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@Dolenz_PSN said in Conquest Hexagons:

Yeah, there seems to be a slight delay in capturing the hexes. Its like after capturing the hex the game takes a second to register that it is ready for the next move.

The main thing that they improved last year was the speed of the simmed games. In my limited play this morning I don't think that has regressed at all. Still seemed speedy enough.

I definitely think that the speed improvement with simulations last year helped more than this hurt. Otherwise this is slower than ‘22, but still much better than ‘21.

So far this is the only step back I have noticed. Definitely wish they would have kept it like last year, but so many other things are major steps forward.

@genopolanco_PSN said in Shaping up to be a big L this year.:

@the_dragon1912 said in Shaping up to be a big L this year.:

Cards are going to be usable for 4 months at a time, 3 if we are assuming the minimum on the 6-8 thing. We are going to be mid-July at least before this even becomes an issue. We haven't seen it in action yet but I'm guessing far more cards are "core" than not too

I don’t see the point in them doing this at all. What benefit is there to this other than just making people buy and use cards they don’t necessarily want? Why do they need to drop 99s on day one every year? I don’t see anything wrong with a slow progression ultimate team mode. The issues in the past has been they can’t keep their ratings in their pants and drop 100+ attributes immediately.

One of the biggest complaints I saw in 22 was that people had to use cards they didn’t want to use for so long and hardly ever used their main squad. Now it’s forced into Ranked beyond just the programs and events.

I haven’t had time to check out everything going on with ‘23 but the changes to Gameplay and the new design of DD are encouraging and refreshing to me. My biggest concern is what you mention. Last year the game was designed to keep people always working for cards that had little purpose and you had to do that because you knew you would need them for something down the line. It was to the point that it completely hindered my time playing modes I would have preferred.

It seems like this change in the design of DD is to continue this trend…but I know that is what SDS wants. They want people stuck in the game constantly working towards something. However, if it is done in an engaging way, this may not be a completely bad thing.

Wasn’t able to watch, but hearing “outer PCI” reduction and the “outfield didn’t play big enough” make me hopeful. Any other specifics that were mentioned?

-Choice of three or nine inning games.
-More evenly balanced opponents.
-stamina/recovery functioning the same for both teams.
-Not major, but I would prefer a shorter regular season.

@raesONE-_PSN said in New legends for 23:

Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige

I’ll second this…Negro League Players, Jerseys, Programs could do wonders for this game.

I am in the middle of a game where the opponent has frozen it four times by playing replays of home runs. I honestly thought they patched that, but he has replayed three of my homers which has frozen it and one of his own. I don’t know how, but he is starting it back. Fairly certain he decides when it starts back because he is completely ready to go the second it is unfroze. This is the absolute weirdest and dumbest thing I’ve ever experienced in this game.

@CCARR77_PSN said in Remember the days when you knew how many people were online?:

Games used to let you know how many were playing this mode or that mode.

I only say this because after seeing the price of cards and having a hard time finding opponents online it's kinda clear lots of players have bounced.

They're giving packs out like candy and bronzes and common prices are high as ever. Last night I'm sticking up bronzes at 400+ stubs. These cards should be cheap and plentiful at this point.

I'm 1-1 in the events right now and it's searching in the 2000's. Nobody is on.

I get where you are coming from. I play very little lately, but when I do it takes longer to find an opponent for any game than it did in January or February last year. I have also noticed the same tendencies in the market.

I agree on the tediousness of these programs this year. I have less time to play this time of year and even just working on POTM is a pretty big time investment without playing anything else I would prefer to play like BR. I am sure I will finish this one because I am stubborn, but gosh everything is just so time consuming this year. It often feels hard to work multiple programs at the same time too.

@PAinPA_PSN said in First Event/H2H Game in Quite Some Time:

You think you exposing joke but failed to realized the joke has already been played.
giving these players weird secondaries was the joke(that sds played .....on us, most of us find it funny, sorry you cant)

I think SDS does so many odd things that it can be really, really hard to know what is a joke and what isn’t. I also may be the minority, but I don’t really play a baseball video game for jokes. I can watch a movie or television for that.

@iBonafideScrub_ said in May have noticed something about Moments. Especially 'Get on base x amount times'.:

In the game strategy guude it says clearly that the cpu will pitch based on what you do and if you’re a free swinger it will try to get you to chase, also says that the cpu will try to throw more fastballs when it gets behind in the count

Sounds like the way most pitchers would handle the situation.

I don’t think it is even close. Gameplay with ‘21 had issues, but ‘22 is significantly worse. Diving plays all over the place including full Superman dives in the outfield, foul balls more often than ‘21, pitching is super inconsistent and with hitting it is just a roll of the dice. I have played a little ‘21 lately and it was really a breath of fresh air. I sometimes wonder if people just compare out of memory or if they have recently played ‘21 to see the difference. That doesn’t even mention the non-gameplay pains of ‘22.

Rather than going to overalls over 99, I would rather take it back to max attributes of 99.

@foge011_PSN said in Ozzie Smith 99 power?:

@DanH35_XBL said in Ozzie Smith 99 power?:

@foge011_PSN said in Ozzie Smith 99 power?:

@DanH35_XBL said in Ozzie Smith 99 power?:

It makes about as much sense as some of the secondary positions they gave to some of the program cards.

