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Years past, we were able to get 3-4 GOOD cards doing the monthly awards reward path FOR FREE, just grinding. Now, we have to buy a pack for the 2 best cards week one of the program? Jesus fvcking Christ you can at least put ONE of those packs on the reward path without regurgitating sh!tty show packs and worse headliners packs down our throats. Won’t be surprised if I don’t even make it to the final drop of April monthly awards at this point. The dedicated fan base for this game are dropping like flies as they creep closer and closer to EA.

I’m sure most of you have seen my “FVCKING TERRIBLE” post yesterday amid the launch of season awards promo. While I think they absolutely NEED to include at least one of the packs in the reward path, I no longer think putting that pack in the shop and some of those cards harder to obtain is the worst thing in the world. The past couple years, all of the best cards in the game were earned for free (aside from chase cards and BR cards) and no sell. With that, every single online game I would play would feature the exact. same. lineups. I think everyone having the same team is not good for the game. Doing it this way where not everyone can obtain every card allows some variance which is good for the game. I was quick to compare SDS to EA and 2K, but at launch, we had over 30 FREE 89s to add to our team, most of which had better attributes than the 90s and 91s available in packs. EA and 2K would NEVER. We have TA2 set to drop next week where we’ll get 30 new free GOOD cards. We still get GOOD free cards from other programs, we just don’t get every single card for free, which is a good thing. And unlike EA and 2K, they aren’t making it required to collect these cards to finish the programs. As much as I like gameplay and playing with good cards, half of my thrill from the game is ripping packs, and there is no bigger thrill on the game for me than pulling a valuable card, and this adds more valuable cards into the game. Also, I always disliked having a team full of no sell cards because when I would get a replacement card, I couldn’t sell the card im no longer gonna use. With much more cards in the game that are sellable that don’t have to be locked into collections. I still 100% feel that every “other program” should have at least one of the corresponding 30-40k pack included in the reward path for free. They are really screwing over offline players in that regard, leaving those players without many ways to earn stubs, but other than that, I no longer hate the direction they are going in. It’s still a lot easier to acquire these cards that are in packs than they are on Madden/2K. O’Neil Cruz is the most sought after awards card, and he’s 100k stubs. The most sought after LTDs on Madden go for over 1 million coins. That’s a big big difference. This game also offers a lot more free packs than Madden, and a lot more ways to earn in game currency. Flipping this year sucks, but it’s not impossible. Madden is absolutely impossible to flip cards. Last point I’ll make before I shut my trap: at least these in shop packs are a guaranteed high overall card. Madden saturates their programs with low ovr cards, mid, then high cards. They charge an arm and a leg for packs, and you have a slim chance at pulling a high ovr card from their packs. At least with this pack, you’re getting either an 89 or 92. You’re not getting an 85 ovr or a gold.

I know a lot of people are outraged with these changes, but I don’t think they are they are as bad as we are all making them out to be.

I made a similar thread a couple days ago, but seriously. The rewards on other program reward paths, as well as hidden rewards in conquests, are super underwhelming compared to the last couple years. For example, the WBC choice pack that had the 99 rare round was a hidden reward in conquest and there were I believe 2 on the reward path for the program. Between spring breakout and now egg hunt, there has yet to be a free reward of a decent pack. All we’ve gotten is the exchange pack, but you have to exchange 100 jelly beans. With my pack odds the past couple days, I’ve been getting jelly beans in 2/3 packs, so you’d need to open 150 packs to get the free exchange pack. I used to applaud SDS for not being pay to win like EA or 2K, but with such bad rewards so far this year, I may have to stop defending them.

@UnsaferRainbows said in FVCKING TERRIBLE:

At least they gave us Ohtani and trout I mean it’s brutal but could’ve been even worse

88 overalls man. These wouldn’t crack my lineup on day 3 of the game, let alone now…

@SaveFarris said in FVCKING TERRIBLE:

As if the pack won't be hidden in 20 Conquest maps come Memorial Day...

Yayyy I have a slim chance at 92 oniel Cruz when I have a team of 94 ovr team affinity players. Woohoo

Why are people so stupid when posting cards on the market? When there is profit to be made flipping, people just LOVE to post a card 1,000 stubs+ less than the next cheapest card to ruin all profitability. Post a card for a stub less than the next closest and move on lmao. If you want your card to sell so fast, there’s a little tab that says “sell now” for a reason

@doobiebross66-72 said in this game isn't pay to win:

@Nauracy34 said in this game isn't pay to win:

@Dookie-Possum said in this game isn't pay to win:

I just can’t spend 20 hours a day on the game to “grind” for decent cards. You either buy them because you work so much or you don’t work and you can spend every waking hour playing. No in between in my opinion

I play maybe 4 hour during the week TOTAL, then I’m able to play for maybe 8 hours TOTAL during the weekend. I finished ranked program, all other programs, maxed out TA, and have gotten all player rewards from events, and haven’t spent a dime in game. The idea that you have to play 20 hours a day to earn everything in the game is ridiculous.

