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@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said:

Everyone can complain about a game they haven’t even played yet in other threads. This thread is for the pimps who are STOKED for tonight! I have a half day at work tomorrow, and then I have the next week off. Even sloths are going to be impressed by how infrequently I move off the couch between now and Monday, March 23.

Looking forward to starting some new conquest maps. If I can spare the 300 stubs, I’ll also complete the White Sox LS.

First thing, though — gotta go to the batting stance creator to make sure my favorite players are still in the game. I haven’t watched every stream, but I don’t think I’ve seen confirmation on Frank Thomas, Rod Carew, George Brett, Tony Gwynn, Brooks Robinson, or Luis Aparicio.

Let’s goooooooooooo!

Good to see you again, man! Jealous you have the week off, I have to start my grind between shifts at work, but who needs sleep anyways. Welcome back all!

SDS forgot to put in the moment where your manager puts in the wrong reliever. Or the one where you throw meatballs to George Springer with first base open. SMH

Not because they are tough, I actually finished them in about 15 minutes. But difficult because I am a Mariners fan. Tough to stomach through after the heartbreak of last night.

@Barfy-Bad-Gas_XBL said in Most unenjoyable DD meta ever:

@MarinerMatt01_PSN I got on and played 4 games of Online Rated last night and had an absolute blast. ran into 3 quitters right off the bat but then played a full game vs the Mariners and lost 3-1. It actually felt like real baseball. Actually played defense and hit the ball into the field. I wish my Royals had more pop but it's fun. I'll stay on this mode for now I think. much more enjoyable than ranked at this point.

My experience exactly. If you can get into a game, online rated is the way to go. Real baseball. Even the losses are fun.

@Barfy-Bad-Gas_XBL said in Most unenjoyable DD meta ever:

@MarinerMatt01_PSN Never played online rated but interested. I keep forgetting it's an option. I thinmk i'll give it a go. how's matchmaking? I'm in agreement with ranked. it's jumped the shark with strikeouts and dingers.

Match making is a bit tough. Not a lot of people play the mode. You may have to wait a few minutes, but it’s well worth it. Feels like an actual baseball game

Been playing Diamond Dynasty for 10 years now and can’t remember a more frustrating meta. Every lineup has at least seven switch hitters. Fastballs are useless. Doesn’t matter the pitcher, just throw sinkers sliders and splitters. Nothing is manufactured, almost all offense comes from home runs. Doesn’t feel like real baseball at all. I have been playing online rated lately and it’s been such a breath of fresh air. There’s disparity ib the cards, the lineups are real and pitching and strategy matter. However, there is no incentive to play this mode, so it’s been very hard to match up with someone. If I want to play online, I’m forced into the slog of diamond dynasty. For 26, I really hope SDS either does a better job predicting the meta and tailoring it to an actual baseball experience or they do something to make it more worthwhile for people to play online exhibitions.

@Sarge1387_PSN said in I Wish More People played Ranked Online:

@MarinerMatt01_PSN said in I Wish More People played Ranked Online:

Every game is decided on who gets lucky enough to get a solo shot on an RNG hanger for a 1-0 victory

This isn't 100% true. Maybe in Spring Training where guys just free swing until they clobber something by chance...but once you're out of that you play people who at least know how to hit and pitch. I WILL say DD offense IS powered by homers more than it should be...rarely do you see "manufactured" runs

I usually play at CS or WS level. Getting out of the 600s is almost the opposite story. Seems like every game is an 11-10 game of slo-pitch softball. Just as aggravating. All the more reason to wish more people played Ranked online as an alternative.

Diamond Dynasty [censored] sucks. Such a slog. Every game is decided on who gets lucky enough to get a solo shot on an RNG hanger for a 1-0 victory. Ranked online feels so much more like real baseball. An actual difference in cards. Strategy matters more than just mashing buttons. However, with no real incentive to play this mode, it is so hard to get into a match. I would love to be able to play online without habing to deal with the frustration of diamond dynasty, but there seems to be no other alternative.

@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Grounded to catcher for single and scored:

Lagrasse (and all its derivatives) are not stadiums. They are cheats designed to destroy quality of online play. This isn't something that should be minced in words. It is a deliberate effort to undermine the integrity of the video game.

The thread's chosen name by the OP is therefore misleading. By the rules of baseball, this was not a single to catcher, scoring the batter. Because by the rules of the game, this is not possible. It would have to be a combination of errors that allowed for advance past first base.

SDS is to blame for this. They were handed a roadmap to prevent it from happening and chose to ignore that roadmap and do their own thing. Some people believe SDS deliberately went their own way just so they could manipulate the inevitable cheating for their own purposes.

Lagrasse is a slap in the face to every legitimate stadium designer in the community, and they were handed their opportunity for cheating by SDS.

I tend to agree with you when it comes to cheat stadiums, Lagrass, et al

My title wasn’t intentionally misleading. In the game log the play was listed as “grounded to the catcher for a single, scored on the play” without anything else to go on. The game log has its own set of issues so I didn’t know how this happened but I guess I got my answer. I apologize for any confusion.

@LHUBison58_XBL said in Grounded to catcher for single and scored:

He is playing lagrasse.

Went back and looked at the game log, you are absolutely right, he plays in Lagrasa, the stadium that ruined it for everyone.

Like most online players, he was useless once his crutch was taken away, still sucks that these things happen though. I spent tens of hours creating a realistic, geographically correct stadium I now cannot use online.

