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@beatlesnews_psn said in Randy Johnson??:
@autiger7222_psn said in Randy Johnson??:
I suck with Mariano Rivera. Routinely give up weak contact that is always placed perfectly for a hit. Also can never hit the sweet spot with him on meter pitching. He's the only pitcher I have any issues with ever hitting the sweet spot.
I was thinking of getting him. You say he's not great?
He's not for me. But that could easily just be me. You might get him and dominate with him.
Check swings on this year's game are totally broken. It really sucks to barely tap the button and release it WAY before the pitch reaches the plate and the batter's swing actually stops but then the stupid check swing animation kicks in and causes a swing. It's happened to me quite a few times and each time it's frustrating cause I stopped my swing only to have the animation kick in and cause a swing.
The might honestly be the worst Show game ever made. The amount of issues with this year's game included the worst roster sets SDS has ever given us, man, I'm so freaking annoyed I wasted money on this game. I should have stuck with The Show 20 cause it was a masterful game.
@random_schmuck_psn said in Diamond Dynasty Opposing Pitcher:
@autiger7222_psn said in Diamond Dynasty Opposing Pitcher:
@blind_bleeder said in Diamond Dynasty Opposing Pitcher:
@mubby_33_psn said in Diamond Dynasty Opposing Pitcher:
if you are playing conquest always start your number 5 starter. The cpu then starts theirs, then you start to remember what hand everyone is. Boston is a lefty, Yankees, Atlanta, Angels are righties. That is what I can remember, I have them written down at home.
I keep hearing this but I don't think that always happens. I have some more testing to do, though.
I just played a CPU game where my starters are 93 Ohtani, 90 Stroman, 83 Valenzuela, 84 Weaver, and 83 Kazmir and Kazmir is in my 5th position.
I played the Royals and they started their 3rd highest SP against me - 69 Brad Keller. They have 9 SP on the Live team and their #5 is 67 Jackson Kowar. Their lowest is 63 Angel Zerpa.
As I said, I have more testing to do to see the pattern of who they start.
I have no clue how it works. I had Fernando Velenzuela as my #5 starter and played the Cubs in conquest and the Cubs used Wade Miley as their starter. Well, that doesn't work out well for me at the moment cause I'm extremely left-handed heavy. So I switched Fernando to the #4 starter and booted up another conquest game against the Cubs and they still used Wade Miley.
It matches according to overall, not where you slot them. Also, IE will reorder the priority of the cpu rotation for LS cards as well as LS starters on your roster.
I'm pretty sure it's based on the difficulty you select. I once used the same starting pitcher (same rotation slot) in 2 straight games against the Angels and got different starting pitchers and the only difference was the difficulty I selected.
Am I the only one that thinks fielder speed is way too fast and baserunner speed is way too slow in DD? It's basically impossible to split the gap in a DD game or get it over an outfielder's head. It shouldn't be that hard to get a well hit ball (100 plus MPH exit velo) over an outfielder's head but it's all but impossible. On the flip side, getting an infield hit is pretty much out of the question. Heck, even scoring from 2nd on a single is quite a challenge. A guy with 80 speed should score easily from 2nd but it's always a bang bang play cause everything throw is right on the money. Tagging up to move up a base? Fuhgeddaboudit!!
@blind_bleeder said in Diamond Dynasty Opposing Pitcher:
@mubby_33_psn said in Diamond Dynasty Opposing Pitcher:
if you are playing conquest always start your number 5 starter. The cpu then starts theirs, then you start to remember what hand everyone is. Boston is a lefty, Yankees, Atlanta, Angels are righties. That is what I can remember, I have them written down at home.
I keep hearing this but I don't think that always happens. I have some more testing to do, though.
I just played a CPU game where my starters are 93 Ohtani, 90 Stroman, 83 Valenzuela, 84 Weaver, and 83 Kazmir and Kazmir is in my 5th position.
I played the Royals and they started their 3rd highest SP against me - 69 Brad Keller. They have 9 SP on the Live team and their #5 is 67 Jackson Kowar. Their lowest is 63 Angel Zerpa.
As I said, I have more testing to do to see the pattern of who they start.
I have no clue how it works. I had Fernando Velenzuela as my #5 starter and played the Cubs in conquest and the Cubs used Wade Miley as their starter. Well, that doesn't work out well for me at the moment cause I'm extremely left-handed heavy. So I switched Fernando to the #4 starter and booted up another conquest game against the Cubs and they still used Wade Miley.
I suck with Mariano Rivera. Routinely give up weak contact that is always placed perfectly for a hit. Also can never hit the sweet spot with him on meter pitching. He's the only pitcher I have any issues with ever hitting the sweet spot.
@oreorockstar_psn said in Max Program XP:
BR, conquest mystery map, mini seasons, RS, events all Give rewards outside of xp. Plenty of ways to still play and earn things.
They do but very few stubs. It's pretty depressing how few stubs those other modes give out.
I have a question about the XP. Why is it that on some of the moments or whatever it says the reward is 1000 or 500 XP but when I play and beat it the postgame screen shows less than that total earned? What's the deal there?
