Spring Cleanup Featured Program
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@cdnmoneymaker93_xbl said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@cdnmoneymaker93_xbl said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@arvcpa_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
I have not been this bored playing this game this early
Me in a nutshell. I do dabble in online, but the events are too short. And... I feel like I "ran out of stuff to do." TA was awesome last year... I'm really missing that.
100 percent agree I think they took a step backwards not having TA. TA was a positive and last year they fixed it where things can be done offline and online, I wonder why it was removed this year. I know it is early in the game but the way it is right now I will probably not do early release next year. I will still get the game because I still love baseball and like this game. I just have to find what will make it fun for the whole year this year.
TA last year ruined the game. The level and quality of players given away devalued all other aspects of the game. After TA 2 was release everything after that was generally considered and L by tye community cause they always said "well these rewards are underwhelming as they doing match up to what you can get in TA"
TA was also way to easy minimal effort would get you a top level card. The change to it being division based was a mistake they should have always kept it team specific ad those took a much longer time to grind out to get the player reward.
TA spoiled players an now that we have gone back to a more focused approach with side programs to fill in like it has always been the community thinks it's a step backwards. It's not a step backwards it was a course correction to make people build line ups and make decisions on who to pock and make your team better.
The AS players in TA agree, The community wanted better cards early and got them, then they complained about getting them early, it like a no win for SDS, I really do not care when cards get released or the rating of the card but I do wish they would go back to 99 attibutes and get rid of 125. Back on topic, I love the the TA if they make it easy or hard would not bother me but people care to much about easy and how hard something is. You will always have players that this game is to easy and some it is to hard. I like to just enjoy the game and have fun, at this point it has become boring. 400 innings in RS that would take all my time, I am not good enough for BR and events are frustrating at times, Since 17 and the 125 attributes pitches has become not important in this game and is difficult as they made hitting the priority. Online is not fun cause I love pitching in this game. Having HR hit that are out of the zone or a player fouls off 8 pitches which should have been a k and then hits a HR or gets a hit on a pitch that should have k, that is the most frustrating part of pitching in this game. I understand what you said about TA and the issue it had last year but removing it completely to me is not the answer.
It's full removal is a discussion we can have for sure bringing back TA and make it team base and not division would have been better maybe but if it was removed so we can have more diverse feature programs I am all for it.
I am not concerned that the first program was to long and the reward path was to short that was an issue all the way back to 19 with the into of the inning programs and it gets more settled so nothing has changed with that.
I am not concerned about the first program but it was pretty easy to finish the reward path, I agree TA should be team based and I do hope they bring it back if not this year next year. I did not feel this feature program was all that diverse and I did not have to do half of the things they put in it to complete it. It was not all that much fun. I hardly did any of the moments, I did very little exhanges, did not do the showdowns, I did half the mission based stuff and the CQ Maps. I did not rush with XP. I was able to finish it with 3 or 4 days left. The other programs with the Niki connect was not interesting at all or really that fun to do. I only finish the Nationals one. I did the Jackie program, half of the TN moments for now. I want the Dawson card and I know I will need them for a player Program at some point.
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It’s a clean up program, so I doubt Brock and other guesses hit cleanup in most lineups.
This will be all power hitters and closers.
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Not sure why they removed the Inning program...I really miss that tbh. Not huge fan of the minor changes they've made that make it tough to earn the currency in game.
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@cdnmoneymaker93_xbl said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@arvcpa_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
I have not been this bored playing this game this early
Me in a nutshell. I do dabble in online, but the events are too short. And... I feel like I "ran out of stuff to do." TA was awesome last year... I'm really missing that.
100 percent agree I think they took a step backwards not having TA. TA was a positive and last year they fixed it where things can be done offline and online, I wonder why it was removed this year. I know it is early in the game but the way it is right now I will probably not do early release next year. I will still get the game because I still love baseball and like this game. I just have to find what will make it fun for the whole year this year.
TA last year ruined the game. The level and quality of players given away devalued all other aspects of the game. After TA 2 was release everything after that was generally considered and L by tye community cause they always said "well these rewards are underwhelming as they doing match up to what you can get in TA"
TA was also way to easy minimal effort would get you a top level card. The change to it being division based was a mistake they should have always kept it team specific ad those took a much longer time to grind out to get the player reward.
TA spoiled players an now that we have gone back to a more focused approach with side programs to fill in like it has always been the community thinks it's a step backwards. It's not a step backwards it was a course correction to make people build line ups and make decisions on who to pock and make your team better.
