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@collin_sds_psn said in April Fools was last week SDS.:

@balsamicarrow88 said in April Fools was last week SDS.:

Will these players be supercharged today? If not that’s not opening day content.

Yes. Already live.

Why did this person get their question answered? I have questions. They don't get answered. This wasn't even a good question. All they had to do was turn on the game and the question is answered for them. My questions don't get answered when I turn on the game. I try to be respectful to the people at SDS and to the people in this forum, yet nothing.

I ask again, why did this question get answered? You guys pop up in about .03% of the posts in here. Why?

I'm sure you guys are all good at what you do, but this forum is one gigantic f0000xxx failure (as am I for letting this game get so under my skin). You guys are really ruining something good.

I've played since 2014 (purchased 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021 & 2022) This week playing this game has been my worst experience playing a video game ever. But... dang, it's Baseball. And I want to play.

I hope MLB recognizes that a single exclusive gaming partner is not the answer. #savebaseball

I am really confused. I see that the PCI marker appears after your swing with Zone/Button hitting. It does not appear when using Analog/Timing. Is there a setting I am missing? Can I turn on the marker while use Analog/Timing? Was there a bigger change to Analog hitting that I do not know about? Please provide some help here. This has changed my entire experience playing the game.

I play Pure Analog pitching and hitting (timing), exclusively. Always have. Always will. Seeing the swing marker while on offense is essential to having success. I agree that the defense does not need to see it, but it is necessary while batting to be able to duplicate good swings and fix bad swings. Knowing the result of the swing, not just what happens to the ball, affects how I grip the controller. It also affects how I place my thumb on the stick. I cannot overstate how much more difficult it is without the visual representation of swing location.

You gave button players an additional advantage with the PCI-anchor thing, which is just straight up cheating if you ask me. AND, you take away a critical game element for a pure analog batter. There are so many disadvantages to playing head-to-head Ranked Season games against button players when using Pure Analog. It's already unfair, and you made it even harder on us.

Please reinstate this tool back in the game with the change that only the offense is able to view it.

I spent significant time in Ranked (0-5), Program Moments, Conquest, RTTS and online Homerun Derby. Whatever you guys did, it made pure analog hitting and pitching much harder across all modes. That's fine, but please do not make it impossible.

Also, in RTTS, there are far too many two-strike bunts. It does not happen in baseball except in rare situations. It gets taught from little league. A foul ball bunt with two strikes is an out, so you don't do it. It definitely does not happen at any pro level as much as it happens in the game.

Thank you. I love baseball.

@ikasnu_psn said in 125 stubs reward for a full Ranked Season game??:

I don't remember it ever yielding 3-4k. Its always been a few hundred stubs. Also the fun aspect is the close game you played.

Yeah I pretty much don't know what I'm talking about. You are right. I was probably mixing up XP with stubs in a frustrated moment of losing. Just having a hard time figuring out how to gain stubs in an effective manner.

Seems like this has always been like a 3-4k reward. I lost by one run in a good game, 5-4. I hate that this forum is full of negativity and toxicity and not a good place to share and get feedback, but seriously, wtf? I can never play enough to actually get value out of that amount. Is this game not intended to be fun? I am a critical thinker, and I seriously do not understand.

It feels really different and much harder to control the movement. In '21 there was an option for First Person or Third Person perspective. That option does not seem to be available. (I used Third Person, with Standard Vertical and Horizontal movement).

Is there a way to replicate the editing perspective from last year? It has been a very frustrating experience thus far, and at the moment I'm not very excited to dig in and create stadiums.

Am I overlooking a setting?

Also, I matched up with a team who had Francisco Lindor as a Starting Pitcher in mini-season. This might sound cool, but it shouldn't happen. It kills the integrity of the mode.

@badabing_mlbts said in Cannot sell cards on Mini-season team. How do you quit the mini-season?:

@lucas8181_psn said in Cannot sell cards on Mini-season team. How do you quit the mini-season?:

If you remove a card that scored runs in a win, the win will change to a loss, FYI. I went from 4-0 to 1-3 after selling a card. No idea how to start over either.

Press square on PS before actually going into Mini Seasons to reset.

Dude, thanks. This should be made more obvious in the game.

This post can be deleted. Problem solved. I don't have the authority to do it.

Apparently just looking at the Event page is enough to lock your team into the event. I did not join the event and did not click past the main Event page. So, I joined the event and immediately deleted my team, and that freed up the player. Thanks for feedback.

