Dear SDS, Hitting is the best it has been in years. OP had auto-correct on, and it went hay wire.

He apologizes in advance for his silly phones mistake.

Signed, everyone else.

@doihearbossmusic said in I’m finally done every team affinities player!:

@drkwng3567_xbl said in I’m finally done every team affinities player!:

Close your eyes, geez.

This is basically these loser's 24-7 life with no job or responsibilities

Being jealous is tough man, no need to call another living human a loser because this guy can skip to the end and win the showdown. All people have value, except those who are jealous pricks (you).

It's a great addition to the game, and I'm glad it's there. Most of us play with the strike zone camera, and we can't actually see the no doubt animation. SDS did a fantastic job of capturing these, and I enjoy seeing them.

While we can all agree that no game is perfect, I think we need to give the game props where it's due.

I absolutely love the fact that no two cards play the same in this game. You can look at attributes, ask other people for opinions, watch reviews on youtube, but until you get the cards and use them, you really don't know how they will play.

Every card is unique, and attributes are only a small part of the performance of the cards.

If you've ever played other sports video games you can appreciate how incredibly difficult that is. SDS doesn't do a skin change on players, they design each player from the ground up, and the result is an unprecedented amount of diversity in gameplay and lineup builds.

Those guys better be careful, more than 15 HR before the trade deadline, they'll be shipped out for a box of pizza and a small pepsi.

@hustlinowl_psn said in Unfortunate:

Lol cya tomorrow

Yeah, no. That's a child response to an adult problem. See ya tomorrow, first of all. Are you so lazy that the extra two letters and a space are too difficult for you? As an educator, I'm sad to see where children are with today's communication skills.

Check my profile, stalk me, make it your side gig.

myself and my group of friends have all moved on, and it's sad. As I stated, we loved this game for so long, it's sad to see where it's gone.

So it goes (as Vonnegut so elegantly states).

gold to diamond is indeed an evolution. Additionally, you get two diamond equipment items, a ballin is a habit pack, and show packs/stubs/XP.

its all free....IT IS ALL FREE.

Rain increases lag if you're the away team? Thanks for the tip, turning rain on for now on! You the man.

@GradektheBard said in SDS, Time to Admit Online Only Prestige Was a Mistake:

It is time for SDS to admit that having the prestige grinds be online only was a big mistake and move them to any mode (ie offline included) within the next update or two. The prestige grind has completely ruined events with a huge swath of people playing just for prestige (ie hitting and quitting, pitching and quitting, or just outright asking for stats), which has taken the fun out of events and made them into nothing more than grinding opportunities.

The idea that it takes more skill and/or time to prestige a card online went out the window as soon as these cards were included in events and thus allowing people who prefer to play offline wouldn’t change any dynamic in the prestige process other than to clean up events AND likely make a ton of their customers very happy.

Forcing people to play online to prestige cards didn’t work and it’s past time to rectify this mistake and move all these grinds to any mode.

I never see quitting on me as a bad thing, unless you're using events to simply grind prestige too? I play events for wins and rewards. People quitting gets me there quicker.

I don't know why anyone cares about RS record, unless you are wanting to make WS and good enough to do it. That's not me, I play for fun, and playing other people is more fun than playing the CPU.

@ericulous1_psn said in This Program is a W:

@lucas8181_psn said in This Program is a W:

I mean, when gameplay is awful, does this really do anything positive?

You dislike playing a broken game, but you get a couple cards....ok I guess.

Many of us play offline so the issues with gameplay don't really come into play. However, I still think this was a pretty lazy program. Classic packs are the same, silver legend packs the same, same missions as every other program.

OP I'm stoked that you are digging the game this year. I felt like that last year when I was having a blast when so many on here seemed to hate the game. This year just doesn't feel right. I'm not even bothered by the gameplay issue because I play offline. I don't see it very often. I just miss the content from last year. This year thus far has been lacking.

I deleted, then downloaded again today hoping things might be different? I'm also an offline player. I see they added the very much missed "5 reinforcements win against 40" simulation feature in conquest mode. Very much missed, as early on, conquest was actually enjoyable.

Deleted again, and pretty sad about it to be honest. I used to really enjoy playing this game.

I mean, when gameplay is awful, does this really do anything positive?

You dislike playing a broken game, but you get a couple cards....ok I guess.

Yep, I pulled a 90 Trout TWICE out of those. Yet another reason I deleted the game. FIFA is free on PS Store for Plus members, it's got a ton of great offline content if you aren't an online player like myself.

Weekly leagues, offline BR, etc. I already have a 88 OVR team with 98 Chemistry, started playing last night. Plenty good enough to play offline.

@kelloggs19_psn said in (Putting Bugs Aside) "Mini" is actually not bad, however it can be much better.:

I definitely like the idea they had, but I think a different card as a reward at the end is a good idea. And different packs as you go along as rewards is a good idea as well instead of Prospects.
It would be good to have different themed teams to play against, though I don’t know how they’d be able to do it. Even teams like Team USA, Team Cuba, Team DR, etc. Teams that wear all Red or whatever. Be creative.
Be creative with rewards too.

They did it in years past with all time legend theme teams for all 30 clubs. But that takes effort...something they don't seem to offer much of anymore.

This is the one game mode that had a chance to keep my attention, but no new cards or rewards killed any possible excitement I had for this mode, or the game. I didn't have the same issues others did, but I also wasn't going to grind it again for 15 packs.

@elway7751_psn said in First time ever:

I agree with everything said on here. I feel like it's just very blah this year and nothing that MAKES you want to play.
Don't get me wrong, I play, but only because I spent my annual $100 and it's pretty much all I play since other franchises have been run into the ground for various reasons.
Anyway I'll continue playing but the fun sure is lacking this year.

Hey I respect that. I've always been a huge supporter of SDS and their products, it hurts to not enjoy the game, even a little this year.

I coach High School Athletics, so I get my sports fix outside of video games, but I will miss it.

I do love open world games, so I'll be grinding those at my own pace, I NEED my video game escape to survive the stress of real life

@dolenz_psn said in First time ever:

I am definitely not a fan of some of the changes this year to the program structures and find myself playing less this year. I won't even reach the first boss pack this program.

I am not criticizing them too harshly for the changes though as they would have been crucified for being lazy had they just rolled out the same exact program formats as last year. The changes just don't work that well for me, but that is a personal thing. I am retired so I do have the time if I choose to use it on the game but I feel like they have prolonged the grind for the sake of prolonging the grind.

But good luck and and I hope you find some other enjoyable games to fill the void with.

Agreed, and thank you!

I have been promoted to a HS head coach, so that will take a lot of time over the summer, and winter months. I play games as a way to wind down after a long day/week of teaching. I do have plenty of other games I enjoy. I'm just sad this game has fallen so quickly. I hope you enjoy the game this year, and go CARDS!

Yes, this isn't an airport, and no I don't need to announce my departure, but I will anyway.

This has always been my favorite sports game, but I'm done, and very quickly. I understand the frustrations others have, and I absolutely respect those of you who grind through the game despite the problems.

It's just not fun anymore, they removed all the content we love, they killed the market, and the programs, while enjoyable at times, are far too time consuming for working adults.

Thanks for the entertainment here, I appreciate all of you who contribute to the forums in an attempt to make the game better.

I wont be playing this this year, or in future years, hopefully there will be competition when it comes to baseball games in the future, there's a lot of potential out there!

Good luck all, and I hope you enjoy the year!

"I am trying to glitch the game, then the game glitched on me, help SDS, I can't exploit you."

Great post bud. Keep up the good work.

Take a second gander at how the collections and points work.