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Playing Mini Seasons on Legend has improved my hitting by a good amount you struggle at first but start to get better the more you do it. Couple years ago I would go 4-2 5-2 in BR over and over. Once I started practicing on Legend offline I consistently get up to 7-9 win BR runs. My warm up each day is to play 1 or 2 Legend Mini Seasons's games before going online. Works really good during TA's as I get progress towards vouchers and get my warm up done at the same time.

@baseball229056_XBL said in SDS- please change RS Reward path:

Yea I don’t get why they don’t give points for wins.

Yeah many don't. SDS does SDS things.

Madden coming out in 5 days. Will only get worse... Madden release is generally when good chunk of players finish with MLB for the year.

Finally can play some RS again.. Got tired of facing Donaldson and Ohtani every game basically.

@Ericulous1_PSN said in Extreme mini season takeaways:

@Oreo-Thomas_XBL said in Extreme mini season takeaways:

@Oreo-Thomas_XBL said in Extreme mini season takeaways:

@go4stros25_PSN said in Extreme mini season takeaways:

John donaldson... guy is a nightmare, but facing him on legend has proven to be impossible. I'm almost done with these legend missions, but I haven't gotten a single hit off him yet.

Also for the 30 strikeouts on legend you gotta use players with really slow offspeed pitches or sidearm deliveries. The cpu turns on 103 fastball like nothing on legend.

And I don't know if it's been said here yet, but the mystery missions are "hit 3 homruns on legend" and "record a save on legend"

This extreme mini season is awesome! Hats off to sds for this one.

My experience has been pretty positive. . I think I am 11-1 on legend so far and only faced Donaldson in tie first game but somehow hit 3 homers off him in the first inning. ( that was it. won the game 3-0).

Scoring on average is pretty tough as most games I score 1-3 runs and strike outs are prevalent ( I didn’t think of using Dee Gordon or bunting but might put him on the bench for the close game emergency )…key for me has been I have only given up about 4 runs total. Stay out of the middle of the plate and haven’t had any issues. I have averaged 3 - 4 Ks with my pitchers per game to easily get the 30k challenge and vouchers done.

The rewards for playing on legend are great. I have earned about 16 vouchers so far with anll the missions and should earn that many more as I finish the season. Kudos to SDS for the incentive to play on the higher difficulties.

Before I get anyone thinking I am bragging, I have failed the showdown 5x….struggling there.

Teach me man haha.

I know you well enough on here to know it’s not bragging. You were super helpful when I was a newbie and I’ve seen you do the same for many others. Glad you’re enjoying this program. I’m sure you’ll get the showdown soon enough.

Can you get vouchers on Mini Seasons playing on lower difficulties? I haven’t been able to look at it much.

Yes this is a summary based on difficulty you play on.

Summary
Legend Run = 44pts If you can play on Legend much easier GRIND then Conquest.
HOF Run = 26pts 1 mission of 10 Runs on HOF is 2pts so you may or may not get that.
All Star Run = 16pts

If you play on All Star. You will get 2 pts for 60 Total bases and 2pts for every 15 wins. Then you get 12pts for playoffs.

15 wins should get you playoffs then 6 games in playoffs you can do any difficulty.

@BiigD008_XBL said in Extreme repeatable mission:

Do the stats count for higher difficulty, because the description says "get 60 total bases on All-Star difficulty", not all-star or higher.

60 Total bases is on All Star or Higher... I did it on Legend and got it = 2pts

30 Strikeouts is only Legend... = 6pts

10 Runs in a game HOF or higher. = 4pts.

Even if you can't win on Legend I would still go for Strikeouts mission if you spam Donaldson takes less time then some of these Moments. Then you can still make playoffs on any difficulty.

Mini Seasons if you can win on Legend easier grind then Conquest.

20 Wins on Legend gives you = 24 Program points. 30 strikeouts on Legend = 6 program points. 60 Total bases on All star or higher = 2 pts

Playoffs can be done on any difficulty so 6 games on Rookie gives you =12 Pts. Total works out to 44 Points for a first Run.

If you just did ALL star Run you would get 12pts for playoffs and then 2pts for 15 All star wins and 2 pts for 60 total bases. = 16pts.

