Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.
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@the_dragon1912 said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
Yeah its a tad less stars
Define "a tad"
Showdown is all or nothing and is 70 points.
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@Ikasnu said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Speedy44 said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
You do realize that showdown is basically free and completely offline mode if u want to complain bf you can’t get 300 stars then maybe yup should do the [censored] showdown
I have attempted the Showdown. I have failed miserably. Chances are I will attempt it even more times before the first inning is complete. But if I still can't beat it then those 70 points don't help at all.
That sounds like a personal problem to me and it's not up to SDS to hand you more options (since imo there are already plenty). Complete the daily rewards and play the game and earn more.
Actually, it is up to SDS to give us options. Who else is going to do it? You can have the opinion that more options are not needed, but if they are needed it is 100% up to SDS to do that.
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@the_dragon1912 said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@dewrock said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
Whether or not you believe the OP should be at 300 stars or not, there's no doubt that there is less content in the game this year. Last year you had tons of 1st inning moments, Cubs moments program, Mays, Ruth, Harper, Sony partners, a bunch more conquest maps, etc. You can't just say they replaced it with Showdown, it's the same. It's clearly not.
The only difference IS that they replaced showdown with moments. Yeah its a tad less stars but the storyline moments were 10x more ridiculous than showdown is. Not to mention the only conquest maps we had until Jackie Robinson day/ 2nd inning were the same 3 we have now. None of the Sony partner moments that gave cards came out until May or June last year. I get your point but you need to match up the timelines better. You have to compare what was released up to this point last year. You cant use stuff added after the 1st inning last year to build your case
Haha my bad, was trying to list from memory. Regardless, you still got credit for the moments you could complete. It wasn't all or nothing. I mean I finally beat 1st inning showdown but I have yet to beat any of the divisional ones. I have almost 450 stars but I also bought the remaining 1st inning legends to complete that collection. I don't know, I just hope they roll out some more stuff to do. I get that there's no season to gather scenarios from but they could make stuff up or just pull from historical scenarios.
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@halfbutt said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
I’m not sure what you mean? I got them but had to restart a game because of forgetting to put in correct difficulty. Are you sure you were in AS?
Definitely. I tried it twice, once at home and once on the road, both in Play vs. CPU (under Extended Play) on All-Star difficulty. I'm not the only one with the problem: https://forums.theshownation.com/topic/4788/kerry-wood-challenge
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@Vipersneak said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Ikasnu said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Speedy44 said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
You do realize that showdown is basically free and completely offline mode if u want to complain bf you can’t get 300 stars then maybe yup should do the [censored] showdown
I have attempted the Showdown. I have failed miserably. Chances are I will attempt it even more times before the first inning is complete. But if I still can't beat it then those 70 points don't help at all.
That sounds like a personal problem to me and it's not up to SDS to hand you more options (since imo there are already plenty). Complete the daily rewards and play the game and earn more.
Actually, it is up to SDS to give us options. Who else is going to do it? You can have the opinion that more options are not needed, but if they are needed it is 100% up to SDS to do that.
Diamond Dynasty is an online based mode. Online takes priority, offline has plenty of options to make 300. If you can't beat showdown that's on the player, not SDS.
Besides last year every program had 3 sets of moments/missions. Currently we only have 2, patience is another factor here.
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@Ikasnu said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Speedy44 said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
You do realize that showdown is basically free and completely offline mode if u want to complain bf you can’t get 300 stars then maybe yup should do the [censored] showdown
I have attempted the Showdown. I have failed miserably. Chances are I will attempt it even more times before the first inning is complete. But if I still can't beat it then those 70 points don't help at all.
That sounds like a personal problem to me and it's not up to SDS to hand you more options (since imo there are already plenty). Complete the daily rewards and play the game and earn more.
No, it is not required that they hand my ways to earn points but don't you think that it is in their best interest to keep me, and other players like me, interested and motivated to keep playing as ling as possible.
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I've played primarily offline so far too. I grinded out the 10 event wins and hits mission early on but that's it for me online. I have well over 600 stars. You need to look at what can possibly give you stars along with xp and grind that out offline. Don't just play to play. Have an end goal or something you are trying to complete each time. March to October to collect 10 prospects is what you should try to complete along with the granderson and wood moments. Make sure you are also doing the daily missions that can be done offline.
