This thread is intended for those of you who are new to Diamond Dynasty! Maybe after watching the the Diamond Dynasty stream on Saturday you were a little overwhelmed with all the information provided?

Well I am going to list a strategy for Players who are new to Diamond Dynasty in hopes of making your experience as seamless as possible while also providing a way to start creating your Dream Team from day 1!

Now real quick as the Devs have mentioned Diamond Dynasty is a team of your favorite players that you get to create/build from scratch! Below I am going to mention Tips,Tricks and strategies that will give you an opportunity to get your team going down the right path!

Now these tips,tricks and strategies are based off of information received from the streams up to this point from the Developers and some are based off of my experience with the mode.

#1 -First and foremost DO NOT feel like you have to jump into Ranked seasons right away! (Explanation to follow)

#2- Dynamic Difficulty this one is huge for new users and new Diamond Dynasty players! Dynamic Difficulty can be thought of as an "Evaluation" of what your skill level is each time this is used. Why is this important? Well when you start doing moments or challenges, i think it is great to know what level you are comfortable playing at. Which in turn will allow you to get the maximum amount of rewards at that time until you get better or more familiar with the game!

Where is Dynamic Difficulty setting available? The place i am going to talk about is March to October or also referred to as M2O! Now you are thinking "he is talking about M2O?" What does this have to do with Diamond Dynasty? It has alot to do with several aspects of how to get content for Diamond Dynasty! By playing M2O regardless what team you choose you will be earning Team affinity points, XP. and Program Points! All of these methods are affiliated with Diamond Dynasty one way or another.

M20 on average takes about 18 hours to get to the end of season. With the new reward gates implemented this year, if you complete a full season with a team your chances of earning 30 to 50 team affinity points in one season is greatly increased due to the Dynamic Difficulty setting.

But wait M2O is repeatable! So for the sake of conversation i will use the Nationals as an example. Lets say you play a season with the Nats and you didn't make it all the way to the post season Well based off of your performance there is still a good chance to earn 20-25 Team affinity points! That is huge! Why? Because at 25 team affinity points for every Team in MLB the show is a gold Prospect card ready to be implemented into your Diamond Dynasty Squad!

Now comes the repeatable part of the the mode! You set your difficulty to Dynamic again it is going to "Evaluate" your progression as the season goes. It's your second time around, chances of you knowing what to expect and perhaps finish at a higher difficulty reward increases simply because you chose "Dynamic Difficulty". So lets say you finish with 25 points again for the season! Well guess what 25 + 25 = Face of the Franchise Diamond player to put on your squad. But that isn't all because in between the player rewards you will also notice 4 packs that contain 4 players for that team specific and one item in each pack. So by reaching level 50 in team affinity per team you will have aquired approximately 18 players for that specific team.

With all that gameplay in lets say 2 days worth of playing maybe 3 not only did you get approx get 18 players for that team you have earned a nice little chunk of XP and program points just for playing 1 mode which also unlocks amazing rewards to place on your team!!

#3- Is a real quick and easy tip! Every year for the past 4 or 5 years maybe longer the developers have an area where you can earn quick XP just by simply collecting simple things like for instance 5 left fielders for 300 xp! I recommend doing each one of these, and before you know it you have unlocked the first pack in the XP program.

#4- 1rst time Free Entries to battle Royal and Showdown! Use this as an opportunity to get your feet wet in the modes. Battle Royal entry you will get a MLB 20 pack at minimum as a reward. And you never know that free entry could be the 12-0 run that leads to whole other slew of rewards. But keep expectations of yourself low so not to get disappointed b/c even the best players in the world do not go 12-0 every time!

Showdown Entry it has been said by the developers that the first one is going to be easy so take the opportunity to get the most out of each level and discover perks and use it to your advantage. Again a chance for XP, stubs, program points, and a player reward at the end that again can be placed on your Diamond Dynasty Squad.

Ok so now you have played for a few days you have unlocked some cards for your squad you have a decent playable team!

