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I've noticed this but I'm pretty sure it's just a visual thing. I know I haven't hit with big PCIs in the first inning.

I'd rather face Cabrera than degrom

@jiggidyjj_psn said in HOF is on crack:

@jonnydaman_psn said in HOF is on crack:

The best way to hit on HOF is to play on legend and then drop down. I played Edward Cabrera on legend a few days ago and lost, scored maybe 2 runs. The very next game I was on HOF against Cabrera and I think I scored like 12 runs and only struck out a few times.

I usually warm up in conquest on legend, that helps but it's still harder RS on HOF. I'd say that if you have a big game and really want to warm up for HOF, try to play at least a few games of online play on legend

I typically warm up on legend in BP, but have not found a way to BP against Cabrera, something I'm missing? Also how do you warm up against Cabrera or are you referring to his live series card?

No, I warm up against whoever is the opposing pitcher for the team I am playing in conquest. Conquest on legend isn't always as hard as HOF online but at least it's something that you can make progress on and warm up at the same time.

If you have the time or don't care about your online rated record, you can also play an online game on legend settings with MLB teams which is much more effective than playing vs CPU

The best way to hit on HOF is to play on legend and then drop down. I played Edward Cabrera on legend a few days ago and lost, scored maybe 2 runs. The very next game I was on HOF against Cabrera and I think I scored like 12 runs and only struck out a few times.

I usually warm up in conquest on legend, that helps but it's still harder RS on HOF. I'd say that if you have a big game and really want to warm up for HOF, try to play at least a few games of online play on legend

@codywolfgang_xbl said in All Star Program Easy Method:

@dap1234567890 said in All Star Program Easy Method:

Download my stadium "Olde Town Park"... 349' RF - 394' RF/CF - 391' LF/CF - 291' RF @ 5279' altitude... and play O's on Rookie in "vs CPU"...

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One game with 5 AS players and 4 HRD players, I got...

60+/60 TBs with AS
25+/25 Hs with AS
15+/15 XBHs with AS
25/30 Ks with AS
52/60 TBs with HRD
17/25 Hs with HRD
10+/10 HRs with HRD
13/15 XBHs with HRD

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Oh yeah, lots of PXP and XP earned in that game as well.

Let me ask you a question since you seem like you know a lot about the all star situation. Looking at the Ohtani collection….am I looking at accurately that you can do the collection only buying one of 99 Vlad, Peralta, Alonso and Cespedes?

Forgot about Mancini….so two out of the five?

I did it without locking in cespedes or mancini. I'm pretty sure there are 49 total cards but one is Ohtani so you need 46/48. Just make sure you lock in 30 before going all the way so you can use fielder and sandberg for the collection.

@chaos-xx-theory_psn said in 99 Acuna added:

@ryanjm21_psn said in 99 Acuna added:

Acuna's a W but putting free asg and hrd packs in are bullsh*t for the people who already got ohtani

How? You paid a premium to get him ASAP. I'm new but I even knew that they would eventually give these packs away.

If you would've waited, you would've got Ohtani for less than you paid to have him ASAP

I actually just locked the cards in this morning and I'm not really upset. I knew locking them in now was not a great value play, but I'm good on stubs so I was fine with it. If I knew that they would give away packs today I would have held off, but I knew there was a chance somethinng like this would happen

It depends what difficulty you're on. If it's all star or lower, just accept the a strikeout may not be in the cards and they will be able to get hits on good pitches so mix things up and locate just off the zone hoping for weak contact. If it's HOF or higher then still make good pitches, but if it's 0-2 or 1-2 you want to avoid the zone and change speeds because they can't foul off a too early/late swing

@jacksonvance35 said in Vida Blue:

@bhall09_psn said in Vida Blue:

Almost to end of BR program myself, trying to decide between Paxton or Leiter, or selling and getting Vida.

Leiter is the best sp in the game and it isn’t very close

It depends who the opponent is. If you're facing me, lefties are good, but someone like Crochet or deGrom with 102 and good sliders plus a changeup are more effective than a guy that relies on moving fastballs.

I don't really get the appeal of contact swings in BR outside of rare situations. I find that the best way to get outs in BR is throwing it just outside the zone and letting then make weak contact. If you do that, I'd rather have my opponent contact swing that regular or power swing because they'll turn misses into easy outs

@go4stros25_psn said in What to do to get CAP catcher?:

Slick fielding bronze catcher then when you start the game choose the hawk archetype. I choose my crime dog archetype.

Can he actually catch and throw doing that?