This. I have a newborn which drastically cut down my time to play

I maybe get a couple hours a day. If you know how to grind efficiently, you can have everything you mentioned done

I have TA done, all other programs done, completed the first event, nearing WS, completed the BR program up to the flawless pack and up to 13 wins on the new event

Admittedly, I’ve gone 10-0 already so having skill definitely helps you progress faster but the idea that you have to put in an insane amount of hours daily to complete things just isn’t the case for the vast majority of people on this forum

I’m pretty average, hover around 700 in ranked, can’t go flawless to save my life lmfao but even with my average skills, I’ve completed everything I need to with 9 days to spare. I have a wife and a child at home and try not to impede on OUR time and still able to complete everything. On games like Madden, I lose interest quickly bc I don’t spend crazy money and I don’t have a ton of time to grind, so my team is leaps and bounds behind after a few weeks. Never have that issue with this game

Well they changed pack odds where diamond unlockables, equipment, etc. don’t count as a “diamond pull”. If you look at odds, it says 1:50 for an 85+ player

The 30-40k packs GUARANTEE either an 89 or 92. If we are comparing to Madden at launch where max ovr is 87, they have 100k coin legend packs that you have a chance at getting only 78s. I opened a lot of them on Madden that were only 78s. For comparison sake, if those Madden packs were like the MLB packs, they would guarantee either an 87 full legend or an 84 that goes into the legend sets. The season 1 pack is 30k. The least valuable card you can get is Jonah heim and he goes for 13k. Your MAX loss is ≈ 18k after the 10% tax if you sell. You can also profit ≈60k with an O’Neil Cruz. On madden, you can have a loss of 90k with a legends pack. Not to mention, MLB also has 1:5 odds of rare round, which comes out to 20% chance at the high ovr. Madden gives you about a 5% chance at the max ovr pull. Packs on MLB don’t even compare to the trash Madden puts out. Then with flipping and everything, it’s a lot easier to recover your losses on MLB than it is Madden. MLB spoiled everyone in 21 to make the whole player base think everyone should get everything, and that’s just not reality.

People are mad there are more packs, people are mad that there’s too much to grind. Lmao I’m convinced that half this community wants every new card added to the game to be auto-added to their inventory so they don’t have to grind or open packs lmfao. Truly a novel concept that you have to play the game in order to receive in game rewards. I’d argue there’s nowhere near enough to grind. I’m able to play a max of about 8-10 hours per week and I had everything maxed out by Saturday morning

Not sure if this was known, but I found tonight they added exchanges for leftover jelly beans. I was scrolling through and saw 10 jelly beans for 3k stubs, and 1 jelly bean for 250 stubs. I had 200 left over so I made myself a quick 60k stubs

@GradektheBard that’s a slippery slope, bc you don’t change anything in game, you just play RTTS. You can’t ban people for just playing RTTS.

Yeah, let’s not allow people to use a real life MLB pitcher in a game that is supposed to emulate the MLB. Just get better lol I’ve faced Waldron and clobbered him. Just wait back, and like the old saying “if it’s high, let it fly. If it’s low, let it go.”

Am I the only one that wants to complete live series by pulling almost every card for it in packs? I just can’t get myself to put in a 240k buy in for shohei or trout. It’s worth mentioning that I have pulled trout every year since starting DD (2017) except this year and have pulled ohtani the the 3 seasons prior to this year.

@Onekillerforce lmfaooo emphasis on the idiot part I’ve pulled freeman twice but that’s the extent of my pack luck this year. I don’t care too much about how fast I get it done, there’s just no thrill or excitement from buying a card for 250k

@Blind_Bleeder you just gotta keep rippin, luck will turn at some point

@BJDUBBYAH it should be released all at the same time. An 87 ovr card is a lot more useable right now than it will be in 2 weeks with the power creep

@xElRojo44x said in Anyone else underwhelmed with rewards?:

@Nauracy34
There is a power creep so the rewards are relatively good, considering the other cards available.

Regardless, this is better than last year when they would release a 99 in a Chase pack, then have us grinding for 97's.

And also, there are 92s and 93s out right now, yet we’re grinding out for 91s. It’s no different in that regard.

@xElRojo44x said in Anyone else underwhelmed with rewards?:

@Nauracy34
There is a power creep so the rewards are relatively good, considering the other cards available.

Regardless, this is better than last year when they would release a 99 in a Chase pack, then have us grinding for 97's.

I don’t see why people are confusing this post as me disliking power creep. I’d rather have power creep than 99s day one like last year. However, last year we got several packs valued at 30-40k for free from grinding through conquests and other programs while this year we are only able to acquire those same packs by paying 40k stubs in the market. Throwing a fresh start choice pack in the egg hunt reward path or as a hidden reward in the new conquest would be awesome. And yes, the player rewards have been good, but 90% of player rewards earned on the reward paths are no sell cards. Without having those choice packs or anything sellable from grinding, you basically have to hope to have great pack luck from show packs to build any sort of stub count.

Agreed. Once I got to 750 started experiencing this. My SPs will be at 7 pitches in the 4th inning while throwing maybe 15 balls and 55 strikes bc guys can just foul off ANYTHING. Bounce a curve? Fouled straight down. A fastball a foot high? Popped out of play. Happens for about 4 or 5 pitches per at bat, then a slider meant to be low and away out of the strike zone hangs down the middle and it’s a perfect perfect bomb. I think the pitching is just as broken as the hitting for that reason alone. If I have a perfect release, throw it in the spot I aimed for. I get it if that was when my pitcher was tired, but that’ll happen when energy is full