#5- Conquest- This mode is really good mode for various reasons but mostly people like it for the hidden rewards. Conquest is a mode where you play 3 inning games and they are turn based. A great strategy to use here is build your team with players that include the team or teams you are working towards to unlock in Team Affinity.

But another strategy that you can use in Conquest especially with the changes this year with pitcher energy is approach it like Battle Royal and maybe set your lineup with the same structure as the Battle Royal lineup structure.

So this was a little longer than i expected it it to be so my apologies. But if you rinse and repeat these tips and strategies in 2 weeks time you possibly could have a team built and ready to go dive into Ranked seasons and see how you fair! But again i cannot stress enough how important Dynamic Difficulty can help you become a better player just by simply setting it it as your Difficulty setting and getting evaluated every time you play M2O.

Hope this helps you new players and I wish you lots of luck and remember it is all about having fun most of all!!

I will check it out as well, but first time i see you disrespect an opponent i won't ever watch again. I've watched to many people berate opponents and it's a turn off is all i'm saying.

@thaghettoblasta said in Showdown made me uninstall the game (feedback):

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Que up Ray Charles..... Hit the road jack!

New players are looking for help not discouragement. He had a well thought out post obviously wanting advice. I would love to see what it looked like when you first started?

First of all welcome to the Community !!!

I am so excited to see new players that will be able to knock some of the arrogant players that are on the top leaderboards off of there high horse pedastals! With that being said most of players on leaderboards are good people and legit in there gameplay and will go out of there way to help you.

I've been playing since 2010ish, and thought i would give some tips and tricks suggestions along the way about things that maybe people don't talk about much. Or if you have a specific question about game or what to expect feel free to ask!!!

If i don't know the answer there are plenty of seasoned players that can!! U might even get a Developer to respond b/c that is one of the things about this Franchise they take pride in making your experience better and are very active with community. When not busy leaking info or playing with dolls or even a peticular dev who claims Phillies will win every year!

So one tip i will share is setup your gamestyle the way it makes you comfortable! What i mean is if you prefer directional hitting over zone hitting then by all means use directional hitting. Contrary to what some believe there is absolutely no inferior style!!!

So like i said questions or concerns ask away and again welcome to the Community!!!

What can i expect from developer streams prior to launch?

A plethora of information!! There will be you tubers and twitch streamers breaking down the videos afterwards so be sure to check them out! Majority of the time the developers will smack you with something so exciting that maybe u missed something else in regards that could be vital! No problem just rewatch stream over and over! Developers are very good at making that info available to rewatch immediately!!

Qwiksell 5k so nobody gets him!

Shout out to the folks we don't see in the streams. Folks like;

Art Team, sound guys, video production, support really feel like all the things that make this game great!

So please say something nice to these folks and make their day and let them know at the end of the day we really do appreciate the effort these folks put into the game. I missed alot of deptartment so know that i mean every1.

Lets get back to a community where it is positive from everyone and work together as community to make this the best sports game on the market.

This is a shame and alot of reason i only watch a few streamers! But like everyone said play the game for just the sheer joy. Don't let them get to ya. The streamer is the worst person in this scenario and i hope karma bites them in the @ss!! Hang in there!!!

@renz2003_psn said in How will the market react with our Xbox friend joining the fold:

Also I’m wondering how a bunch of boobs will impact ranked seasons

Why do you have to call them names based off of what system they use? I hope every xbox player you match up against wipes the floor up with you!

First thing i am gonna do is tell my kids a week ahead of time that it is, Mandatory National Study for School Weekend, then i'm locking the door. They ask for food tell them to go study home economics!

@sisco2000_psn said in So where are all the server crashing posts now?:

@hoboadam_psn said in So where are all the server crashing posts now?:

Say what you want, but things look much more stable.

What did they do to fix it? I don't really care. It's working. They certainly didn't sit around waiting to see if things got better on it's own.

