Team Affinity Finest…please reconsider
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I’ll cut right to the chase. Our last Team Affinity Finest is a voucher exchange just like the All Star game. No programs, no conquests, just hand in the vouchers and here are your cards. If that is what happens, the game is over for playable content. Note- I can’t play online because I have T-Mobile internet and it requires some workaround that I have no idea how to do.
Please post here if you want SDS to add program paths and actual playable content for TA Finest. I know there is no chance SDS adds playable content because of a post but I have to try. Please give us more than just a voucher exchange.
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Would I like it? Yeah.
Will it happen? No.They can't advertise one thing for 7-8 months and then change it at the last second. I imagine that there are people who worked hard to get many, if not all, of the teams to the point where they have the voucher. I assume most of them would be upset if at the last minute they were told "Nope, the voucher means nothing. You now must go through 30 more programs to get what you thought you had already earned."
That said, since many teams in the past have had multiple Finest cards and since there are still enough legends without 99s for retro Finest cards, I think that we will see some type of program on the 7th in addition to the vouchers.
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I don’t think they should change it. Let the voucher exchange happen and then add program paths to use those cards on and earn the other Finest cards. Same with conquests.
This is the earliest the year has run dry on content. And without a final team affinity. There is absolutely nothing left to play for for offline players.
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@Ericulous1_XBL
I have no clue why they changed TA from last year to this year. It was great last year with 3 programs per season, so why wouldn't they incorporate this into the current model, especially since we got so many new legends (although we did lose quite a few as well). -
@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in Team Affinity Finest…please reconsider:
@Ericulous1_XBL
I have no clue why they changed TA from last year to this year. It was great last year with 3 programs per season, so why wouldn't they incorporate this into the current model, especially since we got so many new legends (although we did lose quite a few as well).If they do the same thing as last year then they get slammed for their copy and paste content.
When they change something that people liked then they get slammed by people asking why they changed it.
I agree that this years Team Affinity was not great but at least they tried something new.
My main complaint though is the issue of imbalance of the team captains. Why do some teams get great boosts and others less so. Why do 5 teams not have a single pitcher captain. Why change the boosts mid or late in the season (Miami had 128 points of captains boosts on Oct 1st and now that number is 96)
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@Dolenz_PSN you are right, there will always be someone complaining. For this Team Affinity my hope is that they realize they are providing nothing for us to do once we get those cards. I have all 30 vouchers and I don’t play nearly as much this year as I have in years past. So on TA day, I will get all these new cards but will have nothing to do, nothing to work towards.
I’m just curious if others feel the same way.
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@Ericulous1_XBL said in Team Affinity Finest…please reconsider:
@Dolenz_PSN you are right, there will always be someone complaining. For this Team Affinity my hope is that they realize they are providing nothing for us to do once we get those cards. I have all 30 vouchers and I don’t play nearly as much this year as I have in years past. So on TA day, I will get all these new cards but will have nothing to do, nothing to work towards.
I’m just curious if others feel the same way.
I agree with this. I feel TA was a big fail this year. The original concept is long gone as soon as they brought out Color storm and offered 150k of progress they realized the issue with the insane requirements and basically made TA completely irrelevant from that point forward.
We can only hope for a conquest (or multiple conquests) and a mini season but I won’t be holding my breath. My gut says TA will just fade quietly into the night. -
@Ericulous1_XBL said in Team Affinity Finest…please reconsider:
@Dolenz_PSN you are right, there will always be someone complaining. For this Team Affinity my hope is that they realize they are providing nothing for us to do once we get those cards. I have all 30 vouchers and I don’t play nearly as much this year as I have in years past. So on TA day, I will get all these new cards but will have nothing to do, nothing to work towards.
I’m just curious if others feel the same way.
No offense, but why do you need something to work towards other than using the cards and trying to P5 as many as you can?
Play a 9 inn vs CPU game. Redo some Conquest maps. Play the RIB Mini Seasons.
What's the difference if they add new MS or Conquest Maps? Packs? Packs that are already useless.
