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@baracesilk_psn said in How far away are you from Mookie?:
Quick question!!! How do you get the older Monthly Awards from previous years? I have collected every "current" monthly and even have 1 or 2 of the previous years but I have no idea how I got them and how I get the remaining like 4 or 5.
A few of the gold monthly cards from previous years were available in the gold choice packs you get as a part of the BR program. You can usually still select them if you grind for and open those packs.
@dolenz_psn said in Don't know shat you've got til' it's gone:
@nwbearcat29_mlbts said in Don't know shat you've got til' it's gone:
Signature Series Adam Wainwright: The way he's pitching it's hard to see him hanging it up but his Signiature Series card had a cult following last year.
Signature Series Yadier Molina: Heck, he might give Julio Franco a run for his money on longevity but this would be a popular card and we're hitting the dog days of summer.
2018 Second Half Matt Carpenter: Marp is almost certainly done after 2021 so it's now or never. Let's get that salsa going!Those would be my homer picks as well.
I have been using the Wainwright relief card as my closer since it came out. I was disappointed there was no Topps Now acknowledgement for his Maddux game last week.
I honestly could see both Wainwright and Molina back next year if they are both willing to have team friendly contracts
They are always a week behind when it comes to the Topps Now cards. So if Wainwright were to get one, it would drop this Friday.
Sh*t happens.
John Smoltz has some catching up to do…
@mills-x-l88l_xbl said in Looking for suggestions on a all Cubs lineup:
Sandberg I did forget but where would he play?
Sandberg 2B
Banks SS
Soriano CF
Sandberg
Plus a free 42 Series choice pack!!
@mlbts_mlbts said in He’s baaaaaack...:
@flyboy19_psn said in He’s baaaaaack...:
Kluber in the May Monthly program.
I'm not at my house rn. What overall and who are the others in it? (besides Semien)
88 Austin Meadows
89 Jesse Winker
90 Brandon Crawford
91 Ryan Tepera
91 Ramon Laureano
92 Corey Kluber
93 José Abreu
94 Zack Wheeler
96 Marcus Semien
Kluber in the May Monthly program.
@lewisnadasurf1_psn said in Semien is May POTM:
I wonder what the other cards will be. I need someone else to replace Burnes who just gets lit up nowadays!
Tepera was the Reliever of the Month. Might be a chance of him being a lower tier POTM card. In terms of SP, probably a solid bet at getting Gausman.
With the Tigers yet to be announced, who’s thinking the Fielders might come as a package deal and we get Cecil as a new legend?
@exotic_combs_psn said in In Theory...:
I was just thinking about that today, like it would make sense? But at the same time if that kluber that just dropped had 125 H/9 SDS would be receiving death threats
Except the latest Kluber card wasn’t for his no hitter. It was for recording 1500 strikeouts the week prior. They’re always a week behind when introducing the Topps Now cards. If he were to get a no hitter card, it would drop on 5/28.
@nymets1987_psn said in Inning XP opportunities:
@flyboy19_psn said in Inning XP opportunities:
@brooksy3432_psn said in Inning XP opportunities:
Thank you all for the feedback, lots of good points made. I know I don't NEED 650k but I really want my free Yu Darvish at the end of the rainbow! I am curious to see what happens with PoTM. I agree it was maybe inflated for the servers, but there was also only like a 2 day window to complete that, I wonder if that was maybe an incentive to complete before you miss out kind of thing
There’s so much XP to be made by progressing your ballplayer - both through DD and RTTS missions. And no, I don’t mean through any glitches that may be out there. I’m always working on maxing each archetype through diamond just by playing my at-bats in RTTS or by keeping him in my conquest DD lineup. This has allowed me to already max out the 2nd inning program.
I never understood how people get so much xp in rtts and in dd lineup... can u explain?
It’s built into the progression of each archetype. For fielders, there are 4 bronze archetypes. Finish one progression, get 5k XP along with equipment packs.
Each bronze unlocks 3 silver archetypes. Finish one, get 6k XP and equipment packs again.
Each silver unlocks 2 gold archetypes. Finish one, get 8k XP and more equipment packs.
Each gold unlocks 1 diamond archetype. Finish that, get 11k XP and even more equipment packs.
That’s a ton of XP that can be earned just by grinding a little RTTS and keeping your ballplayer in your DD lineup. The stat missions are usually innings, plate appearances, hits, extra base hits, assists, putouts, steals, etc. All this and it doesn’t even count the multiple pitcher archetypes, too.
@brooksy3432_psn said in Inning XP opportunities:
Thank you all for the feedback, lots of good points made. I know I don't NEED 650k but I really want my free Yu Darvish at the end of the rainbow! I am curious to see what happens with PoTM. I agree it was maybe inflated for the servers, but there was also only like a 2 day window to complete that, I wonder if that was maybe an incentive to complete before you miss out kind of thing
There’s so much XP to be made by progressing your ballplayer - both through DD and RTTS missions. And no, I don’t mean through any glitches that may be out there. I’m always working on maxing each archetype through diamond just by playing my at-bats in RTTS or by keeping him in my conquest DD lineup. This has allowed me to already max out the 2nd inning program.
