<![CDATA[The meta is exhausting]]>All switch hitters swinging at everhthing and if its a ball you either get a check swing or a foul ball. Pitching feels so bad this year. Win or lose this game is exhausting online.

Doesn't help that the casuals have left. Its only the sweats left im afraid.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/topic/83210/the-meta-is-exhaustingRSS for NodeMon, 08 Jun 2026 16:09:52 GMTFri, 05 Jun 2026 01:29:49 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:10:57 GMT]]>It is same every game switch hitters at coors with either leiter Hernandez or any other sinker cutter good reverse split pitchers there is absolutely negative diversity in this game.

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@rubicante23_PSN said:

Step one - nerf the sinker a lot and the cutter a little, buff the curve

Agreed...or at the very least, make it flatten out like it actually does if it's tossed at the top of the zone.

@rubicante23_PSN said:

Step two - stop the foul tips on bad swings

This I'm on the fence about. IRL bad swings or "emergency hacks" are a thing, getting just enough to foul a pitch off. I 100% understand where you're coming from and what you're getting at.

@rubicante23_PSN said:

Step three - reduce the home runs a lot, make them extra base hits

Agreed...especially on out of the zone pitches. I give up a ton of HR on pitches way out of the zone.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/761332https://forums.theshow.com/post/761332Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:30:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:23:16 GMT]]>@On_a_Power_Trip_PSN yep, and thats the problem - there would be a ton of people striking out all the time.

A better solution might be if like half the foul balls became "weak in play contact" - so the ball is in play and you have a low chance at getting on

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/761328https://forums.theshow.com/post/761328Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:23:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:06:29 GMT]]>@doobiebross66-72_PSN they’re right to be afraid of that tbf lol

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/761321https://forums.theshow.com/post/761321Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:06:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:05:17 GMT]]>Just my opinion, but if you offered me one thing I could choose to change, it would be to remove the outer PCI

I think that eliminates your foul ball/tip issues and increases the skill gap. But they won’t do it. They’re afraid that people striking out leads to abandoning the game

Remove the outer PCI, and remove shrinkage and I think you improve gameplay immensely

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/761320https://forums.theshow.com/post/761320Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:05:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:23:22 GMT]]>@RazorForte45_XBL I think I prefer the salary cap idea, partly because having a Diamond Dynasty mode where you can never use any diamonds is kinda funny to me - I also don’t love setting the bar at 82 cause they never release that many cards that low that aren’t LS (though this year is an exception because WBC)

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/761304https://forums.theshow.com/post/761304Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:23:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:20:18 GMT]]>@NotesOfJohn_PSN is all that happening so often you’d call it part of the meta? I’m asking fr cause I’m not good enough to compete in the HOF and Legend tiers so idk

Cause I was just referring to the pitch spamming and overreliance on ‘meta’ cards, which is largely SDS’s fault at the end of the day

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/761303https://forums.theshow.com/post/761303Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:20:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:18:59 GMT]]>DD would be better with a Budget Rank of 82 rating.
Make team builders choose their teams strengths and weakness.

Have two online divisions.

Unlimited. And 82 Overall.

Bench players and 6th inning arms are not all 90+ rated cards.
Kind of real.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/761301https://forums.theshow.com/post/761301Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:18:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:05:36 GMT]]>This game does play a lot better with silver and gold hitters, though - it kinda goes off the rails when every card is a mega-juiced diamond with bionic arms and legs...

DD would be better with a modified hitting machine from the rest of the game - but that'll never happen

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/761297https://forums.theshow.com/post/761297Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:05:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:30:24 GMT]]>@On_a_Power_Trip_PSN We can disagree, but when I see people clammering for every single meta card, dashboarding and entering 8hr long freeze offs, I'd call that mega toxic.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/761282https://forums.theshow.com/post/761282Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:30:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:01:07 GMT]]>@NotesOfJohn_PSN I don’t think taking the game’s competitive mode a little too seriously is the reason I’d call this community toxic (though those reasons do exist)

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/761259https://forums.theshow.com/post/761259Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:01:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:49:56 GMT]]>The game is a lot better when you treat it as such and not life and death.

I don't use an all switch hitter team, nor a meta team, I simply play with cards i enjoy.

I beat guys i am better than and lose to guys i'm not.

SDS suck, but so does the toxic community who cannot even fathom the concept of not using every single meta card out of a morbid fear of being at a slight disadvantage.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/761254https://forums.theshow.com/post/761254Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:49:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:49:05 GMT]]>@rubicante23_PSN how would nerfing those two pitches help get batters out. I also feel like homeruns have already been reduced.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/761253https://forums.theshow.com/post/761253Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:49:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The meta is exhausting on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:30:24 GMT]]>@go4stros25_PSN yeah, if a good player is locked in, there are no strikeout pitches...only foul balls.

Here's what I think would help:

Step one - nerf the sinker a lot and the cutter a little, buff the curve
Step two - stop the foul tips on bad swings
Step three - reduce the home runs a lot, make them extra base hits

That would go a long way...

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