It's idiotic.
SDS really is stuck in an audience-capture hell. People last year complained about 99's at launch, so this year they went 180 degrees in the opposite direction, including microl-controlling the pace of progress. They really have no vision of their own.
What makes it even more gross is that the best cards available -- at least many of them -- are in packs. I've defended SDS in the past, but [censored] this. They've gone to the dark side. DD is simply not fun, really. Content is boring, and most things are simple rehashes of the past couple of years. It's pathetic.
In spite of this, I am enjoying franchise a bit. It's sad that they've done nothing really of note there, either. But what can you do? I love baseball and I like video games.
Oh, and in the spirit of Carthago delenda est, I'll sign off every post from now on with this: SDS should refund everyone's early-access money, and they have still not apologized for launching a broken game. Shame on them.