Yes, I shouldn't be congratulating them for something that should have been working all along. There's something to be said though for the fact that they did work out some of these big issues with connectivity. Most of the grunt work being done by SDS folks that have never posted on the boards before.

Anyways, it's refreshing to not comb through 12 posts of people saying the same thing, whining, complaining, raging etc.

Your whining about people whining now that's refreshing.They better get it right this time with the servers because a lot of people payed good money for this game.

Actually he isn't complaining at all. He is merely pointing out the fact it's refreshing not seeing 20 threads on same subject b/c 1 0f 2 reasons, They were to dumb to use search feature or they were 12 years old and wanted "Their Thread" to be the most popular. I will put money on latter but would not be surprised by the intelligence either though.

Either way perhaps veterans should post 100 threads talking about how servers are working everyday and let the jackwagons comb through to find the thread that talks about "what is your best card so far?" threads.

@exotic_combs_psn said in Easily one of the worst POTM programs to date:

What sucks is the POTM series is a chance for SDS to add to lineup diversity because all of these guys who would never make a “God Squad” with their live series. But many have tons of fans and many of which play this game and would put them in their lineups. This is their chance to really pump up the fan base of baseball and the game but “Oh he botches it!”

This right here should be the "Soul" purpose of POTM and Topps Now. But I am noticicing over last 3 years the roster upgrades and cards they release coincide with BR more than anything.

Rockies Dog with saurkraut onions peppers and spicy mustard gives me an orgasm everytime!

@t00muchham_xbl said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

What is this issue? I have never used the LB/L1 to adv my runners. I am used to just flicking the stick and hitting the corresponding button to tell them which base to adv to or go back to? What am I missing? Am I doing something wrong? am I doing something right? ...There are horse shoes, but no horse socks...is anyone listening to me?

No you are not missing anything your use is what i use with no issues. What it is these people (not sure if kids or lazy adults) but the scream bug or glitch for everything until someone makes a post how to use feature.

Because they want to be told how to play instead of figuring it out, and it messes with thier online cred if they admit they don't know what they are doing. It's all about trying to impress someone lol it's really really sad.

@fallenjedi9614_xbl said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

@grizzbear55_psn said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

@fallenjedi9614_xbl said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

@grizzbear55_psn said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

@savagesteve74 said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

@grizzbear55_psn said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

Sounds like user error to me. Baserunning is 100% in my control, only on the lazy flys and bloopers are they hesitant due to tagging up purposes, but other than that it's works perfect for me.

Umm, you couldn’t be more wrong, but thanks for participating:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xkOOyf73QKk

Note: notice the L1 highlighted yellow and this is a ground ball up the middle with Ortiz on second.

I don't need to watch a video when i know how to use it and it works. Poor attempt at trying to get views on what is probabally an edited video or lacks information that gives whole story.

But thanks for participating!

Dude hes 100% right though. I just played a game where Ronny Mauricio was on 2B and my hitter Larry Walker roped a double to the LF wall. Mauricio just stood there and wouldnt move. I spammed LB and it did nothing. This has been happening for me since 2017. Its not just me. Its every year. Whether baserunners resist, retreat on their own, or just freeze. Its not in the user's control and its most certainly not a user error. And as I also said, on the flipside, a runner on 3rd advances on their own with 1 out when the hit is a tapper to the pitcher and is thrown out easily at home. This game doesnt give you 100% control and its frustrating.

Dude is not 100% Right and niether are you. Youv'e been playing since 2017, I've been playing since 09' 10' the controls are the same now as they were back then. So yes when i use it and it works i'm pretty sure i would know if it was a bug or not. Yes things happen Occasionally, but majority is people need to learn how to use baserunning the right way. So therefore my money is on user error more so than a "Bug" or "Glitch" term that people use so loosely to describe thier experience.

I dont care if you have been playing since 1983. I know how to run bases and i know the controls. They don't do it. Its every year. So I dont know what version of the game you play but me and thousands of other users i see say the same i do every year in the forum or even on Youtube also can't be wrong. Ive been playing baseball video games since 1987. No game has been worse than the show in base running controls.