You don't even need a pitcher with great control to pitch really well which is the real issue. I've used Bob Feller a lot, who has low BB/9 and control ratings and his stuff is nothing special at this point. I think my K/BB numbers with him are about 136 Ks and 1 BB. I fully support hitting being hard on the upper difficulties but if double digit K games are going to be common then 5+ walk games should be common too

I named mine Beavis and tried to make him look as much like the guy from Beavis and Butthead as I could. His face is pretty horrifying but I think it's accurate

@painpa_psn said in I had one of the biggest pitcher's duels you can imagine today:

Is your name jonny daman or jonny da man?

Da man but to be fair, that was a long time ago haha

This was a few hours ago, just before the RS season ended. I came in to the game at 980, my opponent was 1042, so it was on legend but both players were used to playing on legend. I was on the road a d the stadium was The Porch. It seemed like a fairly neutral park, which compared to Shippett is a thrill as someone that wants to play anywhere but Shippett, Laughing Mountain, and Coors.

I had Glavine on the mound, opposing deGrom. Most people seem to hate facing sinker/cutter guys, but I struggle against high velocity guys with good sliders so that's a tough matchup. After 9 innings it was 0-0, my opponent had 4 hits, 0 BBs, 10Ks and I struck out 16 times and went 0/27 at the plate (oof). Now I've been in my share of 1-0 and 2-1 games this year, but nothing was like this offensive futility.

Normally I don't like that silly extra inning rule, but in this game is was necessary or else I still might be playing. We each tried bunting the runner to 3rd a couple times during extra innings to manufacture a run, but the only contact anyone made with a runner on third was a shallow fly ball that didn't do the job and a ground ball to SS with the infield in. My opponent started pitching me more carefully with the free runner in scoring position so I walked to break up the perfect game once in the 10th and again in the 13th although I should have probably walked a few more times in those innings.

Finally in the 14th inning my free runner was Jackie Robinson so I was able to steal 3rd. Next batter but a shallow fly that didn't score the runner, followed by a walk and then going 2-0 before intentionally walking the bases loaded. With 2 strikes on the next hitter (the new Braun), I got just enough of a fly to right that Jackie scored from 3rd with a good jump and a throw that was good but not perfect. In the bottom of the inning I struck out the first 2 batters with John Franco and then in a left on left matchup gave up a medium hit ground ball single to left (my first baserunner allowed of extras), and nailed the runner at home with a perfect throw to end the game.

All in all I struck out 28 times, walked 4 times, and scored 1 run without any hits in 14 innings but won 1-0 thanks to good pitching, legend difficulty, and some good fortune. Sorry for the long post but this was one of the weirder games I've seen and wanted to share it. The box score is in my game history if anyone is curious.

@zombiekills-128_xbl said in Okay David Justice. I see you:

I dont know about you but that defense will never touch the field

Who needs defense when there are 14 Ks every game?

High attribute cards definitely make the gameplay worse. Real baseball has weak spots and dangerous spots in the lineup, you have to choose between hitting and defense, aces and 5 starters, closers and mop up guys. In DD, you can have a cy young or star closer pitch every inning with 8 gold glovers and silver sluggers in the lineup. Unfortunately this leads to an extreme version of baseball that doesn't make sense.

All that being said, the team building aspect of it plus having standings and consequences on the line in RS and BR is enough for me to take the gameplay hit. I would much rather a slow moving content game that starts low in OVRs with high end cards being rare and having many tradeoffs (hitting/defense, control/velocity, etc). Most players prefer the rapid fire content and high end cards so that won't happen any time soon, but it seems like most people in this thread think along these lines

I love HOF and legend, AS is too easy to hit for my taste. I do agree that 700 is too low for HOF, I would add another tier and make 800-999 the HOF divisions and 1000+ the legend division to better match up skill level to game difficulty. I also think it's too easy to pitch on HOF and legend. If it's going to be really difficult for people to hit on those difficulties, then it should be really difficult to throw strikes too.

I'm not sure the actual card is better but it's earlier in the year and pitching overall seems really easy this year so mariano is more dominantb

Aroldis Chapman for relievers. For starters I usually struggle against guys with fast 4 seamers and a good slider. Luckily, people seem to love guys with sinkers which I seem to hit better than 4 seamers

I think it's just flukes in short games. I've had 10+ run games on HOF conquest and also had veteran games where I've had to claw for a single run.

Given all that, I guarantee that my stats are far better on veteran than HOF if you look at all the games I've played in conquest