Struggling for motivation to play
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Hopefully there is double xp starting tomorrow through the end of the 2nd inning. Outside of mini seasons I don’t have any extra sources of xp and I definitely don’t plan on straight up grinding v CPU games to finish it.
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@Pergo_MLBTS said in Struggling for motivation to play:
It seems like we're reaching a point where most of the complaints come down to some version of "I should not have to play the game to get the rewards".
If this is your take than you are incorrect
Its more like "I should not have to play the game a specific way to get the rewards"
And Ill add that those rewards are roughly half of what we were getting two years agoI've only really minded the forced showdowns personally, I'm just tired of 1-3 card programs
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@Pergo_MLBTS said in Struggling for motivation to play:
It seems like we're reaching a point where most of the complaints come down to some version of "I should not have to play the game to get the rewards".
This is not the message at all. Instead the message is I’m playing just as much as I did in the first inning where I got to 1 wheel spin and this inning I’m no where close to the boss packs because there are far fewer sources of xp. No team affinity xp. No multiple conquest maps like at startup with xp. Only 1 mini season with xp not 2 like at startup. Far fewer xp gates in the multi player program.
If SDS is going to nerf xp from playing the game they need to make up for it with large gates in the various programs.
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@GooseOnEm_PSN apparently they will fix that tho.
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I literally just turned the game on, saw that there was not only still not a repeatable conquest map, but no new one at all, and turned it right back off. I do not want to play ranked. I definitely do not want to play diamond quest. Mini-Seasons is fine, but I want an actual playable version of conquest back. It is completely absurd that they still haven't added a repeatable one. It seems they are actively trying to make the game as unfun as possible.
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@Dinger_Dan19_PSN said in Struggling for motivation to play:
@GooseOnEm_PSN apparently they will fix that tho.
I didn’t even mean to do it last time but I went on a complete bender where I forgot how to play and ended up going from 700 to 500 rating. Helped me go 5-1 in Weekend Classic though.
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@mietha_PSN said in Struggling for motivation to play:
I literally just turned the game on, saw that there was not only still not a repeatable conquest map, but no new one at all, and turned it right back off. I do not want to play ranked. I definitely do not want to play diamond quest. Mini-Seasons is fine, but I want an actual playable version of conquest back. It is completely absurd that they still haven't added a repeatable one. It seems they are actively trying to make the game as unfun as possible.
And I dont think they have released a map with more than 5 games on it since the 2nd or 3rd week.
Conquest maps should be like grapefuit/cactus maps, which were great
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If you don't do DD for head-to-head online, then it's bound to get old and grindy. And the mode is reaching the point in its life that lots of players -- not all, but lots -- are burned out on it. I played hard for a few years, had a love-hate relationship with it last year, and haven't played much at all this year. Didn't complete 1st inning, and won't get very far in 2nd.
I wish franchise were better.
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@Loyal-Wiglaf_XBL said in Struggling for motivation to play:
If you don't do DD for head-to-head online, then it's bound to get old and grindy. And the mode is reaching the point in its life that lots of players -- not all, but lots -- are burned out on it. I played hard for a few years, had a love-hate relationship with it last year, and haven't played much at all this year. Didn't complete 1st inning, and won't get very far in 2nd.
I wish franchise were better.
The game is less fun to play, particularly with the way the CPU pitches
Mini seasons are significantly less rewarding to repeat
There is no grindable conquest
The programs have less than half the cards they had 2 years ago
XP is tougher to get, and the rewards are complete [censored] anyway. For example, the last node on the xp path is a 53.5% chance of a gold card (and the diamonds have little value anyway)Sure, burnout can happen but the real problem is the game has gone downhill
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Again, the joy has to be in playing baseball games within a video game presentation. If that simple act isn't something you enjoy, then no degree of presentation, mode, or extra concept is going to provide joy to your experience. That said, if you are spending more than a few hours a day playing this game, then you are setting yourself up for burnout and that's not the fault of SDS.
My concern with DD mode is that it encourages obsession by those who play it, by placing before the player some vast scope of layers of achievement needed to achieve pre-determined goals/rewards. This may make some sense to a video game company, but I think it ultimately is a double edged sword that burns people out and hurts long term interests.