@fallenjedi9614_xbl said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

@warpedzilla_psn said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

Does base running agility or baserunning aggressiveness on each card play a factor into any of this?

No cos it happens to any card on the field. Runners run back to the base on clear hits, dont advance even though its highlighted on the runner I have him running home. Ive had runners just freeze and stand in between bases on hit and runs or even regular hits they'll just stand there. The AI is horrible and the "assistance" is a joke. I want full control over the runners. I dont usually use LB because i like to advance runners manually and accordingly so i will choose which runner I want to go where. But they resist, retreat, or even sometimes advance on their own and get thrown out in the stupidest ways.

Your full of it!

@red_ted_is_back said in I can't believe these baserunning mistakes the computer makes me do:

@grizzbear55_psn said in I can't believe these baserunning mistakes the computer makes me do:

@schack-nizzle_xbl said in I can't believe these baserunning mistakes the computer makes me do:

@grizzbear55_psn said in I can't believe these baserunning mistakes the computer makes me do:

@joshjays44_psn said in I can't believe these baserunning mistakes the computer makes me do:

See guys?, now you know why I use the term casual noobs? To the OP, how am I able to control my base runners totally fine and you aren't?. Maybe its cause I've practiced enough and learned how to do it?..are you the type of gamer that wants their hands held with everything you play? Or maybe I got a different copy of The Show from you?. Stop complaining, put your hot pocket down and go practice!!!

That's the key to majority of the complaints on here. Practice and learn the game. Tired of everything being called a bug or a glitch.

Ok what do you call this: I hit an easy double and hold down L1 and thought it was OK to let go of it after the runner had taken like 8 or 9 steps towards second after rounding first. Dude stops and goes back to first.
So either there's some touchy margins where you need to keep it held till a certain distance away from the base and then let go before they turn the next base, or it's a bug or a glitch. If it's not a glitch then the game should at least explain the technicalities somewhere.
Either way I just quit using the stupid L1.

I still call it user error. When you use terms such as "I thought it was ok to let go of it" "runner took 8 or 9 steps towards second then turned back" are indicators that that you don't know how to use it, so therefore it's safe to assume it's user error and not bug or glitch.

I’m gonna back @SCHaCK-NizzLE_XBL on this one. There is no safe way to use L1 to advance runners. It’s not built for accurately controlling multiple runners with different speeds. Best decision you ever made SCHaCK was to ditch L1. Now make another wise decision and switch to classic baserunning. Ditch default

I agree with you Grizz that it’s not a bug or glitch though. It’s doing the best that it can with a single button.

Question i am wondering is are they using the L Stick along with L1 to designate which runner? All i keep reading is L1 doesn't work. L1 doesn't work by itself never has unless referring to just a single runner.

@schack-nizzle_xbl said in I can't believe these baserunning mistakes the computer makes me do:

@grizzbear55_psn said in I can't believe these baserunning mistakes the computer makes me do:

@joshjays44_psn said in I can't believe these baserunning mistakes the computer makes me do:

See guys?, now you know why I use the term casual noobs? To the OP, how am I able to control my base runners totally fine and you aren't?. Maybe its cause I've practiced enough and learned how to do it?..are you the type of gamer that wants their hands held with everything you play? Or maybe I got a different copy of The Show from you?. Stop complaining, put your hot pocket down and go practice!!!

That's the key to majority of the complaints on here. Practice and learn the game. Tired of everything being called a bug or a glitch.

Ok what do you call this: I hit an easy double and hold down L1 and thought it was OK to let go of it after the runner had taken like 8 or 9 steps towards second after rounding first. Dude stops and goes back to first.
So either there's some touchy margins where you need to keep it held till a certain distance away from the base and then let go before they turn the next base, or it's a bug or a glitch. If it's not a glitch then the game should at least explain the technicalities somewhere.
Either way I just quit using the stupid L1.