@crimson_monk_psn said in Diamond Dynasty Opposing Pitcher:
@random_schmuck_psn said in Diamond Dynasty Opposing Pitcher:
@yankblan_psn said in Diamond Dynasty Opposing Pitcher:
@random_schmuck_psn said in Diamond Dynasty Opposing Pitcher:
We should have a roster lock in RS similar to what is in events but on a game by game basis. From that locked roster we could have a vs RHP & LHP lineup…similar to what happens in say…baseball.
Except DD is not real MLB... There are events for LH vs RH and vice versa every year.
But this would solve the problem without having kids back out if they know a lefty was on the bump.
no thanks....then you would likely be playing at a disadvantage due to the other team having all righties or lefties. Not to mention people would start a LHP or RHP opener to lock in that players lineup, then put in the same handed guy the second inning
I get what you're saying, but I believe it's different when playing conquest or mini seasons because we're playing against the CPU and not another player. There's no reason for us to not know which hand starter the CPU is using so we can stack our lineup accordingly. In real life many teams have different lineups based on LHP or RHP. Why can't we in DD?
@mubby_33_psn said in Diamond Dynasty Opposing Pitcher:
if you are playing conquest always start your number 5 starter. The cpu then starts theirs, then you start to remember what hand everyone is. Boston is a lefty, Yankees, Atlanta, Angels are righties. That is what I can remember, I have them written down at home.
Good strategy.
I wish there was some way we could see if the opposing pitcher was a lefty or a righty so we'd know how to stack our lineup. I'm playing the Mariners and assumed I was getting Robbie Ray and so I stacked my lineup with right-handed batters but I got Logan Gilbert instead. It really put me at a disadvantage.
@t-rox_09_mlbts said in April Topps Rewards Program:
@autiger7222_psn said in April Topps Rewards Program:
Can someone explain to me how I get stage 2 open when stage 1 goes from levels 1-29 and I've already did all the moments for stage 1? How do I get up more levels to open up stage 2?
You're as far as you can go for now. They are doing it different this year. Instead of dropping the monthly program after the month ends, they are dropping stages of the program throughout the month. So next week or so they will add moments and more cards for stage 2. They will probably drop stage 3 shortly after the month ends if not on the last day of the month.
Thank you for the good answer.
@jkooch66_xbl said in April Topps Rewards Program:
Why is this so hard for some people?
You mean like being new to DD and not understanding how it works so I asked a question? There's no need for the shoddy responses from some of you that have played DD for years and understand how it works. Next time I'll keep my question contained to the OS forums cause at least over there they're not condescending for absolutely no reason.
@charterbus_psn said in Steven Kwan Moment:
I needed to get lucky with a 5th at bat in extras for 5 singles lol. Dude has no pop, and every possible double there was a slow guy was in front of me. Definitely got lucky on that one.
You won't believe this, played a mini season game and used Steven Kwan as a pinch-hitter and on the first pitch I hit a homerun. I'm just flabbergasted at why I couldn't come close to hitting one with him in the moment thing.
Can someone explain to me how I get stage 2 open when stage 1 goes from levels 1-29 and I've already did all the moments for stage 1? How do I get up more levels to open up stage 2?
I finally did it. I guess they finally felt sorry for me and they let me hit 3 doubles.
LOL!! Oh God the frustration I'm experiencing right now cannot be fully expressed on this forum. Hit a triple my first AB cause the center fielder fell down and I still couldn't do it cause I hit 2 lineouts and a weak popout. I've gotten 4 total bases 4 or 5 times now but getting 5 is absolutely impossible. 25 to 30 attempts and nearly an hour and I still can't do it. I just wanna break my controller.
@go4stros25_psn said in Steven Kwan Moment:
5 total bases right?
If so, if you don't hit a homrun or a double in the first at bat, restart.
Hit a homerun? LOL!!! That's a joke right? I haven't come close to hitting a homerun and a double is darn near impossible. It's ridiculous. Even perfect/perfect hits get caught. Anything hit in the air is caught. The only way to get a hit is to hit a liner that falls in front of the outfielder cause they're gonna catch anything in the air. Then that means I have to get 5 hits to do it and I can't. I've tried it like 25 times already, spent nearly an hour on it and still can't do it and it's the last one I need to complete the level 1 thing.
Anyone else having difficulty beating the Steven Kwan moment? It feels like it's impossible because everything I hit is a liner so it's right at someone and in the event it does end up a hit it's only a single. That means I have to get a hit every time up and that's completely impossible because everything is hit too hard. There's no way to hit a blooper or anything. In the unlikely event I actually do get some air under the ball and think I'm gonna at least get a double it gets ran down in the gap and caught. I'm getting beyond frustrated with this moment.
The rosters are such a joke this year. Kevan Smith has been included on the Braves on every official roster and yet Kevan Smith was outrighted out of the Braves organization in August 2021. He is currently a free agent but someone at SDS thinks he still plays for the Braves so he's been included on the Braves on every official roster. It's asinine.