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@NotesOfJohn_PSN said in Extreme conquest:

The problem with extreme conquest maps is that there is no margin for error, and that 'error' can be simply not stealing fans at the right time.

I haven't bothered with this for multiple reasons, but it appears another mode where 'Extreme' morphed into unnecessarily complicated and frustrating for the sake of it rather than just straight up challenging.

SDS have been great this year, but they missed the mark here, again.

You don't have to steal fans at all, stealing fans will just give you more room for an error meaning you can lose some games and still finish it completely and it will also let you play on easier difficulties. So of course I recommend to steal fans after every turn on whatever difficulty you feel comfortable to win easily.
It is not really complicated, just follow the goals, that will tell you which way you should conquer teams. The only difficult part is first turn because you need to play 2 games on legend and 6 on hall of fame. Rest can be played on all-star/veteran, depending on how many fans you steal.
Trust me, try it, you can do it easily!

@TripleH-4481_PSN said in I'm done:

To illustrate how ridiculous extreme DQ is. I beat the first stadium on all star and got kenley so I quit. Restarted the mode and played first stadium in rookie because I just wanted to win and don’t need the reward. Lost 1-0 on a wall scrapper HR by the CPU with multiple squared up balls hit right at defenders with nerfed exit velocity. The randomness is absolutely bonkers and feels like one giant troll job.

Rookie difficulty is terrible, I fully believe I have better chance winning on All-Star than on Rookie. Rookie feels like it is completely random as you said and pitches are so much slower that it always ruins my timing. Well, at least you did not lose the card, that's positive

@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in I'm done:

@MiKySaK_PSN said in I'm done:

@PriorFir4383355_XBL
Even in videogames you can challenge yourself and have fun doing it. Of course if it doesn't bring you any fun then just don't do it. No one put you into "hurt locker", just ignore the program and have fun playing different programs/modes, this program is clearly not for you and that's fine!

This year's extreme program was the first one that I attempted since 19. I am offline only veteran difficulty enjoyer and extreme made me challenge myself and I had lot of fun seeing how I am improving every single game playing on HOF/Legend.

And I also understand that there is lot of people that don't like "locking cards behind something that most people will not do because they can't or just simply don't enjoy" I would not be surprised if they add new easier ways how to earn points in extreme in like 1-2 months so I believe everyone will get their Elly eventually

Logical people can parse a clear distinction between challenge and extreme frustration. I think you can also. Just seems you cannot bring yourself to accept a simple and valid concept, but instead find disagreement.

Can you accept that I enjoyed the program and did not feel extreme frustration? It is simple and valid concept for logical person like you, no?

@PriorFir4383355_XBL
Even in videogames you can challenge yourself and have fun doing it. Of course if it doesn't bring you any fun then just don't do it. No one put you into "hurt locker", just ignore the program and have fun playing different programs/modes, this program is clearly not for you and that's fine!

This year's extreme program was the first one that I attempted since 19. I am offline only veteran difficulty enjoyer and extreme made me challenge myself and I had lot of fun seeing how I am improving every single game playing on HOF/Legend.

And I also understand that there is lot of people that don't like "locking cards behind something that most people will not do because they can't or just simply don't enjoy" I would not be surprised if they add new easier ways how to earn points in extreme in like 1-2 months so I believe everyone will get their Elly eventually

@SakAttack87_PSN said in Ways to Save Extreme:

@TheGoaler_PSN said in Ways to Save Extreme:

@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN said in Ways to Save Extreme:

How about an extreme stub exchange a month later? 2m for 30 points progress ... Can do twice (leaving 40 to do through playing). Might be nice for ppl with lots of leftover stubs, maybe some ppl even buy stubs which sds would want.

This sounds like a good idea, but make it 500K.

I wouldn't mind seeing some extensive stat grinds - maybe having to P5 certain cards for progress - but adding a stub exchange would totally defeat the purpose. You shouldn't be able to pay your way through this kind of program. It's called Extreme for a reason.

