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@go4stros25 said in What are we even supposed to grind offline now?:

@AstrosJake because they are worried that once you finish the content you will stop playing their game everyday. Same reason why xp is capped so low. They want players to log on every day, it's called maximum player engagement. These companies believe that the more a player is on the game, the more likely they are to spend real money.

It's doing the exact opposite for me. I used to log on every single day, play some conquest, then a handful of ranked and / or events. I only have a few hours each night but I would use all of that time on The Show. Now I reluctantly hop on, play a game or two and call it a night.

For real. I can usually hold my own online but every loss I have is because I am missing the meter and hanging a meatball. I absolutely hate my team so far haha. The grind will continue but I might have to try a different pitching style if meter is going to stay this unforgiving.

@VioletNine9 said in Pitching online:

Metered pitching feels absolutely broken this year way too many hanging balls on good releases

I have to agree with this. I have forever used metered pitching and this year I am throwing batting practice. Any slight miss is a meatball. I gave up a 505ft HR the other night haha

The government

BUT THERE"S FLOWING HAIR!!!!

@chucky97___ that is exactly why the game gets stale quickly. Maybe there are people who enjoy facing the same lineup all of time. Hell I do the same thing with my lineup because that's what the game dictates. I've been saying it for years and it will never happen, but if this game had a salary cap ranked mode I think it would be way more enjoyable. And no, Events does not count, that's three innings. The game is supposed to be a simulation. Let people actually think and have to be creative with their lineups is all I am saying.

Co-op I assume?
When they didn't make a single mention of co-op for the last month you should have known to stay away.

@chucky97___ no way!? The game just came out?! And people are "grinding" for the same exact rewards? Let's revisit this in a month when all of those new diamonds are out and people have the same exact squads with those new diamonds.

@iBonafideScrub_ come on, I love these type of posts haha

Care to elaborate?

But we are in the same place as last year with very similar teams. It's like the WBC set all over again. Most teams are made up of Buxton, Beltre, Clemente and the Spring Breakout players.

@SakAttack87 They didn't make any edits to the regular Sanchez card is my guess. He was 99 with San Diego last year and sporting a beard. Just laziness but so is leaving the same commentary in the game about getting multiple suits for hitting a HR haha.

I got all excited last night when I saw multiplayer was 2-8 people thinking we are finally going to get to run a squad of our own players out there with friends. Then I realized I took one too many hits and its just the HR Derby haha.

I'd pay more for Manny Ramirez

All reasons as to why there should be a salary cap mode online.

I wish they called them fancy moments.
"Sorry guys, no Ranked for me tonight. Gonna grind some fancy moments instead"

It's not going to move the needle either way of me buying the game but I was really hoping to see something about co-op being implemented more. Maybe on the 14th?

I don't understand all of the supposed hate about sets. For the first three seasons you could literally use anyone you wanted and each season took forever. The concept would be better executed in the form of a salary cap so you really had to put some thought into your team. Then I would be cool with justifying 99s from the beginning.

I just want the pause timer to be a real countdown, not one that restarts haha.

Unless they are playing coy and are going to wow people out of nowhere, it seems they pulled a Mets and punted on the season with NCAA making a return likely sinking them earlier than usual. I plan on getting the game regardless because it's honestly the only game I look forward to year after year because I love baseball. But I didn't even play a moment of the Negro Leagues last year and I don't see that changing this year. I'm a huge Yankees fan and I don't even care much for the Jeter storyline. They better let Paul O'Neill kick the ball from RF though haha