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I’m at 290 , only played 7 games of ranked And no showdown
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@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Ikasnu said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Speedy44 said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
You do realize that showdown is basically free and completely offline mode if u want to complain bf you can’t get 300 stars then maybe yup should do the [censored] showdown
I have attempted the Showdown. I have failed miserably. Chances are I will attempt it even more times before the first inning is complete. But if I still can't beat it then those 70 points don't help at all.
That sounds like a personal problem to me and it's not up to SDS to hand you more options (since imo there are already plenty). Complete the daily rewards and play the game and earn more.
No, it is not required that they hand my ways to earn points but don't you think that it is in their best interest to keep me, and other players like me, interested and motivated to keep playing as ling as possible.
That's where "just playing the game" comes in. Too many people are complaining about the lack of things to do when the game is literally right in front of you. Also as I mentioned above, patience, there will be a 3rd set of missions coming, probably this week tbh.
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@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@the_dragon1912 said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
Yeah its a tad less stars
Define "a tad"
Showdown is all or nothing and is 70 points.
Last year 1st inning had over 160 points and you could pick and choose which ones you wanted to do.Obviously its all or nothing but Showdown +Granderson +Wood is 110. I think everyone expected a 3rd player program even though we wont get it which would have brought the total to 130. So yeah, 30-50 stars is a tad, that can be easily made up through daily missions. Not to mention, on the program screen it says “stage 1”. Unless it is just a visual bug from other programs/team affinity using it im willing to bet there will be a stage 2
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I completely agree with the OP. I have exactly the same feelings. I do not like online play, just a personal preference. However, to complete and earn cards SDS is attempting to make people do just that.
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@dewrock said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
Whether or not you believe the OP should be at 300 stars or not, there's no doubt that there is less content in the game this year. Last year you had tons of 1st inning moments, Cubs moments program, Mays, Ruth, Harper, Sony partners, a bunch more conquest maps, etc. You can't just say they replaced it with Showdown, it's the same. It's clearly not.
Those Mays, Ruth, Harper missions were 100x more difficult than any showdown and weren’t even related to the program. They were just missions for those specific, not even bench worthy, cards.
There is a LOT of content in this game and obviously there is some downtime right now.
But also consider SDS is not immune to what’s going on in the world. They most likely laid off all of their part time employees which includes interns... who are probably the ones drawing up these moments, maps, etc.
For real though. This is just a complaint post because OP wants to just play offline and not even vs CPU. They gave offline players showdown to make up for the rest but players just want to go in there swinging at every pitch and say it’s too hard.
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@the_dragon1912 said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@the_dragon1912 said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
Yeah its a tad less stars
Define "a tad"
Showdown is all or nothing and is 70 points.
Last year 1st inning had over 160 points and you could pick and choose which ones you wanted to do.Obviously its all or nothing but Showdown +Granderson +Wood is 110. I think everyone expected a 3rd player program even though we wont get it which would have brought the total to 130. So yeah, 30-50 stars is a tad, that can be easily made up through daily missions. Not to mention, on the program screen it says “stage 1”. Unless it is just a visual bug from other programs/team affinity using it im willing to bet there will be a stage 2
Too late for a stage 2 for 1st Inning, unless it is very short and unlike stage 1.
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@Ikasnu said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Ikasnu said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Speedy44 said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
You do realize that showdown is basically free and completely offline mode if u want to complain bf you can’t get 300 stars then maybe yup should do the [censored] showdown
I have attempted the Showdown. I have failed miserably. Chances are I will attempt it even more times before the first inning is complete. But if I still can't beat it then those 70 points don't help at all.
That sounds like a personal problem to me and it's not up to SDS to hand you more options (since imo there are already plenty). Complete the daily rewards and play the game and earn more.
No, it is not required that they hand my ways to earn points but don't you think that it is in their best interest to keep me, and other players like me, interested and motivated to keep playing as ling as possible.
That's where "just playing the game" comes in. Too many people are complaining about the lack of things to do when the game is literally right in front of you. Also as I mentioned above, patience, there will be a 3rd set of missions coming, probably this week tbh.
I hope you are right about more missions. The calendar does not show another player mission. I hope that they just failed to mention it.
I don't expect any stand alone missions as there is not even a heading for them in the inning program. Looks like they will all be tied to programs.
