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this game has never been more predatory

That’s a very good way to put it.

It’s not a boycott that’s needed, it’s competition.

Lower margins equal more addicts and idiots buying stubs. It’s not hard to see why more and more folks think many/most of these bots are SDS/Sony.

I haven’t hated a company more since Comcast circa 2010. And that’s debatable.

@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

And here is a secret for SDS:

If I am unhappy with the offline content Im not going to start playing online more, Im just going to play the game less. Which means very little chance for me to care when you do a flash sale if I need to top up for a fomo gamble.

Amen. Heed that, SDS. Your online “experience” is [censored]. I’d rather mow the yard again.

There’s nothing passive about their aggressive push to herd you into that toxic online RNG sewer.

As for fielders, ever notice how almost every time a ball hits the wall, it’s as if the fence hands it straight to the CPU OF? Can’t have too many triples now, can we? How many times have you been thrown out at second on a gap shot?

Part of it is the lower level cards. I noticed it early last year, too. But yes. The pitching has been tweaked again. The CPU grind XP rewards are ridiculous. They’re trying to herd we stragglers into the online cesspool with exponentially higher rewards. I can compete in Ranked, generally in the 600’s, but I always walk away hating this game to my core.

@Pigsooie-Nation_MLBTS Ive been at that point since the game dropped

@Wolfski0412_PSN Had the same thought re: SDS trying to discourage flipping and push people to buy stubs instead.

This is a byproduct of the “wheel of sh*t” at the end of the inning progressions. Far more rewarding to sandbag XP and speed up the next inning’s rewards.

@YOSHI24_XBL said in Market Inflation!!!:

My biggest take from this for next year: Go after the gate-keepers first. Then „the next wave“ (we knew, Tatis was having a very good first month) … I bought my last gate-keeper as my very last card and luckily got him (Witt) for 190K (and Judge 236K prox 5 days ago)

Ditto. I nabbed Witt in the 170’s, Judge around 230, and Ramirez a little under 120. I decided to strike during the Diamond Flash Sale to take advantage of the seller wave. Glad I did. Overpaid early for Trout at 160 then bit the bullet on Ohtani at 480 to finish, all NMS.

I about sh!t when I saw the prices yesterday! For once I feel like I did this right!

On the flip side, I’m sick of the [censored] market.

Should finish mine today, NMS. Painful Ohtani bid is finally in. Never finished before July. Packs have been atrocious. Skenes, Skubal, Sale. A few low diamonds. That’s it. Working the snot out of the market and got some help by poaching a few buy/sells from the stub-selling transaction scum. That works really well, by the way, if you find idiots who just don’t stop. Just pick up their patterns and adjust. When they finally learn and give it a rest, go do something else the come back. They’re almost always back at it.

No. I don’t feel bad about it. At all.

Yeah, they’re stub transfer transactions and there are a ton of them. I’ve run into this several more times, just this week. Bat Chirp was apparently popular. I jumped into the fray, posting random bids on both their buy/sells. Wound up making 60-80k just f*cking with them. I feel terrible about it. Really.

This is still happening; run into it repeatedly with several unlockables.

Absolutely.

@PriorFir4383355_XBL That’s how MLB chose to handle them this year. Listed like that on the team schedules.

@ace_hardlight28_PSN Jackie isn’t a 99 STL, believe it or not, but you don’t absolutely need that. Obviously Rickey Henderson and the 50/50 Shohei cards are 99 STLs but so is the 99 Joe Morgan. Jimmy Rollins from season 1, too. I got quite a few steals of second from HOF Hank Aaron, Mays, and Jeter. The season 3 99 Mantle and Trout cards will get you those, too. Corbin Carroll is always fun.

Like the other dude, I finished mine in one game without even purposely stopping at first. If you’re going to steal third, take the one poke extra lead and prepare to maybe get picked off. Doesn’t happen often, but it does.

The Baker Bowl would be a trip! 280’ down the RF line with a 60’ high fence! Your list pretty much covers it. I’d be fine with any of the old parks; Tiger Stadium and Ebbets being at the top of my list. Jarry Park/Olympic Stadium might be neat, as would Cleveland’s League Park. With all the stadiums they’ve added b/t the Negro Leagues and Mini Seasons, I have no idea why they haven’t done any of these. Basically the same Classic Stadiums collection as when I started playing in 2010.

@nymets1987_PSN Ditto. Won’t bother.

@Cubsfan217_XBL After finishing that tedious TA, I refuse to use any of them on principle. Horrible notion for a supposed “simulation” game.