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@Bridge-Piece_XBL I agree about one thing. The constant SDS better step it up because {insert game name} is releasing is old.
GTA VI is going to be the biggest game of the year and will, without a doubt, draw some players away, especially since baseball season is over. There will still be plenty of people playing The Show also
And while the user I quoted may not have intended to slight others who are looking forward to the game, the way it was worded made it hard see it any other way.
The show is the only game I play, as someone else said I can’t undertand why anyone would want to spend hours cosplaying as a street criminal.
I am not sure how to respond to that. As someone who is planning on buying it and playing it, I do feel like that was some type of backhanded slight aimed at me and others who will choose to play the game
Rockstar usually have very good stories in their games. Yes, GTA stories are usually over the top but I still play for the story, but a lot of me also plays for the beautifully realized open worlds we can explore.
I am about as goody two shoes as they come. In games that give you the option of good or evil playthroughs I always choose the good playthroughs.
I get that not all games are for all people but that does not mean that the people who do like them or play them are somehow flawed. I don't get the appeal of Call Of Duty but I am not going to ask why people want to cosplay as a warmonger. It's a dismissive generalization.
SDS determined to make me look like a fool
Played a good chunk of Postseason MS games (54 Ks for 10 Ballin is the main attraction, plus two vaults to earn and a chase)
12 Ballin: Nada
2 Headliners: Nada
1 Vault: got a st patrick's day card I didn't have, chase (I think?) Adley was the other option, which I somehow have.No new progress. I am stacking brewers and my next play session I anticipate another 11 Ballins, 25 show packs, and the live series 88 from inning track
I give you credit for trying.
I knew that coming up with that many live series diamonds from scratch was not going to be that simple. Show packs and Ballin packs odds are still against you.
Let me add in this as well.
I played the Finest Conquest yesterday using all 99s. An upgrade from my Usual Cardinals team.
I don't really notice the difference.
Here is a comparison of a conquest game back in March with a beginner team vs a team of all 99 OVR hitters yesterday. Shouldn't I feel infinitely more powerful with a team of 99s? I just don't notice much of a difference.
When I play it I enjoy it for the most part. There are still minor annoyances that pop up during gameplay (missing logos, glitchy or framey graphics in some situations).
The part I like less and the thing I have been complaining about for years is the inevitable march towards monetization. Fewer program rewards and more pack cards. I don't play the market at all beyond selling dupes and buying the cards a want so I don't have near the stubs others have accumulated.
I'll still take this version over MLB 18 any day of the week though 
You play MLB The Show and the presentation is soulless. It rains in the game and all the players look like they are playing in sunshine. The field lacks all concept of being wet, no influence on the ball and certainly no rain effects like splashes, mud, or rooster tails.
Shoot man, until they update their engine entirely I don't want those things. Playing conquest on a base PS5 last night and I was still dealing with Logos not appearing on my shirt or hat, laggy or Framey control on the Metered pitching screen (the one that that absolutely needs to be smooth), and Slowdowns/lag while batting, most commonly after hitting a HR.
So don't improve the graphics unless they upgrade the entire engine to handle it better. Upgrading the graphics on the current engine is just begging for disaster.
Posted this on reddit so I thought it would post it here although I realize most just skim over it.
On the Card Total report I have had it remove all Cosmetic versions (Spooky, Ranked 1000, Roch Cholowsky) from the overall count.
The legend report now properly consolidates Hank/Henry Aaron into one person. It removes three erroneous names who either did not have a live series card or had one where their name was spelled differently.
@Dolenz_PSN hey, I'm not making fun of anyone for not "100 percenting" this game. Good for them - they probably did something way less maddening instead.
Im just saying the standard for what it means to "100 Percent" a game has gone WAY down.
Is that because, as you like to say, people complained or is it because SDS shortened programs so that they could put more of the cards in packs?
Some past programs were grindy for the sake of being grindy. I always have to point out the old POTM programs.
Do this to earn the first card
Put that card in your lineup and earn XP
Earn second card
Put that Card in your lineup and earn XP
Earn 3rd card
Rinse and Repeat.
try this link and enter your user id
https://mlb25.theshow.com/dashboard
(Mine shows 347 last year so I am way off this year)
I have been meaning to do this for a while, especially when we were in the midst of all the Cardinal Chase & Headliner Packs.
I was curious why, with so many good cards, I was less motivated to actually play. The bottom line was the packs. Cards in packs don't really motivate me to play since I know I just need to grind for stubs in order to buy them which is somehow, in my mind, less satisfying than grinding for the actual cards.
