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As long as you play against the CPU the game is fine. Up to Hall of Fame level and I can win pretty easily. Anything against another human player and everything goes out the window. Online is complete trash, just like it has been for several years. I was hoping this year was going to be different, but I guess I'm bailing on this when Forza releases on the playstation in April.

@icebergslim7669_PSN said in Dropped frames, Manny Ramirez:

I’m curious if everyone having these problems only have tv’s or monitors that are runnning the game at 60 fps, because i haven’t noticed any of these issues batting with Manny or pitching to him.

No. My TV is on game mode running 120 fps and I have the issue.

Brent Rooker and Coby Mayo mash the ball for me. That gold Beltran from TA was also really good when I used him. I'll also give a vote for Ethan Salas, who has done better for me than Rushing.

The good:

• TA format. It's a grind, but it should be. I have 6 or 7 of the Jolt cards. Last year I would have had all of them by now. Focusing on the pitching missions really helps progress the early stages. My only gripe is that the "quick" hitting missions are too much. 50 hits is a lot for the first tier.
• Program format. The pipeline program was fun. I also enjoyed the player evolution programs. You could skip a moment or mission and still be able to complete everything. That's a W.
• I haven't been bored with the amount of content yet. There are a lot of conquest maps and the 2 Mini Seasons. I haven't dabbled a lot in online yet, but I also haven't had to play a vs. CPU game to try to accomplish anything yet. Huge W for me.
• The power creep feels good. I like not having all of the 99s day 1. Hitting can be a little frustrating since we're all used to playing with higher rated cards, but I've adjusted back to it pretty well.
• I have no idea what everyone is talking about in regards to the commentary. The first thing I did this year was turn off all commentary and music options. I hated the announcers before and since they didn't change them this was an easy call.

The bad:

• CPU fielding is absolutely cracked. Every players makes insane dives and catches.
• The pitcher wall seems to be worse than last year. I can't tell you how many hits I've lost because the pitcher gets hit in the knee and the ball bounces perfectly to an infielder.
• Foul balls, again. At least vs. the CPU there's always a batter every inning or two that fouls off 8 pitches. It's really annoying in Conquest since your pitcher is immediately drained after that. It seems like that got better midway through last year's game, but it seems to have reverted back.
• DQ. There's basically no point in me doing this. I can win on Hall of Fame but the percentages for getting the top cards are still too low on that level for me to worry with it. If I want the cards I'll just buy them on the market and play other modes that are better and more rewarding.

I have the issue with Manny, and also with the gold Elly. I never noticed it on PS5 in previous years but it's constant with those two right now.

@Blind_Bleeder_PSN said in Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.:

@Dolenz_PSN said in Early thoughts - DD is going to frustrate the more casual and semi casual players.:

@Blind_Bleeder_PSN Where do the cards for the optional missions come from?

I don’t know. I didn’t get that far into analyzing the program. Maybe packs?

You get a choice pack containing those players when you complete the showdown. You get a pack after each completion if you care to do it multiple times. I’ve only done it once to get the 20 points and 5 from Horton’s mission.

I pulled Bobby Witt from the preorder packs. Nothing else of note.

@GoozeFn_PSN said in DD Deep Dive Video Just Dropped: Grade A-!:

@aldridg6in_PSN No mention of any captains yet. If they are gone, lineup diversity will be nonexistent after a few weeks.

Probably true. I feel like this version of team affinity is tailor made for captains. Hopefully they don’t mess that up.

I was very much opposed to buying the game this year but I think the changes they've made have roped me back in. I love that TA is going back to being team based. It was ridiculous to me that you could grind out a weekend and have 30 99s plus the other 99s in the TA collections. Now if you want that 86 Frank Thomas you need to actually use White Sox players to obtain him. It's a real "team" affinity. I think it will lead to more lineup diversity with some of the other changes they've made (real power creep). Getting those players should actually require some effort. I think there are going to be enough other ways to earn decent cards that you'll be able to field a decent team either way. The last few years just felt like a grind to get things done. Now I can focus on actually working towards something I want, and that seems like a big win to me.

