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@NotesOfJohn_PSN said:

@nymets1987_PSN said:
Just 5 headliners

Yep, and if you're keen on Headliners, just do the old mini seasons where you can get one per game rather than 5 for playing 8 (along with all the simming).
Thanks. That makes a whole lot more sense than doing the conquest again.

@Dolenz_PSN said:

@PapaRick68_MLBTS said:

@Dolenz_PSN Mr. Dolenz, any reason why he has different card art? Is it also Santana who’s like that?

I think it is just to designate the ultimate reward in the Program or in the case of Santana the final reward in the Mini Season.

They used the same card art in the Halloweek program in MLB the show 24 for the final card, Vladimir Guerrero Sr.

4 for five in the first game with a home run.

I didn’t see anything notifying me of my vouchers. I sent my choices in very early. Where do you get the notifications?

@Pergo_MLBTS Do you have a choice of the cards you pick or do they come in the same order all the time? And can you get one and stop then restart and get the other?

I’m a newbie on DQ. You have takes two castles for the cards?

It isn’t the Mays card because I don’t see any being sold in the Marketplace. I restarted it, and I haven’t gotten any packs or stubs.

@NotesOfJohn_PSN said:

There's been a lot of talk about the program itself, but very little about the cards, so anyway, here's my take on them all after using them.

J.R Richard - I love a high velo guy, but this is legitimately the worst pitcher i have used all year. Throws heat, but he's got four fastballs so i have been thoroughly shelled every time i used him.

Willie Mays - I know many are disappointed with the cards attributes (and rightly so when he's got less power than Patrick Bailey), but he has played above that for me.
I've hit a ton of bombs with him, his fielding is elite, as is his arm and his speed is good enough.

Clay Buchholz - I love this card. The pitch mix is good with a 4-seam, sinker, cutter and circle change, just wish the K/9's were higher.

Brian Roberts - Lordy, they juiced him.
Huge contact, vision and clutch, 90s power (yet hits a long, long ball), great speed and solid fielding.
Dude can even bunt for the sickos out there.

Mark McGwire - Just your typical McGwire card, unfortunately.
Huge power, terrible vision (why, oh why?), poor fielding, poor speed and poor swing.

Gary Sheffield - Solid enough on paper, but really underwhelming for me so far.
The lack of power against righties is tough, and his fielding makes it hard for me to use when we have so many great fielding options in the outfield.

Carlos Santana - Always a favourite, although i wasn't a fan of his 95.
They could have juiced him more, but his swing means he plays up despite the low contact against righties and the subpar fielding (if you use him at C).
WIsh he was more accessible, especially to the online only guys.

Sammy Sosa - 83 vision??? What are we doing, SDS.
Despite that, i'm having some fun with the card.
Excellent power, great clutch and contact left, but probably only a DH option given the fielding and arm aren't elite in the outfield.
Could have (and should have) been so much more.

Kerry Wood - One of my favourite cards of the year even though he doesn't really have a meta pitch mix.

The 4-seam with outlier is nasty, and i've had some really good success with the speed variations between that and the changeup, slurve and 12-6 curve.

Bo Bichette - [censored], they juiced Bo (why, i don't know, but i'll take it).
Power right aside, his hitting stats are all near maxed.
He is safe enough in the field, and whilst he's got no speed, the hitting makes up for it.

What are your thoughts on the Spooky cards released so far?

I’m curious how you got it all done so quickly ?

Gotta be Miseroski, in my view.

I’ve seen complaints that the spooky program is only four days long this year as opposed to a whole month last year. Given the first two mini programs that have been introduced - the conquest for the Willie Mays card and the mini seasons for the Clay Buckholtz and other cards, isn’t it going take longer than four days to complete everything. It took me until today to get the Mays card. I would think this is gonna keep us busy for a while.

Yeah, I only got one chase pack too.

@rubicante23_PSN said:

This is why theres no grinding left in the game. Every single time that you ask people to do a specific thing in the game, they complain. Its always "why cant I just do only the one thing I like and get all the rewards"

There are different levels of players in this game and, as this is several different offshoot games in one, you can’t expect everyone to be able to play everything. You already have programs like ranked and events where you can earn cards exclusive to that area. But if you have a program you expect everyone to play then make it something everyone can play, not only a segment.

I did not play last year, but two years ago the only way you could get the final card in the Spooky program was to do a showdown. I am have no luck with showdowns whatsoever. Not being able to finish that program was one of the reasons why I did not play last year. So if there are to be showdowns involved here, please make an alternate way to complete the program. Please. Thx.

@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

I think the postseason content has been lackluster, all the programs are too short, especially the retro programs. Either take your time and do a proper program, or do something along the line of what is being suggested here.

Use last year's spooky program as the model, that worked well.

I really think SDS now feels program quantity is the only thing that matters, program quality is irrelevant.

I disagree with you. I think the recent programs have been fine. So what if they’re a little shorter? Not everybody has the time to spend all day and play MLB the show. And not everybody is a top level player either. When I was playing here two years ago, I really felt lower level players were being ignored. It looks like some of that has changed and I’m really happy for that.

After last night‘s game with all the thrilling moments and crazy happenings, I wondered if maybe in the future SDS would consider doing small programs for each WS game rather than one at the end of the World Series? With all the moments in that game last night, it would be so cool to do something like that. I realize the turnaround on something like that would also be pretty crazy, but that’s why I just suggested it be a short program rather than a long one. Anyway, your work so far on the postseason has been wonderful. And that retro World Series program was incredibly great - short and sweet. Keep up the good work!

I’ve always thought that with Ohtani injured the Dodgers were losers. And I was right.

@dbrooks1869_XBL said:

The programs seem to just be promos to encourage people to buy actual cards.

That’s kind of what I thought though I didn’t think the answer was that easy. LOL. I don’t do baseball cards anymore. I’d be curious to know how many of us do.

@Dolenz_PSN said:

@Teak2112_MLBTS said:

I cant dislike the direction of putting more cards in online programs more strongly. The Show continues to move in the wrong direction.

I didn't mind that much when we also got reward cards in offline modes and they were sellable (just like the online cards).

I prefer that there be offline ways to earn these cards. I play no money spent. I don’t want a bunch of cards at 1 million stubbs.

I came in last month when PlayStation plus gave the game away free. In the free packs I got at that time I got Ohtani. I haven’t gotten Judge yet. I’ve had probably what you’d call me. Regular luck. Very rare red diamond cards.

Funny thing is I just got the Bobby Witt Jr. All-Star card about 24 hours before this announcement was made.