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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.

Once the Live Series is complete, I might start enjoying the game more. However, there’s just obviously way fewer of the higher end LS diamonds being pulled this year and they cost way too much. I actually have Ohtani and Trout already, but it’s annoying to see so many more cards this year going for basically $100-200 worth of stubs. I’ve opened a bunch of packs this season and not much good has dropped for a month. Progression in the XP path is too slow with so little gameplay XP being awarded. I’ve played a ton it feels like every day and I’m still only at around 350k or so. I started with the 30k head start and have done the programs and a mini seasons. Not an online player. Getting tedious.

If Rolen is the collection reward, that’s terrible.

It’s not very good even against the rookie CPU. Really beginning to get tedious to play this year. One of the biggest problems is that the CPU is throwing so many junk pitches now. Last night I kept up with where the pitches were more. I was playing the Rockies on Rookie (grinding team affinity stats). One time in particular, I was never thrown a strike. 10 straight pitches outside the zone, until I finally hit a foul popup. I don’t like drawing walks against the CPU. Rookie CPU needs to be more arcade feeling experience. It used to be that if there was wind blowing out, you’d get a lot of hits and runs. Now, you’re lucky to score 9-10 runs and you’re guaranteed to hit into 4-5 double plays. You hit a ball into the gap all the way to the wall and you’re likely to get thrown out at second, even with decent speed. Pitching is easy; I mostly pitch perfect games or one hitters on rookie. Stealing bases is easy. Hitting just isn’t fun. I’m close to giving the game a long break.

XP given during games has got to be more, especially with how few good pitches the CPU throws this year and how insanely quick the CPU fielders are. I’m not an online player, so I’m not gonna get the multiplayer program XP and I’m just not gonna play this game 4-5 hours per day. Playing full CPU games used to be fun and beneficial. Neither is the case now. Tedious and not fun equals me not wanting to play.

@Kolah_MLBTS Yep, tedious does not equal fun. Once you’ve played all programs, there’s not enough XP earned playing full games, especially with hitting being kinda nerfed and that CPU unfair defense. I’m already considering playing way less. The inflated market for bigger cards isn’t helping either. So many players going for over $100 equivalent of stubs.

I do feel like on Rookie, the CPU needs to throw more pitches in the strike zone and tone down the superhuman defense. So tired of barely making it to second base on balls hit to the wall in the gap or having an 80+ runner barely make it home on a sac fly to the warning track. The reaction times of CPU defenders should be the same as human defenders, considering the players are supposed to have the same attributes. The CPU grabs every ball with a bare hand and throws immediately. Slow it down. So annoying this year, even worse than years past. Making a game on lower levels tedious does not make me want to continue to play the game.

@LuvMyXBOX_XBL I think hitting sucks offline too. Couple that with jacked up reaction times and speed of even rookie CPU defenders and the game gets old quickly. Game will be stale before summer if they don’t fix the hitting.

@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN Technically not true. $500 is about what Ohtani and Judge cost as a pair right now. As I type, it’s about $450 worth of stubs, so you could get another 75k stub player with those 2.

I haven’t had very many thrown out by any CPU team this season except when I accidentally ran somebody. I don’t play a whole lot compared to many people, but I know I have at least 25 steals with Acuna (they only gave speed of around 64 for some idiotic reason but does have 99 steal). I also stole quite a few with Elly de la Cruz who is blazing fast. I know I had no trouble stealing against the Rockies, White Sox, or Giants just off the top of my head. The Rockies catcher is off line often.