I played maybe 2-3 hours per week, maybe 4-5 if I had the time, and I completed EVERY program, got EVERY card available, and have over 15M in stubs.
And when I say completed every program I mean that I made it to the last possible reward.
You don't need to make it to the end of each program. As long as you make it to the Boss; you're good. Everything after that is icing on the cake.
Free is free. But I would've rather had a free Devers or Realmuto Finest.
I can't even QS the cards from the Juicy packs as I already have 5M in stubs.
They'll just sit in my inventory with the other 10-15 that I haven't opened.
@Mike__Honcho_361 said in Small Sample Size. But not sure Online play is for me.:
What don’t you like about it? Have you tried playing the Event? Ranked?
I'm more of a 'sit down to have fun' player. I have no problem losing a game as long as that player beats me because they were better than me that game.
I came across to many players that had a 'win at any cost' attitude.
One person I played threw 16 consecutive pitches low and in the dirt, to see if I would swing at garbage, thus setting up AS Steven Vogt with bases loaded when he came up to bat. Now, I won't swing at ANYTHING until I have two strikes. So I waited for him to throw three more pitches in the dirt before they threw a strike. One the next pitch I put my PCI low in the zone and connected with what should've been a 4 run Grand Slam; but my opponent dashboarded. Kicker is even before I could exit the game; they messaged me and said that they weren't going to play someone that oy swings at pitches in the zone. Hello, isn't that what you're supposed to do?
Getting the win was nice. But I lost out on some PXP with Vogt (one of the Missions).
I think out of the 20ish opponents that I faced; maybe 5 we're actually decent games. The rest was garbage plays.
Also, out of all my drafts, I think I drafted a Veteran pitcher 3-4 times. And it's seems like it's impossible to get strikes with them. I'm painting corners and dotting the edges but it's either a ground out or fly out. I think I have 2-3 out of the 10 strikes needed to complete that mission.
Since I now have all the cards available there really isn't any incentive, other than wanting to play a human opponent, to play online.
Just seems like the juice isn't worth the squeeze.
And I'm sure Events/Ranked would possibly be the same way.
I have appointments today and tomorrow so I won't have time to sit down to play a game. Maybe I'll try again Thurs/ Fri, or even after the holiday, to see if maybe I was pressing to hard.
Cover Athlete will be words.
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They don't need to have multiple 99s of the same player.
Having a 99 OVR player, new player to boot, as a reward for the LS Collection was great.
Releasing a better version, although still a 99, later in the year that could be had for less than what someone may have 'paid' for that first one was a joke.
Finest shouldn't be 99s either. Yes, they have to make them that because they're released late in the game when other 99s have been released, but if they cut down on the earlier 99s they wouldn't have to make late arriving cards 99s.
I also think they should get rid of the 125 ratings and go back to when a Diamond was a 90 and above , golds were 80-89, etc.
Future Stars shouldnt hit 99s either.
Person buys game.
Person says game plays horrible.
Person continues to play game and complain about how horrible it is.
@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said in The Ball Dropped, The Content Didn't:
@nymets1987_PSN said in The Ball Dropped, The Content Didn't:
The map is packed with packs so whoever still needs cards needs to complete
Any chance there are Event Rewind packs in the mix? I seriously doubt it, but that’s the only useful pack to me (and probably most of us) at this point.
The Forever Event will have 25 of them. They'll never put packs associated with online play in modes like Conquest. It will crash the market.
@The-Harvest_XBL said in Polo Grounds and Sig Randy:
Wow, that's actually really annoying. They just devalued that collection immensely. Granted, it wasn't hard to complete anymore, but still....
@CookieMonster64_NSW @The-Harvest_XBL
I'm confused by your replies.
Maybe it was the way that I posted. But if nobody had Sig Randy by now, how does the mean they will get him?
By collections I mean that you get 50K in XP for locking him in under the Collections Tab in the Main Programs Directory. Like how you got XP for locking in each of the Extreme Reward players.
If you play if correctly you can get to the Program rewards fast and sell them for as much as possible. Then towards the end of the program you can buy them back much cheaper. That's what I did. Also, if you can take the gamble, buy multiple early Event reward cards. I got 10 each of AS Ryan and 2nd Half Soriano shortly after they were first released for 20K each. Sold them when they hit 200K+
And yet some people say that this isn't a thing. I'm running into the same.
I like pizza
Within the past months I have matched up with the same player multiple times.
Now while I can understand not being able to block someone from matching up with me or someone at SDS actually caring enough that he has done the same cheap things each game and had been reported for such.
But what I don't understand is how this player, even though reported for the following, still has a vulgar team name and still has a cartoon [censored] that is ejaculating as their icon?
I guess nobody at SDS cares anymore and will allow anything that is until they release the new game.
But I doubt anything will happen then either.
