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Good and bad players agree - nerf the sinker. It's the only pitch that is tough to time up and barrel up - if you nerfed sinker, you could probably enlarge the strike zone and it would be fine.

I know they don't want captains to be the new meta, but they also can't be completely unplayable. can they be somewhere in between, please?

I really don't understand the point of having rewards that are one Show pack...like, you can find that on the street for a nickel.

The original post is spot on. I find it way more enjoyable to play events and BR - Ranked is a slog, and I can't even get motivated by the rewards. I agree that HOF should start at 600 - having a 100 point window seems silly, and hof is a far more enjoyable/realistic experience. Having said that, I don't think 80 percent of players who play this game even try to play on hof difficulty (though many could do it if they gave it some effort)

Sometimes, you load into a game and realize you're facing a player who's on another level in this game. I'm not talking just a good player or World Series-level - lots of those guys are very beatable. There are some cats that are just on another level. What are the signs that tip you off?

1. They don't just throw the meta (inside sinker, slider away or in to same-handed hitter, breaking ball down). They throw the deep meta (back door cutter, sinker that clips the top of the zone barely, curve or change up that goes under your bat on the inside).

2. They hardly ever throw high fastball. Maybe once every three innings, just to surprise you. Let the bush leaguers throw high and up - they know okay players can launch that.

3. They roll out a goofy lineup full of guys that nobody plays. They've got Headliners player. Gold Brian Dozier is hitting cleanup. Jolt cards are there - hey look, it's Chili Davis! They're just clowning on you with a goofball lineup.

4. Especially when playing BR, they take purposely bad swings - they swing late, get jammed, swing at balls, etc. - but of course, all of those are hits because they're designed to drop in front of your outfielders. Your squared-up contact just lines right into the center fielder's glove, while they are dicing singles around the yard at will.

Players who have serious skill at this game don't get enough love - they're always getting bagged on. They just get called sweats and try hards. Skilled video game players in general just get no love for their dedication...they just get yelled at by their roommate (their mom).

@Precisionist99_XBL you're right on with this post. There are a ton of ways that they could give you to use all the other cards in your binder - all those cards that you barely ever play with because you have a ton of better options. There are online ways and offline ways to do it - Events does it a little tiny bit (but even Events doesn't give you reason to build most kinds of theme teams), and there's nothing offline to promote it.

WBC was great launch day content. But, there's no long-term progression path. It's just a bunch of quick "ten minutes and you're done" content.

five different curve balls, and they all get hit to the moon if you throw any of them in the zone.

@TheGoaler_PSN absolutely, this game is a double play simulator! that's why you should always steal second. you may get caught a fraction of the time, but it's better than the DP possibility.

@TheGoaler_PSN you shouldn't ever be grounding into DPs in Showdown. you can always have speed on your team or bench, and you should always be stealing.

The PxP boost doesn't come close to incetivizing play on higher difficulty, though.

you get a ton of WS-caliber players in 400s and 500s. it's probably mostly people who don't play much and are just in the process of climbing up. but yeah, everyone with any experience knows the meta - and nothing has been done to change the meta in 10 years - so everyone is pretty good if they pay attention

I never see anybody praising Showdown - it's a great mode. I only see people hating on it. You should have the option to play it on veteran the first time, all-star the second, and hall of fame the third time - and get rewards for each time through. It's not much of a difficulty challenge to beat veteran if you're an okay player.

It points to a bigger divide - it doesn't feel like there's enough experienced and good players that really focus on the offline modes. So, until the "Extreme Program" or something, those modes don't favor any kind of difficulty challenge.

It's like "oh, you want a challenge? - just go play Ranked or BR, and enjoy that lag and steady diet of sinkers..."

I have no issue with people using Hader. I'd choose about eight other lefties over him for matchup purposes, but whatever floats your boat.

Still, the online experience is no good right now. Laggy and slow connections, 5-10 warped pitches per Event, lots of weird players who seem like they're drunk or insane, and everything in between.

Nah, the Hader glitch is very real. He's still pretty hittable, because the silly gooses who use him always try to throw up and away 2-seam. They have no common sense about pitching, cause they're silly gooses. Just sit and drive it. Even with the contact thing, you'll still very likely get a hit.

But, I agree that it's rough out there right now. Events are nothing but cheaters and cheese balls, until you get to up to a certain level (at which point I get beaten usually and get sent back to the cheese balls, lol).

@Ditka06_MLBTS yeah, it's OP and should be nerfed. But, I don't think it's "toxic" to take advantage of your opponent's obvious weakness. Trying to freeze glitch or cheat is toxic.

Plus, it's good for your character. If you're gonna play online, the first thing you have to do is find a way not to get beaten by high or inside heat....if you don't have that, the game is unplayable.

It's easy to forget how many people just can't get to high-inside sinker. Like, well over half of the people who play the game. Some can get to the straight fastball up there, but not the sinker.

Personally, I love when I load into a game and see that the opponent is regularly throwing velocity up and inside - because most of them do it in extremely predictable situations, and you can just tattoo that to tatertown. But, the reason they do it is because sinker is so OP and so many people just can't seem to get the pci to that corner.

Like, I can believe lots of people playing on a TV or without a solid connection just physically cannot get there in time to hit anything.

I would guess not in Inning 2, but by Inning 3 yes? I would also think these cards would have value because they look like important chips in the legends collections

@virusts_PSN yeah, but there's always so many cards to pick from. doesn't usually drive down price, lol

These cards were going for a very reasonable price a couple days ago - they've shot up a little. I'm surprised they're not way higher. Is there a ton in supply - does that account for the deflated price?

A switch hitting catcher who can also play first base is worth its weight in gold. Last year's Santana cost a kabillion stubs to get. Bernie's a clear switch hitting upgrade to any outfield.

pitcher confidence and energy is why every game begins with four innings where I feel like I'm playing pretty well, and I'm getting nothing....I'm behind 2-1 or 1-0....and I have to wait until the 6th inning when I finally put an inning together against a pitcher who has lost confidence (and most players don't know when to pull a pitcher)....and suddenly three home runs.