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@genopolanco said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@dewrock said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
Whether or not you believe the OP should be at 300 stars or not, there's no doubt that there is less content in the game this year. Last year you had tons of 1st inning moments, Cubs moments program, Mays, Ruth, Harper, Sony partners, a bunch more conquest maps, etc. You can't just say they replaced it with Showdown, it's the same. It's clearly not.
Those Mays, Ruth, Harper missions were 100x more difficult than any showdown and weren’t even related to the program. They were just missions for those specific, not even bench worthy, cards.
There is a LOT of content in this game and obviously there is some downtime right now.
But also consider SDS is not immune to what’s going on in the world. They most likely laid off all of their part time employees which includes interns... who are probably the ones drawing up these moments, maps, etc.
For real though. This is just a complaint post because OP wants to just play offline and not even vs CPU. They gave offline players showdown to make up for the rest but players just want to go in there swinging at every pitch and say it’s too hard.
Really? You think expert computer programmers are unable to work from home? Gaming is one industry that should be the least affected by social distancing. Your last paragraph is idiotic.
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@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Ikasnu said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Ikasnu said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@Speedy44 said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
You do realize that showdown is basically free and completely offline mode if u want to complain bf you can’t get 300 stars then maybe yup should do the [censored] showdown
I have attempted the Showdown. I have failed miserably. Chances are I will attempt it even more times before the first inning is complete. But if I still can't beat it then those 70 points don't help at all.
That sounds like a personal problem to me and it's not up to SDS to hand you more options (since imo there are already plenty). Complete the daily rewards and play the game and earn more.
No, it is not required that they hand my ways to earn points but don't you think that it is in their best interest to keep me, and other players like me, interested and motivated to keep playing as ling as possible.
That's where "just playing the game" comes in. Too many people are complaining about the lack of things to do when the game is literally right in front of you. Also as I mentioned above, patience, there will be a 3rd set of missions coming, probably this week tbh.
I hope you are right about more missions. The calendar does not show another player mission. I hope that they just failed to mention it.
I don't expect any stand alone missions as there is not even a heading for them in the inning program. Looks like they will all be tied to programs.
It's possible that they're just moments not tied to a player but standard rewards. I'd imagine it would of been preserved for a Topps Now card for opening week, but obviously that can't happen.
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@genopolanco said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
For real though. This is just a complaint post because OP wants to just play offline and not even vs CPU.
How is completing all three Conquest maps. Playing MTO. Completing Granderson and Woods programs not playing against the CPU?
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@Dolenz said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@DirtySixThirty91 said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
Any game you play with your DD team even against the cpu counts towards stars.
I realize that but it feels like meaningless grinding though and meaningless grinding for 20-30 more hours is not appealing at all.
Dont know how long it will take; but you could replay the US Conquest Map and not only play the strongholds, but play the Steal Fans games.
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@Vipersneak said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@genopolanco said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
@dewrock said in Offline DD - No path to 300 without Showdown or expensive collections is killing my desire to continue.:
Whether or not you believe the OP should be at 300 stars or not, there's no doubt that there is less content in the game this year. Last year you had tons of 1st inning moments, Cubs moments program, Mays, Ruth, Harper, Sony partners, a bunch more conquest maps, etc. You can't just say they replaced it with Showdown, it's the same. It's clearly not.
Those Mays, Ruth, Harper missions were 100x more difficult than any showdown and weren’t even related to the program. They were just missions for those specific, not even bench worthy, cards.
There is a LOT of content in this game and obviously there is some downtime right now.
But also consider SDS is not immune to what’s going on in the world. They most likely laid off all of their part time employees which includes interns... who are probably the ones drawing up these moments, maps, etc.
For real though. This is just a complaint post because OP wants to just play offline and not even vs CPU. They gave offline players showdown to make up for the rest but players just want to go in there swinging at every pitch and say it’s too hard.
Really? You think expert computer programmers are unable to work from home? Gaming is one industry that should be the least affected by social distancing. Your last paragraph is idiotic.
You don’t think they had to lay off people just because they can work from home? Not to mention the MLB season is completely shut down which was probably A massive a part of their content plan. My last paragraph is idiotic or just true? Because the only way you don’t beat showdowns are swinging at bad pitches.
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I play offline and have not done showdown and I'm just about at 500 stars.
