Hitting Captain Adjustment Please
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I think SDS needs to change how we get to use hitting Captains. You can get the pitching boost with out ever needing to use the pitcher but the hitting captain needs to be in the starting lineup. It does not seem balanced when you have to use a significantly worse card in your lineup. I think one of two things need to change. Either the captain cards need to be increased to at least 98's. The other option would be to either let us utilize the hitting captains on the bench or immediately let us sub them out. If you allow us to sub them out it costs us a bench spot to use them so there is a cost. The way it sits now Captain usage will go down. Using a theme team is a massive disadvantage having such a low overall in your lineup. Given this is for online ranked if you are offline the current situation does not matter.
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Get rid of captains.
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@theBlindRhino_PSN said in Hitting Captain Adjustment Please:
Get rid of captains.
I'm curious as to why you say that. I don't really use them outside of the team captains for my favorite team, but they seem to add some incentive for people to try different lineups. Sure some are used way more than others but without them I would assume you would see even less lineup diversity than you see now.
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@Dolenz_PSN said in Hitting Captain Adjustment Please:
@theBlindRhino_PSN said in Hitting Captain Adjustment Please:
Get rid of captains.
I'm curious as to why you say that. I don't really use them outside of the team captains for my favorite team, but they seem to add some incentive for people to try different lineups. Sure some are used way more than others but without them I would assume you would see even less lineup diversity than you see now.
You would think it would add diversity to lineups. I just see switching hitting lineups with players boosted. I'll use Joe Kelly and Joc Pederson every once in a while but I would trade them to get rid of it all together.
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@Msk5031_PSN Captains have been more fun this year because we’ve been able to have them on the bench. I agree, just allow us to have them active on our bench.
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@theBlindRhino_PSN I’ll never understand people who want to get rid of a fun aspect of the game.
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For one...We're in 99 territory. So captains are really moot at this point...I mean do you really need an extra 15 power when you got a guy that's already 100+? Even if you're running a Set Restricted Theme Team and forced to use a bunch of lower tier cards or LS is sacrificing using the Keirmaier Captain to boost the entire team worth it instead of 1 99? I think it is. That being said...I prefer pitching captains for this exact reason. Mainly cause if I'm using captains, it's on a non set restricted lineup. The whole premise of the captains was to boost your squads at the beginning of each season when you had to use Core cards and didn't have many Set "X" cards for whatever team you're using. I'd prefer more Specialty Captains like the Cornerstones, but without the goofy activation requirements.
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@theBlindRhino_PSN They do need more balance. Why is the solution always get rid of it instead of fixing the problem? Done right they add lineup diversity. This is the same mentality that got CAP’s removed and SDS moving the game backwards.
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@theBlindRhino_PSN said in Hitting Captain Adjustment Please:
@Dolenz_PSN said in Hitting Captain Adjustment Please:
@theBlindRhino_PSN said in Hitting Captain Adjustment Please:
Get rid of captains.
I'm curious as to why you say that. I don't really use them outside of the team captains for my favorite team, but they seem to add some incentive for people to try different lineups. Sure some are used way more than others but without them I would assume you would see even less lineup diversity than you see now.
You would think it would add diversity to lineups. I just see switching hitting lineups with players boosted. I'll use Joe Kelly and Joc Pederson every once in a while but I would trade them to get rid of it all together.
Unfortunately, it seems that no matter what SDS does to try and diversify there will always be some "meta" lineup that is used more than others. I think it is inevitable no matter what
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@Dolenz_PSN There’s always a meta. Captains make more teams viable.
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I'd prefer to see more captains. Keep the two per team, but add more more more of the "theme" captains. First round draft picks, hall of famers, 500+ HRs, gold gloves, silver sluggers, played for more than 5 teams, pipsqueaks, uggos, dudes with hot wives, guys who look like they probably smell bad, dudes with mullets, etc. You could really get creative with these.
BUT! ... give us a way to sort our collections to match the captains!
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@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said in Hitting Captain Adjustment Please:
pipsqueaks, uggos, dudes with hot wives, guys who look like they probably smell bad, dudes with mullets, etc
