Feedback to SDS: Its Mid May and I have lost interest
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For everyone who says this game is "cut and paste", this year's menu lag proves otherwise.
At least previous versions would have this issue fixed by now.Quite right, this years version is worse. I got the game late this year (near the end of April) because I was already on the fence and like others have said i'm already pretty board with it. I have all of the AL TA at 70/80 % but i'm finding little motivation to even start the NL
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The ONLY thing I like about this year over previous years, is they have used quite a few new card photos/art. Such as the most recent Bryce Harper card and others. We have never seen that card before and that is refreshing. Aside from that, I think The Show is at an all time low. If ever there was a time for a competitor to emerge, it is now!!
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Oh, the mods are also a great idea.
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I think at some point, anyone reading this has loved this game. I’ve only been playing since the last 2 months of 25 but was obsessed instantly. It’s so frustrating there’s so many major problems currently with 26. The negative feedback is loud. And valid. The silence from sds is like, demoralizing. Forget about the market bots, the cheaters, wrong stats everywhere, menus, freezes, server issues, all the problems that exist in pretty much every mode of the game, the ridiculous xp path that was nearly impossible to finish and littered with prizes like 250 stubs, — and after all the bs you have to go through to actually play baseball - the pitching and hitting and general gameplay had major problems. I played with my son last night who quit after hitting 3 perfect perfect outs. He got so frustrated saying “what do I have to do.” I hate that the answer is I don’t know. When I open the companion app lately I’m hoping there’s an update that addresses much needed fixes. Being hit with the pop up ads to register for a mobile app version of the game is like a punch to the gut. Then seeing the companion app had 2 App Store updates in under 24 hours to fix something to do with the promotion of the upcoming mobile game is like a total fu. Ofc sds can fix stuff. Ofc they can do it quickly. At least they finally responded to all these problems with a big fu we don’t care. I’m super excited for the new mobile game. NOT!
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Im running out of motivation ad well. Did I see that we wont get any new content until the 28th!? This is a 3 day weekend, surely there will be somthing. For almost 2 weeks we get 1 Topps now program that take 2 hours.
Also I checked my inning progress, and again from 300k xp to around 400k xp you earn like 3 packs. Not special store packs, just regular packs. Lame.
I found myself bored and grinding the number one fan TA. Just aimlessly playing the game with players I dont care to play with until I accumulate an ungodly amount of pxp and stats just for the hopes if getting a good pull from a pack.
Thats what this game is. Grind going grind then open up a ton of packs and get peanuts. Maybe if online play wasnt terrible it wouldnt be so bad, but it is.
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Im running out of motivation ad well. Did I see that we wont get any new content until the 28th!? This is a 3 day weekend, surely there will be somthing. For almost 2 weeks we get 1 Topps now program that take 2 hours.
Also I checked my inning progress, and again from 300k xp to around 400k xp you earn like 3 packs. Not special store packs, just regular packs. Lame.
I found myself bored and grinding the number one fan TA. Just aimlessly playing the game with players I dont care to play with until I accumulate an ungodly amount of pxp and stats just for the hopes if getting a good pull from a pack.
Thats what this game is. Grind going grind then open up a ton of packs and get peanuts. Maybe if online play wasnt terrible it wouldnt be so bad, but it is.
Also don't expect much from the 85 overall pack, I got a Kurtz
Btw thats exactly what I have been doing, load up a team and play mini season trying to get to the 5/10/15 packs + ballin is a gold and see if I can pull Judge or Ohtani but it's getting old really fast this year.
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This year is terrible!!! Atrocious!!!
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Im running out of motivation ad well. Did I see that we wont get any new content until the 28th!? This is a 3 day weekend, surely there will be somthing. For almost 2 weeks we get 1 Topps now program that take 2 hours.
Also I checked my inning progress, and again from 300k xp to around 400k xp you earn like 3 packs. Not special store packs, just regular packs. Lame.
I found myself bored and grinding the number one fan TA. Just aimlessly playing the game with players I dont care to play with until I accumulate an ungodly amount of pxp and stats just for the hopes if getting a good pull from a pack.
Thats what this game is. Grind going grind then open up a ton of packs and get peanuts. Maybe if online play wasnt terrible it wouldnt be so bad, but it is.
You forgot about the conquest map......
It's one of the most important long weekends in the US this weekend
Here's a idea thats put out a conquest map.
Yah! The fans will love that. Should we include a program?
Nah the conquest map will be enough.
Genius
Signed SDS
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I know this is a dumb thing to be stuck on, but I can’t stand the fact that online players can easily steal 3rd base. I’d be fine with 99 speed guys having a high success rate at 2nd, but 3rd is a joke.
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@I23SAVAGE23I_XBL Vince Coleman said third base was the easiest to steal. I agree with you though…..a walk or single is essentially a triple.