Some cards seem to display lower attributes on the lineup screen than they should have, especially the newer spotlight cards. Assumed/hope this is just a visual glitch and that it doesn’t carry over into regular gameplay

Just looked at one of my recent opponents game logs. A lot of 45-0 games against the CPU where every play is either a home run, or a batter grounding to the catcher for a single and scoring on the play. This is against the computer, so it’s not like it’s boosting or anything but I’m curious as to how is able to score like this every single play. A glitch only he’s figured out? Is this move well known in the community? Could be useful when grinding.

@TheGoaler_PSN said in sometimes MLB imitates The Show:

@MarinerMatt01_PSN said in sometimes MLB imitates The Show:

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in sometimes MLB imitates The Show:

I see this very play every showdown...

https://www.mlb.com/video/julio-rodriguez-grounds-into-a-double-play-pitcher-nolan-mclean-to-second

That kind of sucked. Really shut the door on one of the few chance the Mariners had today. Great play (and performance) by McLean. Heckuva MLB debut.

This was great! LGM.
McLean said:"Bye, bye, losing streak-eak-eak pie!"
It does happen in Showdown. That stinks!

LGM! The Mets have been my NL squad since 1987. It sucked it was against the Mariners, but really happy for McLean hoping this gets them back on track but if they could lose one more to the Mariners tonight before going on an eight game winning streak, that would be perfect.

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in sometimes MLB imitates The Show:

I see this very play every showdown...

https://www.mlb.com/video/julio-rodriguez-grounds-into-a-double-play-pitcher-nolan-mclean-to-second

That kind of sucked. Really shut the door on one of the few chance the Mariners had today. Great play (and performance) by McLean. Heckuva MLB debut.

@huskerfan051214_XBL said in Feels like I’m playing a meta, not baseball:

Play online with reg teams. Yes most people pick the dodgers etc but I’m having a lot more fun with it than DD online. There’s no reward really but I do t care.

I’ve been so diamond dynasty heavy over the years. I forget this mode exists. I might have to try it out. could be a much better experience.

@RAisEdByGoAt_XBL said in Feels like I’m playing a meta, not baseball:

A lot of us have dropped drastically in ranked. It’s nearing post season. Players are falling off and moving towards other games. Servers are going to get worse and already are. Gameplay will be worse and DDA and RNG will be worse. When all this happens I start losing silly games to opponents half my rank. But honestly it’s kind of been like this all year. It’s just getting worse. You’ll get the player that’s ranked 400 swing late or early on 3 consecutive hits. Then suddenly they slam a grand slam lol. Been happening to me a lot lately. The little dinks up the middle. The gameplay is atrocious. I expect player base has fallen big time

This just happened to me in a game. You’re right I forgot what time of year it is. Mid August. Most of the casuals have moved on to Madden. The only ones left are the diehards and/or the players who are still having success, the players that have the meta scripted down to a tee.

I’ve had enough. Just deleted the game. I’ll probably reinstall after a couple of weeks, but diamond dynasty just isn’t a fun experience right now.

@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN said in Feels like I’m playing a meta, not baseball:

Your opponents can throw their 4th & 5th pitch exclusively because they're usually beefed up with 90+ CTRL and 90+ BRK.

People rarely throw sliders? Usually, I hear the opposite complaint because of how they impact the PCI size. Curveballs? They're usually too easy to read to be used as anything other than dirt-balls. That's been a problem for years.

The 4sm fastball is probably too easy to size up, especially if it doesn't have outlier. Maybe they should switch those peanut-sized PCIs from sliders/changeups to 4sm fastballs?

How can people use exclusively opposite-handed hitters? Like I recently told someone else who demanded a switch-hitter limit, even if they limit it to 4, your opponent could still start 4RHB with 4LHB coming off the bench. SDS can't do much about that.

Diamond Dynasty is always going to lean toward an arcade style, especially after the first few months before the player overalls are jacked up and everyone is given a sinker.

Fair enough. I appreciate the constructive feedback.

Maybe I’m salty, because I’m a World Series player that can’t get out of wild card, but jeez, every game has been the same this season. Everyone I match up against eventually fields a lineup of all opposite sided hitters. Check swings are rampant, you can’t strike anyone out, and fastballs get murdered.

On the pitching side, the only pitches that are thrown are sinkers in, cutters and changes. Pictures that would get crushed in a real major league game are thrown five times in a row for strikes in the show. No one throws a fastball (despite it being a primary pitch for most) or a curveball and sliders are rarer than they should be, Just faced Luis Castillo who threw two fastballs out of 70 pitches.

I know this is mostly just me bitching after a long losing streak, but [censored], it’s been frustrating. How does a five pitch pitcher get away with throwing his fourth and fifth pitch exclusively all game? Why is a fastball so useless? How are people able to use exclusively opposite handed hitters? Because the code rewards this style of play, so why wouldn’t you use it? Maybe I’m wrong, but this does not seem akin to an actual baseball game and it leads to a very repetitive and frustrating experience

@MRAD2010_XBL said in I need a DH:

@MarinerMatt01_PSN what camera view do you use?

Strike zone high and on a monitor. I’ve always had a pitcher’s mentality, but now I’m old and slow as well. I still farewell on All Star but once I get into the 6 two or 700s I’m looking at two a game and I mean hits.

I pitch well, but can’t hit for [censored]. Been like this ‘17. Anyone want to grab the controller and hit for me?