Market would get extreme for few days with everyone trying to flip their way to finish extreme program haha
I agree with you, they should add some grind for the future for everyone to be able to get it. But as Dolenz mentioned above, they should add this option after few weeks so those that already completed it the hard way have at least some feeling of having exclusive card that was hard to get - and they don't feel like they wasted their time trying to complete some of those ridiculous challenges. I believe that would be perfect mix. It would not be as easy as last year (that wasn't even extreme program really, I think I played like two mini seasons and completed whole program like that without doing anything extreme) but everyone would be able to get all those cards eventually, not like 2019 and 2020 as you mentioned above.

If I am not mistaken losing to zone sweeper will not end your run, you will just lose some of that DQ currency and get negative perk. So you don't have to be worried about losing to it

@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in Ways to Save Extreme:

Add a mini season with voucher exchanges (or give us a 99 that we can exchange) OR add a collection. This collection would be all the legends and flashbacks final rewards (Rolen, Williams, Bautista, and Donaldson) which would give us 70 points or so in the program (however make them individual collections instead of one big one to make it a bit easier).
@SDS_JoeK_PSN make this happen (by passing this onto the team with some conviction)

Your suggestion would not save Extreme program, it would literally destroy its purpose. Almost everyone would get those cards without even trying a single challenge. And I understand that this type of challenge is not your type of fun and that is fine, you don't need every single card in the game on day one of the release.
I am sure SDS will add easier PXP or something like that in the future to make those cards easier to get for everyone. Just wait few weeks.

@TripleH-4481_PSN said in Extreme program pxp:

@Dolenz_PSN

Based on that, which I agree with, then they have already failed. Most average players have no interest in even attempting the extreme program. In past years I was willing to try a few of the moments and do mini seasons. This year I took one look and said no thanks. I’m sure there are MANY players in that boat with me.

Try it, I am almost willing to bet that you and all others that don't want to try it in this topic will be able to get at least 75 points (and then those 25 points are not that crazy with PXP). I am old and offline only veteran difficulty enjoyer and before extreme I played only 2 legend games in DQ that I both won in overtime 1:0 (and still did not get rewards btw haha), I don't think I had single hit in those games. And over weekend I managed to complete the extreme program completely somehow. I will not act like it was easy, especially for players like us that just chill on lower difficulties, but it is definitely doable. I think you will be surprised by how much and how quickly you improve when you try to play on higher difficulties.

I can give few tips to anyone who is interested, I believe with those anyone will be able to finish Conquest and DQ eventually. Showdown is different story, I still can't believe how I completed it. Seemed like someone in SDS wants me to complete it, I am talking about luck like having only 1 hit against Donaldson which was 3 point homer, then getting hit by pitch, stealing to third and winning it on passed ball with one out remaining - this type of luck

@NotesOfJohn_PSN said in Extreme program pxp:

@MiKySaK_PSN said in Extreme program pxp:

The PXP option is there to help you finish the program if you miss few points. It is not there to complete whole program with it.

Says who?

Everyone plays the game differently and everyone has a different skill level.

For some, it'll be cruisy, for others it'll be a huge challenge and for some, PXP will be the only way they can complete the program.

It is excessive, in the extreme for those whose only option is the last one.

I was reacting to people saying that it is too much, I am fine with the option to grind it like that but at the same time I believe it should be excessive. If it was much easier then there would be no point in trying to complete those crazy challenges. (and that's why I said the program was not designed like that, but if you want to grind all 800k to complete it then feel free but that would be something. We are talking about 50+ hours with one specific stadium and 150+ hours without it) I still think this design is better than last year where I played like two mini seasons and completed whole program like that, not touching anything extreme at all. If they made current moments bit easier and released the program earlier then it would be perfect.
Also seems like people forgot that in the past there was no option to grind any PXP and the only option was to complete conquest, showdown and ALL moments. I wonder how would people react to that now, they would have to close this forum for few days haha

@Dolenz_PSN said in Extreme program pxp:

@MadDogTannen777_XBL said in Extreme program pxp:

@Dolenz_PSN said in Extreme program pxp:

@MadDogTannen777_XBL said in Extreme program pxp:

So far ive done 2 games at the "stadium that will remain nameless" in mini seasons.

