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For the first week of MLB 20 I was having the time of my life. I didn’t care about diamonds yet because the golds I was using were mashing. I figured it’ll be great to save stubs, grind with cards wouldn’t typically use if I wanted to compete competitively online. I knew in a month or two I would have to move on from the golds and budget beasts.

Fast foreword post patch 1.04

Now it’s a RNG fest covered up by user input not being properly rewarded. Now I feel I need all the best cards just to overcome the god awful hitting engine these developers tinkered with just to have a chance. Those golds that were mashing now can’t hit anything. The low diamonds are better just not good enough. The high diamonds mash because RNG.. so now I’m back on a race to get the best cards possible and the game turned into a job instead of what it’s meant to be.. a escape from reality to have fun for a couple hours.

And when it feels that way it’s much easier to swipe a credit card then to grind with golds because you can’t win or hit. And the next best card out you think will be the one that gets you back to that day 1 feel so you go do that again once the cards get better and better.

Between the online pausers, the bunters who exploit fielding, the slow pitching and a terrible hitting engine that rewards jammed over good contact? This is by far the worst year for this game. At least 18 was bearable and last year was a tiny step forward but this is absolute garbage. And yes I suck at the game and need to get gud, I already know.

It’s the same as MLB 18 post patch. Timing window off. Lack of hit variety. HR or bust. Fielding god awful. Contact guys barely matter. It’s all about Gallo Olson Ortiz and fluke homers.

This game is the absolute worst piece of garbage ever since patch is 1.04. Between the outfielders not locking in on easy fly balls and the ground rule double bug where the outfielder won’t react (MLB 19 glitch) along with foul balls being ruled doubles (clip on my Twitter) along with the insane amount of good/okay when the ball is in the middle of the PCI. From being a very skilled based game on hitting (where the more consistent hitter wins) along with fielding (no one gave it a chance and cried so now we have suction animations taking away hits). Fielding was beautiful at launch you just had to take a lot of time to get used to it and practice. Hence I mean Baez is on the cover. I could deal with the button accuracy glitch if it meant we went back to day 1.

The better player does not win. If SDS wanted to make this a true skill game why wasn’t “perfect pitching” introduced at launch? This is just a randomized RNG fest.

Contact hitters don’t matter. It’s all about power. Fluke homers. MLB 18 all over again in regards to hitting engine.

The tell tale sign I have to quit playing is when my girlfriend just said to me what happened? You were the happiest you’ve been in a long time when this game came out but now all you do is get pissed. So for my mental health I gotta take a break. And pray for SDS to do something.

All the top players are devastated by the patch. If you like it you must really suck at the game and like when user input isn’t rewarded and enjoy a RNG fest.

Stage 1 would have been better if it were future stars and Stage 2 was face of the franchise. Who wants to play with people we have no idea about with stage 3 opening up in months (early fall) at earliest.

Take for example the Yankees. Give us that pitcher Schmidt in Stage 1 with a 88/89 card and Torres be the Face of the Franchise and give him a 91 or something.

Feels backwards.

And with the event why are face of the franchise players included?!?! It’s a futures event.. I don’t think Yadier Molina is considered a future star.

I think it should have been strictly prospect cards and any silvers and below. But that makes too much sense.

I can feel the major difference within the first few innings and played a couple games to make sure. It’s all I need. When you hit .320 and drop to .280 after 2 games and only huts are homers, yes it’s time to be skeptical. This game sucks now.

@Rabid55Wolverine said in How to get a refund?:

If you are getting that mad at a video game that you are just pissed all the time, there is probably some deeper issues at play than the game itself. If it makes you that mad, stop playing and move on. I doubt you will get a refund but you can email SDS directly and ask I suppose but I seriously doubt that would work

Lol dude thinks I’m mad all the time because I get mad playing this game. What are you on glue?! Lol I’m like the happiest go lucky guy in the world wow some responses

@cvogsfashow said in DD has taken a step back this year and here's why...SDS PLEASE READ!:

You have played the patch for what 2 hours and are judging it. They made hitting harder because it was an absolute slugfest which really isn't realistic baseball. Sure you have your 12-9 run games but that doesn't happen on a consistent basis. Perfect perfect was far too common.

If you want realistic baseball go outside. People were having fun. There’s a major skill gap. But now it’s all ruined.

Zone is dominant when the game isn’t broke hence why no half decent player likes the game since MLB 16/17. RNG fest, directional or not.

But I get what you’re saying. Crazy to know you made WS on directional. What kind of batting average did you have? .250ish?

This game sucks now. All homers. No hit variety. Everything hit at someone. RIP.