You and I go back and forth on this. I understand that the way TA was structured and the Degrom, Cabrera etc cards released with outlier so early made online playing a problem. Coupled with the repeatable showdowns and quadruple exchange options,, and it definitely made online more challenging. But online is not the only mode. That doesn't mean it ruined the game. As an offline player, I didn't feel any of that pain. I never faced Cabrera nor did I use him because I didn't need or want to.
A few modifications and those issues would have been fixed. Don't have unlimited showdown points. Just once. Don't have 4 exchanges for every division, just one. Don't give out a 99 Degrom with outlier until the last TA. Reduce the rewards a bit...not to the degree that they have been reduced. Boom....fixed. Now offline players have something to do for longer and online players don't have to deal with the same OP pitchers or dealing with people who exploit the programs.
@the_dragon1912 made a good point, people were only playing after the release of TA and so they wanted to find a way to keep players on more consistently along with the issues you mentioned. But that just blows my mind, the most popular program (based on Dragon's assessment) was TA and they just removed it. You can tell me all day long that it's basically the same as the Featured Program but it's not even close. 6 rewards plus an Inning program path v. 1. Mini seasons would be great but it's not playable for many people.
I get it, online players have to deal with the exploiters and wallet warriors and there should definitely be checks and balances to deal with that. But offline players are only playing against ourselves. I don't care if somebody gets the whole collection before me. I am playing against nobody but myself. But unfortunately there's just not much to play offline this year. I keep trying to stay positive but it's less than a month in and I'm already playing 21 again.
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@ericulous1_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@cdnmoneymaker93_xbl said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@arvcpa_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
I have not been this bored playing this game this early
Me in a nutshell. I do dabble in online, but the events are too short. And... I feel like I "ran out of stuff to do." TA was awesome last year... I'm really missing that.
100 percent agree I think they took a step backwards not having TA. TA was a positive and last year they fixed it where things can be done offline and online, I wonder why it was removed this year. I know it is early in the game but the way it is right now I will probably not do early release next year. I will still get the game because I still love baseball and like this game. I just have to find what will make it fun for the whole year this year.
TA last year ruined the game. The level and quality of players given away devalued all other aspects of the game. After TA 2 was release everything after that was generally considered and L by tye community cause they always said "well these rewards are underwhelming as they doing match up to what you can get in TA"
TA was also way to easy minimal effort would get you a top level card. The change to it being division based was a mistake they should have always kept it team specific ad those took a much longer time to grind out to get the player reward.
TA spoiled players an now that we have gone back to a more focused approach with side programs to fill in like it has always been the community thinks it's a step backwards. It's not a step backwards it was a course correction to make people build line ups and make decisions on who to pock and make your team better.
You and I go back and forth on this. I understand that the way TA was structured and the Degrom, Cabrera etc cards released with outlier so early made online playing a problem. Coupled with the repeatable showdowns and quadruple exchange options,, and it definitely made online more challenging. But online is not the only mode. That doesn't mean it ruined the game. As an offline player, I didn't feel any of that pain. I never faced Cabrera nor did I use him because I didn't need or want to.
A few modifications and those issues would have been fixed. Don't have unlimited showdown points. Just once. Don't have 4 exchanges for every division, just one. Don't give out a 99 Degrom with outlier until the last TA. Reduce the rewards a bit...not to the degree that they have been reduced. Boom....fixed. Now offline players have something to do for longer and online players don't have to deal with the same OP pitchers or dealing with people who exploit the programs.
@the_dragon1912 made a good point, people were only playing after the release of TA and so they wanted to find a way to keep players on more consistently along with the issues you mentioned. But that just blows my mind, the most popular program (based on Dragon's assessment) was TA and they just removed it. You can tell me all day long that it's basically the same as the Featured Program but it's not even close. 6 rewards plus an Inning program path v. 1. Mini seasons would be great but it's not playable for many people.
I get it, online players have to deal with the exploiters and wallet warriors and there should definitely be checks and balances to deal with that. But offline players are only playing against ourselves. I don't care if somebody gets the whole collection before me. I am playing against nobody but myself. But unfortunately there's just not much to play offline this year. I keep trying to stay positive but it's less than a month in and I'm already playing 21 again.
I thought about going to 21 and just PAR players, I agree with you 100 percent. I still have all the previous games going back to 17 installed including 18 but I will never go play that one again it is just there for looks lol,
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@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@ericulous1_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@cdnmoneymaker93_xbl said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@arvcpa_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
I have not been this bored playing this game this early
Me in a nutshell. I do dabble in online, but the events are too short. And... I feel like I "ran out of stuff to do." TA was awesome last year... I'm really missing that.
