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Update 10 (May 22 through June 1) -

6 diamonds out of 257 standard packs
—> this includes a cityscapes diamond and a vintage diamond

4 diamonds out of 46 BiaH packs

I have a 14 hour drive ahead of me. I’ll start calculating mine and present it per game update. I haven’t played since update 12 (June 16).

Update 11 (June 2 throughJune 15) -
2 diamonds out of 85 standard packs
2 diamonds out of 29 BiaH packs

@capardo_XBL said:

For me, I’m keeping an eye on how SDS handles the “exploiters” FIRST. All other game play issues are secondary to me. The “exploiters” issue calls into question big picture issues (like game and company integrity). And if not handle sufficiently, SDS may become a company I choose not to support.

Having said that, there are other glaring issues with the game this year. IMO, it’s in the worst shape technically and gameplay-wise since I’ve been playing. By far….

Ban the “exploiters” for the rest of the year. Then, start attacking the other stuff. Priorities.

I agree with this. If nothing noticeable is done either to, or as a result of, the exploiters, that would be a huge negative. I actually could see people leaving the game because of that.

@DemIsE4_XBL said:

Is it really absurd? If you don't spend money, flip, elite or have great pack luck, MLB has turned into a game where you have to play a ridiculous amount of time to keep up. At one point I was averaging 3 hours a day and did not have Miggy or LS done and being Ohtani was around 750k wasn't even really close to either. Say you get GTA and really like it and only have a few hours to play each night. Why would you buy baseball knowing that the majority of good cards are unattainable especially if you are playing another game for several hours a day? They feel unattainable to me without trying to play another game. I think GTA taking away from baseball is a really viable threat especially with the glitchers, cheaters, pci shrinkage, cost of some LS cards, collection requirements, etc.

This has been said about every game that’s been released over the past five years. The Show still goes on.

If people were really quitting, they’d have already done it.

Every single person who is continuously complaining will be back here next year complaining again. I’ve seen it for as long as these forums have existed.

They are worse than the game itself, if you want my opinion. Go through any post on this forum asking a seemingly trivial question, or looking for advice, or honestly even pointing out an annoying bug/feature. You’re likely to find three or four posts into it someone crabbing again about something not even related to the original topic. It’s obnoxious.

Give it a rest. If the game makes you that mad, demand a refund, don’t buy it next year, and leave the forums. Everyone will be better off for it.

@Catman9186_PSN said:

For years, I've wondered why some injured players are moved to free agency and others not. For example, Carlos Correa is out for the season but still active on the Astros DD roster. Yet, players with shorter IL stints are in free agency. Seems completely random. Any rhyme or reason??

I always thought it’s based on 40-man roster, and that’s it. So if a guy is injured, and still on the 40-man roster, he’s going to be on the team. But maybe I’m wrong.

Let’s keep it rolling. The Cardinals best results for the rest of the season is not ever having to use their bullpen again.

@NWOStunna_PSN said:

Live series pack for 50k?!?! Only 2 live series cards are worth this. 1 in 26 shot. Judge and Ohtani. What a joke. Why can’t we get a no-sell choice pack for Ohtani or Judge for 150k? How about that? God this company is unreal. Disappointment after disappointment.

You really think you’re just entitled to that?

@Teak2112_MLBTS are the stated odds 1 out of 26 for Ohtani? If so, that’s crazy.

See you all back here again in ‘27.

The same comments are made every year by the same sort of people, and they always come back the following year.

@shkinman799_PSN said:

Been banned for trading card to make some extra stubs, no bots used or anything and now restricted from making any transactions or even looking at the marketplace, anyone else have this issue? What's the problem?

You got a message that said you’re banned? Or are you having connection issues?

@Dolenz_PSN said:

I screwed up and am adequately embarrassed. The stupid thing brought up the 25 drop rates file and not the 26 drop rates file

I might do the analysis again later.

Don’t sweat the mistake. It IS an interesting look to see how SDS does manipulate the odds of individual cards (not diamond pull rates). I was fascinated by it when I first looked into it a couple months ago.

When you redo your analysis, if you add up all of the percentages of diamonds, you will see that they add up to 2%. But it doesn’t mean that every diamond, even if they have the same value, has the same pull rate.

@dolenz_psn It’s not really a rabbit hole. The math all maths. Yes, it’s weird that different players of the same value have different drop rates, but that has been known and available for years too.

If you look at the probability of getting all of the diamonds compared to the probability of getting a non-diamond, the probability turns out to be roughly 2%, or 1 out of 50 (if I remember the math I did a month or so ago on this, it’s actually slightly under 2%, like 1.997%)

@Dolenz_PSN said:

I just wanted to say that I appreciate your tracking and analysis.

In case you did not know SDS actually posts the pull rates of every single card available in a pack.

https://mlb25.theshow.com/drop_rates

This has been mentioned and this link posted multiple times. Some on this forum don’t want to hear it.

@CoachPappy17_PSN said:

I have had consistent poor luck in June and am wondering if SDS toned down the pack odds to combat the glitch exploiters.

Please don’t do this. Unless the pack odds have been expressed as changed, they are not changed.

@Sarge1387_PSN said:

@JDHalfrack_PSN So so worth it though...especially when my wife gets to enjoy it or has her friends come over and they're all enjoying themselves...little things like that make it worth it.

Bingo. Knowing that my wife and/or daughter can go outside for 30 minutes if they wanna just get a little swimming and then come back in without having to load up a car, make a lunch maybe, bring a change of clothes, blah blah blah blah blah blah is definitely worth it.

Plus, my daughter has a handful of friends that like to come over and use the pool on a fairly regular basis during the summer. it’s good for them.

@Sarge1387_PSN Owning a pool is the most inconvenient convenience in my life…

Weird question…

What SS is better in CF than an outfielder that actually plays there? I mean, there are plenty of speed outfielders who are pretty damned good.

@rubicante23_PSN said:

I dont know if others are this way, but I regularly just leave the game on while doing lots of other things. So the hours count doesnt mean anything.

If you look at PS5, that’s true. I think if you look at your universal profile, it only counts actual activity.

@JenkinMeyer_PSN said:

Just north of wherever you are. Palm Coast, between Daytona and St. Augustine

I…..feel bad you’re at Orlando (sh it show)

You’ve got to be exhausted. I want to knife myself even on 95 to 4. Getting there and then actually being there

Disney sucks if you’re not a kid haha

We’re a Disney family. So we enjoy it. But I will never argue with a person who says that they don’t like it because I could totally see that side as well. It does take a sort of not-right-in-the-head mentality.

We actually stopped by the Daytona area on our way here to take our son over to college visit to Embry Riddle. AWESOME university.