Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.
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After finally playing for a good couple hours last night I don't have any concerns, the my journey stuff will come with time and once I knock out a few collections that will also speed things up.
Just by playing the game I'm already at the gold card for the Rockies and that was because I picked Jiminez for the Evo program. As more stuff comes out and the lines up shake up and more golds and diamonds find there way into lines ups things will be good!
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To add on to my last point I'm at 30k for the Rockies all I need is to do the collection 20K and get another 100 pxp with Nolan Jones and I would have Jolt Helton. Getting the 3 cards will be easy work.
I think those vouchers for the All Star and finest cards are basickly just head start items for when those programs drop so needing them now is not even a worry.
I'll be shocked if not everyone had the Jolt cards for the Cubs and Dodgers after the Tokyo series program drops because those two teams will be a heavy focus.
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As a casual player with a job, a wife, and life off console...I gotta say I don't mind the grind. I'll never have a shortage of stuff to do. This is where taking a day away from it might be beneficial, just to reset the eyes. But on the flip side I can see how people would get frustrated with it, though.
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@Dolenz_PSN, I agree with you that some players are going to feel a little daunted... and that it's also a good game. I dislike the grind in general, and far prefer just playing games with cards I like rather than being strategically "efficient." And there's a lot this year, with the way that TA was rolled out.
While I've essentially ignored TA (and usually do, until I notice that I'm getting close to something organically by playing games without regard for TA stats), I pretty much flew through the Spring Breakout and Pipeline programs. It was pretty easy to put a team together with Pipeline and Spring Breakout players, and, happened to fit nicely for me because I tend to like playing with those Future Star-type cards. Anyway, I didn't complete most of the missions you'd listed earlier, just K's with Rockies (Jimenez, Dollander) and K's with Dodgers. Only did the Showdown once. Through Conquest (only completed one map), Diamond Quest runs, and a few games vs. CPU, both of those pretty much finished themselves (that 1000XP repeatable goes really fast, and takes the place of a lot of those missions).
I didn't bother with the Spring Breakout collection... I didn't like the collection reward's swing when I used him in a moment.
Anyway, not at all as daunting as it looks. And I think you'll like that Wetherholt card... beautiful swing, and by far my favorite to use in the game so far.
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I am a casual player. To be specific, I use directional hitting and I hit about .240 against the CPU on veteran. I am a Cardinals fan, like Dolenz, and I really want the Weatherholt card because he would fit great on my Cardinals TA team that is using Edmonds as hitting captain. However, I will never be able to complete the showdown even once, so I have to pass on a card that I really want simply because it cannot be sold. Why not let me buy stubs and buy the card?
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@Orcin_MLBTS said in Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.:
I am a casual player. To be specific, I use directional hitting and I hit about .240 against the CPU on veteran. I am a Cardinals fan, like Dolenz, and I really want the Weatherholt card because he would fit great on my Cardinals TA team that is using Edmonds as hitting captain. However, I will never be able to complete the showdown even once, so I have to pass on a card that I really want simply because it cannot be sold. Why not let me buy stubs and buy the card?
If you're not doing the showdown, you can grind pxp to get the Wetherholt.
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@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN said in Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.:
If you're not doing the showdown, you can grind pxp to get the Wetherholt.
I see that now, thanks. I missed the obvious "repeatable" tag on the 1000 pxp with program cards. I am glad I have a path to get the card, but I would still rather buy the card with money and spend my game time using it instead of grinding cards that don't fit my captain bonus.
Why doesn't Sony want my money? It sounds like a good deal for both of us. Just make all of these program cards sellable.
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@Orcin_MLBTS said in Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.:
Why doesn't Sony want my money?
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If they made every card purchasable, the community would lose their [censored].
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Why would they bother to make programs if they can just sell everything?
I get it...you wanna play the game with your team but sometimes in life, we have to do things we dont wanna do in order to achieve the results we want.
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@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN said in Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.:
I get it...you wanna play the game with your team but sometimes in life, we have to do things we dont wanna do in order to achieve the results we want.
Yeah, this is not a life lesson. It's a video game. It is supposed to be a fun and relaxing form of entertainment, not a character-building exercise.
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@Orcin_MLBTS said in Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.:
@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN said in Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.:
I get it...you wanna play the game with your team but sometimes in life, we have to do things we dont wanna do in order to achieve the results we want.
Yeah, this is not a life lesson. It's a video game. It is supposed to be a fun and relaxing form of entertainment, not a character-building exercise.
Everything is a life lesson. You're right though. It is a video game. Its meant to be played. If you want the Wetherholt card, you may wanna start playing now. You'll get it sooner.
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@mietha_PSN This is the correct answer. I love the new grind too. I too have already completed all 3 USA maps, the all 3 player programs, The Pipeline Program, Starter Program, 3 of the team affinities, 1 diamond quest, the Sabathia mini season and both showdowns. (This was Friday Morning through Sunday night)
Working on Spring breakout, but stopped that to do the other Mini Season and work towards more of the TA programs.
And game isnt even to general release yet. Is it more of a grind....yes, but its 100% what I know I wanted......
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@Orcin_MLBTS there’s always franchise and RTTS
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@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN said in Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.:
… It is a video game. Its meant to be played. If you want the Wetherholt card, you may wanna start playing now. You'll get it sooner.
What an awesome response, that made my day … nailed it !!!
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My concern for the “casuals” is with hitting. I’m not a casual and I’m not getting any hits whatsoever. The game, with these lower ratings, is simply too hard right now. I’m border line frustrated and this is my 5th year. A newbie ain’t hanging around.
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@capardo_MLBTS so it just not me
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@MoeBuug68_XBL definitely not. With these lower ratings ratings across the board (which I’m fine with), SDS should adjust the difficulty level down to compensate. For example, change Moments to Rookie.
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Omg people, Rookie? Veteran too hard?? Play franchise on Rookie; there’s your solution.
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@yankblan_PSN said in Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.:
Omg people, Rookie? Veteran too hard?? Play franchise on Rookie; there’s your solution.
Or… people should be able to play the way they want to play. Without judgement. Not everyone is a sweat.
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Anyone who thinks that the first showdown in 25, designed to be done 4x, should be harder than ANY non extreme showdown in 24 should shove their elitism right up their [censored].
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@T4RbRuSh_XBL said in Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.:
@yankblan_PSN said in Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.:
Omg people, Rookie? Veteran too hard?? Play franchise on Rookie; there’s your solution.
Or… people should be able to play the way they want to play. Without judgement. Not everyone is a sweat.
You dont need to be a "sweat" to play vs CPU on Rookie.
