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All I know is when you get around the 1,000 mark in ranked seasons and every swing your opponent has is a perfect perfect, if you throw backdoor sliders their cheats don’t work and they have to shut them off and play normal.
That is why you hear your friend Kyle and all those guys complaining about sliders.
Rather wipe my [censored] with sandpaper than do all that work.
@ryguy034753_XBL I don’t about a permanent ban that’s kinda crazy lol. There should definitely be repercussions.
Couldn’t disagree with you more. Should be banned for life.
This is gonna be a long post, but I've been writing these down for a while lol My main goal with these is to make the game feel closer to how it feels following the baseball calendar (at least for me) and that would make it feel more engaging and dynamic. This is just for franchise.
General - focused on realism
- Player tattoos (Fifa has this) and more realistic jewelry (chains hanging out of jersey - so many players have these and basically nonexistent in the game) - player personality/style is huge part of baseball
- Better faces of non face-scanned players - they are better this year, but still pretty bad
- WBC added as a playable off-season tournament where you can play as one of the teams and select roster (players can decline)
- Catching rating for how well they call games for pitchers
- Pitching mixes need to up to date
- Ability for players to develop quirks based on performance, especially players with less than 3 years of MLB experience
- I know this is unlikely, but I want the player fights and bench clearing brawls
Storylines/News
- It seems like they have tried to make an effort towards this which I appreciate, but I think it could be a lot better and more impactful to how you manage. News should be based off common news in real life like historic years, award races (in game commentary too), player happiness, locker room troubles, breakout players, underlying metrics, pressure from fans, contract unhappiness, etc. It doesn't have to be so frequent that it's annoying but a large storyline for each season (pressure on Breslow for example) could make each season feel interesting and provide unique challenges
- Get news from player interviews, sports journalist reports/social media posts, etc.
- Could even have random events that boost or hurt players like having a child or a family member dying. I know this sounds random, but these things do happen and can make some moments more meaningful (Castellenos poorly timed homeruns)
- Stories about teammate bonds. Certain players get a boost from playing with each other (similar to Fifa)
- Pitcher catcher bonds - pitcher gets a boost when pitching to a certain catcher
Trades
- Could be cool to change the trade system to an interface referencing Moneyball (movie) where you're calling another GM (similar to fifa) and are trying to make trades in real-time with another GM. That way you can get real-time feedback and don't have to wait. There needs to be some way to gauge player value like suggest a trade or the liklihood bar
- I actually don't mind the add of the untouchable, but I do think there are far too many untouchables allowed per team
Game Feel
- Crowds need to be more realistic
- Homerun and win celebrations need to have more animations so they feel unique and special
- Emphasizing high importance moments is good. I like the bear down pitching alot
- More animations for players doing random things like joking around, throwing baseballs to fans, signing autographs, etc.
- Way more realistic grass and weather
Player Growth
- Ability to make player tweaks (launch angle, stance, pitcher extension, pitch mix, etc.) - these don’t have to actually change the animations, but could be a cool way to manage players who are struggling or even unlock potential for certain players if done right. The current system feels too linear whereas in real-life it feels like there can be critical things players work on that unlock different parts of their game. I like the ability to make unique pitches like you mentioned
- Player coaches like hitting, pitching, and farm coaches could be incorporated into this. Better coaches give better advice and get better results. Makes the hiring of those coaches more important too.
Pre-game and in-game scouting
- Pre-game: Reports on opposing hitter and pitcher tendencies
- In-game: Live info on what pitches are being thrown, tips on what pitches look good and which don’t, pitches to look for, intel on when to steal, etc. - players are passing around iPads now during games. We see it, so I think this should be reflected in the game
- Get more or less info depending how good 1st and 3rd base coaches are
Winter Meetings
- Have to give plans and goals to fans and owner
- Goal results affect job security
Financials
- I don’t really know how to go about this, but there should be a way to allocate money towards developing different aspects of the franchise like player development, fan satisfaction, owner satisfaction, team culture/facilities, etc. - this idea is coming from how the Dodgers/Brewers/Rays have been able to create huge advantages by investing in player development
- Choosing not to allocate resources to fan satisfaction or owner satisfaction will have negative affects on job security
Momentum
- Momentum tracker that fluidly reacts to moments throughout the season like winning streaks, walk-offs, multiple great performances
- Higher the momentum, higher the boosts for players
Can’t be too easy to get momentum but should be a fun challenge to get and time for playoffs- Would make the big moments feel like they are impacting the fabric of the season
- Should not be overly complicated and it seems like the game already does this in an unsaid way, but would be cool to make it more explicit and visceral
Props to you. You care about this game way more than the creators do.
