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Pre-patch, i couldn’t stop playing the game. I was enjoying Showdown and felt like I could get it done and was having FUN. MTO was actually entertaining and didn’t feel like a grind. Playing on All-Star or above was a manageable sweat fest. BR was ok, not that I played a ton. I felt like I’d actually reach 300 program points and beyond because what else am I going to do? Post-patch, I don’t even want to boot into the game. Sadly, I found myself going back to another [censored] show of game in Destiny. I honestly didn’t think their could be another Dev, other than Bungle, that could break their game so quickly. I could see making changes after a few weeks, but 2 days after official release is downright stupid. People are stuck at home, keep the game FUN for as people as possible. Hitting, in my opinion, was in the best place it'd been in a few years. So instead of ruining hitting, start refining pitching again. Start with the strike zone. If it’s going to be inconsistent, then at least make it realistic where one ump calls outside off the black, another inside off the, or they like it down. This RNG strike zone needs to go, or better yet, make it a no if-ands-or-buts robozone. If it’s on the black it’s a strike, unless at the top of the zone. Then fix the inputs and reduce the RNG, from user controlled pitches. Then, watch your data and make changes as needed. At this time, people need things that are FUN to pass the time.

If you didn’t like how showdown was being farmed, then restrict the end game rewards. Don’t make it possible to receive an infinite amount of tickets. There’s 5 teams in each division, so limit ticket rewards to 5 entries. Make the boss more difficult, remove the skip to the boss feature, shrink pci’s, create a diminishing returns algorithm, or something other than a global DD hitting nerf. The quick fix, is rarely the best fix. Especially when you undo all the work you’re team put into fixing hitting.

If it’s fun, people will spend money no matter the situation. Bring the FUN back the show. Make tweaks not global changes.

My issue is they spent the 1st half of the stream screaming choice, then evolution comes up and it brings back programs that are achieved through online only. That is not choice. Then prestige bosses and again online only, this is not choice. I loved everything and then they went Bungo on this content.

Everything about pxp is backwards. Why do pitchers get 40 pts per inning and 10 pts per strikeout while a batter only gets 10 pts per non-guaranteed at-bats. So you pitch one inning with 3k’s, that’s 70 pxp for that pitcher. A batter can only generate at most 55pts in a perfect at-bat, which for them is a grand slam. That’s 10pts for the atbat, 5 for the run, 20 for the 4 rbis, and 20 for the hr. The batter is capped out, but the pitcher could still get a win, save, shutout, or qs. Where in this equation is get good? The math that they’ve created is obsurdly backwards because a pitcher is guaranteed innings and k’s if you’re a decent pitcher. A batter on the other hand depends on how many innings are being played, where in the order they’re batting, and rng. There’s nine batters, every at-bat can’t be a grand slam but there is only one pitcher thus guaranteeing those stats. Which begs the question, why is level 5 for a pitcher only 5000 and a batter is 10000?

CPU fielding in general is ridiculous. Between pitchers consistently making behind the back catches and supermen disguised as fielders, there isn’t much empty real estate that ball can find.

What about:

Ramon Martinez
John Wettland
Daryl Kyle
Dave Stewart
Bob Welch
Rick Sutcliff
Hideo Nomo (the Tornado himself)
Todd Stottlemeyer (the Blue Jay we should’ve gotten)
Andy Benes
Andy Petitte
Jimmy Key (another More deserving Blue Jay)
Alex Fernandez
Jose Rijo
Pat Hentgen (another Blue Jay)
Doug Drabek
John Candeleria
Francisco Liriano
Barry Zito
Brett Tomko
Dave Dravecky
Dave Righetti
Felix Rodriguez
Tim Worrell
Ben Sheets

The UI is awful this year. Too many button presses to get to what you want and a complete waste of unused real estate. There’s nothing extra on the screen requiring such a small font.

Why does a Hr moment feel like a struggle bus? I used Tatis in showdown and I was hitting bombs, then go to his moment and he has warning track power. It’s not like your facing a stud pitcher that forces your ball to die at the wall.

Otherwise the gameplay feels fine, but the program path is going to take some getting used to.

@dolenz_psn said in SDS response:

I'm curious what type of communication people expect?

Do you want them to come out and say

"Yeah, our servers are awful. We are trying every night to resolve the issues to the best of our ability but at this time we have no estimate on when they will be 100% working".

Will that make you feel better? Will it just upset you more? They can't give you answers they don't even know yet and they are not going to go into technical details about the servers. They are not going to discuss compensation or remedies until the problems are resolved.

And this is not me defending them or excusing the inexcusable down times. It is honestly me being curious as to what type of communication would satisfy you?

I would like to see them own the problem by coming out and saying, “we’re delaying all new content until this server issue is resolved.” FOMO is they’re focus at the moment. We get a new headliner today and the servers will be garbage as usual, then a new event and inning and the servers will still be trash. All I ask is that you focus on the problem and fix it before piling onto the problem. As I tell my students, “you’re not multitasking, you’re multifailing.”

It’s 1947, why is the game at the ravine

If you have Spotify turn off the game sound and stream Spotify through your PS. Then you can play whatever the heck you want.

Fun fact, the box score lists perfect/perfects during your game.

How bout we stop defending online only prestige or just deal with whatcha get! This is what happens when people are forced into playing modes that they don’t want to play.

Server issues are coming. Once the game officially releases on Tuesday it will be business as usual.
As for bugs:
*up on the dpad doesn’t always bring up pitcher sub window
*being asked to sub your base runner every inning of extra innings

I had gotten back on last evening and everything seemed to be working again. Once more players acknowledged the issue being widespread they should have said something to the community. Instead we got plenty of Tweets about the tournament.

Their formula is how many times did they show up on MLB Tonight and RoFlo mentions. Pitchers only get talked about every 5 days, so it takes 3months for them to be recognized. My guess is we get a POM card in place of a live series upgrade like Detmers.

Trevor May is the host tonight, so most likely May’s stream. Maybe more though, since it’s a busy schedule.

What’s the point of an hour long sale if sold out in seconds? Must be run by Ticketmaster!

@ArmyND said in Twitch Drops Update for 4/13 Players League Streams:

Can we get a schedule when these games are happening? If there is something posted share a link.

Here you go:
https://www.mlb.com/playersleague

How about they reward ranked and br players with prestiged cards and everyone else have to grind to earn the same cards. PvP players get a reward that is worthy of their achievements as well as a way to profit. Those that don’t want to grind can buy the card. Doing things this way would prevent cards from being locked behind pvp and give grinders something to achieve.

@domdw99 said in Pitch speeds:

Games would have a lot better outputs with more check swing called strikes and more strikes on the plate called strikes. Would change the entire face of hitting.

This! Call the black and the game changes. Players that sit and wait for a mistake will chase more “if” the black was called consistently. More pitchers could get into favorable counts and breaking pitches become viable, even on all-star.

How about the pitcher on 1st who always stops at 2nd in Xbh moments. The base runner that steals and gets thrown out stealing for the 3rd out. Or the lack of fielding attempts that prevent the completion of assist moments.