I love that the game has never had as high of a skill gap as it does now, yet people think SDS is pandering to those of no skill...
Pitch speeds are fast, PCIs are small, and bad pci placement is not rewarded.
Maybe you all aren’t near as good as you thought you were.
We really complaining about 500 stubs right now? Lmao
You’re better than that Sean Casey
Shippett is a terrible park. Rewards awful pci placement. So if you suck at the game or want to pad your stats so you can feel good about your inflated average, it’s the choice for you.
Showdown is pretty simple. You have two groups.
Those who complete it successfully are mentally strong.
Those who fail are chokers and can’t handle the pressure of a possibility of failure.
@LamGoHam said in $1200 Stimulus Check. How much we wasting on stubs?:
Anyone that blow they stimulus on this broken game needs to reevaluate their life.
I wasn’t going to spend money on this game since I already have Mantle but I think I’m going to drop all $1200 just to make people like you upset
Just played a guy in RS who was salty that I went up 4-0 in the 1st. He proceeds to commit error after error to not allow the game to proceed. I had to eventually try to strikeout on purpose just for the inning to end. When he saw that he tried throwing dirt balls so I could get on base with a dropped 3rd strike. 3 1/2 innings took an hour. I can only assume he thought if it took long enough that I’d quit.
Mercy rule needs to be in effect the 1st inning to keep this from happening and these players deserve a ban/suspension
SDS, please do not allow starters to come in as relievers. This makes for bad gameplay, less strategy, and unrealistic pitcher usage in DD.
A lot of your player base is already tired of seeing Kluber either starting or coming out of relief every game. I actually do not mind this yet, because as a player I can work counts, get Kluber tired, and also get used to the break on all his pitches.
However, in the future we will have a huge problem on our hands. Once our rotations are full of 99s and players we can trust, this game will be unplayable in ranked seasons. I already know how it will go, because I will use the same strategy.
Once I have 99 Kershaw, 99 Kluber, 99 Gibson, 99 Seaver, and 99 Ryan, I will be able to use all 5 pitchers every game if I wanted to. I will throw 2 innings with Kershaw, 2 innings with Kluber, 2 innings with Gibson, then go to my pen with 99s. Next game, just repeat the process with Seaver & Ryan and I'll never have a pitcher that gets below 90% stamina EVER in any game.
How will this affect gameplay?
Working counts will be pointless, as you will never get to face a halfway tired pitcher.
The PCI will always be at its smallest. Once again, since a pitcher won't ever be tired you will never get the opportunity to allow the PCI to grow
You will never be able to get used to a delivery or used to the break on each pitch. Before the 2nd time around the lineup there will already be a new pitcher in the game.
There will be no strategy or risk/reward for letting pitcher go deep in a game. Just pinch hit every PA with the pitcher.
I promise, this will be what the game becomes if we continue to let starters come out of the pen. Please, see how this will affect the game negatively and make proactive changes.
@Harryhukari33 said in Stop getting mad at people who watch their homeruns:
My point of view: act like you’ve hit a home run before lol. I don’t like waiting around to keep playing. I don’t watch any of mine because I want to try and finish games as quickly as possible.
I understand that point of view but let me offer another one.
I drink coffee while I play DD. If I hit a home run, I’ve earned the extra 10 seconds to sip my coffee and relax while enjoying my work.
And if I give up a home run and you replay it back? I get an extra 10 seconds to throw my controller through the wall in anger and still have time to plug in a new unbroken one
My time is more valuable than fake vide game currency. If I want to bid by more than 1000 stubs so no one puts a bid above mine then that’s what I’m going to do
Because it’s better that way
@maskedgrappler said in Went back and played a game of 19:
Just played a couple event games in 19 on HoF. Still felt a thousand times better than this game. I dont know what to say.
I understand what the really good players like about it. I dont know what the answer is honestly.
Why don’t you focus on getting better inputs and playing the game to improve and have fun?
When I first started playing I was bad at this game. Instead of giving up, I tried to learn from every AB I had to understand my strengths and weaknesses, and to form a plan at the plate to make me successful.
I’ll be honest, I’ve never been able to hit an inside FB (except for MLB 18: slow pitch softball edition).
In MLB 17, 19, and now 20, I still can’t hit inside FBs. Do you know what I did about that? I stopped swinging at them and I’ve been extremely successful even with my slow bat and reflexes just because I formed a plan at the plate rather than complain that FBs are too fast. I adapted, rather than complaining to SDS to adapt the game for me.
I’ve seen this board have the same names complaining for 4 straight years. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.
@Rambo_11k said in PCI Size:
I’m telling you guys....go directional and wait for the game to hang your opponents pitches for you to crush.
You’ll draw a ton of walks too, the pitching is trash this year....may as well exploit it.
That’s terrible advice.
@braydencombs said in Why do so many people choose Shippet stadium?:
@frizbgirl22 said in Why do so many people choose Shippet stadium?:
Shippett is a terrible park. Rewards awful pci placement. So if you suck at the game or want to pad your stats so you can feel good about your inflated average, it’s the choice for you.
While that could be reason for some people, majority of top players in the world play there every game
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They do it to pad their stats too. It’s nice to see a .900 slg next to your name. I don’t blame them, but it doesn’t make the park a good one for skill gap.
It felt so good knowing that working deep into the count and winning AB after AB was going to set me up for success later in the game. My opponent had a tough decision ahead, stick with his starter to eat more innings or go to his pen and risk tiring them out.
Oh wait, this is MLB 20 so he put in another SP and was just fine. Never mind.
Does anyone know the process for getting new players added into the game? I thought it was as soon as they appeared in a game but he’s still not on the Reds roster.
While on the topic of the Reds roster, why is Nick Senzel listed as a second basemen?
I’m at 960 program stars but I’ve played so much during this shelter in place that I’ve done the impossible and actually regained my virginity
Showdown is so rigged. Josh Hader won’t throw me a strike. All I know is when I play the CPU on All Star, I get a lot of fastballs and plenty in the zone.
Why the f*** is he throwing sliders off the plate over and over?
SDS must know that this is the last showdown until I have Lorenzo Cain and it’s painfully obvious.
Look at this stat line and you’ll see that it’s obvious SDS is out to get us. Straight BS.
I shouldn’t have to walk in 5 runs without swinging at a single pitch to win. Throw me a friggin strike so showdown doesn’t take 15 minutes
@thizzlyadams said in Showdown is rigged: episode 100:
This mode is so rigged its ridiculous. I can't believe the game would force you to win without swinging the bat. Doesn't SDS value our time? All these walks make these Showdowns last an extra 5-10 minutes longer than they should. They should let us grind these on Rookie with unlimited re-tries. That way we could close our eyes and swing the bat and still win instead of closing our eyes, not swing the bat, and still win like we can now.
Exactly!! All these fanboys don’t realize how valuable our time is? How am I supposed to get prestige level 100 if I have to take 100 pitches in showdown because they want to code Hader to throw balls?
It’s a win-win for them. If I chase, I lose. If I take the walks, then I won’t be able to progress as fast in the XP path for those free stubs. Then I gotta pay $200 to get Trout instead of waiting until diamond level 85 to get him for free.
If you can’t see that, you’re a fanboy. Plain and simple
That’s not really that much XP though.
Showdown would be much faster. Just do the AL West’s first 2 bosses over and over since they’re on veteran. Don’t bother with the small moments.
You get your stubs back for being successful
You get a silver pack and a regular pack
You’ll get 5k bonus XP for beating them and it will probably take a total of 10-15 minutes
Why have a challenge? It makes no sense for DD when umps are set to perfect for DD