XBL They should be updating them every inning or 2. Theme teams are dead and the captain boosts aren’t even working.
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You know, I have an hour or so before I start thinking about dinner and I could definitely play but Vampire Crawlers just released on Game Pass today so I think I should find out if a dungeon crawling card based version of the game with retro graphics can be anywhere near as addictive as the regular Vampire Survivors
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XP is nearly impossible to complete for the average gamer that has maybe a couple hours to play the game. Everything they do now seems to be geared towards spending stubs or money to complete collections and paths. Can we please have another major MLB licensed game to compete with this one so some real improvements can be made? The direction of this game turned to very negative way about 3 years ago. I went against my first thoughts and bought the game again, but I absolutely won’t waste another dime on stub purchases ever again. I’ve spent so much money on this game over the years. I used to always complete the Live series within the first 2-4 weeks. Ain’t falling in that money trap again for a game that cares less and less about its player base. It’s disappointing. Someone in the lead of this game series has made some detrimental decisions the last 3 years.
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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.
No rookie isnt harder this year. You're just playing with cards that arent 110+ across the board.
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Agree with all of this. For as bad as 2022 was 2023 was the first year where aggressive monetization began. I believe this was the year people in charge came from the other sports franchises and realized they could ramp up cards in packs to make more money.
Ultimately they don’t care if they lose players in droves as long as those that stay spend more money. It’s clear SDS would rather have a hundred players that spend thousands vs a thousand players that spend a hundred. It’s become a niche game that’s a shell of its former self.
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@MetalDoc17_XBL agreed. Funny, I started saying this last year. They must have turned over to new staff or something a few years ago.
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99.9% sure this happened after 2022
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game is already 25% off in nintendo eshop ... that seems desperate for more potential stub purchasers this early in the season
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Between lack of content, crappy rewards and terrible XP the offline grind is just about dead. Kinda wishing I hadn’t bought the game this year. I feel like SDS doesn’t want me as a consumer so why am I still here? Not sure.
Couldn't say it any better myself. I've only played 2 or 3 hours the last 2 weeks.
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Seems to be a trend.
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@Finn_Scotus_MLBTS odds are we will get one and it will be a gold mine last year draft map is how I made stubs to keep me going after all star break for rest of year. Card I like dropped oh let’s go bump out a Cpl draft maps and buy him.
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When I played through 3 mini seasons , all conquest maps and was still short 300k + for the inning program I uninstalled the game. I don’t have the time to complete the innings program an I don’t have the patience for the inconsistency of multiplayer. Placing mlb the show in th bucket that Madden and nba 2k live in. I’ll dabble if it hits game pass otherwise I can’t be bothered
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Completely understand. The game is officially not for most of us casual gamers anymore. They have moved into the niche market for people who live on the game or spend tons of money. The game on clearance shows that stub sales have clearly dried up as people are seeing it for what it has become.
The reigns will be loosened as the year goes on but they have been way too tight since launch. Even compared to the past couple years it feels extreme.
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The innings program really isn't that much xp. Im guessing most regular players are doing several wheel spins at the end of innings - and should be doing wheel at end of multiplayer too (if only it existed!)
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The innings program really isn't that much xp. Im guessing most regular players are doing several wheel spins at the end of innings - and should be doing wheel at end of multiplayer too (if only it existed!)
I'm just up to Will Ferrell and the only thing I havent done is showdown (Im in a hotel and it absolutely impacts my hitting so Ill wait until Im back home). Granted Ive barely played this inning because there isnt any content.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS lol, Will Ferrell. Is that autocorrect or you? By the way, it would be nice if the announcers actually told us some interesting facts about the legends. They actually do have a Rick Ferrell line, I think...but there sure isn't enough lines about players
