Hope the short term profits were worth it.

@TripleH-4481_PSN said:

@Ledfoot_19_PSN

Yep I’m in the same boat. I’ve slowly just learned to log in, complete what released and then step away. Being able to complete the XP path and acquire every card is officially a thing of the past. They realized they could make more money by making people buy the xp reward path bosses and tanking the odds on packs to beyond awful.

I’m going to play on and off this year since I’ve already bought the game and then I’m done for good. The game is now for online players only or people that want to live on the game non stop and/or buy a ton of stubs. Hoping enough people walk away that it craters the franchise and somebody else picks up the mlb license and runs with it. The sooner microtransactions go away for good and it’s seen for what it really is, gambling geared towards kids, the better.

Yup....I'm now casually playing and spending more time on Starfield. In thier grand greedy plan theu drove away a lot of people.

Yep I’m in the same boat. I’ve slowly just learned to log in, complete what released and then step away. Being able to complete the XP path and acquire every card is officially a thing of the past. They realized they could make more money by making people buy the xp reward path bosses and tanking the odds on packs to beyond awful.

I’m going to play on and off this year since I’ve already bought the game and then I’m done for good. The game is now for online players only or people that want to live on the game non stop and/or buy a ton of stubs. Hoping enough people walk away that it craters the franchise and somebody else picks up the mlb license and runs with it. The sooner microtransactions go away for good and it’s seen for what it really is, gambling geared towards kids, the better.

@LadySwampfox_XBL said:

...as an offline, NMS player with a job, it just isn't fair.

295,000 out of 500,000 xp. How am I supposed to come up with 200,000 xp in 3 days.

I'm right there with you. Can't justify the time it takes.

@JDHalfrack_PSN said:

Is there a way to verify exactly how much off-line content they had last year? I keep hearing this commentary about having less off-line content this year, but I feel like I’ve been way more engaged playing the game this year than last year.

Looks like last year

6 DQ maps (excluding starter)
3 Mini seasons
18 conquest maps (excluding starters), but 4 of those were city connect

This year we have 3 DQ (excluding starter), one of which is essentially a second starter
4 Mini seasons
10 conquest maps excluding starters

Note that people were still working through the bite sized TA pieces available, as it devolved to Hits/Hrs/Ks a bit slower last year. Also some of the programs took a bit more effort but still not much grind

At this point last year the big complaint was lack of good repeatable content outside of DQ so they dropped 3s map in mid may (not included above). Offline content wasn't great last year early on (unless you liked DQ), it picked up around the all star break when mini seasons became much more frequent and the draft map dropped

2026 had an amazing launch but the period in between new threads and cityscapes was awful. Getting a decent sized conquest on an inning drop is a start right after Witt program, lets see what the rest of the week brigs

@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

@Pergo_MLBTS said:

Boss moved down to 400k for the 3rd inning, and more XP being offered in the missions.

I think the missions give less xp actually, they top out at 7500, pretty sure they were 10k last inning
The spotlight and cornerstone give the same as last inning though

I'm just going off what they said on stream. I haven't been able to go on the game and look myself.

@Precisionist99_XBL said:

Here's the problem with the "YoU jUsT hAvE tO gRiNd" argument. I am playing the same amount I did last year. I completed every Inning program including many wheel spins last year. They also had much more offline content last year. Yet this year I have yet to finish an Inning program, and am going to be short on this one as well. You want to stand on a pedestal and have us worship you that you are the greatest gamer of all time because YOU finished the program but the rest of us aren't worthy and it should only be awarded to GREAT gamers like you, have fun with the delusion dude. Here's the facts though, the more of us disappointed with content, not finishing innings and getting rewards, the more of us SKIP buying this game next year.

EXACTLY!!!

@Pergo_MLBTS said:

Boss moved down to 400k for the 3rd inning, and more XP being offered in the missions.

I think the missions give less xp actually, they top out at 7500, pretty sure they were 10k last inning
The spotlight and cornerstone give the same as last inning though

The 20k from the Witt program will get me……. a single Show pack!!!

Need over 30 k to get the three WBC cards.

Yeah, it’s bad… I’m literally over 200k short this inning. Never been here before. My 6th year playing.

But they drop it the last day of an in inning, on a Thursday night, where people may have been desperate for that last 20k

First inning Ive never completed and I typically get a dozen or so wheel spins. I probably could complete it tonight but Ive already done enough miniseasons runs this year. I also have all the online PxP save the last 20K node and the path to it isnt short and I have no desire to play online today.

Earn it offline or online. Doesn’t matter. So easy, even a caveman can do it.

@Busta-21_XBL said:

Play online. It’s a huge chunk of XP. I do both and have no problem. I only game at night once my wife and 2 kids go to sleep. I work as well. It can be done. Suck it up and do online.

They shouldn't have to suck it up though man. Have a bit of empathy and think about what you use this game for. Unwinding after a tough day working and being a Dad. I enjoy mindlessly beating the computer sometimes on rookie because I find it relaxing and after my kids go to bed, my eyes are tired honestly. There's no reason the boss pack can't be at 300k or so. This was literally the toughest inning I've seen and offline content is way down and it seems like the thought is just grind short mini seasons and I'm personally doing that but it's not worth xp after the first time. Point is, people shouldn't have to suck up playing a way they don't want to when they never used to. It's a change to drive profitability without much of anything coming back to the user base in terms of improvements.