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This may turn out to be a lengthy post. My questions are at the bottom as a TLDR.

I was playing a VS CPU in DD tonight on rookie in the show 25, and was irritated that the CPU was throwing mainly balls and pitches on the black. I've played for a long time, and this is not how the CPU has always pitched. I commented to myself that it was pitching like someone would online. It got me curious if the difficulty was correct. I paused the game, went into settings under general, and saw that one of the difficulty settings was set and locked to competitive. I thought I remembered that only Online was forced to competitive setting (am I wrong). So I loaded up 24, then 23, and they were the same. Now I've struggled a lot since 23 and could never figure out what changed. So then I loaded up 22, and there was no such setting to be found in the in-game VS CPU settings.

Since 23, there has been a setting that locks all DD content to competitive difficulty, not just Online. Which means, since 23, all DD content has been an online simulator. I have been the caretaker for my mother for years as she battled cancer until she found peace just in late February. I don't want stress or competition. I want to play casually in DD and intentionally stay away from online.

TLDR
So my questions are as follows.

1. Didn't competitive difficulty used to be in online play only?
2. Did SDS announce this change, and I miss it?
3. What are the real differences between Causal, simulation, and competitive difficulty?

I'm another to chime in and add to the chorus about not getting packages from in-game challenges

We will get them with the full release on the 18th. They said this multiple times in the final stream before early access.

The mode isn't that bad, but I think it needs a few tweaks. For starters, the odds for rookie and veteran needs to be improved...A LOT. The difficulty for missions and moments to be lowered because if I wanted to deal with GOD mode defense I would go play a showdown. In one mini-boss encounter alone, I had 3 diving catches to rob me of extra base hits in a row. Because of the low chance of getting rewarded, it's just hard to justify the time spent playing. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few things. The mode has a lot of potential but is just not new and casual player-friendly. It's like you designed everything for 99 god squads and forgot we have bronze and silvers to play with. I hope you remember your causal players soon.

@dap1234567890_PSN VS cpu

Thanks for starting this thread. At least now I know it's not just me crashing using a created Stadium

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in 9/27/24 'Career Tribute' Program:

@DivineFury75_PSN said in 9/27/24 'Career Tribute' Program:

Almost every program is like this or as you said buy progress from the shop. Buy the cards with real money, I forgot that one

Being disingenuous helps no one. Knock it off.

It's called being honest. Go look and check. take out the extreme moments, all pvp or collections that require packs in the shop. Almost every program this year has required you to complete almost everything once those 3 things are taken away.

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in 9/27/24 'Career Tribute' Program:

@DivineFury75_PSN said in 9/27/24 'Career Tribute' Program:

If I'm to be honest, I'm probably feeling a little salty towards sds. All year in almost every program you must do everything unless there is an extreme or pvp missions. Everything is on vet instead of rookie. All year catering to extreme moments and PVP has left me feeling like SDS is giving players like me the middle finger and telling me I'm not welcome or wanted unless I want to do everything the hard and least fun way possible ( extreme, PVP, vet ).

I havent felt this at all. Clemente program is like this, but most programs have far more missions than needed. The season awards programs could take awhile, but then I usually buy a few off the Topps now cards because I dont use stubs for packs otherwise. Ive probably done less than half of Topps Now moments

I havent touched online play since early s2 and probably never will again as its only fun with a good match and the missions are far too skewed at being good at hitting.

Almost every program is like this or as you said buy progress from the shop. Buy the cards with real money, I forgot that one

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in 9/27/24 'Career Tribute' Program:

Its a shame. SDS releases the first proper program of the year, but its going to be received negatively because they dot have a repeatable xp mission.

This is the big issue the last two years: People like me have been crying all year for big programs. People last year didnt like you needed to do all the player specific missions. Its not remotely hard to please both people

I still personally love this and feel its by a very large margin the best program of the year, Id go as far to say its the first truly good program of the year (season recap was a lot of fun too, but it was more just free packs for stuff youve already done...its a shame this wasnt done in s2). But people will be unhappy by something they could have easily avoided

If I'm to be honest, I'm probably feeling a little salty towards sds. All year in almost every program you must do everything unless there is an extreme moment or pvp missions. Everything is on vet instead of rookie. All year catering to extreme and PVP has left me feeling like SDS is giving players like me the middle finger and telling me I'm not welcome or wanted unless I want to do everything the hard and least fun way possible ( extreme, PVP, vet ).

@TheGoaler_MLBTS said in 9/27/24 'Career Tribute' Program:

We're not required to pitch any 9-inning Perfect Game. Just finish off one.
You guys are high as hell. These Moments aren't hard.

Not hard but too grindy. All year it's been the same story. You have to do all the moments and missions with no choice or options to do a collection or something so you can leave a few out. If they do put that option in, it is always an extreme moment or pvp. If there is not an extreme moment or pvp missions, then you must do practically every mission with no option to skip a few you would rather not do. Moments are on veteran instead of rookie which makes them more grindy as well. It is not that it's hard but grindy and most of all just not fun.

