The 15000k color storm
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First I know there is another massive post, and I love it for people that don’t have time to grind. I’ve noticed by passively playing this game, I’ve coming close to a lot of teams finest voucher, ( with the color storm 150k) I’m just hoping they add some stuff in between the foam finger and the finest voucher, otherwise it’s along summer of no packs, and I’m not a hard core grinder, just passively playing and doing missions. Don’t kill me for this, I’m just trying to get them to add some stuff in tween.
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I agree. Hopefully the finest voucher and the foam finger aren’t the end.
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@Jcassaro44_MLBTS said in The 15000k color storm:
I’m just hoping they add some stuff in between the foam finger and the finest voucher,
They'll be adding Color Storm-ish sub programs. That's where the other packs/unlockables/players/etc will be added, not on the main path.
Probably one for All-Star
Almost assuredly one for Labor Day-ish
Probably one for end of November
Possibly one for End Of Year / Forever -
It would be nice to have some rewards thrown in but there is like a million points between the finest voucher and the #1 fan icon and I am not expecting them to add more to the main path. Anything new will continue to added to new programs.
As for the 150,000 for the color storm player they were probably concerned how few people had earned multiple all star cards. People will be upset if 30 all star cards are locked behind Team Affinity, especially for teams with only 1 representative. Or heaven forbid if you need most of them for a collection
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@Dolenz_PSN There's a lot of points in between them, but if you look at the number of points you get for those bigger stat missions, it would only take a few to get there.
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@Dolenz_PSN said in The 15000k color storm:
It would be nice to have some rewards thrown in but there is like a million points between the finest voucher and the #1 fan icon and I am not expecting them to add more to the main path. Anything new will continue to added to new programs.
As for the 150,000 for the color storm player they were probably concerned how few people had earned multiple all star cards. People will be upset if 30 all star cards are locked behind Team Affinity, especially for teams with only 1 representative. Or heaven forbid if you need most of them for a collection
30 all stars were always team affinity, people didn't get upset at that, they got upset at the rare rounds of the HRD and ASG packs.
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@dap1234567890_PSN said in The 15000k color storm:
@Dolenz_PSN There's a lot of points in between them, but if you look at the number of points you get for those bigger stat missions, it would only take a few to get there.
True, but those are major stat grinds. I probably won't reach any of them.
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@Dolenz_PSN Hopefully, they will have three or four more of these other TA programs that will also have points for the My Journey program and also I hope those point awards will get bigger as the year goes on.
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@dap1234567890_PSN They may have some but I don't see them giving people enough of a boost to get the #1 fan icon. That is meant for the most devoted. I think that once they are happy that everyone has the Finest Vouchers that they stop fiving such big boosts.
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@dap1234567890_PSN said in The 15000k color storm:
@Dolenz_PSN Hopefully, they will have three or four more of these other TA programs that will also have points for the My Journey program and also I hope those point awards will get bigger as the year goes on.
I love how quick as others said these TA were and the 150k points is a great addition love everything they added this weekend
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I’m not against them doing stuff so people can catch up, 100% never bothers me, how easy or hard it is for others to get cards, I’m
Just more worried that in a week I’ll have every teams finest by just playing the game,
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@Jcassaro44_MLBTS That's me too. When the game released, I saw what was going to be a pretty big grind to get those finest vouchers for every team. I played the game with that in mind for two months. Now, all of a sudden, I am missing 5 Finest vouchers and they are all within 20K (so not much more work). My grind is over before June. Now I just wait for the future grinds they put out like the one this past weekend.
The fact that SDS didn't see what a monumental grind those finest cards would be and how a lot of their player base would find it tough to get them all is amazing to me. They didn't plan that 150K per team this past weekend. I know that because everyone on the live show on Friday were talking about how the amount surprised them too. SDS planned poorly and with the change in CPU pitching (ball rate) it should have been obvious to them how difficult TA was going to be the way it looked at release.
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@RealMessiah_XBL It makes me feel like grinding to get all the all star vouchers was a complete waste of time.
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@GoozeFn_PSN The only complaint I have is I spent 2 months using cards I probably wouldn't have used because I was grinding TA. But oh well. Now I can play with the lineups I want for the most part going forward. Happy for everyone getting that 150K bump. This grind was FOR REAL and I understand why SDS kneecapped it to a certain extent.
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@RealMessiah_XBL said in The 15000k color storm:
@Jcassaro44 That's me too. When the game released, I saw what was going to be a pretty big grind to get those finest vouchers for every team. I played the game with that in mind for two months. Now, all of a sudden, I am missing 5 Finest vouchers and they are all within 20K (so not much more work). My grind is over before June. Now I just wait for the future grinds they put out like the one this past weekend.
There is no way that SDS is going to put out a grind for you that would not alienate the vast majority of players. If your profile is correct, you have 702 hours played in just a few days over 10 weeks. I play for half that total for the entire year most years.
SDS should never balance a stat grind or a program for those who play 60 plus hours a week any more than they should balance a stat grind for those who play just 2 hours a week.
They have the stats and time played in DD for each player. I am sure that they made the right call here for the majority of their players. I have said it before I don't think this was a case of them looking at the stats and being surprised how many people didn't have almost all the all-star vouchers. It was more likely the case of them seeing people who didn't have any yet.
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I assumed these vouchers will not be required for those programs, but a head start sort of thing like the vouchers for collecting all the bosses. Not everything has to be attainable for every player. It sucks they essentially are giving it to everyone after some people have been grinding for them. It makes the grind feel meaningless and frankly a complete waste of time.
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Things would be a lot different about this mission if it had released the 3rd week of June instead of the 3rd week of May
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I play a couple hours a night, I’m not sure that time is correct, it might be a little crazy because I played more in the beginning, my thing is that I think anyone who plays a good deal are going to have finest vouchers too quickly, and there isn’t anything in between that and foam finger. I’m for the 150k, anything to help the player base I’m down for, I just think they miscalculated a little and it would be nice if they added some filler in between the two.
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@Jcassaro44_MLBTS said in The 15000k color storm:
I play a couple hours a night, I’m not sure that time is correct, it might be a little crazy because I played more in the beginning, my thing is that I think anyone who plays a good deal are going to have finest vouchers too quickly, and there isn’t anything in between that and foam finger. I’m for the 150k, anything to help the player base I’m down for, I just think they miscalculated a little and it would be nice if they added some filler in between the two.
They definitely miscalculated. I have been saying for many years now that SDS has a tendency to over-correct when they make these big changes. Maybe they did it on purpose realizing it is easier to add catch up mechanics into the game that to try and throttle users who are progressing faster than they intended.
As for people getting the finest vouchers too quickly who gets to decide where the cut-off is from too fast to too slow. If they Balance it for RealMessiah (who shows 600 plus hours) then you may feel like it is too slow and I would feel like it is impossible. If they balance it for you then RealMessiah is going to say it was too quick. While I, with only 130 hours played, may feel like it is too show.
This is not a condemnation of SDS or any players and their play time. It is just an example that there is no "right" answer.
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I think sometimes with all the content coming out, if you are someone who takes a break then comes back to the game it's almost overwhelming what you need to do just to "catch up." For some, it seems pointless and turns them off on the game entirely since they feel so far behind.
This is probably what happened with TA. Their numbers showed not enough players were advancing far enough along the path towards the ASG vouchers so instead of potentially losing a good amount of discouraged players, they super juiced the Color Storm PXP mission.