@brainfreeze442_PSN said in Season Drop 9 program:

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I think I may have to try that extreme moment. My only worry is getting to inning 9, with 2 outs, and give up a blooper on a two strike count. I guess I will find out.

That was definitely my concern. I feel like I’m pretty average at the game. I had a no hitter going with Maddux the other day on veteran while grinding vs CPU and lost it in the 9th.

As someone else said, throw high and inside fastballs, the changeup low and away to righties, and the slider/curve low and away to lefties and occasionally inside to righties. They swing at almost everything. As long as you don’t put anything right down the middle you’ll be ok.

@sbchamps17_NSW said in Season Drop 9 program:

Anyone do the extreme moment in seasons awards? Recreate the Blake snell no-hitter

Yeah, I completed it on the first try. I think I struck out 21 or 22. It was really easy. Saved me the grinding time so I appreciated it.

It's extremely boring. I've kept up with everything up to this point, but now I'm done. I liked the idea of power creep, but it doesn't really work with seasons. I have to use a bunch of cards I don't want to use to earn/collect a bunch of cards I don't want to use until I finally get to the ones I want a few months later. And then I can't use them when I earn them if I want to progress things in the next season because they don't count towards TA. And you basically have to finish TA to earn the collection boss rewards. The entire framework is terrible. Season 1 should not have ended with 99s, and season 2 should not have started with 89s. That's not "creep", that's a full reset that hardly anyone wants to do.

The XP rewards in programs at the end of season 1 finally rewarded you, but then they nerfed them back to the earlier program levels for the start of season 2. Repeating the same bosses in the program path 3 times is just stupid and lazy, especially when P5ing them gets them to the same overall as the next one (and yes I realize the attributes are different). It just feels like a slog to progress in any meaningful way. I really want the HOF Griffey but I can't put myself through this and have fun with it anymore.

I love baseball and have played every iteration of the show. This is pretty much the breaking point. I don't have any faith they're going to improve this, but I guess we'll see next year.

I still feel like this is one of the worst things they did. I wasn't anywhere near a computer or a PS5 when the Cortes/Taylor codes leaked so I didn't get them. I also live nowhere near a city with a major league team so if they do this again I won't get those cards either. Absolutely horrific idea by SDS.

Making the game unplayable is certainly one way to limit how fast you can earn XP.

And they're out there tweeting about opening day without even addressing how the game is broken. Total clown show.

I love how the free Betts is rated lower than the cards locked behind billboards.

I wasn't going to get the game this year, but they suckered me in because I'm a Mariners fan and I wanted to be able to play in the Kingdome.

I'm not bothered by the CPU pitching on veteran because it's making me a more patient hitter. I was doing better in BR because of it. I also think the TA format is much better, and I feel like I'm actually using cards instead of just griding out their PXP.

That said, there are way more negatives, as everyone has mentioned. The two-way glitch being present is inexcusable after they fixed it last year. It makes playing online no fun.

The final straw for me is locking cards behind billboards. Every other company who uses codes plasters them all over their social media and in the game, but not SDS. I can decide if I want to grind for or buy every card in the game, except for those 3. That's ridiculous to me. Whoever thought of that needs to be fired. There's no rhyme or reason to it, and SDS has been silent on it except for asking people if they scanned the QR code. I know it's not a huge deal right now, but it's a horrible practice to start and it makes me wonder what else they'll do like this later in the year.

I've played the Show every year it has been out. Maybe I'll play some franchise this year, but I'm finally out on DD. Their unresponsiveness, laziness, and ethics have soured me on the game. This is how you alienate long time players and drive them away. Well done, SDS.

Cornerstone captain Byron Buxton in a conquest game at Oakland. He absolutely destroys the ball.

It’s hard to believe a company can be this incompetent year after year, but SDS never ceases to amaze.

Out of the 5 packs I was able to open I pulled Ohtani and Snell. I also got a couple random lows golds that were flashbacks.