It’s exactly why this game shouldn’t be putting out 99s to begin the year. Kills the game cycle. Now you have a team that probably won’t change much in the next 11 months.

@HoffsDrawlar said in Why the hitting engine turned into a cash grab:

While I somewhat agree with what you are saying and it may be the case, I am still seeing poor feedback (good/okay) for diamonds on balls in the center of the pci. Results just are not making any sense, where they were during the first week.

Yeah hence making you think a guy with a little more vision or contact that’ll turn to good/good. So pull out the credit card.

@cvogsfashow said in Why change hitting?!:

@Catman9186 said in Why change hitting?!:

@Rocketfish5151 said in Why change hitting?!:

Hitting was great. Playing games was fun again. Why on Earth would you make it harder? Not even a week into the game! I'll bet 90 percent of players loved the hitting the way it was. So disappointed.

Agreed 100%. Played games before and after the patch today and there is a night and day difference in hitting. Sucks! Please do a patch tomorrow, Fri that unwinds the hitting change!!

Hitting was far toooooooo easy before patch. Perfect Perfect happen way too often and there was zero skill gap. I played 2 hours this morning and you are still reward if you put pci on ball...but its harder to do that with a smaller pci.

BS. This game is fn terrible now. Played for a week straight non stop and couldn’t take more than a hour of that garbage. I had plenty of swings with pci on ball and good timing that ended up in a glove and my only two hits were HR. This is MLB 18.

Can’t they fire the game up themselves and play a single ranked season game and see for themselves? I mean they produced the game, they should know the ins and outs more than people just playing the game, right?

I feel as if this is just a BS play by SDS to keep everything the same and say no one sent in info so they can’t fix anything..

It’s a literal struggle to play this game right now. I couldn’t put down the sticks or sleep the first week now all I do is turn on the PS4, play a game and log off right after. Fix the fielding. Fix the hitting. Do something even if it’s a minor fix for now and work on a bigger one later.

God bless y’all that can play. I’m on two week quarantine by my doctor for suspected covid 19 and stuck playing madden till the new patch.

@CajunShooter said in Why change hitting?!:

I'm sure SDS was looking at data. This is a simulation game so if they were seeing huge batting avgs in online play maybe they are trying to reduce it to more realistic numbers.

If you want a simulation style game that mirrors the exact game of baseball go outside and play with friends. This patch destroyed a perfect game

@xIAmJumpMan23x said in Are we just playing HR Derby at this point?:

@turtleopolis said in Are we just playing HR Derby at this point?:

Comparing contact hitters to 18 is such an exaggeration. Just because they aren’t the best option doesn’t mean they’re useless.

I don't think contact hitters are useless in 20; Iove having Xavier Edwards at the top of my lineup. But power is so OP that people are choosing not to use them. I mean, why would you want a singles and doubles guy when you can just put in another power hitter with an OPS over 1.00?

Honestly, I should probably sub out Edwards for a guy with more pop but I actually enjoy hitting over .300 with a guy with 95+ speed. I like playing with him, even if it's unfortunately not the best strategy this year.

Xavier Edwards has a .300 average 40 SB and 3 homers in 400 at bats. He’s a monster!! Best contact guy in game and they do matter but the HR are way too frequent.

Why all the hate towards quick pitching? Didn’t know y’all like playing a 2 hour game that should take 30 minutes. Slow pitchers are the worst.

Showdown gives 70 stars towards program just like moments did last year. The moments are within showdown. What don’t you understand?

Maybe this isn’t a issue with the actual game, maybe it’s a issue with the split second reactions between two playstations and multiple internet providers.. if I have Verizon and a PS4 and I’m playing someone with Comcast and on a PS4 pro.. the timing could be thrown off by milliseconds and mess up the true user input.

And with the amount of people online and screwing up latency/bandwidth issues through the lockdown maybe made it worst.

Offline plays great despite some good okays (which I’m fine with, if I got a hit every time I was good/okay I would be batting .600 or something and that’s not realistic, something you guys keep asking for but when you hit .250 you cry like a baby) The game Isn’t meant to change between online and offline.

I am not at all making excuses, I am just showing it’s not just an easy fix that y’all all think it is.

Go ahead and hang me now.. I’ll be waiting for the hateful responses . Especially during a time we are in, video games are just a escape from reality. You all have to realize that. It’s just a game.

Something I had to come to grips with because I was addicted to it and was beyond frustrated. Now I play just to use cards and don’t really care about outcomes, just something to do in my free time and have fun with time to time, as it’s meant to be in the first place.