Cannot sell cards on Mini-season team. How do you quit the mini-season?

Pleasant Surprises:
Ricky Henderson 99 in the leadoff spot. More HRs than you might expect, plus good avg and SBs.
Joe Morgan 99. That (unexpected) power/speed combo again.
Lance Lynn 97. For the 1at half of game cycle, he was my ace. Still has good overall numbers.
Asa Lacy 97. Clayton Kershaw type dominance at lower levels. Once I play better managers in the 700s, he gets hit.
AJ Burnett 93. Another early cycle dominator. 465ks in 363 IP. .99 Whip.
Jake Diekman 83. He has 125 h/9 which plays anytime. 2.48 era and 0.71 whip. 104ks in 76 IP.
Grayson Rodriguez 99. Not really a surprise because I had no expectations. Dude is just good.

Disappointments:
Whit Merrifield 78 Live Series. The man is a top 25 player in the MLB. He deserves at least a Gold rating on his Live Series card.
Frank Thomas 99. Can't hit with him.
Mike Trout 99. Not a bad card. I just continuously underperform with him.
Matt Kemp 99. Low Vision rating of 72 hurts and seems to impact my ability to hit as a Pure Analog player.

Overall rating: 85/100. For the first year, it was excellent (with some room for improvement).

I am mainly concerned with upgrades to the Vault. Nearly all aspects can be improved in regard to saving, accessing, viewing and using created stadiums which have been uploaded. The vault can feel useless, especially when you cannot find a stadium when searching for it by name, or by online ID.

Also, please provide an option to make the stadium files savable as just a shell. A useable stadium would be downloaded, but the bones of the work would not be copyable. You could also have the option to keep it open to be made available to be copied by all.

I was bummed to hear that '21 created stadiums would not be transferable to '22, but I expected it and understand. Overall, two thumbs up on the mode and I look forward to future improvements.

I have put these out there before. Look for the most recently loaded version (*a delete function would be great in the vault). Seven stadiums dedicated to the Kansas City Royals:

-Royaliscious One
-George Brett Ballpark
-Saberhagen Cathedral
-Yostville
-Ace Ventura Forever
-Salvy's Playground
-Gordo Field

Online ID: Stickball_Eugene
Competitive friendly stadiums. No stupid altitudes.

Be Royaliscious, y'all.

The Crown Stadium Group. For Baseball fans. Seven stadiums in honor of the Kansas City Royals. All are competitive friendly. No stupid altitudes.

Online ID: Stickball_Eugene

The Stadium Names:

1. George Brett Ballpark
2. Saberhagen Cathedral
3. Salvy's Playground
4. Ace Ventura Forever
5. Yostville
6. Gordo Field
7. Bo's Multisport Palace

Designed for competitive, fun gameplay that looks cool while the game is being broadcast. And, as always, Go Royals!

Boy I sure sound whiney when I re-read what I wrote while bummed after losing last night. This is my point: Salvy is my favorite player in baseball right now, and he will be one of my all-time favorites when he is done. There is no situation where he deserves 125/125 contact/power attributes (same with Adalberto last year). Those maxed out attributes should be reserved for people like Hank Aaron in his peak season, or maybe peak Jimmy Foxx or Willie Mays or Babe, and maybe a FEW other modern players. Trea Turner would still be an amazing option with contact around 112-114 vs lefties, but 125? That should be peak Tony Gywnn or Ted Williams, and maybe a FEW others ever. Keep the game more balanced and somewhat based in reality, as well as keeping user input/skill important by minimizing the number of player cards that have max or near max attributes in any hitting or pitching category.

Ok so I just tried an online rated game, per your suggestion HustlinOwl. I used the Guardians (Indians) vs Angels. I had 15 hits to his 3, so while that was fun for a minute, I think the "fair matchup" part of it was missing.

I just played a guy who pitched Degrom, Reyes, and Soto, with over half his lineup having 125 hitting attributes and his created stadium at 5279 elevation with short fences and having homeruns leave the park with 88 mph exit velocity. Every single advantage you can have in this game is maxed out for this person. He didn't do anything but hit homeruns, and get one run on a bad catcher animation on a missed third strike. Not everybody want's this game to be a homerun derby. Is it even a priority to just have good matchups where a decent, fun, fair game can be played? There are people who actually love baseball who want to play good baseball games. I appreciate the game that you guys have made, but I wish the game showed more respect for the actual game of baseball.