Summary
Legend Run = 44pts If you can play on Legend much easier GRIND then Conquest.
HOF Run = 26pts 1 mission of 10 Runs on HOF is 2pts so you may or may not get that.
All Star Run = 16pts.

@rosborn27_PSN said in Extreme Program is a Huge W:

Got 3 Moments done so far: Wagner, Cain and Griffey. Have to think those are 3 of the easiest if anyone is wondering.

Adley fairly easy. Just Dashboard if you don't like the progress. Essentially you just need 7TB per game.

@The_Canuckler said in This Game is Dying:

@lightshow_PSN said in This Game is Dying:

@BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in This Game is Dying:

@NR7LES_XBL said in This Game is Dying:

@The_Canuckler said in This Game is Dying:

@NR7LES_XBL said in This Game is Dying:

@The_Canuckler said in This Game is Dying:

@maurice91932_PSN said in This Game is Dying:

I’ll converse with you without disrespecting. This is my opinion:

The game is simply too hard. Years ago the casual player could turn on a fastball, check swing on a breaking ball, and score some runs. But back then this forum was awash with people complaining about how their opponent scored a run when they shouldn’t have. “Skills don't matter” was the most common refrain.

Now you almost have to be a machine to hit well consistently, especially on HoF and Legend, but even AS is too hard for the casuals.

Back when it was easier, people wouldn’t admit when the easier gameplay allowed them to score—oh no. That was all skill. But when “Little Billy” scored because he checked his swing three times then hit a homer with less than perfect timing, the world was ending.

Say what you will about all that, but the game was more fun to play back then.

I don’t think they can go back now, though. The diehards have trained themselves to be better hitters. If they make it as easy to hit as it was in, say, 2016, everyone would seem like a goon, and the real goons would score 50 runs/game.

My view: SDS bowed to the hardcore crowd and sent the casual and somewhat dedicated MBLTS gamers to the showers. I don’t think it’s the all 99s that have turned people away. It’s having a lineup full of 99s and losing 1-0 that’s doing it.

Sorry that the game is too difficult for you now, maybe everything should be on rookie so everyone gets a reward. I’m in the midst of my worse season hitting like .250 you know what I’ve never thought during this? The game should be easier. It’s baseball, baseball is difficult.

You're exactly what the problem is in this community.

Because I want the game on the highest levels to be difficult? Why do you want everything handed to you?

No one wants the game to be easier, are you struggling with reading comprehension? My post mentioned absolutely nothing about how difficult the game is. One person replied giving their thoughts on why CASUAL GAMERS might be leaving the game because it can be too much of a learning curve/difficult. Do you get it now? My lord.

I don't think you've got a realistic understanding of the player base. So let's break down the numbers of the current Ranked Season

World Series - 2400 players
Championship Series - 5700 players
Division Series - 15975 players
Wild Card - 37155 players
Pennant Race - 53805 players
All Star - 103080 players
Regular Season - 130185 players
Spring Training - 72120 players, and It's safe to assume none of them have played more than one ranked game.

So out of over 420,000 players, 2400 have made World Series in two weeks. That's your "competitive base" 2400 players, and sure let's add in the 5700 that are in Championship Series too. Why not?

It does not change the fact that the overwhelming majority of the player base of this game is, as you say "casual"

Exactly Nice breakdown. Even if you take the active player base from Pennant+ which works out to about 110k players. The amount of players who make WS works out to 2% of the active player base.

So a suggestion that WS player is average is kind of silly when you break it down over the whole player database.

When you can be in World Series winning less than 60% of your games then yes you can absolutely be average in World Series. The average player is not very good just because you volume play your way to World Series doesn’t make you good. If you were making it to World Series in 10-15 games from 700 and then making it to 1000 in 25-30 total games I’d say you were above average. But you’re at 787 after 60+ games, that is not the mark of a good player.

Winning 60% against WS caliber players is a Mark of a good player. You need to remember its skill based matchmaking. WS caliber players will play WS caliber players. If there was no skill based matchmaking and you could make WS playing players of all skills. Kind of like first 2-3 games of BR or Event you would see 80%+ win rates across. Just my opinion. We can agree to disagree.