Here are how Cardinals Legends and Flasbacks were earned
Packs = 35
Earnable = 20
Collection = 2
My experience this year is less enjoyable than it has been in the past, in spite of the awesome Cardinals Legends that I can play with.
I played and enjoyed yesterday as I was working on the Finest Programs so that I could earn Jordan Walker. I found that earning that card was incentive to play. I did all of the moments. Created a squad of Finest Players and worked through the entire Conquest and finished all three programs. If they had simply put Walker in a pack then I probably would not have played yesterday at all.
The problem is that SDS has not given me a lot of those moments this year because most of the cards that I wanted to use were in packs. It is something in my brain when a card is in a pack. I assume that I will need to buy it. But the problem is that I find playing to try and earn stubs, either directly or from selling pack cards, not enticing at all.
I learned early on with all of the Cardinal Chase cards, Headliners and rare rounds that I was going to have to sell everything I could sell (curse the non-sellable rewards) just to keep up with my favorite team. Because of that I had no desire to chase other collections. At this stage I think I have most of the Cardinal cards I want (there are a few stragglers). The cynic in me says I need to save my stubs just in case we see a 99 Ted Simmons or Lou Brock and not spend them to try and complete other things.
This has been my issue all year. SDS drops a program with only two or three cards I don't care about or won't use then I wonder "Why should I bother?" since I can't even sell them.
And after all that - its still easy.
Who defines what is easy to accomplish in the game?
You, whose profile shows over 1000 hours played?
Capardo whose profile shows 352 hours played?
Me, whose profile shows 190 hours?
Is it defined by guys who have hundreds, if not thousand of pages of completed market transactions or the one with under 100 pages (or my 24 pages)? The person who spends all day on the app flipping or the one who only uses the market on the console?
Easy, like grind, is a relative term.
While some people definitely expect things to be handed too them for little or no effort, the flipside is also true in that we have hard core players and card flippers who want to act like their experience with the game should be the norm for everyone.
I said it in another thread that I don't want that for very selfish reasons. I don't want Ted Simmons 99 to be a Brewer.
And I'm pretty positive that Red Sox fans don't want to see Clemens as a 99 Blue Jay.
I'm sure there are probably other examples of similar cases where the Jolt legend wasn't on their primary team.
Are you [censored] kidding me? Of all the problems this year, this is the most egregious failure. Pathetic lazy Incompetent content team this year. Can’t wait for GTA.
Seems like manufactured outrage.
We didn't get something that they never promised, even though they told us back in March that it wasn't coming.
I’m more into the legends than the flashbacks so I’m no rush to finish this collection. I’m thinking I may try Horizon Forbidden West next. I liked the first game a lot. Or maybe do the Yotei dlc
Forbidden West is great if you liked the first one but be prepared, it is BIG and there is lots to do.
@Jeff7407_PSN Really?
If one wants to be pedantic, every card is technically a 'flashback'.
You should know how SDS defines Legend vs Flashback by now. I don't think a single legend in the game has a Flashback card by SDS' definition.
Enough of us predicted Elly that I am not sure how it was a surprise. If you are disappointed in it that is fine but let's not say that it is not a proper Flashback.
As far as expectations it seems like the same people keep getting disappointed when there has been no change to warrant raising your expectations.
The Conquest has 2 repeatables
Capture all strongholds for Finest Choice pack 3
Conquer all territories for a Headliners
That's not correct, mate.
The only repeatable goal is goal 8, the Headliners Pack.
They switched it after release. The first drop had choice pack 3 as repeatable in the description. Now the repeatable tag is gone.
Thank you for confirming that. I was looking at my console screen when I typed that so I did not think I read it wrong.
The Conquest has 2 repeatables
Capture all strongholds for Finest Choice pack 3
Conquer all territories for a Headliners
Mini seasons does have repeatable missions but not for the single vault 1 pack
I assume the third Graphic is Mini-Seasons but it is kind of a non-descriptive graphic
Does that mean the conquest map final reward is going to be Finest Aaron Judge? If so thats a win
I see how you got there but I think it is a stretch.
Maybe it's just a 99 map, you are probably right.
I am thinking at has more to do with the Finest cards all being 99 OVR
I assume the third Graphic is Mini-Seasons but it is kind of a non-descriptive graphic
Does that mean the conquest map final reward is going to be Finest Aaron Judge? If so thats a win
I see how you got there but I think it is a stretch.
I mean, I filled it out for the good of the game, I wasn't expecting anything.
I never expect anything from any pack, because disappointment hurts.
I mean that is why I filled it out too although I have little hope of any changes being made based on my feedback.
