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Every time my initial thought is a foul pop behind the plate.

Thanks for the replies and good advice.

In a way, regular cards have a minor power creep as you accumulate stats with them, but the specialty cards soon outrank them. I am hoping that they slow the progression so that we don't see 99s until the fall or winter.

Not caring about early access, which is the better choice allowing for a one-time $30 purchase of stubs with the standard edition? Either way spending $99 for the game.
I don't have the skills for online competition so rarely play online - occasional Events or Ranked.

In the long run, if SDS wants the multi-seasons format to thrive it has to do much more than repeat the same online and offline options for each season.

SDS needs to innovate and provide new and different programs for each season to give them a unique personality. Some may work well and others not, but SDS needs to mix things up over time. I have seen many postings on this forum for quality new programs that can be incorporated into the game.

I am willing to give Seasons an opportunity but recycling the same online and offline programs is going to quickly sour and makes SDS look lazy.

yes they count.

The OP may be correct or perhaps player concentration, patience and focus can be variable from day to day.

Following some of the thoughts here, how about a playoff or World Series mode that is team specific for each team? The CPU team would have the best players available from a specific team and the human would also be restricted to players from that same team. Choose a difficulty to start and the reward for winning levels up with the difficulty selected.

Additionally, SDS needs to pay some attention to Mini Seasons - details like CPU pitcher fatigue working the same as human team and actual relevant stats with AB and IP minimums.

I have done this in the past - filling out a roster with players from a specific team and now a division to complete TA objectives and playing Conquest, Mini S, or online. In previous versions of game you would accumulate a good number of players from a single team, but it is going to be more difficult to have quality lineups with the restart in Season 2 and 3.

I do like your thinking and hope that SDS gets creative in offering a new DD game mode or modifications to Mini Seasons since they could easily your suggestion to one.

Paul Skenes throws a splinker — a hybrid of a splitter and a sinker.

In past versions of the game, you have a roster full of 99s by mid-summer and there is little to aim for at that point - many people get bored and move on. Now SDS is trying to shake things up by having a restart - lets see how it goes before making a judgement.

I hope SDS is creative rather than copying the format of S1. For example, something other TA. Maybe introduce a new mode - 5 inning RS games or create a offline option for Events against random player teams who play events online (using the same rating matching system).

I mostly play offline unless I have completed TA and SA programs and then play some online. To make significant progress in the programs it seems best to choose either off or online and I have limited time to spend playing.

In general, I find online opponents to be well above my skill level or annoying (spamming R2 and other bs) or both.

For offline, given my abilities, I find playing at All-Star and sometimes HOF to be a challenge, fun and more enjoyable than online games.

I also play OOTP which has a nice off/online combination. Build a team offline and see how they do in simulation leagues against other human teams.

Playing on All Star requires more patience in taking pitches but not too much of a jump from vet. I'm playing on Legend to try and complete some of the TA requirements and hitting is brutal - swing timing is much tougher. No difference in pitching.

@Teak2112 Win or lose, Events still give XP and count towards MP in TA and other programs - or am I wrong?

Jose Abreu has the knotted goatee.

The added Conquest map - Spring Showers I believe - is fine but progress towards the SA - Topps program should be included upon completion. There is no real benefit from working through the map except for some packs and the grind.

The SA programs are hard to make progress on unless you purchase packs for specific players and their individual goals.

Fake news by the OP. I had about 25 unopened packs before the promo. They turned into bean packs and collected enough jellybeans to completed the 15 set. About 2 beans for every 3 packs opened.

Live and learn to save up packs before new programs drop.

Its not just Manzardo - a bunch of players have the mutant duck look.

Its hard to believe there could be such a major break in the game without some kind of deliberate action by a rouge employee or outside hacker. I hope that SDS gives us an explanation.

I purchased the standard XBox edition but do not have access to multiplayer games unless I pay an additional Game Pass subscription. I'm guessing there is no way around this but checking if there is.

Paying $70 for a game should include all of its features - no other (non-sports) game requires an additional fee for multiplayer access.