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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.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

@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.

@inLU5TweTRU5T_XBL said:

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.

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. ‍️

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.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

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.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

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.

@ref479ode_PSN said:

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.

@GodShammGod2_XBL said:

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

@SpawnOfDitka_XBL said:

Can anyone else confirm this? Based on my research and understanding. 4k caps out at 60hz, meaning the game cannot support 4k at a 120. Even though the xbox is set to a 120hz. Gaming monitor or not. I believe the best players are playing at 1080p or 1440p to get the true 120hz 120 fps. And they wont tell you that. Speed and input is everything when playing online. For anyone struggling to hit online. This is theeeee most important topic. Period this needs to be discussed. I bet you anything i get no answers from any top players on this.

Pretty sure this is just the tip of the iceberg. I think there are certain internet settings, VPNs or whatever that give a huge advantage online.

Hard to believe they took a step backward on this. Throwing in a pickle is as unresponsive as ever and people are exploiting it. Guys like PCA can steal second without a lead on pitchouts, even third base.

Gross

I thought they added thousands of new fielding animations lmao.

@JasonAEMales_PSN said:

I'm looking for a new TV and it seems OLED is generally better than QLED, but the caveat is that some video games with graphics that stay on the screen continually (like possibly the pitching and hitting graphics) can wear out those pixels, essentially burning the image into the screen when the game isn't on.

If anyone has an OLED TV and logs a lot of hours on the game, I'd love to get your feedback as I'd like to get the OLED is this isn't an issue.

Thanks.

I have been using OLEDs since 2019 and have never had an issue.

Seems like it’s almost better to have swing lag. From what I’ve experienced this year they are really penalizing early swings.

I’m very concerned about the online gameplay. It’s very weird this year.