SDS is nowhere near EA
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@Skarmaen yeah but you don't need the cards in the pack for the Lightning collection.
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I don't think the issue is that the 30k-40k packs exist and the contents may or may not be undesirable. The issue is that they only way to obtain a pack is to purchase it. Do not even offer a pack in the program. It's a lot like when MA awards where in Packs but they weren't Choice Packs. You could only by 5 of them and could end up pulling the same card 5 times, but were required to collect them all in order to complete the program.
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@Skarmaen said in SDS is nowhere near EA:
Packs/pack cards are not content. They are stub sinks. You can't earn them. You buy them.
In years past you earned all the available cards in the Topps Now/MA programs. Now you cannot do that since to get all the cards you have buy some (it's too early to tell what % of the cards will be pack only. More than half in Drop 1 but that doesn't mean anything conclusive....yet).
Oh, and the most important point - Stop comparing SDS to EA or 2K. Compare the Show to prior versions of the Show. Madden, FIFA, NHL, 2K have no bearing on these discussions. Ever.
Do the packs add new cards into the game? Yes. Therefore, they are new content. Just because you don’t like how they are earned doesn’t mean they aren’t content. And like I said in my above post. They aren’t perfect, they definitely need to add at least 1 free pack in the reward path. And no cards from the pack are required to complete the program. It’s just added cards.
SDS, EA, and 2K are all game developers that make sports games with an online card collecting mode, so yes I will continue to compare them and yes, they all do affect each other bc they are trying to get players to play their games over the others. They are competitors. That’s like saying don’t compare Walmart to target.
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@GixxerRyder750 said in SDS is nowhere near EA:
I don't think the issue is that the 30k-40k packs exist and the contents may or may not be undesirable. The issue is that they only way to obtain a pack is to purchase it. Do not even offer a pack in the program. It's a lot like when MA awards where in Packs but they weren't Choice Packs. You could only by 5 of them and could end up pulling the same card 5 times, but were required to collect them all in order to complete the program.
I agree the pack needs to be in the reward path, but it’s not a lot like that at all, because none of these cards are required to complete the program. They are just added cards.
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@GixxerRyder750 the pack cards we do not need to collect, only the reward path cards.
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Isn’t that the world we live in. I have a phone app for when I’m sitting in numerous waiting rooms since that seem routine lately and every time I log into the app I see at minimum 3 tabs for ads for to purchase packs for boosters.
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@IrishFist412
Come on now.... I played Madden a lot and while Madden isn't as bad as its basketball iteration, MLB The Show gives out so many free cards and stubs for grinding. If you wanted free packs you could play mini seasons over and over. Get 40 hits with TA1 players and pitch 25 innings with TA1 pitchers and get 20 packs for free. What other games let you do that I wish MLBTS did was let you trade cards. Losing 10% of a cards value on a sale is something I will never understand.
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@fellspointguy_MLBTS Trading cards would be great. I’ve said this before as well. They have point values after all so it can be done.
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The trending towards stub only packs means potentially they may do a monthly subscription one day. Similar to GTA. $5 a month gets you one of every new pack and 20 packs a month or whatever.
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They are headed in that direction.
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@lewisnadasurf1 said in SDS is nowhere near EA:
The trending towards stub only packs means potentially they may do a monthly subscription one day. Similar to GTA. $5 a month gets you one of every new pack and 20 packs a month or whatever.
They have always done this, its the power creep model, as the game builds up more packs will be in programs.
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@lewisnadasurf1 said in SDS is nowhere near EA:
The trending towards stub only packs means potentially they may do a monthly subscription one day. Similar to GTA. $5 a month gets you one of every new pack and 20 packs a month or whatever.
Even though I’m NMS, I would do this and I would love it
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@lewisnadasurf1 said in SDS is nowhere near EA:
The trending towards stub only packs means potentially they may do a monthly subscription one day. Similar to GTA. $5 a month gets you one of every new pack and 20 packs a month or whatever.
Worst case scenario, I guess I wouldn't be opposed to that
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They took free content from mlb 23 and are now charging for it in 24. Screw this.
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@Knighter said in SDS is nowhere near EA:
They took free content from mlb 23 and are now charging for it in 24. Screw this.
Then don’t play lol I’ll repeat this until I’m blue in the face, they should give a pack for free each reward path, but HAVING CARDS EXCLUSIVELY IN PACKS IS GOOD FOR THE GAME
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@Nauracy34 lol [censored] really said “earned” like you can earn them without a CC. It’s not EA, it’s worse, you can literally BUY any card for a dollar value.
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and then today's joke err Drop happened and killed your argument ---- next
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@fellspointguy literally every other ultimate team game is going to give you a few packs after 10 games. Wtf you mean WHAT ONE? All of them. Show me a game I’m not earning a pack after 10 games. They are just dog [censored] cards like every other game. In MLB the best cards were from grinding and unlocking. Now it’s the opposite. THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE. 3 85s are nearly the worst content they’ve added to the game in 8 years I’ve played and I’m suppose to thank them?
You guys really need to a break to bank on another game and see how they work as well lmao.
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@chucky97___
I hope you are right...but I have my doubts. There is a lack of programs and I was at least hoping for a double xp weekend.
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@Dolenz said in SDS is nowhere near EA:
Maybe not but there is no denying that they are steering their ship more heavily towards monetization.
While these packs may not be as bad as other games there is still no denying the fact that SDS wants you to gamble with your stubs, because odds are that you are getting a card that is worth less than what the pack cost.
They even made it worse with the season awards pack. It is not even a choice pack so even if you get the lower tier you can't choose which card you want.
The two bolded parts...first one is something EA got in trouble over, and the second part I think it just nonsense. Cards you can get should never be worth less that what you paid for it.