So tonight I was trying to sell some Topps Now cards and saw some new strange activity. When I canceled my order and tried to enter a lower amount I was instantly under cut by 1 stub. The interesting thing was the number of orders. It was 150 orders 1 stub below mine entered in 125 seconds. When I lowered my order again it happened again. 150 orders in 125 seconds. This went on for at least 30 minutes. What is going on here? I've watched the bots get steadily worse for a year now but this is a new one to me.
The high numbers make me wonder if it isn’t SDS manipulating the market and their algorithm is messed up.
How could anyone else have 150 or 250 of any card to list instantly?
Funny story, I actually was banned on these forums for two years for bringing up that people were cheating back in 2022.
Around the same time before I got banned I argued with people on this forum that Trevor Bauer may have been innocent and I was also correct about that. 
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That they made it this many years before they went to weekly 500 dollar collection reward switch hitters.
Considering Madden and 2K have been robbing people blind for 10-15 years. It’s impressive it took SDS this long.
Not sure if SDS intentionally allowed players to earn stubs and avoid spending money for all those years, but either way….hats off to SDS.
They probably won’t ban one of their biggest streamers lol. He brings traffic to the game.
Of course this guy Apollo comes in to play Devil’s advocate.
I loved how you use your alternate account player99 to randomly agree with your worthless posts.
You have severe mental issues if you go on a video game forum to disagree with strangers along with making an alternate account to agree with your posts.
95 percent of the players will be done in three weeks when NCAA comes out haha.
Sinkers warp
Inconsistent hitting results
Need dedicated servers
Collections too hard to complete
Exactly what he said in the 20,000 word essay.
Just got Beltran and I’m no money spent. These big collections shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone at this point. Yes, it’s a lot to collect, but you should be collecting these cards through out the year. Try to obtain cards after flash sales and whatnot when market prices are down. If you wait until the day the collection reward releases and cards like Leiter are up to 500k that’s kind of on you.
100 percent. You have to build your collection when cards are down during flash sales, don’t open packs and do not overpay for the new shiny cards.
Ditka06_MLBTS my point still stands you can cry about the content the gameplay lack of content. It’s all the same. It’s a yearly release but let’s be honest yall will always find something to complain about. But you always have something to say so I’m not surprised by this comment.
Expecting improvement in a game is not crying. Why do you make excuses for a corporation?
Did one Chase pack as well. Turned 125k into 18K real quick.
So the guy that was the whistleblower on the cpu program cheating proceeded to benefit from the exploit given 1000 free packs a few weeks later?
I’m pretty sure he used the program as well and just decided to rat everyone out for some reason.
Pudge, was an elite of the elite defensive catcher. Still with the 96 overall pudge they give him high pop time and arm stats, but no quirks?
I don’t understand not allowing a counter to all the 99 speed 99 steal guys???
I’d gladly use a catcher that had 10 power if he had a pop time quirk and could throw out half of the baserunners. Can’t stand giving up free bases.
So I just saw on Twitter- someone posted that they are banned from marketplace. They posted a screenshot and all
Stated they can only quick sell cards but can not put in buy or sell orders
That’s amazing
It was actually better when you could use your CAP
@Ditka06-_MLBTS said:
No one plays battle royale anymore. Event rewards are easily obtainable. Usually 10 games max. Ranked is all we have. Bring back some more online programs. Force us to use our binder. A tiny bit of creativity will go a long way.
Stop catering to the top 1 percent of players aka battle royale. Aka anything over 800 rank in ranked.
Why does this even have to be a discussion or a request? Laziness.
Why would top players even bother going 10-0 to get an 87 worth 5k and a 50K Flawless reward?Only way to make stubs in ranked is to get to WS quickly before the rewards crash.
I think offline grinders probably are doing better on stubs than highly competitive online players these days.
I do agree otherwise.
Simple immediate fix would be to update the 10 win streak reward for events to something valuable.
Game would be much better and I think it would be much better from a competive/streaming standpoint.
Have you ever been truly impressed by a top players ability to trace shapes with their right stick.
