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I couldn't care less about content at this point because I'm disengaged due to the xp and stub nerfing. I can't make this mode my second full-time job anymore, so it's dead to me. (I'm a franchise guy at heart anyway.)

What IS "make-or-break" for me is whether or not they APOLOGIZE to the community for things they should apologize for -- the Switch issue, the accounts being wiped issue, the bugs and glitches at launch (rookie CPU pitching, e.g.). Things like that. Not apologizing for becoming predatory EA wannabes this year is not necessary. As a consumer, I can see that their direction is blatantly clear, and godspeed to them.

Remember: the Gran Turismo guy apologized, CDPR apologized, No Man's Sky apologized, and more. All these games rehabilitated their reps by being real with their communities and fixing the issues. NOT by going dark, refusing to apologize, and jumping on issues that only affect monetization (ahem: BR rewards, RTTS exploit, etc.).

Good post! And some needed centrism.

But, since I like playing devil's advocate, I'll argue that anyone who has 324 S1 cards, has finished the live series, and has spun the wheel 3-4 times is NOT a "casual" NMS player...lol...

[censored] patience. They took money for early access and the game was broke as hell. They let legacy issues persist but jump on exploits that affect their bottom line faster than you can say "persistent monetization." They wiped people's accounts for weeks and never even issued an apology to the community.

Hell, has anyone even seen CBrev in a month? He might be hiding in shame for being associated with this year's game.

SDS is gross this year, period.

So, I think the OP is probably a good guy, and his message is to tune out the "trolls and haters." But it's pretty clear that he's enjoying the game the way lots of people enjoy crystal meth, if you know what I mean.

Let's face it: DD has been designed for "maximum engagement." There's always going to be a new high, and it's never going to get you the same high as the old high.

The OP is the player that SDS is targeting, and because of that there's clearly a conversation to be had about game design and social responsibility. The Season format leans into FOMO and addiction-algorithms. It's gross.

Why do people have to be such douchebags? For real.

As far as the stubs go, you should be printing money at this point in the cycle -- it's so easy to get packs and duplicate diamonds...500 stubs at this point is like 100 earlier in the cycle...

@YOSHI24 said in CBrev News?:

It looks like he is pretty busy with his new role … I acutally watched the very short WWBD#2 and did not see the comment. I hope, he is alright, he is simply the best

What new role? Wasn't he a community person, on the forums? He certainly was early in this year's cycle.

I absolutely love his YT videos. He's such a refreshing change of pace from the obnoxious man-babies that dominate the streams.

Lol, flipping SDS the bird, that's where I'm at. Seasons is like a ticking time-bomb to keep you engaged, and I'm not falling for it. I hardly play anymore and will probably not reach a boss. Slow-roll xp and then act like it's a gift to give people doubleXP on WEEKENDS when people should be out and enjoying life. Lol, no thanks -- DD is a hamster wheel with expiration dates and SDS is like the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain finagling things to make progress more difficult and stub-purchasing more tempting. You can almost literally feel the finger on the scale...

Gross.

Also, those were a lot of metaphors...lol...sorry

@AdeptOfMemory said in This game is garbage:

The game is garbage but I don't think it's garbage because you don't win games.

One of the truest things posted on the entire internet.

No, satire is usually witty. This is pure baiting. Don't feed the troll.

Can we all just admit that DD is basically a drug addiction simulator? We're all bitching on here about not getting the same high from the hits while the supplier is getting stingier and stingier with the good stuff to incentivize us to pay more and more for it.

I really do thank SDS for breaking my habit. I'm really enjoying Madden franchise again. The Lions are such a great team to start with -- Gibbs, Branch, Laporta, Sewell, St. Brown, Hutch, a few others -- so many great young studs to develop. Resigning day hurts, though...

@AdeptOfMemory said in 99’s incoming:

@blitz77tw I understand what you're saying. I love the game too. If I didn't I wouldn't still play it AND [censored] about it. I would just [censored] off and never give it a chance again.
They do not DESERVE any form of praise for anything in the current state of the game. It's not about you "winning" something over on me or with me. If your employee is [censored] up at work that costs your company money but he occasionally sends an email out on time you don't say "gee that's a great email! Keep up the good work!" As he breaks every [censored] thing in your office. That's called enabling. You're being an enabler when you praise them for NOT fixing the problem. I don't give two shits about you saying something I agree with. It's the fact you're on with their [censored] content drops that are literally ONLY to make a profit off of the whales and simps. They don't care to fix their broken [censored] game because dumbasses pay them anyways.
It's like Chinese mobile game devs run SDS. [censored], mobile baseball games are probably better!

Whales and simps is right. This game is like Starbucks. Everyone bitches about it not being as good as it used to be, more expensive, worse quality and customer service -- and they're printing money and couldn't care less. People in Teslas buying $15 olive oil lattes and teenage girls filling up their Stanleys with $12 acai refreshers...

@go4stros25 said in Ban:

Good. I saw a logo the other day that very clearly depicted an adult act between male and female partners. It's sick that adults know children play this game and they chose subject them to these things.

If you went around at a school yard showing kids a picture of these things you'd go to jail.

You're assuming the people who make those logos and team names are adults. They're probably teenage boys. I mean, think.

@AdeptOfMemory said in Ban:

@yankblan Practicing what I preach!? Can you expand upon that?
I don't support reporting anything or banning anything political. If the game is rated E then ban the vulgar [censored]. But what's funnier, people complain about the titties and trump flags but never the pride flags or biden [censored].
You can literally see the hypocrisy in real time. I'm not the one needing to practice what I preach but thanks for the advice.