100 percent agree I think they took a step backwards not having TA. TA was a positive and last year they fixed it where things can be done offline and online, I wonder why it was removed this year. I know it is early in the game but the way it is right now I will probably not do early release next year. I will still get the game because I still love baseball and like this game. I just have to find what will make it fun for the whole year this year.
TA last year ruined the game. The level and quality of players given away devalued all other aspects of the game. After TA 2 was release everything after that was generally considered and L by tye community cause they always said "well these rewards are underwhelming as they doing match up to what you can get in TA"
TA was also way to easy minimal effort would get you a top level card. The change to it being division based was a mistake they should have always kept it team specific ad those took a much longer time to grind out to get the player reward.
TA spoiled players an now that we have gone back to a more focused approach with side programs to fill in like it has always been the community thinks it's a step backwards. It's not a step backwards it was a course correction to make people build line ups and make decisions on who to pock and make your team better.
You and I go back and forth on this. I understand that the way TA was structured and the Degrom, Cabrera etc cards released with outlier so early made online playing a problem. Coupled with the repeatable showdowns and quadruple exchange options,, and it definitely made online more challenging. But online is not the only mode. That doesn't mean it ruined the game. As an offline player, I didn't feel any of that pain. I never faced Cabrera nor did I use him because I didn't need or want to.
A few modifications and those issues would have been fixed. Don't have unlimited showdown points. Just once. Don't have 4 exchanges for every division, just one. Don't give out a 99 Degrom with outlier until the last TA. Reduce the rewards a bit...not to the degree that they have been reduced. Boom....fixed. Now offline players have something to do for longer and online players don't have to deal with the same OP pitchers or dealing with people who exploit the programs.
@the_dragon1912 made a good point, people were only playing after the release of TA and so they wanted to find a way to keep players on more consistently along with the issues you mentioned. But that just blows my mind, the most popular program (based on Dragon's assessment) was TA and they just removed it. You can tell me all day long that it's basically the same as the Featured Program but it's not even close. 6 rewards plus an Inning program path v. 1. Mini seasons would be great but it's not playable for many people.
I get it, online players have to deal with the exploiters and wallet warriors and there should definitely be checks and balances to deal with that. But offline players are only playing against ourselves. I don't care if somebody gets the whole collection before me. I am playing against nobody but myself. But unfortunately there's just not much to play offline this year. I keep trying to stay positive but it's less than a month in and I'm already playing 21 again.
I thought about going to 21 and just PAR players, I agree with you 100 percent. I still have all the previous games going back to 17 installed including 18 but I will never go play that one again it is just there for looks lol,
People keep saying "it's early, give it a chance"...but shouldn't SDS want to come out of the gates with a bang (great robust content and a working game) to try and hook people? Everywhere I go, people are saying this version is either the worst (save for 18) or just not as good as years previous. You'd think they'd try to pivot and win those players back.
Then again, I guess they have our money and people are still playing. I admit, despite my frustrations with the lack of content and the changes they've made, I'm playing because like everyone else, my love of baseball overrides any sort of "stand" I could make. I just don't see how this current model will keep players for longer than a few months.
As always, I am rooting for this game to be successful. It was a top 10 selling game last year and I absolutely loved my first year playing. I'm fine with change if it's improvement or addition but this was basically change by subtraction.
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@ericulous1_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@ericulous1_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@cdnmoneymaker93_xbl said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@arvcpa_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@dbarmonstar_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
I have not been this bored playing this game this early
Me in a nutshell. I do dabble in online, but the events are too short. And... I feel like I "ran out of stuff to do." TA was awesome last year... I'm really missing that.
100 percent agree I think they took a step backwards not having TA. TA was a positive and last year they fixed it where things can be done offline and online, I wonder why it was removed this year. I know it is early in the game but the way it is right now I will probably not do early release next year. I will still get the game because I still love baseball and like this game. I just have to find what will make it fun for the whole year this year.
TA last year ruined the game. The level and quality of players given away devalued all other aspects of the game. After TA 2 was release everything after that was generally considered and L by tye community cause they always said "well these rewards are underwhelming as they doing match up to what you can get in TA"
TA was also way to easy minimal effort would get you a top level card. The change to it being division based was a mistake they should have always kept it team specific ad those took a much longer time to grind out to get the player reward.
TA spoiled players an now that we have gone back to a more focused approach with side programs to fill in like it has always been the community thinks it's a step backwards. It's not a step backwards it was a course correction to make people build line ups and make decisions on who to pock and make your team better.
