Hard missions - not much value
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And one notion I agree with is that SDS is not going to be able to please everyone. Everything they do will get complaints.
But they have a tendency to address one complaint in a way that unnecessarily upsets others.
And I will again use countdown as an example. pxp with Castellanos OR Mauer. 5 wins in BR OR 15 wins in conquest. 10 HR in Online play OR 20 HR with Topps Now cards. Etc.And I also gave the suggestion to make the 75K the time limited component and purely based on online play to encourage people to take the faster online route to finish the program.
I think they intentionally did the things many are upset about in purpose though. FOMO + forced online = time to buy stubs and load up with switch hitters for some people. Oh and hey stubs are on sale so I shouldnt feel bad for doing it! I know some of you handle FOMO well and are ok sayin 'nah, Im good', but game developers rely on it for a reason.
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And I want to reiterate what I have said before: the gauntlet mini season was a great idea. It is exactly how you provide something for one group of people without it upsetting others.
Its good to see this conversation has steered to a more productive direction. Better for all of us that way.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS if only the ultra packs were choice packs - I haven’t got the one for Mauer yet but the other one gave me a single Egg Hunt base round
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Yeah I may just give up on this and try the Mauer mini season.
Mauer is a beast highly recommend, he may be my catcher until I get to Victor Martinez even then I think Martinez will be my DH although Ohtani will be hard to replace.
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Yeah I may just give up on this and try the Mauer mini season.
Mauer is a beast highly recommend, he may be my catcher until I get to Victor Martinez even then I think Martinez will be my DH although Ohtani will be hard to replace.
If he’s like the Mauer of a couple years ago, I can’t wait to get him! I haven’t had too much time to play this weekend, so I’ve only played two miniseasons games.
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Yeah I may just give up on this and try the Mauer mini season.
Mauer is a beast highly recommend, he may be my catcher until I get to Victor Martinez even then I think Martinez will be my DH although Ohtani will be hard to replace.
If he’s like the Mauer of a couple years ago, I can’t wait to get him! I haven’t had too much time to play this weekend, so I’ve only played two miniseasons games.
I play in a very home run happy park but he hits tanks, it's the polar opposite of his other card which only gets base hits. If you can get his swing down you will love him.
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All I need are the 5 br wins now to finish this program. It really wasnt that bad. 5 br wins will be the worst part though. Unfortunately I made it to 700 levels on ranked. Hof is not something im used to ugg. Looks like hof weekend classic for me. So I can win maybe one game again. Fuu....give me some tips onix
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See ball hit ball. Haha, good luck. Lay off the sliders
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@samguenther1987_PSN I have V mart with polonco at dh so idk if I will use mauer himself I was more aless doing it for all the packs. I’m using mauer in my second run now to get the premier and ultra pack. Trying to get as many stubs as possible before asg.
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To be fair, Teak has always wanted longer TA-style offline grinds (and so do I). Thats totally legit...even if you like this countdown program (which I do).
I dont think many people, offline or on, are too wild about the copy-paate program and miniseason schtick
Yeah, I would love a TA style offline grind too. I hope they do a TA Neon type thike they did last year... but make it longer and a bit more challenging.
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@SpawnOfDitka_XBL BR isn't as bad as you think now - lots of newer people seem to be on to get program done. If you lose against a really good player, you'll usually get 3 pretty bad players after that.
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Yeah I expected the BR part to be much harder than it was. I only needed to use 2 entries to get the 5 wins.
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@Pergo_MLBTS i have 3 wins in my first entry right now. Its not bad at first. Until after you get 3 or 4 wins in an entry. Then bring on the 1000 rated goats who are almost impossible to beat.
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@SpawnOfDitka_XBL Yeah I hear that. Its almost a relief losing that first game becasue then you get some better matchups lol.
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@SpawnOfDitka_XBL my point was only about the hard missions - you should definitely get acuna (not doing so will just cost you more). Im not sure if you should sell him - his value could shoot up, after completion of this program?
I like the hard missions and am halfway through finishing them - but I dont think their value is very high. (I dont even think it has good value if youre an elite player - let alone if youre average)
The majority of players that have them finished would have finished them on accident without knowing a program was out. 5 wins and PXP is something they do hourly. You can make 75k by other means, but this is the first time online players have got 75k for playing the game. It’s as much value as a WS reward… for 5 wins…
I haven’t got 75k from a single conquest or mini season all year and this is just as fast and 10000000000x more enjoyable.
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I’m close to finishing the mediums, don’t think the 75k will be obtainable for me but the extra XP and the Acuna are nice features. I may try out the BR, not sure if it’s worth my time or not. I’ll probably give it a go for an entry or two
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@Teak2112_MLBTS I found last year's TA made me actually want to grind it out for the cards. Even between "larger" content drops I'd just go back and drop into those programs and work on them...it was more to play for in between everything, ya know?
@JenkinMeyer_PSN said in Hard missions - not much value:
I’m close to finishing the mediums,
I think I need one more ranked W and I've got Acuna. Knowing my luck I'll run into the Top 4 players on Playstation lol
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It’s funny isn’t it? I need 1 win and 3 HRs but I keep running into Nolan Ryan.
I simply can’t hit him. He’s kind of mean
I try to just sit offspeed but I of course start chasing the fastball like an idiot. That FB/change combo is brutal
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@JenkinMeyer_PSN His 102-103 is tuned differently than Miz's as well. I can hit Miz...Ryan? Not so much
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Yeah, same. I’ve seen it 104. He’s always been tough in every year
