DD Deep Dive Video Just Dropped: Grade A-!
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@GradektheBard_PSN I did not catch that. Love it. Great catch.
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@GradektheBard_PSN said in DD Deep Dive Video Just Dropped: Grade A-!:
@GoozeFn_PSN the TA cards are captains. Watch the video where they show the Frank Thomas, he has the captain tab on his stat box.
Confirmed.
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Is it me or does that card kinda suck? No defense and meh hitting
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@Bicarbonate_Fury_MLBTS said in DD Deep Dive Video Just Dropped: Grade A-!:
Is it me or does that card kinda suck? No defense and meh hitting
Its an 86 overall Frank Thomas. Were you expecting 120 across the board? He wasnt exactly the best defensive 1B in history either.
Also, its a captain card. Those stats will obviously go up when it meets parameters.
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@Bicarbonate_Fury_MLBTS said in DD Deep Dive Video Just Dropped: Grade A-!:
Is it me or does that card kinda suck? No defense and meh hitting
Welcome to Yearlong Progression. The only Day 1 card with end-game potential is the MLB Collection.
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@SaveFarris_PSN maybe. I am still not convinced they have any 99s in the game at launch with the overalls we are seeing (highest live at 91, WS awards look like 88s, etc).
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Since 2017 when I first started playing DD, there has never been a product launch without at least one 99.
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@SaveFarris_PSN so? We have never seen the overall curve this low at launch either (including LS). SDS has shown they are willing to make big changes (99s day 1, sets/seasons, a unified online program, etc) and keep in mind none of the other ultimate team games have 99s at launch either.
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@GradektheBard_PSN said in DD Deep Dive Video Just Dropped: Grade A-!:
@SaveFarris_PSN maybe. I am still not convinced they have any 99s in the game at launch with the overalls we are seeing (highest live at 91, WS awards look like 88s, etc).
Since there are no more Sets & Seasons and they are going back to a slower build approach with the overalls, I can still see the main collection reward being a 99, but the AL/NL cards being 96/97.
People have just been so spoiled over the last few years with 125 everything that I can already see complaints about how these cards are gonna be labeled as bad or Ls.
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@Bicarbonate_Fury_MLBTS said in DD Deep Dive Video Just Dropped: Grade A-!:
Is it me or does that card kinda suck? No defense and meh hitting
Those hitting attributes look low compared to the end game cards we just saw in ts24. Those are decent though and in early game it will probably be one of the better hitters.
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Yes I understand it’s an early card. I’m partial to players who can also play defense. Just thought those hitting numbers were low. Most likely because I’m used to the end game cards I’m playing on 24 now. Can use him as DH or bring of the bench to face lefties.
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@Bicarbonate_Fury_MLBTS said in DD Deep Dive Video Just Dropped: Grade A-!:
Yes I understand it’s an early card. I’m partial to players who can also play defense. Just thought those hitting numbers were low. Most likely because I’m used to the end game cards I’m playing on 24 now. Can use him as DH or bring of the bench to face lefties.
It's not just you, they do look low compared to end game cards.
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@GradektheBard_PSN The live series collection will definitely be a 99. Possibly the big 3 will be.
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@GradektheBard_PSN Interesting point. Trout or the top card was usually in the 94-95 range. It would be a massive disappointment if the live series collection isn’t a 99 though. Honestly, I’ll be disappointed if the AL/NL aren’t also. We’re talking millions of stubs to get those guys. Everyone was begging for them to get rid of seasons. Get ready for everyone complaining about the power creep being too slow.
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@GoozeFn_PSN they could always hold off on dropping the 99s for collections until later. No one is forcing anyone to race the collection and I doubt it would cost them much money either (the people buying the collection would still want all the diamonds anyways). I could see a 95 LS card at launch that you would later collect (by itself) to get a 99.
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@GradektheBard_PSN you need to come to terms with the fact that the LS collection is going to be a 99, and most likely the AL/NL cards will be too.
Just because you won’t have them early release launch/launch night doesn’t mean that the people who want to use their credit card shouldn’t be able to get them.
The part that I don’t think you’re quite grasping is that it’s the people who spend money that make the games economy go around. Weird, right?
The content creators, and the other people who bust out the credit card make cards available on the market by selling them, lower their costs and make them affordable for those who don’t buy stubs, and grind NMS. They also get to make the content that gets other people interested in the game. When a streamer/content creator has the best cards in the game early, they can make the best possible content for them, and the community, which will generate hype and revenue for SDS and the community.
The end result is SDS has the money from the micro transactions to bring us the legends that we all want. And to pay the dev team, and to pay the people behind the scenes that are bringing us the best possible content that they can.
TL;DR: launch night 99 rewards are always going to be a thing. You can have them too if you want to pay for them.
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@dmc04005_PSN I don’t think you quite understand that the same people who buy all the cards launch night will still buy all the LS diamonds launch night (since those would be the best cards). It’s not like people are going from spend $1000 to zero, it’s like to $800 (so SDS still makes money) and isn’t it amazing that all the other ultimate team games do just fine without having day 1 99s?
I am not disputing that it is likely we will see a LS collection 99 at launch, just that it isn’t actually good for the game in the long run (specifically balance and actual power creep).
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@GradektheBard_PSN I think the amount of people spending thousands of real dollars to get the collection done day 1 would be significantly less if it’s not a 99. I can see the AL/NL not being a 99, but the whole collection has to be. It would be massively disappointing. I don’t think it’s ever not been a 99. They would get absolutely blasted.
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@GradektheBard_PSN one to three 99’s in the game at launch doesn’t upset the balance at all. The likelihood of you running into someone that finished the collection is low. And I can guarantee you that a skilled player with all golds or something of that sort will beat an average player with all the best cards. It’s a skill issue, not a better cards issue.
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@dmc04005_PSN I think it’s more like 50/50 the league rewards are a 99. They were only 95 last year and that’s with seasons. They were 99’s before though.