Since I pretty much have everything done, program wise, I decide to start paralleling some players.
I usually load up a 9 inning Play vs CPU game and just beat the crud out of the CPU.
When I do this; I mute my TV and turn on Pandora through my cell and just grind away.
Normally, I'll get into a groove and don't pay much attention to what's going on until the end of the game.
Fast forward to a game where I started TN Dustin May. Since I got him I never used him so I wanted to try him out.
Granted, I was playing a game vs Colorado (at Colorado) on Rookie and was cruising alone when a notification came up during the 7th inn while I was pitching.
It said that thru 7 2/3 of an inning I had a Perfect Game going.
I would've never realized this if I wasn't paying attention. Needless to say I started paying attention.
I was sure that notification would jinx me but when it was all said and done; I had pitches a Perfect Game with TN Dustin May. He also has 21 Ks.
Not much of a brag post, as it was done vs the CPU on Rookie, but this is my first Perfect Game.
If it wasn't for the notification that popped up; I probably wouldn't have realized it until after the game was over.
Guess when your 'in the zone'; you're really 'in the zone'.
Next year's cards won't get ose to this value until late in the game. Your best bet is anything that is Bronze, Silver, and Gold (other than LS cards) is to stock up on them. Early in the year they can be had for QS value and won't increase until the first, if there is one, Mega Collection (Brett this year) is announced.
I can tell you that the earlier Event rewards were dirt cheap before Brett hit. I had about 10-20 of the AL Ryan and 2nd Half Soriano, when they first dropped, and held on to them until they hit over 200K.
You just need to know when to buy and when to sell.
@CCARR77_PSN said in Gotta cut the grind down in 2023:
@RazorForte45_XBL said in Gotta cut the grind down in 2023:
I expanded my time frame to 12 months.
So I was not in a rush to get things done.
But the moments and such are horrible.
I would like to play 9 inning games to get to where I need to go.Before this Mantle I was good with who I had on my squad.
But this Mantle has turned me into Golum and his quest for “my precious”
I stepped away for a few weeks from DD and played franchise with some old time roster that some kind soul made.
It gave me legs to finish Mantle.But…do not dare look at my game log
The hours are mind boggling and sort of embarrassing to be frank.
I've been playing DD since 2015. Used to play year round and every single day. These past two games SDS released I quit playing for months at a time.
There was a time when DD wasn't their main focus. I can remember pulling a 99 Miggy years ago after an exhibition game and wondering what is this.
We don't even get post game card drops anymore because of all the nonsense. There was nothing better than pulling a diamond after a tough loss to soften the blow.
You still get one if you play a 9 inning Play vs CPU game.
I'm strictly an offline player but I've played every offline mode multiple times and quite frankly I'm getting bored with it.
I have every card except for the few cards where my 1M buy order hasn't been processed.
I think I may want to try some online play. What's the best mode to start with at this point in the game's cycle?
And does anyone have any pointers?
Thank you.
@Ericulous1_PSN said in New to online play:
@MrMcGibblets_MLBTS said in New to online play:
I'm strictly an offline player but I've played every offline mode multiple times and quite frankly I'm getting bored with it.
I have every card except for the few cards where my 1M buy order hasn't been processed.
I think I may want to try some online play. What's the best mode to start with at this point in the game's cycle?
And does anyone have any pointers?
Thank you.
I highly reccomend BR and Events. BR eases you in as a poster above stated because there are more ways to advance than just wins. Since you don't need the rewards so much it won't be quite as exciting but think of it as practice for next year. Events is great cause you can utilize all your cards to make some great rosters and as mentioned, it's free and you can restart as many times as you want.
If you don't mind...which are the cards you don't have, and are you trying to collect them all?
Right now just Milestone Randy and RF Smoltz
Just the player cards. Not the Unlockables and Equipment.
Played about 25 BR games. Won some. Lost some. Seems like more of a 'chore' than I want right now.
But I think I may just cut my losses and stick to offline play. My Buy Order for MS Randy just went through; so I'm hoping they drop some more offline content so I can use him for awhile.
Until then I think I'm just going to take a break. Online play isn't working for me at the moment.
@samguenther1987 said in Your far-too-early prediction for 2023 LS collection:
I see the cheepest teams being the
Royals
Pirates
Cubs ( Swanson should start out gold)
A's
Tigers
Rockies
Reds
Orioles (depending on what happens with Rutschman)Red Sox (will see with them though)
The 5 most expensive will be
Yankees (Judge, Cole, possibly Rodon)
Mets (Scherzer, Lindor, Verlander, Diaz, possibly Correa)
Angels (Ohtani and Trout)
Padres (Tatis, Bogaerts, Machado)
Phillies ( Harper, Turner, Realmuto, Nola)Am i missing any temas here? The dodgers could also still be not cheep
Considering he's suspended for half the season; I doubt they release a Tatis card.