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Every year they seem to give up on the smaller series (Breakout, etc). Seems like it’s a no-brainer to have cards like that along the path middle cards in these player programs later in the year. So hard to finish some of those series to get vouchers.

@TheDaveyG_NSW They’ve been posted (hours ago).

Yeah, really surprised that series hasn’t returned this year.

Or you’ll get him in a chase pack for 500k at end of year.

Do they even matter at this point? They’ll just have a chase pack card that is better than the collection reward. Just save your stubs to buy your favorite of the chase cards. I’ll probably do that with Chipper.

@yankblan_PSN They don’t “tank” them enough or for a long enough period of time …

Prices on big live series cards go down some during Flash Sales, but immediately jump straight back up. Odds just need to be better on Live Series this time of the year. No sense in live series still costing so much when we aren’t even gonna use any of the cards except for a couple rewards. I need Judge and Witt. Bought Shohei during the stub sale because I was stupid enough to buy stubs. Just not gonna do that with Judge and Witt. I was close when Witt went under 80k during flash sale, but I didn’t want to gut my remaining stubs for live series cards.

@Ledfoot_19_PSN The other sports games were/are coming out. That’s the main reason we are seeing 99s, flash sales, and stub sales. They have to compete for player engagement now.

Probably getting an Acuna card for the race track game in August.

I honestly haven’t played much this inning after not completing last inning either. I wanted the Sosa card, so I figured I’d do some of the moments, thinking I’d possibly work my way back into playing again. Nope. Played 25 minutes and only hit one homer. The card is supposed to have 125 power. I barreled pitches more than once that had 80mph exit velocity. The pitchers in the moments were throwing junk 90% of the time. How is this supposed to be fun? I did buy the Tony Perez card because I liked the Big Red Machine in the 70’s. Guess I’m out again.

Just tired of being disappointed by this game. Had a feeling my bad pack luck just had to change so I opened the vault pack and a few others. Got absolute trash. I want something to hold onto with this game that I’ve played for so many years, but I’m getting nothing but more nails in the coffin. I haven’t played much this inning after not finishing last inning’s path either. Oh well.

I pulled Ohtani, Trout, and JRam the first couple days after the game went live. Apparently that has excluded me from pulling anything else good the rest of the year. I’ve pulled only low round cards from pack releases and nothing but the lowest of the low on the rare occasion a diamond shows up from a guaranteed pack like the Flash sale or Chase Packs. Multiple times I’ve opened 50-boxes without pulling a diamond. It’s not just a matter of them throwing all the other program low diamonds in the packs this year. Something is drastically different with some sort of algorithms or coding this year. It’s not just from bad luck. Considering how boring even CPU games are playing, they aren’t doing much to make me want to continue my tradition of buying and playing this franchise. I took about a 5-month break from the game last year late and it honestly felt pretty good not to “feel” that “obligation” to play every day. I’m drifting more and more towards that already now. I already don’t worry about getting all the XP bosses and I’m about to give up trying to complete the Live Series, something I typically do very early each year. End of an era, but I’ve got way more things to do that are more important and some that are way more fun and less tedious. Unless they are just trying to be more like Madden and 2K, I really don’t understand their overall plan and direction for this game. It was in a decent spot a few years ago. Just doesn’t feel very good right now. They’ve cut earned gameplay XP the last couple years, nerfed hitting, nerfed elevation, nerfed high diamond pulls, changed how the CPU pitches and plays defense on low levels, not changed much about the look of the game, etc. What about any of that is fun?

Knowing SDS, they would supercharge the Chase Pack Acuna and not the live series one we own.

