First, it is important to note that even with this method, there is still RNG involved in some aspects of Diamond Quest that can’t be avoided. This mainly includes the number and type of moments or mini bosses that appear, the die rolls, and the random rewards/consequences. The only guarantee is that winning a stadium game will get you a standard pack and losing a stadium game gets you nothing (except earned XP and PxP).
The easiest, most straightforward way to grind is to play the White Sox/Phillies DQ and just “beeline” it to the stadiums, forfeiting every moment and mini-boss situation that arises, and then playing the games on Rookie. It takes 9-moves to get to the White Sox stadium and then another 11 to get to the Phillies stadium (you go around the sweeper). Doing this will result in roughly a 10% (give or take depending on the number of skipped challenges) of also winning a ballin’ pack if you win the stadium game. This method takes a little less than 30 minutes to play the two games, and thus, 4 standard packs can be earned per hour, plus a small percentage (I’d say about 30% on average) of getting at least one ballin’ pack.
However, for a little bit higher of a percentage to gain ballin’ packs, while also grinding PxP and standards. I actually recommend the following method:
First, create two squads. One squad will be your actual PxP grinding squad (parallels, TA missions, whatever you are grinding for). The other squad is your squad used for moments with the DQ. Set that squad as follows:
• Your 7th batter needs to be your best, most comfortable batter, and especially against right handed pitching. This appears to be the most used batter in “major” hitting moments. Dodgers TA Muncy is PERFECT for this spot if you like hitting with him. However, his vision (only 50) might cause issues for some people.
• Your lead off guy needs to be a fast player who can steal bases and with decent hitting (not excellent) and again, be able to hit mainly right handers. If you’re fortunate enough to have him, live Elly De La Cruz is perfect for this spot. Although, his vision (37) is even worse than Muncy’s! So, for some, this can lead to issues.
• Whoever your remaining best hitter is (again.. against righties), put as your #4 hitter.
• Make your #3, #6, and #9 hitters fast players (stealing optional).
• Fill in your #2, #5, and #8 players with batters you like hitting with (mainly against righties… are you sensing a theme?) that also allow you to have no out of position players on the field.
• Your SP can all be used randomly for missions, so make them all good strikeout pitchers you like using.
• LRP and CP are the only relief guys used. Make sure they are also really good strikeout pitchers.
Once you’ve made both squads, you’re ready to go grind DQ.
Make sure you have your DQ squad set as your squad, and go to the White Sox/Phillies DQ. Do the same method as before (beelining to the White Sox stadium), forfeiting minibosses, but this time, you will play the moments. The moments will add an extra few minutes to your overall grind per stadium, but they should be easy(er) to beat with the DQ squad we set up. When you get to the square right the White Sox stadium, do any challenge on that square (or skip it), and then save an exit.
Go to your squads and set your squad to the PxP squad, and then go back to the DQ and continue the same quest. Go to the White Sox stadium and win that game. You can either choose to continue the quest or call it good at that point. If you choose to call it good, and you want to then run the same process again, just start start over.
If you decide to move onto the Phillies stadium, save and exit, load your DQ squad, go back to DQ and get right next to the Phillies stadium (avoiding the sweeper again). Do, or skip, any challenge on that square, save/exit/load PxP squad, and go back to DQ and beat the Phillies.
If you choose this method, in an hour (slightly longer) you can earn around 8 bronze packs (don’t blow those off right now; plenty of high-ish selling bronzes and silvers!), you should also have about a 65% chance of earning at least one ballin pack, and of course, the four standard packs (not to mention a small, albeit a non-zero chance of getting the epic Crochett or Stott cards as well!).
Some other strategies:
• If you get a ballin’ pack with the White Sox, end the DQ! You already got a 100% chance of getting it, so don’t risk losing it by playing the Phillies! Same goes for the Crochett card. If you get it, quit! Take the rewards! You can sell the Crochett card.
• Play the White Sox on All-Star if you have a few positive perks you feel comfortable with. It increases the Ballin’ pack rate by as much as possibly 10%.
• Play The Phillies on Veteran for the same reason.
• Start your #4 pitcher against the White Sox. It forces them to start Davis Martin. The dude hangs every breaking pitch, and his fastball is pretty hittable. His pitches outside the zone are usually very recognizable right away.
• Start your #2 pitcher against the Phillies. This forces them to start Aaron Nola. While not as easy to hit as Martin, for a #2, he isn’t very scary.
Hopefully this all makes sense, and some of you find this helpful! Please add more to the strategies/tips as you all see fit!
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