Weren't you the one who, last year, complained about the game all year long and swore that you were not buying the game this year?

@charterbus_psn said in Honest question for the Offline only gamers:

I just don’t get offline DD. Wait months for cards to play teams that never change with no real end game other than cards they could literally already be using or playing against. Borderline psycho.

Why in the world would you include those last two words. You could have left those off and gotten your point across. But instead you finish with two words that basically insult the offline players.

Here is something else to ponder. Those of us who play offline are probably much more content and appreciative of the game. We complain less. We don't care if someone uses directional hitting, we don't have to deal with freeze offs or abusive players. We don't have to play a large majority of our games at Shippet. We don't complain about comeback logic, predetermined outcomes, high sinkers from outlier pitchers.

We all pay the same price for the game so there is no right or wrong way to play and enjoy DD.

@mrwonderful95 said in Is this game officially dead?:

Did a decent madden put the nail in MLB?

No.

Its the same every year. A group of MLB The Show players bolt for the newest and shiniest Madden.

The rest of us continue to play MLB The Show.

Me, personally. I have no desire to go to Madden.

@mr_murda_cap_psn said in I see why packs are a joke to Buy:

it's kind of funny how all the You tuber and Twitch star pull diamonds all day long in 50 bundle packs when i should at least received 4 diamonds

That is not how odds work. 1 in 50 odds is not a guarantee of a diamond every 50 packs.
Your odds of pulling a diamond in the first pack is 1 in 50
Your odds of pulling a diamond in the second pack is 1 in 50
Your odds of pulling a diamond on the 200th pack is 1 in 50

A few other points.

Anyone here who has played the game for years could have warned you that packs are a waste of stubs/money.

YouTubers can edit their videos to make it seem like they are far luckier than they actually are. YouTubers know that people don't want to watch a video without any diamond pulls.

I love how it's always the other guys getting the breaks. Nobody who posts on the forums ever get any breaks themselves.

The message you probably wanted to send is the exact reason people block messages.

But man I feel bad for you guys who hit the ball on the nose every time and have never, ever benefitted from a bloop hit. In fact you're such good and upstanding players that I am sure you would just forfeit any game where you benefitted from a bloop single.

I still can't believe they accumulated all of the data in beta and probably spent months tweaking hitting and coming up with Perfect/Perfect and then decided to throw out all that work and tweak hitting only a few days after release.

Before Launch:
"We here at SDS worked hard all this offseason to come up with a new hitting dynamic. We even had a beta period to test it and receive feedback from players. We used that telemetry and feedback to make further tweaks in order to make things even better for our release"

2 days after official launch:
"We are going to take a few days worth of telemetry, when everyone is playing on the easiest difficulties, mix that in with some player complaints and abandon all the telemetry we gathered and work we did prior to launch."

Here is where I stand as an offline player as of last night

• Completed Starter Conquest
• Complete list 1st Inning Conquest
• Completed US Conquest
• Completed Starter Showdown
• Made Several failed attempts at the 1st inning Showdown
• Did all of the Welcome Moments
• Did all of the first inning Moments (Granderson and Woods)
• Did the Eckersly Evolution moments.
• Did a MTO run up to the World series(have not played the world series as it would be a waste of affinity points)
• Earned the FOTF from my favorite team.
• Played the nine inning CPU games against Cubs and Yankees. (Woods and Granderson)

I am sitting at 205 program points.

There are only a few options open to me to get the final 95 points. Showdown, which I have failed badly at in every attempt so far, and that costs 500 stubs each attempt. Collections, which also cost stubs, but in this case both collections together are more expensive than just buying the three bosses outright. Mindlessly grinding for another 30 hours or so in the last 9 days of the 1st Inning Program.

Basically the goal of 300 stars still seems so far away and the options to get there seem so unappealing (and just not fun) that it has killed a bit of my desire to keep playing.

Tried to play around 9:00 am my time and got a network error exiting a Conquest Game. Bounced me back to the main menu. I went back into DD and Conquest and tried to play a Stronghold game and got an error that would not even let me start.

I closed the game and walked away. I don't see much point in even trying the rest of today as I assume the server load will continue to get higher and higher as the day progresses.

Going through with a double XP weekend when the servers can't be trusted was just a bad idea. The servers will eventually get better and the bugs will be fixed but I still can't pretend that this is not disappointing.

@CCARR77_PSN said in The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia:

@Dolenz_PSN said in The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia:

What does this have to do with Diamond Dynasty?

Why do Cardinal player and coaches keep getting D.U.I.'s.

I can ask stupid questions too

Why is it stupid to wonder why you posted this in the Diamond Dynasty section instead of the general section?

What does this have to do with Diamond Dynasty?

@Ericulous1_PSN said in Jeter prediction for 2023:

@Dolenz_PSN said in Jeter prediction for 2023:

There will always be complaints. And I may be among them occasionally (although probably not about Jeter)

I am fully expecting them to stick with the trend of making him an 88 or so at the start and then releasing multiple versions of him scaling up as the year goes along.

Side conversation- who will have the better season… Goldy or Arenado?

And yes, I bet the Captains pack will be the same as the 42 pack and the Takashi pack. An 88 Jeter.

I hope they both have good seasons but I will go with Arenado this year.

There will always be complaints. And I may be among them occasionally (although probably not about Jeter)

I am fully expecting them to stick with the trend of making him an 88 or so at the start and then releasing multiple versions of him scaling up as the year goes along.

Buying on 2/6? No. I don't see the point when I can wait, watch their streams, get more information and then preorder the day before early access and still get all of the benefits.

Version - Most likely Digital Deluxe.

So will the stream tomorrow just be SDS replaying that Fallon clip?

I'm happy for everyone who has been wanting this.

But my first thought was actually "Oh goodie, even more Yankee cards"

@TheGoaler_PSN said in Collector's Edition Reveal on February 2:

Do we have to wait until 3 eastern, yet again?

Jimmy Fallon already leaked it on tonight's show.

Wow, SDS let Jimmy Fallon steal their thunder. No need to watch the stream tomorrow.

I agree that it is kind of counter productive to not have it in Franchise. Those players, I am guessing, are not spending extra money on the marketplace to buy sponsorships so there is very little incentive for them to buy new and restart the franchise over again.

@Gdogzombie_MLBTS said in Jazz... 2023:

I don’t care who’s on the cover. It’s it’s the same game with the same issues the rest doesn’t matter

It doesn't impact the game but it is the first news about The Show 23 we have so it will be discussed to death until we get something more to discuss or argue over.