In no world ever should a guy with 28 HR over a 19 year career have 99 power.

And Pudge and Posada shouldn’t have 2B eligibility. I don’t disagree with you, I'm just saying both have the same degree of ridiculousness.

At least they’ve played at least an inning there. Lindor hasn’t played anywhere but SS majors or minors but still has 2B and 3B as secondaries

But this is the way secondaries should actually be handled. An athletic shortstop like Lindor can without a doubt play 2nd or 3rd. Even though he never plays elsewhere, those are his “secondary” positions. Pudge and Posada have it slapped on there is just because someone was able to go read Baseball Reference and go “oh Jorge played an inning there and Pudge played two”. Just because someone played an inning or even a game somewhere, does not mean it was there secondary position and just because someone never plays a different position doesn’t mean they don’t have a secondary.

@MACKTASTIC-BRAD_XBL said in Mini seasons survey:

I want nine inning games

I know I am the minority, but I would love an offline nine inning mode that is not vs CPU. They took away Extra Innings and I assumed Mini Seasons was to replace it, but then it showed up as a three inning mode that in many ways feels no different to me than conquest. I just like the feel of nine innings…three innings is fine for some stuff, but just isn’t the same.

@KOTANK1334_PSN said in Anyone on Xbox Mess Around With Elite Controller Settings?:

So wait..... Xbox users are capable of tweaking their controllers to be able to move to locations faster and more accurate ?

Not trying to be controversy guy here because I'm sure in the end it probably isn't as big of deal as I am thinking, but still.....

I have an Elite controller and refuse to use it because I still find the cheap $20 Power A controller to be better, but this really isn’t a XBOX users have an advantage thing. It is more that Sony has yet to release higher end controllers where XBOX has been for years.

Jorge played one inning there during his final season in 2011. He obviously deserves the secondary.

I’m thinking it’s a Cardinal from the colors and stadium. It is an MVP. Gibby has another 99 coming tomorrow….I am stumped.

Edit: Oh wait Gibby doesn’t have a card coming tomorrow. I was expecting he would, but it is Ozzie for the Cardinals Legend.

@Possum80_MLBTS said in Now what?:

@crashbowman447_PSN said in Now what?:

@Possum80_MLBTS said in Now what?:

@Pennstatefencer_MLBTS said in Now what?:

I maxed out a few days ago. I'm taking the opportunity to finish the BR program and get all of those new cards before the new collection comes out.

I’m in the same position as the op. First program I have maxed out on. I’ve never finished a BR program, or even really started one. Any tips for completing it for someone who isn’t good enough to go 12-0? Will doing some runs with 6 or so wins be good enough to eventually get it done?

If you can get six wins a run, you can finish it pretty quick. My guess would be around five entries. BR has always been my favorite mode, but I am burned out right now and this will probably be the first one I haven’t done in two years.

Do you draft the guys with missions? Or just best team possible? What’s the HR bonus? think I have 4 in two games so far

@PennStateFencer already mentioned a lot of the things I will mention and his gameplan is awesome. I definitely use mission guys and I look at the program before I start to kind of see how I want to go about it. I typically start with one pitcher and two hitters from the mission guys, but sometimes you will get an extra in that will pop up in later rounds.

I always look for players/swings I do well with regardless of the tier, but I do the same as he said and only draft bronze starters....unless it is a mission starter. I typically draft silver relievers and try and save as many gold and diamond for hitters as possible. I never use diamonds on hitters, but I will definitely use silvers when it is a player I do well with. With relievers it is full of silvers like I mentioned, but sometimes there is a bronze that I know I do well with and will grab them without hesitation. I try and fill my bench with a solid bat against lefties and a solid bat against righties, these can often be bronze if the right ones show up. I also keep at least one or two bronze/common speed guys and I like to keep a bronze/common catcher. This helps if I get a slow catcher on late in the game, I can run for them and then have a defensive replacement available.

I could definitely go more in depth, but I feel most of the things I would say have already been said by @PennStateFencer. His approach is very similar to mine.

This is year two for me and I have always heard the market skyrockets when a collection drops, but I have yet to see it. What I feel like I have most often seen is a crash, followed by a steady rise the days following. My assumption is that there are a few factors contributing to that...

1. There is almost always a significant amount of new content that drops with the collection.
2. The collection seems unattainable for many.
3. It was not a player that many felt was worth the cost.

But then as the dust settles and the content drop is not as fresh, people start to realize they are closer than they thought and see areas where they need to fill gaps and specific series start to rise (typically postseasons and 2nd half).

I don't pay attention to streamers at all, but I fully expect it to be a big requirement. I had virtually every card in the game for Brett and Cutch, but I was not able to lock either in the second it dropped. I had to either collect some XP to get henchmen or buy a few of the new cards that were hitting the market. I think with Brett I had every single postseason card available, but after the content drop I was needing something like three more because there were so many postseason available in that program. With Cutch there as something like an Always Intense pack that day that had a handful of Milestone cards and even though I had all Milestone before the drop, I was short because of how many were in that pack.