If I could physically play actual baseball games still, then that's what I would be doing, but my love of the intricacies of playing baseball has lived long past my physical ability to play it for real. So, a video game is the best alternative.
This is the core reason why I don't play DD but instead RTTS. I just want to play baseball games without layers of additional stuff.
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Struggling for motivation to play:
Again, the joy has to be in playing baseball games within a video game presentation. If that simple act isn't something you enjoy, then no degree of presentation, mode, or extra concept is going to provide joy to your experience. That said, if you are spending more than a few hours a day playing this game, then you are setting yourself up for burnout and that's not the fault of SDS.
My concern with DD mode is that it encourages obsession by those who play it, by placing before the player some vast scope of layers of achievement needed to achieve pre-determined goals/rewards. This may make some sense to a video game company, but I think it ultimately is a double edged sword that burns people out and hurts long term interests.
If I could physically play actual baseball games still, then that's what I would be doing, but my love of the intricacies of playing baseball has lived long past my physical ability to play it for real. So, a video game is the best alternative.
This is the core reason why I don't play DD but instead RTTS. I just want to play baseball games without layers of additional stuff.
But you play RTTS, and not just exhibition games, right? Or one may play franchise to see how things unfold across several seasons. There is a hook besides just simply playing a game of baseball, and DD is no different.
I look at DD as the sports version of an RPG. You play games to grow your team, or your roster of players. People approach this in different ways, I personally absolutely despise mindless grinding for grindings sake (play vs CPU), which is why I enjoy conquest and mini seasons more.
The two main problems this year is that the game is less fun to play mechanically for some of us, and that they have taken away some of the ways for us to progress our roster.
Ultimately its the first one that matters more, gameplay is king after all. I cant stick with NBA 2K for example because I feel gameplay is a mess. The gameplay of The Show is still tops among its peers, but I'm torn between wanting new things vs going back to play the superior game from 2 years ago (which unfortunately has some missing content now)
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Grinding hard and then seeing the live series collection just keep going up, has made not want to put in effort, and I never felt like that before
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@aldridg6in_PSN Thats what happens when they really do nothing to improve the game, same stale gameplay and less intriguing programs. I have played a LOT less this year. Not interested in spending hundreds on a game that is much more stale.
Ready for a new studio and fresh devs to take over this game.
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@Dolenz_PSN Bro as a fellow Cards fan I barely just got to Ozzie, I don't even play it like to use to. Just stale
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@TheGoaler_PSN I'm jumping into that Oblivion Remaster, pretty rare W from Bethesda these days
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@DoIHearBossMusic_PSN said in Struggling for motivation to play:
@TheGoaler_PSN I'm jumping into that Oblivion Remaster, pretty rare W from Bethesda these days
Get Expedition 33 first, its incredible
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@Teak2112_MLBTS said in Struggling for motivation to play:
@DoIHearBossMusic_PSN said in Struggling for motivation to play:
@TheGoaler_PSN I'm jumping into that Oblivion Remaster, pretty rare W from Bethesda these days
Get Expedition 33 first, its incredible
My game of the year so far.
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@Teak2112_MLBTS Oh yeah? What's that about
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@DoIHearBossMusic_PSN said in Struggling for motivation to play:
@Teak2112_MLBTS Oh yeah? What's that about
Turn based RPG but with souls inspired dodge/parry mechanics for defense (far beyond what other JRPGs have done in the past). Stunning visuals, and some of the best music/story/voice acting in recent years, and its much better paced than your average RPG. With GTA VI being delayed its currently the GotY front runner
And its a small studios first game, and is $50 or less.
Cant go wrong with Oblivion either of course
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@thebeev718_NSW said in Struggling for motivation to play:
Anyone else??
I’m finding it harder and harder to get excited to play this game. I love baseball and I’ve enjoyed MLBTheShow for years. I was excited for the changes this year and looking forward to the grinds.
But in my opinion, the content has been boring, the programs are monotonous, and unless you’re walking on water with pack luck, the collections are out of reach unless your willing to spend a few hundred dollars on stubs. (Has there been a stub sale yet this year??)
I say this every year, stub sales create inflation. What would be beneficial is pack sales. More cards in the market is what is needed not more stubs chasing the cards already in the market.
