You guys had more time than usual and it isn't even gameplay that is the issue you couldn't get someone that has half a brain to do a prediction on how many people were going to buy the game and then add 25% to make sure we were covered on the servers, the game is unusable at this point.

You gonna give me a discount for a sub-par product at launch, no you'll take my $100 for the "deluxe" version of a product that we waited all year for and not think twice.

This is legitimately the last time I buy this game and I'm not spending another dime on stubs this year, hopefully you fix the vaults so I can actually play with decent rosters on franchise cause that's broken too.

You should be ashamed.

So the moments used to be listed under the inning programs you could try as many times as you wanted and rack up the points to get the bosses. Great no harm no foul now moments for the inning programs are gone, we now have showdown, which costs 500 stubs. Essentially they've made even the inning programs which were so great because you could grab great players for no money pay to play. Ridiculous money grab yet again by sds as if they dont make enough when dudes are dropping 1300 a pop for Mickey Mantle. Might very well be my last year.

My pack luck since TA3 launched is beyond...Packed trout, Vlad ASG twice, Alonso, Peralta (paid pack), countless other diamonds, double digit headliners I can't even believe I've been this lucky and with just free packs except the one paid ASG where I packed Peralta.

I'm usually the guy that opens bundle and pulls the new diamond from the Friday update and I am so glad my luck has finally changed and at just the right time, gonna have Shoei without spending a nickel and finally completed the Mo collection with all the extra stubs.

@x814xmafia_psn said in To everyone that's says it's my fault tot not being able to complete a Moment:

this.is ONE of my first five attempts (all walks) at the Hit a HR in 1,AB with AS Zunino.

So, please explain how I didn't complete it because I didn't hit a pitch that was hittable?

I'm waiting.

When I'm about to walk in a 3 ball count whether 3-0, 3-1 or 3-2 you can still foul off the pitch, use a power swing to shrink the PCI and try and aim on the outside of the ball, honestly if it's anything other than 3-2 just swing and take a strike, you know you can't walk so why are you letting ball 4 happen?

@doihearbossmusic said in Free Packs are JUIIIIICED:

@jediel1823_psn said in Free Packs are JUIIIIICED:

Opened over 70 TA packs, multiple Headliners, and multiple BIAH packs, and not one Diamond.

They ain't juiced for me.

Neither I, shill OP or employee trying to get those stub sales up

How would I be upping stub sales, I just said the free packs from grinding were juiced...don't buy them just finish team affinity.

Just wanted to know if everyone was seeing some luck or I just went on a hot streak.

The Acuna moments were literally some of the easiest moments they have ever put out there honestly, also directional is never the answer.

@lewisnadasurf1_psn said in I finally did it:

Let’s appreciate the moment

I am finally over .500 at 249-248

I’m just going to enjoy this before i purposely lose 8 in a row because I’m at 685 and dangerously close to HoF

4 wins away from 40 too so will have Gossage by the weekend.

Woop woop

I'm 20-4, that is what a 50 hour work week, wife and two yr old will do to you.

Drives me crazy too because I finally started playing on a monitor this year and it's done wonders, now that I'm actually good enough to possibly make WS I don't have the time to play hahahaha.

Just picked up a new TV for Xmas, yes I still play on a TV but HOLY S**T is it different.

Went from god knows what response time to about 10 ms and it is almost unplayable I'm so early on everything idk what to do, even tried practicing on the two higher difficulty levels to see if my timing would be more accurate there but still so early.

Pretty much I've been playing at such a disadvantage for all these years and just thought I was a shitty player, can't wait to get this down and hopefully finally make WS.

@DoIHearBossMusic said in Headliners Finally As Lit As Last Year!!!!:

@C32231112 said in Headliners Finally As Lit As Last Year!!!!:

Was sitting on like 80k stubs after finally doing the Mantle Collection and was avoiding buying packs but when they released Dibble I said what the hell the return would be huge, so I scooped one Headliner and what do you know pulled him first pop out of the one pack I bought. Feeling lucky did the same with Kemp bought a Headliner and what do you know pulled his a** too.

I remember last year pulling headliners left and right so happy I got a little pack luck back this year because I sure couldn't pull anything to help me with the Mantle collection.

15k in 230k out is way better than flipping lol.

Nice try Ramone

Haha, hey I trash the game all the time for shitty gameplay this is the first happy experience I've had with the show all year thought I would share but def sounded a little Ramonish lol

TCL 6 Series 65", has a gaming mode that reduces the response time to about 10 ms but I'm honestly thinking about turning it off.

I def see why I've been so [censored] all these years playing on that old Samsung, high inside fastball you almost had to hit swing as the pitch was being released.

@thaghettoblasta said in Just Dots, Dots, and More Dots...:

@knoxwurst31_psn said in Just Dots, Dots, and More Dots...:

Let me ask you this. So when YOU are pitching, do you want to throw dots? Or would you prefer your pitches to not go where you intend them if you have a perfect pitch? It goes both ways.

I'm sure everyone wants to throw dots with THEIR preferred pitching mode. Why should anyone be forced to use something they are not comfortable with? And why should they be punished for their choice with pitches aimed down and in at the pitchers legs (say righty vs lefty), with perfect release that floats straight down the middle and into the hitters wheel house? It's stupid and makes 0 sense! If you don't use pinpoint, you aren't going to win as many games as those using it, it's simple as that. They may as well take every other pitching mode out of the game at this point.

