When every reward is just another 99, what is the motivation?
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2 months ago. "WHY ARE THERE NO FREE 99s!!!?!?!"
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@GixxerRyder750_PSN
MLB The Show 18 would've been right up your alley. -
@Barfy-Bad-Gas_XBL
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@virusts_XBL said in When every reward is just another 99, what is the motivation?:
I wouldn’t be obsessed over the overall ranking of cards. You can use any card you like just because it’s less than a 99 doesn’t mean it’s less of card. People get too obsessed over overalls that they bench they .440 94 overall for a 99 that are hitting .210 with.
I used 93 seager all the way until we got the Nascar field
I am running Kyle tucker as my lefty dh and hit him leadoff
Still have columbe in the pen
I used grandal as my catcher until cal came out
I got jram to P5 yet still hitting like 200 with him and schwarber I used for a while and I think he's currently 095....meanwhile tucker is like 450 and seager was around 350 but tons of hrs
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@PriorFir4383355_XBL It sounds like you should just join a custom league where what you are suggesting already exists. The vast majority of people don’t want what you are suggesting.
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@rubicante23_PSN One simple way to make more cards useful is captains that actually make a competitive theme team.
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@Dolenz_PSN The best cards have to be either difficult to get based on skill, difficult to get based on the grind, or expensive. I think the problem is there aren’t enough really good cards that are difficult to get just from the grind. There really isn’t much of a grind anymore except for nominal rewards like the my legacy stuff or the #1 fan icons. All the programs are too easy and can be done in an hour or so. Most of the rewards are not great. Same goes for TA.
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Topical, announced recently for NBA 2K26:
Another new game mode within Breakout is Gauntlet, where you put your entire collection to the test by completing games of increasing difficulty.
Gauntlet features a new straight-line game board—but there’s a twist. As you progress from Rookie difficulty to more challenging difficulties, you’ll only be able to use each of your Player Cards once per run. With Triple Threat, Clutch Time, and quick Full Lineup games, depth is your friend in this game mode, but so is understanding how to maximize every card in your collection.
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Im hoping for a set of 64s to come out instead of 99s
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The positive aspect of having 99s, as an offline player, I enjoy mixing up my lineups, and being creative with theme teams. I believe having a good variety of 99s, actually helps that method of play.
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Wish they had player evolution cards where there are gates to gradually allow you to work them to 99. Start at say 75. First gate is is 80 at launch, 85 in April, 90 in May, 95 in June and 99 in July. Maybe choose from 4 players and you only get 1. In September, SDS can release 99 that are accessible for all 4 so you can still get them all later. For example, maybe guys like Frank Thomas, Soriano, Pudge, and Finley. And make it so they can contribute PXP to any of the teams they played for and be eligible for those team’s captains boost. Just try something different. Either that or allow a CAP with position, attribute and character restrictions and they can follow the same gates.
But alas, with screen freezing and broken attribute wheels still an issue this may all just be wishful thinking.
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Yeah, it was MLB 18 and it was horrific and almost ruined the franchise
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Once you start deploying 97s, going to 99 is pretty much the next step.