I will use FIFA as an example. First 10 games during Weekend League there is no skill based match making. And all good players generally win 8 out of 10 games. Then once skill based matchmaking comes in ELITE players separate themselves from Good players.

@NR7LES_XBL said in This Game is Dying:

@BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in This Game is Dying:

@NR7LES_XBL said in This Game is Dying:

@The_Canuckler said in This Game is Dying:

@NR7LES_XBL said in This Game is Dying:

@The_Canuckler said in This Game is Dying:

@maurice91932_PSN said in This Game is Dying:

I’ll converse with you without disrespecting. This is my opinion:

The game is simply too hard. Years ago the casual player could turn on a fastball, check swing on a breaking ball, and score some runs. But back then this forum was awash with people complaining about how their opponent scored a run when they shouldn’t have. “Skills don't matter” was the most common refrain.

Now you almost have to be a machine to hit well consistently, especially on HoF and Legend, but even AS is too hard for the casuals.

Back when it was easier, people wouldn’t admit when the easier gameplay allowed them to score—oh no. That was all skill. But when “Little Billy” scored because he checked his swing three times then hit a homer with less than perfect timing, the world was ending.

Say what you will about all that, but the game was more fun to play back then.

I don’t think they can go back now, though. The diehards have trained themselves to be better hitters. If they make it as easy to hit as it was in, say, 2016, everyone would seem like a goon, and the real goons would score 50 runs/game.

My view: SDS bowed to the hardcore crowd and sent the casual and somewhat dedicated MBLTS gamers to the showers. I don’t think it’s the all 99s that have turned people away. It’s having a lineup full of 99s and losing 1-0 that’s doing it.

Sorry that the game is too difficult for you now, maybe everything should be on rookie so everyone gets a reward. I’m in the midst of my worse season hitting like .250 you know what I’ve never thought during this? The game should be easier. It’s baseball, baseball is difficult.

You're exactly what the problem is in this community.

Because I want the game on the highest levels to be difficult? Why do you want everything handed to you?

No one wants the game to be easier, are you struggling with reading comprehension? My post mentioned absolutely nothing about how difficult the game is. One person replied giving their thoughts on why CASUAL GAMERS might be leaving the game because it can be too much of a learning curve/difficult. Do you get it now? My lord.

I don't think you've got a realistic understanding of the player base. So let's break down the numbers of the current Ranked Season

World Series - 2400 players
Championship Series - 5700 players
Division Series - 15975 players
Wild Card - 37155 players
Pennant Race - 53805 players
All Star - 103080 players
Regular Season - 130185 players
Spring Training - 72120 players, and It's safe to assume none of them have played more than one ranked game.

So out of over 420,000 players, 2400 have made World Series in two weeks. That's your "competitive base" 2400 players, and sure let's add in the 5700 that are in Championship Series too. Why not?

It does not change the fact that the overwhelming majority of the player base of this game is, as you say "casual"

I wonder why there’s such a drop off from division to championship.

HOF to AS? difficulty

@BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in This Game is Dying:

@NR7LES_XBL said in This Game is Dying:

@The_Canuckler said in This Game is Dying:

@NR7LES_XBL said in This Game is Dying:

@The_Canuckler said in This Game is Dying:

@maurice91932_PSN said in This Game is Dying:

I’ll converse with you without disrespecting. This is my opinion:

The game is simply too hard. Years ago the casual player could turn on a fastball, check swing on a breaking ball, and score some runs. But back then this forum was awash with people complaining about how their opponent scored a run when they shouldn’t have. “Skills don't matter” was the most common refrain.

Now you almost have to be a machine to hit well consistently, especially on HoF and Legend, but even AS is too hard for the casuals.

Back when it was easier, people wouldn’t admit when the easier gameplay allowed them to score—oh no. That was all skill. But when “Little Billy” scored because he checked his swing three times then hit a homer with less than perfect timing, the world was ending.

Say what you will about all that, but the game was more fun to play back then.

I don’t think they can go back now, though. The diehards have trained themselves to be better hitters. If they make it as easy to hit as it was in, say, 2016, everyone would seem like a goon, and the real goons would score 50 runs/game.