I completely agree, there should only be pinpoint pitching and PCI hitting level playing field, I'm a terrible hitter but a pretty good pitcher I rely on my pitching to win games. If I throw a good pitch it is a good pitch, if I square up a ball it's a hit and same with throwing button accuracy only, if I hit my window its a good throw and if I don't it isn't. You want to keep everything else in offline than that's fine, but everyone should use the same methods for online play.

AROD before his Yankee days and all the juice, one of only 4 ever to have a 40/40 season back in 98' and he won a batting title and had how many gold gloves, back in the day he had some wheels too, you could justify a sick 99, he had it all and a shortstop on top of it all with a secondary at 3rd, card would be a BEEEEAST

@squid_adams_psn said in SDS F***ed Around and Broke Their Game:

The game should be played the same way by everyone. If tapping circle is an option for throwing to first, the results should not be randomly generated. I can understand it happening to a common fielder, but outside of that it’s just stupid. Either make EVERYONE use button accuracy, pinpoint pitching, zone hitting etc or don’t, and stop programming random outcomes.

There shouldn't be the same outcome no matter which type of style you use, button accuracy is harder than tapping a button, you have to time it right and depending on the play your timing window shrinks or increases. That is like saying no matter where you put a PCI you should hit a home run. I'll say it again like the other dude did if you want a perfect throw every time then use button accuracy and make a perfect throw every time.

Just quick sold over 300 Desclafani's that I picked up for under 300 stubs each, quick 350k nice and easy.

@tmoneymill_psn said in Directional trash on HOF:

How does one foul off 46 pitches??? 46 foul balls.....this is why directional/timing only is trash.

I'm not even a good hitter I would say average and I consistently have 10 pitch at bats because of foul balls.

Were you playing on AS because the Vision PCI is about the size of the strike zone, you literally have to go opposite of pitch location and/or be completely off on timing to not make contact, which happens to me plenty but if you are even close your gonna foul it off and if you are a really good hitter they will adjust timing to be late and just push it foul.

Brett Gardner and Johnny Damon are perfect real life examples, super pesky hitters that foul everything off until they get their pitch, it's why two guys transitioned from speed and single hitters to popping 25 HR's a year.

@doihearbossmusic said in How has gameplay gotten WORST over the past 3 years?!? SDS should be ashamed selling such a POS product:

I have a ps2 and a copy of MVP Baseball 2005...crazy how smooth the game plays, and this was over 15 years ago. MVP 2005 plays FAR superior to this one and Im not exaggerating. The only thing thats better now are visuals

They keep churning out the same game year to year, as we idiots keeping fueling them. We need to hold these bozos to higher standards

I forget which year it was and which game but it was on N64 and I will never forget the best feature I've ever seen in a baseball game...They would have the ball flash a color on release to let you know if it was a fastball, breaking pitch or changeup, you still had to decide 4 sm, sinker or slider curveball, but it actually felt a lot like real baseball where you can really pick up the ball out of the pitchers hand and look for the spin.

Clearly they aren't where we need to be to actually show spin realistically but if they put this feature in the game I think it would be a huge improvement. Especially for guys like me where I am a decent hitter but just don't have the time to see millions of pitches a year to just know what is what.

@darthvaderlight3_psn said in Beast of a hitter:

Really makes me wonder if it's because of them possibly using computer monitors with faster refresh rates etc.

I just started using a monitor this year and it improved my hitting leaps and strides but this guy wasn't doing what he did just because of a monitor, his timing and patience was his only weakness his PCI placement was flawless on almost every pitch but he sat way to hard on the fastball and just could not hit the changeup low or the slider outside, took me a while to figure out I had to pitch him backwards with all breaking stuff and then pepper a fastball here and there to keep him honest but those first 4 innings were why I lost still beat my *ss lol.

@raesone_psn said in Beast of a hitter:

Some guys are just really good at the game. Also him playing on Xbox doesn't have to mean he's a first year player, he could've simply switched to Xbox since the game is available for Xbox now.

True

Just played a dude that I could not get out for the first 4 innings, posted up a 10 spot vs my 1.

I figured out how to get him out after that he only put up two more but Jesus he was on everything for those first 4 innings, out of the zone in the zone didn't matter he put it in play and usually over the wall.

Not sure how you figure a guy out like that without just getting blasted and hoping you can catch up, which I'm not a great hitter usually I rely on my pitching to keep me in and win games.

Could have been that I was using Paralta for the first time and I was not impressed, I locked him in so he'll get a few more go's but no way is he worth the stubs.

jacko2145 you are a hell of player especially being on xbox and what I'm guessing is your first year.

@lewisnadasurf1_psn said in I finally did it:

Let’s appreciate the moment

I am finally over .500 at 249-248

I’m just going to enjoy this before i purposely lose 8 in a row because I’m at 685 and dangerously close to HoF

4 wins away from 40 too so will have Gossage by the weekend.

Woop woop

I'm 20-4, that is what a 50 hour work week, wife and two yr old will do to you.

Drives me crazy too because I finally started playing on a monitor this year and it's done wonders, now that I'm actually good enough to possibly make WS I don't have the time to play hahahaha.