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The main thing is its really a continuation of last years model:
I agree. When this year started, I thought... "OK. We're going to get the same basic overall model as 2025. So long as they beef up TA and fix the things that are broken, I'll be OK."
Well...
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They didn't fix the things that were broken (I'm looking you square in the eye, mini season stats. BTW, I'm in the 20th game of my CityScapes 9-inning mini season, and my guys have all played 177 games. Are they moonlighting? I didn't put that in their contract).
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They broke things that didn't need fixing (User interface/menus).
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They keep making the online program worse. I do enjoy online play from time to time, but smooshing (?) together online modes into a single multiplayer last year wasn't a great decision IMO. Then, to limit Events to "part time" this year? Yuck.
I'm still playing, but my hours are down from last year. I used to play every night before bed. Now, I'm watching "Love is Blind - Paris" with my wife. God help me.
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My coop partner and I have backed off, only playing 2-3 games a week now for the past few weeks.
I stopped doing any market work a month ago and nor do I try to complete programs anymore.
My partner and I would usually quit playing by end of June/early July as life and summer projects take over but this year we said we wanted to try and make it to August. We may not make it to the end of May lol
This is my last year giving these incompetent idiots my money. Burning it would be more enjoyable than giving it to a company that puts out a game like they have while allowing an untold amount of game and market manipulation to occur.
The absolutely ONLY positive thing they have done this year is actually making balls on the black all called strikes now. Big win there but not nearly enough to retain me.
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@MarioMendoza935_XBL I’m still playing but I too watch reality tv with my wife. Good lord, it’s like eating a peanut butter sandwich with no drink.
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eating a peanut butter sandwich with no drink.
I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.
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I’ll say what I’ve been saying for a year now:
REMOVAL OF TA REWARDS TIED TO MTO WAS SOOOOOO DUMB
It actually made me want to hop on and grind MULTIPLE teams and get rewarded for it. Playing in each division then getting progress for said division…PEAK.
Literally was so fun playing with teams you usually don’t play with
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"Love is Blind - Paris" with my wife
Also, my guilty pleasure show to watch with my wife. It's like watching a car wreck...you just can't stop.
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I haven't logged in for over a week now and I don't really feel any desire to
The main thing is its really a continuation of last years model: grind for stubs to buy cards instead of grind to earn cards. While this was always how the game worked to some degree, removal of TA and making programs low effort means I spend way less of my gameplay time grinding to earn cards. Grinding for stubs, or worse a chance at stubs, just isn't a compelling gameplay loop for me.
One of the other big factors is that the mode designed for us to spend a lot of time in, mini seasons, has too many bugs in it. I know there was a patch for some of them, but when I am playing a mode that almost never shows correct stats it wears down on me over time. And I miss the longer seasons, but with the reward structure there is no incentive to play the longer ones
Some of the other big contributors
-collections, collections, collections
-CPU inconsistency: commons and bronzes with pinpoint control and huge break, all the diving catches, etc. Yet no attempt made to make the CPU more competent at hitting
-Weekend Classic creates content lulls
-Inning paths are terrible, least exciting battle pass I have ever seen in games
-Menu lag
-No attempt to improve DQ
-Incoming mobile game (not even a port)Yep, this feels like the end of the franchise, all because new management from Sony only saw this game as a way to make easy cash for almost no effort. Honestly, I just hope they shut down and Sony sells the rights. EA, Konami, or at this point, even Microsoft would be a better option. And that's sad.
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Im running out of motivation ad well. Did I see that we wont get any new content until the 28th!? This is a 3 day weekend, surely there will be somthing. For almost 2 weeks we get 1 Topps now program that take 2 hours.
Also I checked my inning progress, and again from 300k xp to around 400k xp you earn like 3 packs. Not special store packs, just regular packs. Lame.
I found myself bored and grinding the number one fan TA. Just aimlessly playing the game with players I dont care to play with until I accumulate an ungodly amount of pxp and stats just for the hopes if getting a good pull from a pack.
Thats what this game is. Grind going grind then open up a ton of packs and get peanuts. Maybe if online play wasnt terrible it wouldnt be so bad, but it is.
Also don't expect much from the 85 overall pack, I got a Kurtz
Btw thats exactly what I have been doing, load up a team and play mini season trying to get to the 5/10/15 packs + ballin is a gold and see if I can pull Judge or Ohtani but it's getting old really fast this year.
Yea, I've done a bunch of these and basically got nothing. I stopped trying. The juice just isn't worth the squeeze anymore. I just play for the hell of it now. I'm actually going to try my first games on HOF this weekend. I've never gone close to this long without playing on HOF. I have well over 200 hours and I will be facing lineups with Tulo, Pujols, Rollins, Santana, 99 Miggy and a host of other players I haven't even sniffed yet. People want to say it isn't P2W but it sure gives you a huge advantage.