Trump and Biden? Fine, whatever.

Titties and pride flags? Lol, okay bud, not the same thing at ALL. And I'm conservative.

@Ericulous1 said in This game is dead the casuals have left:

@VioletNine9

Did your girlfriend cheat on you or just dump you? It’s all good man. Go read a book or something.

Ah, amateur therapy hour in The Show forums again. A guy trolling an upset gamer on a game forum, telling him to "go read a book." With the obligatory man/bro/brotha thrown in for even more condescension.

You can't make this [censored] up.

@MarioMendoza935 said in Yet Another Game “Update” That Doesn’t Address Actual Issues:

It is really disappointing this year. The forums have devolved into a pit of despair. I'm enjoying gameplay (in general), but disappointed in lack of "content". The SDS forum moderators are gone. I remember when I first started posting here in 2020, people were really helpful and there were a lot of "fun" threads. Now, most threads just sink into yelling matches. Sad. I don't know where SDS's head is at.

There's mass discontent. SDS put very little work into this game but at the same time made everything more difficult for NMS players.
The forums are firepits, kind of as they should be. SDS is hiding.

@CDNMoneyMaker93 said in Make or break day:

@Loyal-Wiglaf said in Make or break day:

I couldn't care less about content at this point because I'm disengaged due to the xp and stub nerfing. I can't make this mode my second full-time job anymore, so it's dead to me. (I'm a franchise guy at heart anyway.)

What IS "make-or-break" for me is whether or not they APOLOGIZE to the community for things they should apologize for -- the Switch issue, the accounts being wiped issue, the bugs and glitches at launch (rookie CPU pitching, e.g.). Things like that. Not apologizing for becoming predatory EA wannabes this year is not necessary. As a consumer, I can see that their direction is blatantly clear, and godspeed to them.

Remember: the Gran Turismo guy apologized, CDPR apologized, No Man's Sky apologized, and more. All these games rehabilitated their reps by being real with their communities and fixing the issues. NOT by going dark, refusing to apologize, and jumping on issues that only affect monetization (ahem: BR rewards, RTTS exploit, etc.).

Agreed and maybe this is more what I mean but I tied it to content when the points you make are very very valid

Cool, thanks.

And "at a minimum show that they are listening" is not enough for me and for people with my psychological profile, lol. (Highly conscientious and solicitous towards others but also highly judgmental when others aren't -- stated neutrally.)

It's not difficult -- YOU APOLOGIZE. Period. It's literally pre-school morality.

@Dolenz said in Make or break day:

There is no way that they are going to address anything you want them to address. This will be the standard content hype stream and nothing else. If you believe that they are going to make any significant changes or apologize for anything then you are setting yourself up for major disappointment.

I personally don't see them changing the structure mid season. If changes are going to happen, and that is a big if, I would expect it at the beginning of a new season.

I don't expect them to change anything about DD's structure, including xp and stubs. I actually think you ride it out and go hard and see how things land.

And I certainly don't expect them to apologize, so I'm not setting myself up for anything. If they do, I might [censored] myself.

But I think a LOT of people in the community will be utterly grossed out if they do the typical cringe hype bullsh1t with the wooden Q and A and pathetic shout-out-to-card-art-people while ignoring that their house is on fire. I will be. I think a lot of others will be, too. And that will do more damage to a consumer like me than not changing xp and stub strategies.

@JDHalfrack said in The worst weekend for double XP?:

I’m not sure what all everyone else does from 2:00 pm Friday to 2:00 am Monday for Mother’s Day that seems to indicate you can’t celebrate Mother’s Day and capitalize on double XP.

I HAVE to assume this is sarcasm. Because the list of life-affirming things to do on a beautiful holiday weekend if you work Friday and Monday -- not even saying if you have kids or other events planned -- is too long to even mention...

@Sarge1387 said in Stating the Obvious:

@Orcin52 said in Stating the Obvious:

I am a casual offline player who bought the deluxe edition and spent an additional $100 on stubs. I still need 5 30K+ diamonds to complete the live series, have less than 150 S1 cards, and somewhere around 650K in the XP program. I have completed TA parts 1 and 2, and all of the other programs except the egg hunt and awards drop 7.

I think it is clear that the difference between me and the OP is time. I started on early access weekend and I have played 161 hours (roughly 2.5 hours per day). I am curious as to the OP's total. I don't flip cards, so I am also curious as to whether the OP flips cards to get stubs.

If the OP plays about the same amount of time and doesn't play the market for stubs, then it is clear that I suck at the game. That's ok too, I am really just curious as to how I am so far behind the other "casual" players.

Even with "double XP" (I use that term EXTREMELY loosely, since it's just last year's regular XP...and that's IF you even get the double) I only managed to climb to 287k. I MIGHT hit the Mike Napoli card if I'm lucky but he end of S1

Congratulations on having an actual life outside of Diamond Dynasty. I mean no disrespect to those who make this their full-time job, or second full-time job -- like the guy said, it's your time and your money -- but everyone can see that Seasons is just a timer whispering to you, "Better get to work -- season's wrapping up!"

That, plus the pack cards, nerfing xp, gatekeeping stubs...[censored] gross.

No thanks.

If you have ps5/series x, the faces are better and highlights are there at the end of games. Don't know about 30-team control.

Massively different? Are you for real? HEEEEELLLLLLLLL no. There's not a "massive" difference between 24 and 19, ffs...