Scores 70 runs each game, which looks to come out around 6500 pxp each game.

The repeatable extreme stat mission for 40k pxp means comes out to around 7 of these games each 40k. Multiple that by 20 to get 100 program points, thats 140 total mini season games.

If I have my match right lol

Thats INSANITY!!

What's insanity is computing it without the benefit of using a exploitative stadium.

Why not use something to our advantage if we can? Especially if they make it that difficult. I dont have hundreds of hours to grind.

Did you ever stop to think that maybe they put put such a high PXP number on this mission because people who use that stadium have skewed the numbers on how much PXP is a reasonable amount?

Whose to say that next year they don't make it an even higher number because more people finished Extreme using the PXP method this year than they anticipated, not realizing that the majority who finished it that way exploited to do so.

Also, playing in that stadium just does not seem like it would be fun and certainly not for 140 games. Not for three cards that as far as I know are not actually needed for any future content.

Let's also remember SDS' past history with exploits

• Seeing the opponent pitcher before a game - removed entirely
• Bunt cheesers - Nerfed bunting
• Online Check Swing Masters - Nerfed Check Swings for everyone
• Grinding Stats in Spring training mode - Ended because of the Yetis exploit
• Exploitive stadiums in online play - Removed custom stadiums from online play.

They tend to fix exploits with a sledge hammer instead of a scalpel and I fear what impact this will have on Stadium Creator. Will it be fixed or will they just make it even more restrictive?

I believe those 40k PXP (instead of 25k from last year) are there because of double PXP, we did not have those last year if I remember correctly. But yeah, even this might be the reason for it. I can't believe the stadium is still not removed from the game, how hard can it be?

The PXP option is there to help you finish the program if you miss few points. It is not there to complete whole program with it. Completing Extreme Program by skipping every single Extreme challenge would be... something

@PAinPA_PSN said in Moonshot 2.0 Reveals:

@Talkingben9558_XBL said in Moonshot 2.0 Reveals:

Aroldis Chapman was at his worst with the Yankees, you couldnt make him a Red or a Cub or a Red Sock?

Should be a reds card, he threw the fastest pitch in 2010 while with the reds.

But then they did have to find some way of getting another Yankee card in the game.

I am sure Reds fans would be so excited about receiving 64 overall Chapman to represent his best years in baseball.
Look at other moonshot pitchers and you will see some pattern. For example Seaver - Reds, Ryan - Mets, Kluber - Rangers

@Capt-Clutch-2K24_PSN said in sony SD can you please re release S2 gary sanchez ?:

@MiKySaK_PSN said in sony SD can you please re release S2 gary sanchez ?:

@TheGoaler_PSN said in sony SD can you please re release S2 gary sanchez ?:

Posada dropped some 300K after I bought it recently! I paid 350K, now he's about 45K! 🤪
Sanchez stays high because he has Pop-time. I wanted Posada for a long time, but should've just got the Sanchez weeks ago!

It has nothing to do with Pop-time. 97 overall Kyle Teel doesn't have Pop-time and he is more expensive. There is just no suply for event cards as all rewind packs are non-sellable. Prices of all event cards will keep raising until they hit 1 mil, just like last year. The only chance those prices will go down is that SDS will make forever event rewind packs sellable, but as I mentioned earlier in 23 they did not do that. SDS is quite random with this so it is just gamble. You can buy those cards now for a lot and then they'll release event rewind packs sellable and you will lose hundreds of thousands (to be fair, who cares at this stage of the game, right?). Or you can wait, they will never release sellable event rewind packs and you will never get those cards as they will have tens or even hundreds of orders for 1 mil and no one will sell.

