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@buddyhightower_xbl said in Good bye MLB the Show:

DD is fun and it's cool to get all your favorite players, but it kind of breaks the game at the same time. When everyone on your team is a superstar, the game plays much differently.
You need strengths and weaknesses to play the game correctly, IMO.

Well you put your finger on the larger issue. DD players don't seem as concerned with the strategical nuances of the game nearly as much. Probably a lot more of them are arcade-style players. Complaints and criticisms from the DD crowd seem to focus on button/gamepad mechanic type stuff (perfect timing should result in a HR every time regardless of rating, etc...).

Contrast this with franchise players...I have no evidence but I suspect they are older on average. Complaints are geared towards thinks like AI bullpen management, outcome rates (BB, HR, SO), getting things like bunting and shifts to work correctly, etc...

DD forum has over 140x the posts as this one, so you can see why their priorities are what they are.

Good list. I'd add a few things:

1. Allow grouping of objects that can then be moved together. (Useful for moving entire decks up or down)
2. Fix the field level pieces for behind home plate so they run flush with the field boundaries (there is only ONE field configuration, so how did this happen?)
3. More signs, logos, scoreboards. Allow users to create signage within the editor.
4. More grass textures (current ones don't look right, IMO)..add astroturf. Forget the physics, just give us the textures and base cut-outs.
5. More flags (teams, AL/NL, custom)
6. Address stadiums not being able to have night games.
7. Allow for adjustment of field orientation once #6 is fixed.
8. Allow us to place the bullpen ourselves.

EDIT: One more:

I don't understand why they can't remove the batter's eye requirement for non-competitive use. If adjusting the outfield wall disqualifies a stadium from online usage, then removing the batter's eye should do the same...just give us the option. Instead, they could include tarped sections of bleachers that we could use. Would go along way to helping recreate historic stadiums.

It should be noted that developers do not have free reign to do whatever they want. They're constrained by higher ups...corporate/marketing types.

Guys that nobody wants shouldn't be rejecting offers because of contract length. This happens all the time in franchise, though. They should be happy to sign a one year deal so they can keep playing.

Should be fixed going forward.

Finding the player vault in particular to be really bad. After scrolling a few pages I get an unhandled exception and kicked out. Have to go back in and enter my search criteria to continue. It was this way yesterday and now I'm getting the same thing this morning.

Making it very difficult to navigate, search, and download. Please fix.

I think the problem we're facing is that there are 320k views on the DD forum, and only 2k views, here. I just don't think they care enough to prioritize franchise mode. Personally, I think a robust, customizable franchise mode with a strong online element would attract more attention...they seem to think that since people don't play a stale franchise mode that means they don't want franchise mode at all. No...people who prefer apples to oranges will still eat an orange if their only other option is a rotten apple.

Nope. I've been checking every few hours or so. Sometimes after multiple attempts I can get in but when I search and then try to flip through the pages it kicks me out. Most times I get the error just when pressing R1/R2 to get to the player vault.

Thanks again to the SDS corporate censors. You're always on the ball.