You and I go back and forth on this. I understand that the way TA was structured and the Degrom, Cabrera etc cards released with outlier so early made online playing a problem. Coupled with the repeatable showdowns and quadruple exchange options,, and it definitely made online more challenging. But online is not the only mode. That doesn't mean it ruined the game. As an offline player, I didn't feel any of that pain. I never faced Cabrera nor did I use him because I didn't need or want to.
A few modifications and those issues would have been fixed. Don't have unlimited showdown points. Just once. Don't have 4 exchanges for every division, just one. Don't give out a 99 Degrom with outlier until the last TA. Reduce the rewards a bit...not to the degree that they have been reduced. Boom....fixed. Now offline players have something to do for longer and online players don't have to deal with the same OP pitchers or dealing with people who exploit the programs.
@the_dragon1912 made a good point, people were only playing after the release of TA and so they wanted to find a way to keep players on more consistently along with the issues you mentioned. But that just blows my mind, the most popular program (based on Dragon's assessment) was TA and they just removed it. You can tell me all day long that it's basically the same as the Featured Program but it's not even close. 6 rewards plus an Inning program path v. 1. Mini seasons would be great but it's not playable for many people.
I get it, online players have to deal with the exploiters and wallet warriors and there should definitely be checks and balances to deal with that. But offline players are only playing against ourselves. I don't care if somebody gets the whole collection before me. I am playing against nobody but myself. But unfortunately there's just not much to play offline this year. I keep trying to stay positive but it's less than a month in and I'm already playing 21 again.
I thought about going to 21 and just PAR players, I agree with you 100 percent. I still have all the previous games going back to 17 installed including 18 but I will never go play that one again it is just there for looks lol,
People keep saying "it's early, give it a chance"...but shouldn't SDS want to come out of the gates with a bang (great robust content and a working game) to try and hook people? Everywhere I go, people are saying this version is either the worst (save for 18) or just not as good as years previous. You'd think they'd try to pivot and win those players back.
Then again, I guess they have our money and people are still playing. I admit, despite my frustrations with the lack of content and the changes they've made, I'm playing because like everyone else, my love of baseball overrides any sort of "stand" I could make. I just don't see how this current model will keep players for longer than a few months.
As always, I am rooting for this game to be successful. It was a top 10 selling game last year and I absolutely loved my first year playing. I'm fine with change if it's improvement or addition but this was basically change by subtraction.
I think for most offline players and I play mostly offline do to pitching reasons, The lack of not having the TA, Moments are boring, MTO is ok but I want to use my cards I earn or get off the market. Only having the US CQ and Mystery Map gets boring after awhile. Mini Season I was getting L's when I won. I was able to finally finish it this weekend with no issues. the rewards were ok not complaining but we lost with Stubs and cards not having TA. I do not like the change of the QS value to the cards. Ever since the change to the 125 attributes pitching has sucked in this game. That changed when 18 came out. I played alot of RS back in 17 and pitching was awesome, I got to CS that is the further I have ever gotten in RS. 18 didn't even play online cause of the grind so I never got better, 19 played some online, 20 some and 21 alot in the begining to get those win for reward but after the first Season it was not worth it, I just ended up buying all the cards cause flipping was awesome making a million stubs in a day, that could be why we got the changes this year. Starting out with Niki uniforms for other programs was not interesting at all, I do not care to collect uniforms that was kind of pointless to me. I only tried to do that for the xp but only completed the one for the Nationals. Eventually I will complete those. I am not a fan of TN cards and all those moments, The moments are easy so far this year but as always time consuming I rather have stat mission for those than moments. The pitching ones are usually easy but I am having a hard time this year with Kershaw no hitter because of foul ball after foul ball gets a walk or a hit just terrible. The hitting ones have been super easy.
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The picture posted on Twitter looks like Jim Palmer not Britton, locked elbow on the front arm is the give away.
Edit: Two time AS nevermind guess it is Britton. Just had a bad illustration.
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@notoriousheb_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
The picture posted on Twitter looks like Jim Palmer not Britton, locked elbow on the front arm is the give away.
It says 2x all star. Palmer is a 6x allstar
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@the_dragon1912 said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
@notoriousheb_psn said in Spring Cleanup Featured Program:
The picture posted on Twitter looks like Jim Palmer not Britton, locked elbow on the front arm is the give away.
It says 2x all star. Palmer is a 6x allstar
Yeah just saw that and edited. Must very Britton just a bad illustration.
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