How are you doing with the XP Reward Path?
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Last update for this Inning. Grinded a bunch of Cityscape 9 inning games. Also played some vs CPU to get a couple of TA teams to 50%. Got up to 343k. Still 57k short.
That’s 0-3 for me for earning any of the bosses. Not a happy camper at all with MLB The Show 26.
Played my final game tonight. Again, 9-inning mini season. Won 14-0. Lots of K’s. A Shutout. A save. Homers, doubles and lots of steals. All for …..2700 XP and no card(s) or packs toward a Collection, either.
Ridiculous is not the word. Time to open up the XP and rewards, SDS. Stop hoarding them. Seriously.
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Finally finished it, got to my first wheel spin and they didn’t even give me a wheel spin. The employees at this company need to all drink a gallon of draino and do us all a favor!!! It’s so embarrassing at this point it’s turning comical.
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@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS I appreciate your self-congratulatory stance, but you are advocating for fewer people to earn the reward by saying people aren't playing what you feel is adequate time. Some people don't have the time to play and some don't enjoy playing online, which is a driver of much more XP. Who cares how someone chooses to play? I only play this game as a way of revisiting collecting cards that I enjoyed I was growing up without the storage needs in my house, and don't think the ROI is worth the subscription cost to play online. This year is far less rewarding for offline players, and that's the point. I have no problem buying cards I don't earn, but the expectation from SDS seems to be that we'll buy all the cards we need/want unless we play online or live on the game offline.
I've never had a problem finishing innings/seasons/whatever they're called that year since 16. In 3 innings this year with no significant drop in time spent playing, I've failed to complete 2 of the 3 innings. The 2nd week i had a vacation so I can live with that. But this inning, I've played each week and will fall about 19k short. I've already resigned to the fact I won't finish this one with another vacation next week.
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Finally finished it, got to my first wheel spin and they didn’t even give me a wheel spin. The employees at this company need to all drink a gallon of draino and do us all a favor!!! It’s so embarrassing at this point it’s turning comical.
The wheel spin is glitchy, and I’m not excusing it. But the reward always comes. The wheel spin itself is just for show. You get a random reward as soon as you hit the 30k, wheel spin or not.
Personally, I wish they’d just get rid of the spin and present you the reward . The spin wastes time. Make the stubs a voucher so people can see they got the reward (although vouchers are obnoxious too).
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You're usually competing more against your fellow gamers than SDS. We could look at the percentage of "regular players" who got to the inning boss - and argue if that percentage is too high or low.
If the percent gets too high, it defeats the point of the whole mode - though I guess you could argue that inning bosses should be mostly free, and other things more exclusive
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I’ll add some context as well…
I’ve been a player of the Show since ‘21. I can only recall ONE occasion not finishing the Season/Inning prior to this year. Playing strictly offline. Mostly on Rookie (to be honest).
There’s no question offline play has been nerfed in ‘26….
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You're usually competing more against your fellow gamers than SDS. We could look at the percentage of "regular players" who got to the inning boss - and argue if that percentage is too high or low.
If the percent gets too high, it defeats the point of the whole mode - though I guess you could argue that inning bosses should be mostly free, and other things more exclusive
If people are resorting to playing in short porch/high elevation stadiums because they need it for the xp there is something rotten.
In past years you could safely take off a week and still get to the bosses without much stress. That reduces the FOMO aspect of things and reduces burnout. This year they have made the move towards pressuring you into playing more (and/or doing things you never had to do in the past).
I'd be more content with the change if the xp path wasnt garbage outside of the boss. Multiplayer gives 50 bundle, some premier packs. Why cant inning path do this if its going to be so grindy?
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@dbrooks1869_XBL I really don’t care. It was 400k which was 100k less than last time. You got almost 60% just completing offline missions. If you are playing like an hour a day than that’s fine but don’t complain that you couldn’t get a boss card which is also obtainable in the market. I’m really just gonna play offline next inning just to prove a point.
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You're usually competing more against your fellow gamers than SDS. We could look at the percentage of "regular players" who got to the inning boss - and argue if that percentage is too high or low.
If the percent gets too high, it defeats the point of the whole mode - though I guess you could argue that inning bosses should be mostly free, and other things more exclusive
If people are resorting to playing in short porch/high elevation stadiums because they need it for the xp there is something rotten.
I’m gonna disagree with you here. Playing in HR friendly parks has always been the meta for XP grinding.
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@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS Have at it boss. If you want to waste your time just to prove me wrong, that's on you. I'll just ride with fatalist view of the current state of the game as long as I can.
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@dbrooks1869_XBL yall usually do. There will always be something that someone is upset about but that’s just how it goes. I wish I could donate xp to some of yall. The only reason I get to the boss is to sell it. Are you also refusing to go online? They should make it where you can get repeatable xp in offline modes.
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That's all I'm saying. 400K was reasonable and doable last year. There's just less XP for offline game play this year. Offline repeatable XP is the dream. Even a slight bump to game play XP would be good with me.
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@JDHalfrack_PSN Inning 2 is the only one I didn't finish so far, and that was because I took a break from the Show to play other games for two or three weeks. Even then, I ended up falling just 50k short. I don't get it either.
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That’s 0-3 for me for earning any of the bosses.
Same. About 60k short. Had I not been sick for a couple weeks I might have had a shot...but then again I really wasn't feeling the urge to play either because of how bad the game is this year.
Time to open up the XP and rewards, SDS. Stop hoarding them. Seriously
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I’ve been a player of the Show since ‘21
'15 with DD for me, longer than that strictly offline. This is the first year I've failed to attain any bosses at all.
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I’m gonna disagree with you here. Playing in HR friendly parks has always been the meta for XP grinding.
But you never needed to xp grind in the past. Just play the game, however you want to play, and you will get the path done (provided you are playing a decent amount)
That is no longer good enough
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On a roll today (in multiple threads)…..
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Just give the boss out for free it’s the only way to stop this constant complaining.
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Played on average 90 minutes a day and finished with 10 days to spare. I completed all offline and online content...that's the key. You have to do the events...even if you stink.
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They won’t do it that way, as if they are incapable of doing even just a little of both.
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Played on average 90 minutes a day and finished with 10 days to spare. I completed all offline and online content...that's the key. You have to do the events...even if you stink.
And honestly, you do not need to even do the events. You’ll have to play more, for sure, but events are not necessary. I spun the wheel twice this inning. Never touched an online mode.