My view: SDS bowed to the hardcore crowd and sent the casual and somewhat dedicated MBLTS gamers to the showers. I don’t think it’s the all 99s that have turned people away. It’s having a lineup full of 99s and losing 1-0 that’s doing it.

Sorry that the game is too difficult for you now, maybe everything should be on rookie so everyone gets a reward. I’m in the midst of my worse season hitting like .250 you know what I’ve never thought during this? The game should be easier. It’s baseball, baseball is difficult.

You're exactly what the problem is in this community.

Because I want the game on the highest levels to be difficult? Why do you want everything handed to you?

No one wants the game to be easier, are you struggling with reading comprehension? My post mentioned absolutely nothing about how difficult the game is. One person replied giving their thoughts on why CASUAL GAMERS might be leaving the game because it can be too much of a learning curve/difficult. Do you get it now? My lord.

I don't think you've got a realistic understanding of the player base. So let's break down the numbers of the current Ranked Season

World Series - 2400 players
Championship Series - 5700 players
Division Series - 15975 players
Wild Card - 37155 players
Pennant Race - 53805 players
All Star - 103080 players
Regular Season - 130185 players
Spring Training - 72120 players, and It's safe to assume none of them have played more than one ranked game.

So out of over 420,000 players, 2400 have made World Series in two weeks. That's your "competitive base" 2400 players, and sure let's add in the 5700 that are in Championship Series too. Why not?

It does not change the fact that the overwhelming majority of the player base of this game is, as you say "casual"

Exactly Nice breakdown. Even if you take the active player base from Pennant+ which works out to about 110k players. The amount of players who make WS works out to 2% of the active player base.

So a suggestion that WS player is average is kind of silly when you break it down over the whole player database.

@lewisnadasurf1_PSN said in Ohtani BR relief pitcher glitch:

@lightshow_PSN said in Ohtani BR relief pitcher glitch:

@lckdb_XBL said in Ohtani BR relief pitcher glitch:

I haven’t played this Event much but I used Ohtani for every 2nd and 3rd inning.

It’s the same in ranked. You can start a reliever and then throw Shohei, Donaldson, etc basically all game every game.

Yep its literally every other game. Opener with Reliever and then either Ohtani or Donaldson comes in .

I played a guy who started with Randy

Then I had Donaldson for 6 innings

Then Shohei for 1.1

Lol that's brutal.

@lckdb_XBL said in Ohtani BR relief pitcher glitch:

I haven’t played this Event much but I used Ohtani for every 2nd and 3rd inning.

It’s the same in ranked. You can start a reliever and then throw Shohei, Donaldson, etc basically all game every game.

Yep its literally every other game. Opener with Reliever and then either Ohtani or Donaldson comes in .

I don't get these rants. MLB is literally the easiest game of all Sports games to go no money spent and have absolutely every card.

If they had minimum dimensions restrictions for Online play would work better. But as others have said 95% of the time I play in normal stadiums with normal dimensions.

Playing in only MLB stadiums is a bad idea because of lag. Been touched on this numerous times fans in MLB stadiums create lag especially if you playing on cross-play. That would cause more outrage then playing in Gimmicky Created stadiums.

Tatis JR just because he is my best hitter.. Then I rotate with Chipper and probably Trout. But I hear people are facing BOB/ROKI and PEDRO.

Would have been nice if they did same with TA... Each division Pitchers PXP an Hitters PXP instead of individual missions.

@LIONED-33_XBL said in Koogs Has Lightning Shohei Already!:

Do the topps now collection. Do the moments and then 2 play vs the computer done in about 2-3 hours

Even faster if you had Topps now already done before POTM dropped. Not sure why people are so surprised you can get this done in 2-3 hours.

Lost some of my best hitters. Tatis JR charisma/ Ruth/ Trout/ Turner. Tatis has been so good for me that I am going to rotate him with Chipper.

@fubar2k7_PSN said in No Wildcard slot:

Just leave any one card from set 1 on your squad. I threw Murakami in there just to test it before going with nobody.

Yep same with me. Left 1 Set card in the line up and it automatically set squad is eligible.