@sbchamps17_NSW said in 9/27/24 'Career Tribute' Program:

I'm actually not liking this program to many moments like 8 total bases in a game, pitch a perfect game, 2 XBHs in a game. Many of us already complained about the moments of glory program about all the moments and how ridiculous they were and they didn't listen because there's again way to many moments

I was coming here to post this same thing.

@MultiFragz_XBL said in Season 3 awards drop 1:

How are you suppose to get xp for the missions when you can only get a reward card or topps card by spending stubbs? And even then one card would take ages. Problem is season 3 eligible, they should allow you to wildcard season awards and topps to make this smoother

This program needs to be reworked. It's just to hard to do this program this year without buying packs

I would ALMOST prefer moments on all-star than veteran. Veteran difficulty is harder than all-star for me. I think offline content for the most part should be casual and God mode. Everything should be rookie and easy mode. This entire year offline content has been like the person responsible for the extreme program doing all offline content , designing it for the extreme program and nerfing it just a little.

shark map is usually the best conquest map all year. Really hope they didn't forget or drop it this year.

I just hope they do a double xp weekend as well.

My Mom is 74 and has stage 4 cancer. I take care of her full-time. When I play this game, I want no stress. I want to relax and walk through content like I'm God. No sweat games, no frustration. But frustration and anger is all I seem to get when I play this year's game. It's not only not fun to play but for me an act of frustration as well. IMO, to cover for the very little content they release, they intentionally made it take longer to complete. For some it makes it more grindy, others it makes it harder. I for one wish the moments for example were on rookie. Vet is harder than all-star for me for some reason. I want a relaxing fun time, and this game just doesn't do it this year for me.

@Dolenz64_XBL said in Make Willie Mays 99 Core Or Supercharge Him:

@DivineFury75_PSN said in Make Willie Mays 99 Core Or Supercharge Him:

@Dolenz64_XBL said in Make Willie Mays 99 Core Or Supercharge Him:

@Dolenz64_XBL said in Make Willie Mays 99 Core Or Supercharge Him:

I earned the new Mays card. Wish it was higher than an 85 but glad that they at least supercharged it to a 93 for a few days. I wish the supercharge was longer or that they slowly ramp up the supercharge over the coming weeks, but honestly I don't expect it.

The storyline was pretty easy to finish and my only disappointment was that they could not get their graphics updated in time and that the game listed him as 1931-Present.

You know, after thinking about it, I take back what I said about wishing it was higher than an 85 and hoping that they continually supercharge it. It's fine as it is and the nice banner that they added in game is fine.

My original statement and the cries to make his 99 card a core card really comes off, to me, as people saying "This legend has died, now how can I gain an in game benefit from his death".

His 85 card will be forgotten in a week by most. What's wrong with honoring him all year?

If SDS wants to do something more to honor him in game then great, I am all for it.

That, at least to me, seems like a totally different scenario than myself and others selfishly asking what benefit do we gain by his death.

I took your comment as a slight against my change his core to 99 comment. I just think that Willie Mays was truly one of the best to ever play baseball. Right there with Babe and Hank and anyone else you can think of. The way he is remembered should reflect that. Changing his 99 to core is a good first step IMO.

@Dolenz64_XBL said in Make Willie Mays 99 Core Or Supercharge Him:

@Dolenz64_XBL said in Make Willie Mays 99 Core Or Supercharge Him:

I earned the new Mays card. Wish it was higher than an 85 but glad that they at least supercharged it to a 93 for a few days. I wish the supercharge was longer or that they slowly ramp up the supercharge over the coming weeks, but honestly I don't expect it.

The storyline was pretty easy to finish and my only disappointment was that they could not get their graphics updated in time and that the game listed him as 1931-Present.

You know, after thinking about it, I take back what I said about wishing it was higher than an 85 and hoping that they continually supercharge it. It's fine as it is and the nice banner that they added in game is fine.

My original statement and the cries to make his 99 card a core card really comes off, to me, as people saying "This legend has died, now how can I gain an in game benefit from his death".

His 85 card will be forgotten in a week by most. What's wrong with honoring him all year?

@Dolenz64_XBL said in New Willie Mays Storyline:

Showed up in mine. I added Willie to CF on my team. Remember, Negro league Players are shown as free agents. I also just went and started a vs CPU game and Rickwood was shown in the Classic Stadiums tab

Thanks for the advice but I was a bigger idiot than not looking for him as a free agent. I was looking for his card under the 93's ( his supercharged level ) instead of the 85 the card actually is.

@Dolenz64_XBL said in Make Willie Mays 99 Core Or Supercharge Him:

I earned the new Mays card. Wish it was higher than an 85 but glad that they at least supercharged it to a 93 for a few days. I wish the supercharge was longer or that they slowly ramp up the supercharge over the coming weeks, but honestly I don't expect it.

The storyline was pretty easy to finish and my only disappointment was that they could not get their graphics updated in time and that the game listed him as 1931-Present.

I am highly disappointed as well. What is the harm in just changing his S1 to core? A 99 core card would be used all year, while this 85 will be forgotten in 5 days. Just sad