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I mean with that logic, all of the content is pointless. The thing I enjoy most about playing this game, is building rosters to complete missions and earn more cards. Yes I can just put the cards into the RIB mini seasons and play, but my points stands, the game cycle is effectively over. There is nothing left to accomplish or earn and we are left with recycled content.
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Some issues with the new model
All the non player rewards were front loaded and earned by All Star Break
Inconsistencies with captains
Very, very boring structure of just "hit a lot with the team" beyond the initial batch of missions
An unacceptably poor treatment of legends this year, perhaps partially because of them not caring to make as many TA cards
TA miniseasons were never replaced with different onesThey tried something new, it seems unpopular, so hopefully they learn from it
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Once you have 99 everything's then there is no point in ta or even finest because you're not really improving your team anymore so why grind
Once I get my God squad team then I pretty much lose all desire to play
So yeah, I spend all years using cards I don't want to use to earn the players I do want to use but then there is no more path forward so I never use the cards I want lol
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@ref479ode_PSN said in Team Affinity Finest…please reconsider:
Once you have 99 everything's then there is no point in ta or even finest because you're not really improving your team anymore so why grind
Not everyone plays a god squad every game
Some people like to play with theme teams, or even use their favorite players.
But admittedly those people are few so SDS stopped caring about them. -
We all have a different point where we figure out if there is anything left to play for.
There are 251 position player cards with 99 Overall
There are 92 pitchers with 99 overall cardsThat's 343 cards and that number will probably push to 400 or more by the time we get the World Series program and Finest cards. No new 99 card is going to significantly improve your god squad at this point.
Content is always going to run dry in the last two months of the year. The baseball season is over which for many players means it is time to take a break. You have the holidays upcoming which cuts into a lot of company's productive time.
That said the sheer number of cards both legends and flashbacks that probably deserve better cards is high enough that I have to believe we will see a few programs. I believe we will see some Negro League content to feed into the upcoming collection. I believe we may see Finest or Retro Finest content beyond TA. They released a milestone program in December last year I think for season milestones. That is a possibility. We still have the WS program upcoming
So while I doubt there will be any TA content beyond the vouchers I still believe there is content coming and like most releases it will be:
Too little too late for some.
Too much for others
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@Teak2112_MLBTS said in Team Affinity Finest…please reconsider:
@ref479ode_PSN said in Team Affinity Finest…please reconsider:
Once you have 99 everything's then there is no point in ta or even finest because you're not really improving your team anymore so why grind
Not everyone plays a god squad every game
Some people like to play with theme teams, or even use their favorite players.
But admittedly those people are few so SDS stopped caring about them.Even still at this point in the year. I would see alot of Cardinals fans wondering where Stan musial is...
He's here now... So you have him and what's next? Conquests for more premier packs? Ranked? Postseason stuff you can just do moments and get cards for free. Like what's next for a cards fan. A 99 arenado? Okay then what.
Theme teams or not once the 99 every card is 125 everything drops it's kind've like what's the point?
I usually play the game on Monday. And I'm playing now with my God squad doing the two playoff conquests on all star. I'm doing it for no reason other than this is the time that I play the game. I'm just getting packs, there are no new cards to get really.
I'm a fan of the game and this year's game. I got my $60 worth or whatever and then some. I just feel like the game kind've dies before finest every year and once we start getting the juicy juicy cards then there is not improvement anymore. And I guess I okay to keep improving the squad
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@ref479ode_PSN said in Team Affinity Finest…please reconsider:
Even still at this point in the year. I would see alot of Cardinals fans wondering where Stan musial is...
He's here now... So you have him and what's next?
Lou Brock
Once I have all the players I want then the game becomes something I play when I feel like playing a baseball game. If they keep giving up Double PXP I may work on getting some players to P5.
Sounds like you are in favor of slowing down the power creep even more, which is fine but for everyone who supports that there is another player asking why we were still getting 96 OVR Topps Now cards in August.
I don't envy SDS trying to find the right balance to keep the most players engaged and playing for as long as possible. It is definitely not a one size fits all solution.
