What are we even supposed to grind offline now?
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Mini seasons was the only thing worth grinding and they just removed the bonus XP and ballin packs you get for winning the championship, so now its not even worth doing that long grind now
Conquest is useless. Nobody is playing the whole Nation of Baseball map for 20 packs and nothing else.
Showdown is a dead mode
Nobody is playing 9 inning CPU games over and over
This game will be dead in a month. It's crazy how little content is in the game right now yet they made the XP grind as bad as ever, expecting you to log in and play every single day if you want to get the good rewards at the end (that will expire in 2 weeks anyways). They added nothing new to the game and expect people to play more than ever. This company is delusional
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Season Awards drop one is tomorrow. 3 new Storylines Friday.
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Actually some people (me) do enjoy playing 9 inning game and grinding XP for both the program and TA. There will be other programs you just have to have patience, the season is less then 1 week old
I'm not defending SDS and there are some huge bugs that need addressing still but the grind will be fine, if you need something to do there is always the Jeter and Negro Leagues storylines both are fun and not very difficult and they will be very much worth it in the long run.
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The data probably showed too many people were grinding mini seasons so they had to nerf it. They don't want us earning rewards. They want us playing online so their terrible matchmaking system can have us get our butts kicked by a sweat lord every few games, therefore causing us to think about spending money to improve our team. Offline players don't spend money like the always online wannabe streamer tryhards.
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If you don’t enjoy grinding the cpu for 9 innings, why are you an offline only player…?
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@suzypuff14 that’s what happens when people complain just ruins the game for others
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@TubaTim90 there were other ways before, don't be a chud.
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They seem determined to control the pace that people are able to advance through the main program. They probably saw that people were advancing faster than expected and saw that mini-seasons was the culprit, hence they nerfed it.
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@Dolenz
"They seem determined to control the pace that people are able to advance through the main program. They probably saw that people were advancing faster than expected and saw that mini-seasons was the culprit, hence they nerfed it."
This is exactly what is going on.
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Mini seasons was literally the only worthwhile thing to do offline after finishing conquest and TA. Why does SDS seem to want to make this game as dull as possible
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@AstrosJake because they are worried that once you finish the content you will stop playing their game everyday. Same reason why xp is capped so low. They want players to log on every day, it's called maximum player engagement. These companies believe that the more a player is on the game, the more likely they are to spend real money.
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@Knighter I don’t even mean it facetiously… if you don’t like grinding against the cpu offline, why are you grinding against the cpu offline…
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@go4stros25 said in What are we even supposed to grind offline now?:
@AstrosJake because they are worried that once you finish the content you will stop playing their game everyday. Same reason why xp is capped so low. They want players to log on every day, it's called maximum player engagement. These companies believe that the more a player is on the game, the more likely they are to spend real money.
It's doing the exact opposite for me. I used to log on every single day, play some conquest, then a handful of ranked and / or events. I only have a few hours each night but I would use all of that time on The Show. Now I reluctantly hop on, play a game or two and call it a night.
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Has this actually been confirmed? Im on my second classic mini season and it still shows the championship bundle, 6000 xp and 3000 stubs as a reward.
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It's not our fault they cannot balance there own game and let's be honest there have ALWAYS been ways to game the system and core one's maybe up until this year worked for many games and they did not care that much within reason of course. However now they are like the fun police and once some fun is detected they are like -- OMG we got to go stop that ASAP.
I understand they are trying to prevent the game from getting out of hand but some of the methods are very heavy handed. Let's take Mini Seasons for example -- here is what they could have done that would not have been as bad and kind of a compromise.
Mini Season Championship -- After completing it the 1st time -- decrease the XP from that by 50% and put a timer on it of 48 hours before it can be re-started. Also there are other things they could do to help the grind alittle -- increase daily XP cap to 20k and increase the XP we get from playing the game ( HR's etc ) by 10 to 15%
There are a TON of ways to compromise and not tick off your player base but you refuse to do it. I made a post saying and it is true I have sent a request to a gaming site to take a look at this game and it's practices. I will be honest no response ( so far sent it on Easter ) but going to be honest I never wanted to HAVE to do this. I do not want to tarnish the name of SDS and MLB the SHOW but your inflexible and unfair actions are forcing me to do something that could have been prevented. If you want to suspend or ban me for speaking up go for it but I will gladly martyr myself ( account ) if it means shining a light on your poor behavior then worth it 100%.
I hope this will motivate you SDS to come up with some kind of compromise but if not then WAR it is and I have ZERO to lose and that will put you in a LOSE /LOSE spot cause even if you beat me you lose cause you beat up a player only trying to speak up. Just make the compromise cause last thing I want is to destroy your rep more then your already doing but again I will -- ball is in your court SDS -- HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
Or send me a e-mail SDS and I am willing to talk this out with ya behind the scenes before this gets ugly
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@Easy_Duhz_It_ decent question. I finished one the other night and got xp for winning the championship. I rhen started a new season and notice now that you still get the bundle, but you don't get the 3000 and 6000 xp.
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@go4stros25 Its gotta be some kinda glitch probably caused by the last update. I started my second mini season before Fridays update and the "championship pool" goal is still available (7000 xp, 3000 stubs, BIAH pack) and shows not completed yet.
I just started a new Team Affinity mini season and still shows as an uncompleted goal there too.
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@blitz77tw
Yeah I don't get it. Imagine how neutered the next mini season will be.
It wouldn't be bad if there were other ways to get xp, but there isn't. "Don't like it? Play online!"
Typical "you guys don't have phones"?
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As an online h2h competitive gamer, I hate offline grinding. But In order to do collections and to get the most competitive cards, I shut my mouth and suffer through these time wasting offline grinds.
Once I'm finished grinding all the conquest maps and programs, I move on to BR, events, and then online ranked. Which is what I prefer to play.My suggestion to u is why not take your talents to online and grind the BR program, Events, and ranked?
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I'm trying to finish my last TA division, the AL Central right now, and last night was thinking: 'slow down, there's not much left as an offliner.' I never said that before. I always find things to do, but things feel bare atm.
I'll just go back to NHL, which I abandoned, when early access dropped!
Will we still get Topps Now Moments, at least?
