Online vs. CPU difficulty
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Here's what I don't get. I need someone to break it down for me.
We got cats coming up in here complaining that Diamond Quest is hard - that they aren't regularly winning Showdowns or Moments. We got people saying they have trouble beating the Lima Lemurs. I can play the CPU on almost any difficulty half-asleep while eating a cheese sandwich and still win without trying. The CPU can't hit to save its life on any difficulty, and it feeds you mistake pitches like curveballs that no sane human would give you (even when you're behind in the count). On Showdowns, you're given a million outs to drive in two runs. Yet, we got people complaining that it's hard.
Now, these same cats get online and they're raking the ball all around the yard (at least on all-star difficulty). I'm fighting for my life trying to beat these same cats who are having trouble with Showdowns....
Am I missing something - I've always thought "online play is hard, offline play is boring and easy to win." Yet, players who seem to be perfectly decent online come in here complaining that CPU needs to be made easier. What's the dilly?
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I think there’s a lot of variables involved.
Hardware, glitchy game, bugs. Etc.
A lot of inconsistencies that if they’d fix at the front end people aren’t feeling like they’re being screwed. If you play very little per week like some and log in and play diamond quest in your 2 hours of playing, and get nothing out of it- it’s frustrating.
Since online engagement has sortve become more mandatory for meaningful rewards, or diamond quest, or whatever card a player may be chasing - design-wise it would be frustrating as hell to HAVE to play said mode if you have low stub count etc. to get the player you want.
Most sane humans don’t play as much as people on the forums or on Reddit and so they’re simply not as good at recognizing a curveball from a jacked up diamond quest slider cheating [censored] CPU pitcher/defense
Most people can’t hit, and hardware wise it’s the whether the TV is in game mode or if there’s a monitor or now if there’s cheaters
And so if someone goes from 2 hours a week to 0 hours a week - less players less business then they just keep releasing content that is 60% packs to grab lost revenue until it shrivels and dies
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well, yeah...it doesn't surprise me that a lot of people would have trouble hitting. Hitting is hard in this game. I just don't understand how you can do anything online if that's you. Like, how are you doing okay online, and then struggling with Diamond Quest?
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DQ isnt hard, its annoying. You can do everything right and still not get the cards playing on All Star difficulty. And then you are no better off then you were before (which defeats the point of roguelikes)
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Because a lot of people aren’t doing well offline and and are deterred there’s no way they’d jump into online if they’re struggling at rookie.
Typical player doesn’t do well in this game if they don’t spent a whole lot of time in it
If matchmaking were better and what have you it’d be fun for noobs to play noobs for less rewards or whatever
But as it stands a lot of people want some of the spotlight packs and only way to get them is to engage into events which is just - impossible. I’ve got time to mash my face into events but others dont
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If you ain’t no-lifing this game, you’re doing it wrong!!
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1.5 hours to 0-5 Ohtani vs. 0-5 Wetherholt from last night
On Fox
Which renders my cardinals.tv useless
Look for Walker to 6-6
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Shock horror, people are at different skill levels.
Posts like these always come across as a long version of 'i'm amazing, so 'get good' rather than genuine questions.
It's a video game.....
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Diamond Quest is pretty worthwhile right now - you can make 30k per run. Play a full day of DQ and you can rack up 200k stubs. Yet, it feels like so many people would rather do anything other than DQ.
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@rubicante23_PSN ppl are saying it’s annoying cause the sliders are different + some bad luck with the stadium rewards. I haven’t tried yet but I remember this being an issue for me at times last year (the first three this year were fine tho)
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Diamond Quest is pretty worthwhile right now - you can make 30k per run. Play a full day of DQ and you can rack up 200k stubs. Yet, it feels like so many people would rather do anything other than DQ.
*if you are good at the game or resort to cheese
If you just play through the moments and then do the stadium game son all star you need to pray that RNG is in your favor. 2 runs. A total of two failed moments across the two runs. 4 won stadium games on all star. Only one Michael Young to show for it.