@kingakp_xbl said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@flyboy19_psn said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@kingakp_xbl said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@flyboy19_psn said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@kingakp_xbl said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@bjd10048842_psn said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@kingakp_xbl said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@dcmo3_psn said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@kingakp_xbl said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
The hawk is the best in my opinion. And you have to get all your attributes to 50
So are you saying you have to play rtts, because I'm not going to do that. If so, this was very poorly thought out by SDS.
yupyeah bit it isn't bad. Set it up so all you do is hit. Skip fielding and running. I play a bit here and there when I'm not doing something or only have like 20 min to play. You can get so much XP its silly and you're ranking up one of the best cards in the game. Just do it here and there and it isn't bad
If you skip fielding, do the putouts and assists still compile? I don't mind hitting but it if doesn't track the putouts it'll take forever to level up.
Yes they do. You can progress pretty quickly. And the XP and rewards through the programs and stuff is a ton. Def worth it when you are bored or looking to grind a bit.
In RTTS, make your ballplayer a C or 1B since they will get the majority of the putouts within a game.
That's really bad advice.
I’ll play along. Care to explain why?
ok so it's not that bad lol. Maybe I shouldn't have said it like that.. I guess the way I took the OP is he is looking to get his SS up to 50s and possibly even change to hawk. And also not looking to grind forever in RTTS. If you're just batting, you will almost always finish the putouts and assists without doing any for the program. If not you can always do a repeatable hitting one quick to make up for it. In my eyes, making a first baseman would be pointless in the long run for him. Maybe not though.
If you’re turning off fielding moments anyway, why not play a position that maximizes the opportunities at putouts and/or assists? The grind doesn’t take any longer. Just because your ballplayer is a catcher or first baseman in RTTS, doesn’t mean they stay there in DD. Personally, I stick with the catcher because a putout with every strikeout or possibly an assist on drop third strikes add up quickly in addition to those batting opportunities.
@kingakp_xbl said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@flyboy19_psn said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@kingakp_xbl said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@bjd10048842_psn said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@kingakp_xbl said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@dcmo3_psn said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@kingakp_xbl said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
The hawk is the best in my opinion. And you have to get all your attributes to 50
So are you saying you have to play rtts, because I'm not going to do that. If so, this was very poorly thought out by SDS.
yupyeah bit it isn't bad. Set it up so all you do is hit. Skip fielding and running. I play a bit here and there when I'm not doing something or only have like 20 min to play. You can get so much XP its silly and you're ranking up one of the best cards in the game. Just do it here and there and it isn't bad
If you skip fielding, do the putouts and assists still compile? I don't mind hitting but it if doesn't track the putouts it'll take forever to level up.
Yes they do. You can progress pretty quickly. And the XP and rewards through the programs and stuff is a ton. Def worth it when you are bored or looking to grind a bit.
In RTTS, make your ballplayer a C or 1B since they will get the majority of the putouts within a game.
That's really bad advice.
I’ll play along. Care to explain why?
@kingakp_xbl said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@bjd10048842_psn said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@kingakp_xbl said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@dcmo3_psn said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
@kingakp_xbl said in Finally got my CAP to Diamond & it’s underwhelming:
The hawk is the best in my opinion. And you have to get all your attributes to 50
So are you saying you have to play rtts, because I'm not going to do that. If so, this was very poorly thought out by SDS.
yupyeah bit it isn't bad. Set it up so all you do is hit. Skip fielding and running. I play a bit here and there when I'm not doing something or only have like 20 min to play. You can get so much XP its silly and you're ranking up one of the best cards in the game. Just do it here and there and it isn't bad
If you skip fielding, do the putouts and assists still compile? I don't mind hitting but it if doesn't track the putouts it'll take forever to level up.
Yes they do. You can progress pretty quickly. And the XP and rewards through the programs and stuff is a ton. Def worth it when you are bored or looking to grind a bit.
In RTTS, make your ballplayer a C or 1B since they will get the majority of the putouts within a game.
@kingakp_xbl said in TA Seasons:
@lewisnadasurf1_psn said in TA Seasons:
@kingakp_xbl said in TA Seasons:
TA is already an insane grind in my opinion. Showdown is so bad that its unfortunate thats the only real way to complete all the divisions without grinding for weeks and weeks. They need to re-work it a bit. There's nothing fun about it
I completed all TA without doing a single showdown.
Just selected a whole team on that division. Then about 12 ranked and 10 CPU games later it’s done.
I get that but I'm not gonna sit there and play a million innings against the computer. That's not my idea of fun in any way. Honestly I'd rather play showdown lol.
Why not try March to October? A maxed out MTO run on Veteran gives you 62 TA points. If I’m not mistaken, every division has at least one team in the favorites category with a fairly stacked lineup/rotation. They’re not as time-consuming as you might think. I believe I even got the Astros done in one long grinding evening.
@gradekthebard said in For those that don’t believe SDS makes secret changes:
@the_dragon1912 said in For those that don’t believe SDS makes secret changes:
I completed the mystery map like a half hour ago and got 3 packs. You just got jipped, no changing of anything
Go check it out. It clearly shows only 1 pack now. I don’t know when it changed, but it definitely did.
I started this map after reading this post and just finished the map. You definitely still get 3 packs upon completion. Even though the reward screen says a show pack, the description on main conquest screen has always said 3 packs. No one is changing things behind the scenes.
@l_thirteen02_psn said in Oakland Coliseum:
@flyboy19_psn said in Oakland Coliseum:
@ikasnu_psn said in Oakland Coliseum:
They might not be the Oakland Athletics for very long.
Can you say Portland or Nashville? Or at least those have been two long-rumored expansion cities...
I doubt Nashville, Portland and Vegas would allow the MLB to keep divisions the same
I agree with you about Portland or Vegas being better suited regionally. I think the only way Nashville works is if they start talking about two expansion teams, along with an NFL-style realignment of four divisions. That’d be a crazy shake up!