I still call it user error. When you use terms such as "I thought it was ok to let go of it" "runner took 8 or 9 steps towards second then turned back" are indicators that that you don't know how to use it, so therefore it's safe to assume it's user error and not bug or glitch.

@fallenjedi9614_xbl said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

@grizzbear55_psn said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

@savagesteve74 said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

@grizzbear55_psn said in TURN OFF ASSISTED BASERUNNING!:

Sounds like user error to me. Baserunning is 100% in my control, only on the lazy flys and bloopers are they hesitant due to tagging up purposes, but other than that it's works perfect for me.

Umm, you couldn’t be more wrong, but thanks for participating:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xkOOyf73QKk

Note: notice the L1 highlighted yellow and this is a ground ball up the middle with Ortiz on second.

I don't need to watch a video when i know how to use it and it works. Poor attempt at trying to get views on what is probabally an edited video or lacks information that gives whole story.

But thanks for participating!

Dude hes 100% right though. I just played a game where Ronny Mauricio was on 2B and my hitter Larry Walker roped a double to the LF wall. Mauricio just stood there and wouldnt move. I spammed LB and it did nothing. This has been happening for me since 2017. Its not just me. Its every year. Whether baserunners resist, retreat on their own, or just freeze. Its not in the user's control and its most certainly not a user error. And as I also said, on the flipside, a runner on 3rd advances on their own with 1 out when the hit is a tapper to the pitcher and is thrown out easily at home. This game doesnt give you 100% control and its frustrating.

Dude is not 100% Right and niether are you. Youv'e been playing since 2017, I've been playing since 09' 10' the controls are the same now as they were back then. So yes when i use it and it works i'm pretty sure i would know if it was a bug or not. Yes things happen Occasionally, but majority is people need to learn how to use baserunning the right way. So therefore my money is on user error more so than a "Bug" or "Glitch" term that people use so loosely to describe thier experience.

@t-rox_09_mlbts said in 2 of the same 42 player’s:

@grizzbear55_psn said in 2 of the same 42 player’s:

@t-rox_09_mlbts said in 2 of the same 42 player’s:

@grizzbear55_psn said in 2 of the same 42 player’s:

I paid attention to my roster and also saw the 1x at top of the card i have no duplicates!

Reading must be hard for the likes of you. This has nothing to do with the 1X at the top of the card. Tons of people have had this bug happened to them.

Paying attention must be hard for the likes of you! You don't know who you already picked? Speaking of reading being hard, the OP said he wasn't paying attention not any mention of a glitch. So take your smart alec comment somewhere else. And pay attention to what your doing and stop calling it a bug.

There are probably 20 other threads of people talking about the bug I'm not talking about this original poster. I know for a fact you saw those posts you are just a wise a$$ pr!ck.

Pointing out obvious and telling the truth makes me a target for name calling? Sorry you weren't taught to pay attention to cards you need, but just sad that you call it a bug in hopes to get another pack.

@joshjays44_psn said in I can't believe these baserunning mistakes the computer makes me do:

See guys?, now you know why I use the term casual noobs? To the OP, how am I able to control my base runners totally fine and you aren't?. Maybe its cause I've practiced enough and learned how to do it?..are you the type of gamer that wants their hands held with everything you play? Or maybe I got a different copy of The Show from you?. Stop complaining, put your hot pocket down and go practice!!!

That's the key to majority of the complaints on here. Practice and learn the game. Tired of everything being called a bug or a glitch.

@t-rox_09_mlbts said in 2 of the same 42 player’s:

@grizzbear55_psn said in 2 of the same 42 player’s:

I paid attention to my roster and also saw the 1x at top of the card i have no duplicates!

Reading must be hard for the likes of you. This has nothing to do with the 1X at the top of the card. Tons of people have had this bug happened to them.

Paying attention must be hard for the likes of you! You don't know who you already picked? Speaking of reading being hard, the OP said he wasn't paying attention not any mention of a glitch. So take your smart alec comment somewhere else. And pay attention to what your doing and stop calling it a bug.