Sds you scared all the casuals away. Not good for your game.
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We probably can't all agree on exactly why we dislike this game so much this year. For me it was the non action (and even open deceit to your face) related to cheating and the WBC glitch/exploit. There are so many better things to spend my time on. SDS - you owe me a refund and should all feel ashamed for what you've done this year.
Take your sassy lefty and shove it up your grind 99
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That one was a big one for me too. I will keep repeating myself that by not acting against those who exploited the glitch the only players who were punished were those who did not take part in the exploit. It also sends the message that everyone should exploit the next glitch because SDS won't act on it.
Number 2 for me is the sheer number of pack cards I have had to purchase just to try and keep up with my Cardinals theme team. I would still like to pick up 6 more cards but even with a million stubs I can't afford them all (and I am not even including Pujols). That tells me that as a casual player who does not devote all my gaming time to The Show that they are pushing me away. As long as everyone values switch hitters then they are always going to make Berkman, Simmons, McGee hard to get
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@SpawnOfDitka_XBL I think your calling the bottom 95-99% of players casual is a bit too far. I think I would put that rating threshold closer to 700. For me, if you can handle HoF online, you're not a casual.
As someone who thinks of themselves as being quite good on all-star (beat two 1000 banners today), and someone who plays a lot, I feel plain silly when I have to play on HoF. Starting 5-0 in the last weekend classic put me in world series though so now my highest rank for next WC is 700 even though I've never won a game on HoF. Can't wait.
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The casual vs hardcore is an interesting debate. IMO it has very little to do with skill level. While higher skill can increase personal engagement, you can still fall into either category, regardless of skill.
Causal gamers pick up a game to kill time or briefly entertain themselves. They don't care about the result and when the itch to play has been scratched, they move on. Minimal investment, no commitment.
Hardcore gamers require investment and commitment. They put the time in, they look for outside resources to research (better hitting/pitching, roster building, etc.) and they strive for the results to be shown. Chasing set personal goals in a game would also fall under the hardcore umbrella (collecting everything, being highly ranked, specific performance thresholds). They also care a lot more, especially when they feel they are being cheated out of expected results.
In this case particularly, when a game or developer puts the player in a position where they feel as if both are literally working against them to achieve what they want to(bugs, paywalls, ridiculous matching, etc.), than the hardcore player base begins losing interest and moving on.
Meanwhile the casual gamers have already moved on because they couldn’t care less and just want to play something that when you press this button, this happens as expected. MLBTS certainly is not that.
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To me, its time put into the game.
To an extent. Different games have different learning curves. I made WS using a gold lineup the first season of the first year (2017) I really played DD. I was a top solo player in PUBG very early and still have the screen shots of my top ranking. As a legit player I struggle to get kills now because everyone is John Wick. You don't just "magically" become good at a video game 6 months+ into it unless you just didn't play much early or now you have devices to help you.
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Unless you have a specialized game I have always been if the opinion that you should not cater too much to the top 10% or the bottom 10% of players and instead focus on the middle 80% to keep the most fans engaged.
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@MattySpence503_PSN good points. In that case I should change the headline to they are scaring all players away.
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@dolenz_psn @spawnofditka_xbl both on the nose comments.
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@SpawnOfDitka_XBL just faced a ws banner in 500s what has this game come to I’m literally stuck in the high 5 low 6 hundreds im a shell of my former self.
I’m right around 900 right now and my opponents average 15 runs a game, so it comes down to if I happen to be able to outscore them.
The last guy I lost to had 14 perfect perfects. Pretty sure that is not possible without cheating.
It’s whatever. I don’t even care if I lose or about pitching. I just like to hit the ball haha.
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@Apolloz_99_MLBTS Late here, but that's because they are. Something like 87%-88% of the player base is 600 or under. I posted the breakdown in an older thread here somewhere.
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@WolfgangMLB_XBL see I used to be like that till it got this bad this season I’ve finished every season in the 800s or 900s this one may end the streak tho.
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@WolfgangMLB_XBL see I used to be like that till it got this bad this season I’ve finished every season in the 800s or 900s this one may end the streak tho.
That is what makes this game fun or addicting. You are always chasing that feeling of being in the zone crushing everything. Similar to golf or real baseball.
Go through slumps too changing your approach and everything just like the real sport. That is the best part of this game.
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@WolfgangMLB_XBL yeah until you realise just how much rng is in this game. That is not fun.
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@SpawnOfDitka_XBL rng or u feel the people on the other side are flipping a switch at the snap of a finger to get the W. I’ve had way to many leads this year and more times then I can even count have literally said out loud this ain’t gonna last he’s gonna turn it on and lone behold he does everytime.
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@WolfgangMLB_XBL yeah until you realise just how much rng is in this game. That is not fun.
That is true. Along with the connection changing the timing windows and how the pci moves in the zone from game to game haha.
Still tough to beat the feeling of swinging the bat well.
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the connection changing the timing windows and how the pci moves in the zone
I hate this, so much. The amount of times the PCI visually moves on screen, only for the swing feedback to show it never having left dead center is ridiculous.
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN that could also be the rng. Its really bad this year! I feel like my inputs matter less and less. Its whatever the game decides to give you now. Which is why i cannot figure out how people bat 450 averages. When good input is decided by rng.
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@Onix_Savage22_PSN that could also be the rng. Its really bad this year! I feel like my inputs matter less and less. Its whatever the game decides to give you now. Which is why i cannot figure out how people bat 450 averages. When good input is decided by rng.
I'm batting ~.450 with most of my God Squad...
BUT I'm mostly playing events on All Star, and have played a fair share of Moonshot. So those numbers don't tell the whole story. -
We probably can't all agree on exactly why we dislike this game so much this year. For me it was the non action (and even open deceit to your face) related to cheating and the WBC glitch/exploit. There are so many better things to spend my time on. SDS - you owe me a refund and should all feel ashamed for what you've done this year.
Take your sassy lefty and shove it up your grind 99
I quit before the WBC exploit but their response (or lack thereof) would have caused me to walk away. For me it was the blatant lies they told prior to release. They said mini seasons stat tracking and PCI shrinkage were fixed. Neither were. Then they doubled down on the shrinkage issue by giving a BS reason why it exists in the game. Add on that they refuse to fix things that were broken in previous games (lineup screen freezing, disappearing logos, etc.) and I can’t support this game anymore. They simply don’t care about their customers or fixing their game.
More on topic, I would have considered myself more hardcore than casual in this game. I didn’t play much online, but I completed every program, wanted to complete every collection, and put hundreds of hours into the game every game for many years straight. I even put a couple hundred into the game at launch to give myself a head start (but most times nothing after that initial purchase). It’s sad what the game has become. I almost didn’t buy it this year but caved at the last minute. There’s absolutely nothing they could do to make me purchase or even play the game next year.
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@SpawnOfDitka_XBL it’s crazy Beltrán has been my best hitter and Sox tt it’s been the new Curtis mead both hitting like.400 ripping everything. Idk how ppl hit any higher.
