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If no applause for beating the Yankees, how about just applaud that he’s 5-0 with a 1.35 ERA, 38 strikeouts while only giving up 26 hits (40 innings), has an absurd ERA+ of 355!! And somehow hasn’t surrendered a HR all year. Crazy year he’s having...

Totally agree with OP. I really don’t like that you can lose the whole thing before the final battle. The CPU defense is just super human and absolutely absurd, diving catches, robbing HR’s, etc. still has a ton of potential, but desperately needs tuning, very similar to the opening moments from ‘19. I just hope they act quickly and adjust things

I’m convinced that as is, I will never beat a showdown. I see online that many people have no issues at all, and that’s great for them, but I seriously have no chance. These to me seem significantly harder than moments extreme from ‘19.

@nflman2033 said in Showdown:

@c7susb9 said in Showdown:

I’m convinced that as is, I will never beat a showdown. I see online that many people have no issues at all, and that’s great for them, but I seriously have no chance. These to me seem significantly harder than moments extreme from ‘19.

Yeah, I feel the same way. I have been eliminated at all 3 eliminations multiple times. It is worse than frustrating. Moments suck, but showdown is horrible.

4 days into the game and I’m ready to find a different game. Can’t overstate how disappointed this is, I was looking forward to the show for months...

Would love to see:
NL: Clemente
AL: Mauer
MLB: Aaron

Completely agree

For me Johnson is far easier to hit out of the stretch than if I have to watch that horrendous wind up. My advice is try to take as many pitches early as you can and get a walk and then light him up, just way easier to see the ball out of the stretch for me anyways. I’d even not take sac flies if it meant clearing the bases and him going back to the windup

I’ve probably done the conquest map 15-20 times, never stealing. But I do play 6 turns before taking the white Sox, get territories all the way to the Yankees so at minimum you’re getting 5 per turn and you shouldn’t have to play on anything higher than All-Star. Also, if you choose your 4th starter for the Sox and your 5th starter for every other game you only face lefty starters, so just load up the lineup with righties and it’s a super easy and casual way to make stubs. One of my favorite programs of the whole year tbh

@iijackinthboxii said in Tell Me Who Your Favorite MLB Streamer is Without Saying His/Her Name:

Eeyupp the middle base hit.

Biiiiiiiiiiiiiig STAM

These look exponentially more difficult than the other sets. Got plenty of good relievers available. Easy pass for me

Agreed, I think the answer is allow them to be exchanged but not quicksell. It’s all in reaction to people getting Honus for dirt cheap last year

No matter how bad you think you are at it, I’m confident that I’m much worse. I was able to beat moments extreme in ‘19, and I’m not even close to touching these bosses. Makes me want to give up on this game only four days in

Beat this last night, took the Diamond Ohtani and batted him first, he was great pitching and hitting for me. Totally agree about Olsen and Haniger, I didn’t get a shot at Gallo but certainly would have taken him if I had the chance. Danny Santana was also solid for me and it was nice being able to move him around since he can play every position except C (doesn’t matter for the showdowns but is nice for the missions)

I agree with you, it would be really nice if this was changed, just add a feature to go with team default, shouldn’t be that difficult

Appreciate the thread, thank you!

@TayZuuR_ said in showdown 0-15 approach:

I've actually just started doing this and what I tend to do is just try and lower the pitchers confidence. I see that as more important than lowering their stamina. Obviously you have to get hits to do that, so I focus one area of the zone, and try to hit hangers when they throw them. It's a good warm up in my opinion even though it's on veteran. It helps you focus a little more.

Totally agree with this, lowering confidence is key, I just want to add that getting a walk can lower confidence as well, and sometimes more than getting hits. Patience is super important.

@bmoo44 said in Prestiged Cards... Let's talk:

Wouldnt the prestige start playing lower simply because how it got prestiged. It probably was prestiged in events(where people may or may not care about playing)
Then go into using them in ranked and as u go higher obviously there is better talent playing

This, and the fact that you’re also facing better pitchers the later in the year you get. If you were playing with Mantle and Sheffield in April the best non-Kluber pitchers were like 93-95ovr, very different now when there are so many better pitching options

I would love to have the ability to select the pitches that a CPU pitcher will throw. Either selecting one pitch that’s particularly hard to pick up, or selecting two or three so you can practice more efficiently identifying pitches that you struggle to hit. Only allowing Hershiser to throw Sinker Cutter for example or sinker cutter slider would be really helpful imo

I would like to see more hits and fewer HR’s, and amount of games where I give up 6 hits and 4 are solo bombs is crazy.
Check swings need to be called strikes much more often, especially with horrendous timing. There need to be WAY fewer foul balls, especially with horrendous timing (any very early/late swing on a ball out of the zone should not be a foul ball imo). Make it so you can sac bunt and not have to bunt the ball to 2nd base to do so. Call pitches on the black for strikes, I think any portion of the ball on the black should be a strike. Increased strikes along with less fouls and checks should allow you to reward good swings with hits more often and keep the game balanced.
Fix fielding, let outfielders field balls at walls and make Diamond fielders get the quicker better animations. Please PLEASE make defense at 1B and 3b matter this year. David Ortiz and OOP Jim Thome should not be able to auto dive and react with the same speed and accuracy as Matt Chapman and Keith Hernandez.
PLEASE fix the input lag at MLB Stadiums, I like the novelty of a minor league park, but it would be nice to be able to use the MLB stadiums.
Rant Fin