Then I went into mini seasons (after easily winning those stadium games on all star) and had a 5 inning game, a 4-3 loss because the CPU torched Fingers for no apparent reason, a 5 inning game, and then a game I quit in the 4th. These were on veteran. I dont know if Ive ever had a stretch that bad and its the first time I ever quit a CPU game. Wasnt a rage quit, just felt my time was being wasted and didnt feel like playing anymore.
Im sure the next game Ill put up a 10 spot but I don't know when Ill feel like playing.
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And I honestly dont have a problem with the loss, I wish the CPU scored more. Just in a way where it doesn't feel so random. It was the other games of just waiting around until the game finally decided to give me a hit
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It’s because it IS random, and even more super random in that game mode
Don’t waste your time unless you cheese like the pros or cheat
I’ve had runners at first and second, perfect perfect into a diving 3rd basebans glove to bounce to the pitchers head and like a yoyo triple play.
[censored] like that happens in diamond quest/showdown like it’s scripted that - you’re out
Empty bases 12 outs left let’s go!
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Those are two different cats. But If you don’t play the modes it’s not as simple as “I can beat the conquest maps on legend I can do it in my sleep” Those are mlb teams with bronzes commons and a couple diamonds sprinkled in. When you play the diamond teams in MS they can most certainly hit on legend. The will crush the ball on legend. I was first 10 to Edgar playing only on legend. They hit the ball lmao.
If a .380 hitter online and beats every moment in DQ, plays on legend at 88% and doesn’t get the reward. The mode is too hard. One cat can realize how dumb this sounds to cats that hit .230 online and will never complete every moment in a run or win on legend.
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@DeleteyourTTVBTW_MLBTS The mode isn't "too hard" - it just has an element of randomness. Not sure why that bothers people so much - every dang thing in this game has an element of RNG. The ball that comes off your bat, even if you perfect swing. Your chance of pulling anything from any pack.
This game is RNG city, which is what real baseball is too. But for some reason, it only bothers people with DQ.
PS: Legend is the only difficulty where CPU can score. But, if you're regularly giving up more than 3 or 4 in a miniseason game, you're not pitching to them properly - the CPU script is set up to be really bad at some pitches. Like, cutter away from batter is a pretty hard pitch for a human to hit - CPU rips it. Breaking ball low and away gets ripped by humans often - CPU hates it. You're also probably not subbing pitchers out as needed - pitcher energy/confidence plays a huge role, and you need to get the best matchups based on their upcoming hitters (CPU doesn't pinch-hit properly either).
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Legend is the only difficulty where CPU can score.
that could not be more false i played a few cpu games on rookie and i won 1 game and lost 4 games by 5+ runs while i am painting the corners.
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@AppleLemon560_MLBTS Lol sorry so the CPU can’t hit or now that your talking to someone better than you they are only allowed to score 3 or like maybe 4 on legend in that specific mini season you haven’t played yet lmao? If there is that much RNG in DQ when a WS player finished every single moment it’s too hard. I dunno what part was hard to understand nobody needed a RNg lesson. It bothers them in that mode because it’s tied to literal stubs and rewards? How dumb are you actually that you needed to ask that? I’ll try some cutters in thanks for the tips Boss man.
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@mhenry23_PSN He can’t win online so he wanted to come here and claim a few victories he posted off as “questions” just to correct everybody lmao. Surely a banned account when I go check right now lol
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@rubicante23_PSN yes it is extremely worth while rn with the cityscapes map.
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I played through the cityscape mini season yesterday. How incredibly boring. I dont know how some of you can play through these over and over and over again just to obtain some virtual baseball cards. Playing against the cpu is so boring. The same thing over again. Great contact that always turn into fly balls that hang. Cpu that makes every defensive play. Cpu cant hit. Cpu that throws more balls than the most toxic online player. I dont get it. Seemed like they made these modes to have to play through it multiple times to get all the rewards. Just eeeek. Some of you offline players need to suck it up and try to get better and play online. Play your way ok, I have sludge through mini seasons and conquest and dq to complete this program. I get one card online in events.