Just play the Event.

He might not be able to play online. (no ps plus, location outside of US or he just simply doesn't enjoy playing against people) For example I am from Europe and online is almost unplayable from here. The latency is crazy.

@TheGoaler_PSN said in sony SD can you please re release S2 gary sanchez ?:

Posada dropped some 300K after I bought it recently! I paid 350K, now he's about 45K! 🤪
Sanchez stays high because he has Pop-time. I wanted Posada for a long time, but should've just got the Sanchez weeks ago!

It has nothing to do with Pop-time. 97 overall Kyle Teel doesn't have Pop-time and he is more expensive. There is just no suply for event cards as all rewind packs are non-sellable. Prices of all event cards will keep raising until they hit 1 mil, just like last year. The only chance those prices will go down is that SDS will make forever event rewind packs sellable, but as I mentioned earlier in 23 they did not do that. SDS is quite random with this so it is just gamble. You can buy those cards now for a lot and then they'll release event rewind packs sellable and you will lose hundreds of thousands (to be fair, who cares at this stage of the game, right?). Or you can wait, they will never release sellable event rewind packs and you will never get those cards as they will have tens or even hundreds of orders for 1 mil and no one will sell.

@dbub_PSN

Nope, nothing. I hope we will get at least some new programs in future weeks.

Wow, it really is over. No new ranked, BR and event rewards, just rewinds.

@dbub_PSN

I guess main point of our disagreement is that I don't care at all about the name of collection, I want variety and I don't want to grind for the same players all over again. Will you really get excited about worse Ohtani card than his milestone and same Lindor card with +1 speed over his playoff card?

It seems like SDS went back to what they were doing in the past (before MLB 23) and by that I mean they will not give Finest card to the most deserving player, like for example Ohtani for Dodgers, but they will give it to the most deserving player that doesn't have endgame card yet, which is great decision. The only exception seems to be Judge but that's probably because all Yankees players have 99 card already because of their playoff run. I really really hope those collection/BR/ranked season rewards will not be players like Lindor, Ohtani, Skenes etc. It was terrible last year having 4 endgame Trouts, 4 Ohtanis, 3 Realmutos and so on

I will rush it, I am glad they will release this card. I am happy they are finally (little bit late..) giving 99s to legends that did not have decent cards. Definitely better than fourth 99 Mike Trout or Schwarber.

@Blackheim2000 said in Finders Keepers 6,7 & Final predictions:

@Brooklynfl214 said in Finders Keepers 6,7 & Final predictions:

Pure guess if I'm right SDS should just give them to me lol

Thinking it's going to be Finest Series:

96' Greg Maddux
97' Larry Walker
99' Mariano Rivera

I highly doubt it’s any of the cards you listed above. They already have good 99 versions of their cards. There are actually quite a few legends who have not received a 99 card yet. These are the ones I found:

Warren Spahn
Al Kaline
Jerry Hairston Jr.
Ryan Ludwick
Lefty Grove
Bert Blyleven
Ron Guidry
Bret Saberhagen
Paul Konerko
Edgar Martinez
Jason Kendall
Monte Irvin

I’m assuming the last 2 Finders Keepers cards will be from that list. However, I do think that the final Finders Keepers collection reward will be Lou Gehrig or Honus Wagner. The 99 versions that they have in the game right now are pretty weak.

So many legends missing their deserving 99 cards, makes me wonder why we got three 99s for Elly, Schwarber, Machado, Realmuto, Tucker (but no Bregman for example?).. let's say they were so stunned by their performances that they thought all those 99s for them are deserving, but why do we have two Alan Trammells which are pretty much identical? We could have Kaiju Trammel and Awards Al Kaline. Awards and Snapshot Carter? Again almost identical cards. Instead of one Carter we could have Edgar Martinez for example. I assume I am in the minority that doesn't mind sets but some decisions are just weird from SDS side. And don't get me started on no sell rewards from events, but that's completely different topic