Absolutely my last year buying this game and I’ve spent thousands on it over the years. It’s tedious, not as fun as it once was, and not rewarding. Something is definitely up with the pack odds this year. I’ve never had so few diamonds considering the number of packs opened. However, the biggest problem I have is just how little rewarded you are with gameplay PXP with bad hitting and unreal CPU defense on rookie (especially). There’s no fun way to grind stats this year and I absolutely don’t have time to play several hours per day. Lately, I give the game one CPU 9 inning game to pull me in. If hitting isn’t bad and I’m not getting gipped by the computer, I might continue to play longer that day. Otherwise, I’m done. Not gonna let myself continue to get ticked off playing rookie CPU games. There are more fun things I can do. If I had this year to do all over again, I wouldn’t have wasted money buying it. If I wanted to get ticked off and ripped off by a sports game, I would’ve played 2K and Madden. MLB is right there with them now.

I understand that Acuna has torn up his knees, but they constantly give him slower speed. One of the fastest players in the game around the bases. I’ve seen him score from first on a single more than once.

I sold my Ohtani when it hit around 620k on market. I pulled him the first week and didn’t lock him in. Really had planned on keeping him but 600k+ is ludicrous. Since that first week, something has definitely changed this year with the diamond drops. Not much is dropping and it absolutely shows in the marketplace. I’m a collector and enjoy those aspects of the game usually. Just not the case this season. Too much emphasis on pack cards and not enough fun grinding stats. It will be the end of an era for me, but I can’t see ever buying MLB again. I’ll continue to play the game a little bit, but I just don’t have the time in my life to grind this game everyday with so little XP rewarded during gameplay. Game has dived in the wrong direction.

The last 2-3 years have just been about SDS testing the boundaries of what they can get away with with packs, odds, XP, and stubs. Someone above obviously told them that they needed to align themselves more with what 2K and EA do with their sports games. Sadly, will just continue to run off longterm players with long histories with the game. Hard now to be no money spent without spending many hours per day playing the game. Hours that most of us don’t have. Making the game fun would be a good trade off, but it’s just becoming an unfun chore.

@olis_94_PSN Why would I do that? Nowhere in my comment did I say that. If they cared about that, it would’ve already changed.

I’m tired of getting ticked off even playing a rookie CPU game. There’s just no fun this year in this game. Getting close to just moving on. I play this game quite a bit, but I’m not gonna finish the second inning (I’m at around 410k). Had several wheel spins in 1st inning, got the 30k head start, finished all of the programs except egg hunt, did a mini season, continued with Team Affinity. Stat grinds are tedious and not rewarded enough with XP in offline games. I’ve decided I’m just gonna save the latest Spotlight program for inning 3 for the XP. This game has always just been a way to wind down after hard days at work. It’s become too much of a chore, especially considering how inflated Live series diamonds (upper) are, and how the game just hasn’t evolved hardly any in several years. It’s a shame really. I’ve said it before and caved, but I’m just not buying this game again until it evolves. I mistakenly thought it had for this year. It’s gotten worse. Not sure how SDS thought nerfing elevation, nerfing hitting, and having CPU pitchers throw fewer pitches in the zone was gonna be a fun experience. There has to be a huge number of players not completing this inning this time.

I’m at around 400k. I had some wheel spins in Inning 1. They’ve got to increase XP that you can get from playing games. It’s ridiculous how much it has been nerfed the last couple years from what it used to be. It’s 10-20% of what was possible about 3 years ago. I remember getting 15k from some games when it was double Xp. Not only is XP too low, but you can’t even grind stats versus the CPU like we used to, so it’s nerfed in that way too. I’m playing multiple offline games per day; I’ve completed every program except for Egg Hunt; I’ve completed a mini season. Finding it hard to want to play a game that just isn’t as rewarding or as fun as it once was. I told myself that I would stop playing this season when it became tedious and unrewarding. Not even to Inning 3 and I’m already considering quitting. I don’t have time to play 10 games per day. The Live Series is also too expensive to complete this year so far. The top diamonds are obviously being withheld more than the others this year. I stopped playing the other sports games because they became too expensive and too tedious. Just gonna do the same with MLB. I need to stop kidding myself.