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Yeah I didn’t touch DQ mid to late last year, the tedious time really added up.

I’m pretty disappointed with Diamond Quest so far. I just did a full run on the map, uncovered every square, and completed all the missions and both stadium strongholds. It took me roughly 2 hours to get through everything.

I was expecting the reward cards to have some real value, but the prices are really low.

Did anyone else notice the challenges feel more time-consuming too? Things like score 3 runs or multiple missions that take up to 9 outs make the runs drag on longer than I expected.

Are the cards just worse compared to last year, or is that why their value is so low on the market?

Maybe this is just anecdotal, or maybe I should’ve skipped some of the challenges and tried it on HOF or something instead?

Tl;dr - I don’t see DQ as worth my time grinding as it was last year. Need more valuable end cards.

Can we access the 26 market on the web browser? I'm getting an error each time @cbrev29

@NWOStunna_PSN yeah I’m not thrilled with the choices. Even Pujols, he’s a big name and great attributes on paper but I didn’t love his swing in years past enough to warrant what he’s gonna cost.

Oh well. I wasnt excited for Gil Hodges last year and he ended up being awesome for me so we’ll see. ‍️

Going into MLB The Show 26, based on everything I’ve seen and read so far, I’d give the game an overall B+ heading into launch.

Starting with the Live Series collection, I’d give that a B-. It’s hard not to compare it to past years. Felix Hernandez and Tulo just don’t really stack up with some of the elite collection rewards we’ve had before. When you think about Roger Clemens and Carlos Beltrán last year (with Beltrán being a switch hitter), or even going further back to rewards like Mickey Mantle or Chipper Jones, this year’s feels a little underwhelming by comparison.

That said, there are a lot of changes I really like.

One big one is events having real meaning again. In recent years they felt pretty pointless, so having actual incentives to play them should be a nice improvement.

I also really like the addition of Parallel Mods. That’s a feature the game has desperately needed for a while because it finally gives players some customization. Other sports games have had similar systems for years — for example, NBA 2K had a shoe upgrade/customization system at least as far back as 2K19 (which is the first year I played, and it might have existed even earlier). So it’s good to see The Show finally moving in that direction.

Another positive is that Team Affinity won’t be the main content drop anymore. Dropping 30 cards all at once was never a great idea because it overshadowed everything else in the game. It basically reset everyone’s teams overnight and made a lot of other content feel pointless. Spreading content out more should make the progression feel better.

One underrated improvement might be the overhaul to attributes. Pitchers will now have different ratings against right-handed vs left-handed batters, and fielders will have directional fielding ratings instead of one blanket attribute. Hopefully this helps balance gameplay — especially in the outfield, where defenders have felt overpowered in past years.

We’ll have to see how it plays once the game actually releases, but overall I’m feeling pretty optimistic with a B+ grade going in.

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That’s the other thing, I hate the ping pong stage of going back and forth. My next game will likely be on all star, then if I win, back to HOF. Going back in forth makes it even harder to get into a rhythm.

Genuine question, not saying it’s impossible to enjoy.

With most of the game being on all star, I just find the shift to HOF so steep. Games go from 9-6, 11-9 to such drastic pitchers duels.

I also feel like it makes the good input outs really stand out in a bad way. I don’t notice it as much on all star because I’m able to get a lot of good input, so a larger sample size of good input seems to “balance out”. On HOF, pitchers just dot the corners all game long (is pinpoint just too easy?) When you do finally get a mistake and nail it for a perfect perfect out it stings especially since those are rarer on HOF.

Yes, this post is partially because I just lost 1-0 which included my shohei getting robbed of a HR, but truthfully, even if I had won 1-0 I’d srill be here wondering why you guys like it.

just it does take practice?

Do the good / perfect outs get super frustrating?

All of my upcoming Weekend Classic games will be on HOF, not exactly looking forward to my opponent and I conbining for 20+ Ks and just watching pitchers dot corners on perfect pinpoint input over and over.

@JEEPaholic21_MLBTS had my first freeze off today in weekend classic. Didn’t realize I had to plug my controller in, I guess it died and PS went into sleep mode.

Shame on SDS for not fixing freeze offs or at least identifying when they happen and nullifying those game results (should be treated like a friendly quit)

@dbub_PSN hmmm. It’s still probably better than 15 show packs but I’ll see what the leaderboard looks like late tomorrow I guess.

Is there anyway I can tell the odds for this pack? Trying to see diamond odds and what those cards go for since I’m in sort of a unique situation:

1. If I can win one more game in WC I get the pack however….

2. Im currently ranked 2nd in my leaderboard with a sizeable gap between me and 3rd (10 packs and 5K stubs reward I think) but I’m not far off from first, if the guy ahead of me loses points and no one else catches us, I would jump up to 15 packs and 10K stubs for 1st place prize.

Trying to figure out if I should hold off on going for a potential 5th win but I cant find what’s in the pipeline pack. If I lose I probably drop out of top 5 in leaderboard and effectively cost myself 10 packs and stubs too….

@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS go look up the definition of outlier. It’s more than just a perk in this game. If you were a teacher I’d demand a refund.

@PAinPA_PSN you’re making my point for me, those are like .1% of his orders.

@YOSHI24_XBL according to the trends section on the app he’s never been 235K

from 3/20 - 3/29 he was around 180K and supercharged he’s been between 200-210

He was 201K ish while supercharged.

He goes back to normal and now I can’t even but him for 220K.

Any market experts know why!? I should’ve just grabbed him yesterday 🥲

Overall a solid write up. Personally, I love the live series collection being back and worth it. That’s the only thing I disagree with you on here.

Online is very laggy which is sad.

Bumper !!!

Co-Op freezes, Im not using Pendleton on my World Series run in solo ranked, BR would cost thousands of stubs before I can draft both of them on my team, and events they’re not eligible.

Bumper cars devs

Really disappointed with the online connection / experience so far. 4-0 in ranked, but When I am home team it is fine because I have Xfinity Internet and a wired connection I think but about 50% of the time when I am on the road the game is very choppy pitching meter legs here and there.

I’ve seen some streamers with the same gripes.

My main question: Will this get better with time when less users are on or is this just because we are on the same game / servers etc ?

@BJDUBBYAH_PSN thank you!!!!