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I’m so tired of this year already and I hit this point a month before the new game. I don’t understand the RNG in this game. Why do I not get rewarded on perfect perfects down the middle? Why do I not get rewarded for getting people to chase? I’ve had 23 perfect perfects in my weekend classic games and I got PSN screenshots to show that 16!!! Are lineouts. 8 are dead down the middle and 2 of the down the middle ones were hits. Look I think logical and it doesn’t make sense that these are my outs and I give up homers on pitches I locate to chase and they do and it’s a nuke at 91 mph. Why does it feel like you need to hit the ball soft to get rewarded this year. I get the bad ball quirk can help out of the zone swings but not every guy I give up those homers to have it.
You’re really killing ur game, plz fix it. Like is DD on simulation? I feel like that’s an honest question at this point like what is going on.

@borderpatrollin_XBL Bro take a chill pill and look in the mirror. You can’t make points that people disagree with, and attack them for disagreeing then tag SDS employees to ban people because your feelings are hurt and start playing victim. For your sake, chill bro.

This is a good drop chill out

Anyone else get kicked out of MLB rn? I’m 1 game off Harper and I can’t get in.

The game is fun this year and I like the continent but when I play online I go basic jersey setup. White at home and my team color (red) and white one the road. Can we maybe think of adding a 3rd or alternate jersey so most games I play aren’t white v white or red v red. Would also be a cool idea for an alternative jersey or 2 in franchise too. And yes I’ve changed my colors and stuff and I’m stuck unlucky and usually match who I play. Just annoying not game breaking.

I don’t understand hitting anymore in this game. Why do worse (timing and PCI) swings make more sense and I mean that by where the ball goes and lands off the bat. Like how can I be on a ball with Kruk and have good timing (early side of good) and be parallel with the ball to his pull side and I hit a ripper straight to the SS’s chest? Like tell me where that makes sense. SDS youll did a good job with defense and ball “physics” in the past but this year it feels so contrived; the outcomes of swings I mean. Make hitters who naturally hit into the shift do so if they do and if they don’t, don’t force them to. If my opponent wants to shift heavy pull side vs Harper and pitch me away, why is it with good timing that that’s a lineout to center and not a classic Harper double down the line? Like I still play baseball and the old games atleast hitting wise, made a little sense but I can’t play this game and take it serious as a chill game. It’s frustrating and again makes little to no sense. Plz make MLB 25 good because that’ll be my last one. The last 2 years have drained me.

@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN what? So again a 7/23 hit ratio on perf/perfs is good for you? DD is on competitive mode. What they said they designed it for was to add a skill gap. So when I play better hitting and pitching wise, but lose to duck farts and lineouts, does that sound like a good competitive game? I’m not asking for homers, I want my hits that’s all. And I want when I get my opponent to chase to be rewarded with an out in some fashion. That’s not a tough ask little guy.

Header said what I want to say but please SDS, it’s been the same for years now and no changes. If anyone has ideas please add them so they can see it if they see this. I want more fonts and patterns to piping and more 3 or 4 color toned options to fonts and piping. Can we also add patterns to the jersey itself like you (SDS) did with the moon shot and Padres camo jerseys.

Can we do something about outliner? Can we just not let every pitcher throw 102 and can dot with nasty stuff. I’ve faced nothing but DeGrom, Verlander and all relievers that have outliner. I’m all for it being in the game but why does every pitcher that’s meta or likes have it.
How about this, can SDS put the top pitching speed to 100 instead of 99; that way pitchers like DeGrom can sit 98,99,100 but top 101 and 102 every now and then. Maybe a drop in velocity just a tad based on pitch count.
Anyways make outliner give you the ability to hit 105 that way prime Chapman is different from today’s and the silver Chapman. Only him and Nolan Ryan would end up with it and it would probably make Nolan Ryan a decent card to use. After all they use to measure pitch velocities at home plate in Ryan’s day and he threw a 100 there image if you could see his pitch speed based on where it is measured today. With the ability to hit 105 you could sit probably 101,102, and if your pitcher is rested then it jumps to 103,104,105.
I just feel like this change to outliner and pitch speeds can make games more fun and competitive because if you face a kid that knows how to tunnel and when not to tunnel. He’s no fun to play when all his pitchers throw 102 and I’m forced to swing right when the ball comes out his hand. Only give that ability to a few pitchers.

Yo Fire; with the new action figures card art guys, seriously good job. Are there still some of the same players and stats yes, but you’ll have us a fire card art so it feels new. Excited for the finest cards and Do a trade deadline program to fill in 97s and 98s. With captains not everyone needs to be a 99 if there play well.

What about logos on sleeves?! And maybe pants??

I wouldn’t be surprised if the showdown dropped today if a mini season drops at some point and a conquest drops at some point before it’s over too.

You’ll like the Corbin boost then. It boosts reaction time.

It would be nice if players get more than 1 bat flip going forward. I like that SDS adds the big bat flip from each past season but it’s kinda silly to celebrate a big homer when it’s 0-0 in the first. It would be cool for the 0-0 homer to be just a dope home run animation and then for big home runs to add the big bat flip animations.
Example- Bryce Harper has a dope bat drop, make that his normal animation and then his big bat flip animation can be the big homer vs the padres to close out that series. Think Jose Bautista when he was in the game and the only way to get his cool bat flip he did vs the Rangers was to hit a clutch late inning homer.
It could be much but maybe by adding those to the players that do different bay flips and different styles based on uniforms that could be a cool subtle difference in MLB 25 that’s a this is cool thing.
Also SDS plz expand ur color palette, Judge and Stanton don’t wear teal they wear Mint Green. Also a lot of guys like to wear a powder or baby blue not the bright annoying one you make Bichette wear all the time then change later.

Is it possible for theme teams to get a new program for the players on the move? I understand that a lot of the FA hitters already have good cards and that’s fine but some fun new bullpen and starter cards would be nice.
So a program that just is a cool edit of the player signed to their new team and counts towards the theme team for that team would make all time teams really fun this time of year. Like the Jazz and Randy cards we got this year at the trade deadline. And again teams that don’t have good bullpens and starters on theme teams would really benefit from a program like this.

@SpcGarza_PSN I make parks that play at MLB elevation like Philly and New York and have no issue playing online in them. The games are fair and not always slugfests and it’s fun. I only pick CS and I hope to ply in someone else’s when I’m on the road because I like seeing what people do. It’s literally a home field advantage to know your park.

Just funny because he literally made a sliding catch in LF in the All Star game, yet his All Star card can’t play LF?!

@SpawnOfDitka_XBL how do I post PSN screenshots, I don’t know how. Plus I know you can look up games but I’ve never seen how someone can count my chickens like he is saying. Plus why would I lie, I’m not mad. Just disappointed honestly, baseball is great and this game is killing my vibe is all.

I just played a game after the new update that allows kids to steal 2nd and (sometimes) 3rd all the time. All he did was steak and round the base but slide in head first that causes the player to miss the tag every time. Even if you pitch out and throw a perfect throw he’s safe. This exploit almost caused me to lose the game so can this get looked into plz.

If I can’t make my own pens and move them. Can we do bullpen presents so I can make a setup like the Blue Jays or Philly, with the elevated stacked pens.