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It is odd that we have just been conditioned to playing mind-numbing mini seasons on repeat due to a lack of content and stub making methods.
I am usually a big fan of mini seasons, but as one who doesn't enjoy the toxicity of Weekend Classic, we're basically getting an hour or two of program stuff and then have to wait an entire week for more to do.
It's wild.
@Talkingben9558_XBL He doesn't, he's just venting after taking an L.
I've never been less excited for an XP Reward Path and it's only innings two.
That's a worry.
Doesn't feel at all rewarding with so many single base packs as 'rewards' (enjoy the 60 stubs from dupes, lads) and less cards than in previous games.
So, how much did you lose by?
Any mode where you defeat the challenges and aren't guaranteed the reward is a bad mode, in my view.
This is my first year and frankly, i'm not nearly good enough to do these moments.
My only option to complete it is to gain 800k PXP.
Even with double PXP it's a prohibitively long grind.
That's the equivalent to P5'ing 100 cards from scratch.
I doubt there's more than a handful of players with 100 P5s all year long, but we're expected to do it from Oct?
At a time when SDS needs all the players it can get, this will only drive away players like me.
The first innings leaned heavily into TA.
Without that, and combined with the least actual content in recent memory, and you've got this problem where the vast majority won't even get near finishing it unless they drop something big tomorrow.
Horrendous planning.
Great idea.
As a first timer who is nowhere near good enough to complete any of the moments, the idea, this far in, of spending 100+ hours blindly grinding for a few cards is not at all appealing.
I'm fortunate to have every card in the game and excess stubs, so was really looking for something engaging to keep me interested, instead it's driving me away.
I want to keep playing but why would I, or anyone else in my situation?
A rare misstep from SDS (i have adored my first year playing) and one I hope they correct before what's left of the player base walks away.
If you're [censored] like me, don't risk losing him.
Take him and restart.
10 times now finishing DQ with odds varying between 35% and 94% to get Santana and still don't have him.
I can't do it anymore, but I will curse whoever at SDS who decided to not only make this the hardest Extreme Program but also put needed rewards behind a broken game mode that relying on RNG.
I have loved this game this year, but devoting more than 15hrs for literally zero reward is utterly ridiculous, and frankly, makes the game unplayable for me anymore.
It's a shame SDS got this one so wrong that it either infuriates or simply drives away many within their already dwindling player base.
There's a lot of liars around.
I'm NMS, have grinded my [censored] off and I think I have about 20 teams done but i'm still well over a million stubs away from finishing it, and that's factoring in that i pulled Shohei.
Yeah, not a fan of where they're going with this stuff.
Last year we would get the player for winning the mini seasons, now 11 wins on all-star? Pass.
2K?
So, you want 90% of cards unsellable?
You want every single best card locked behind real money only packs?
You want to spend $10k real money on one card in the middle of the cycle?
You want 'content' to be literally just packs for sale?
I must admit, I rarely ever use those cards purely because I don't get TA stats.
It sucks because some of those cards are really fun.
It's clear they simply want people playing Ranked.
It means less work for them and promotes the possibility of people spending money.
It sucks, badly.
@LHUBison58_XBL Reads well? You read their stance on PCI shrinkage and believe it reads well?
[censored], dude, I and many others read it and went 'ouch, these guys flat out lied to us'.
@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS You realise there are many reasons why people cannot play online, reasons that go beyond 'i don't like it', right?
It's moot with this one, but it shits me seeing comments like yours.
@TheBigPapa55_PSN Thanks for that. I don't like DQ given the glitches, but did play it today.
Didn't get either player, but did get the Chase Pack (which is useless to me given i have so many stubs I could never use).
It's just demoralising as someone still learning the game.
I don't need the cards, but I still enjoy grinding the game and with content slowing down, I was hoping this would be something realistic.
@victoryphoenix_PSN Yep.
I'd say most who have played all year have a ton of unused stubs and most cards in the game.
It's a tough ask to expect people in that situation to devote a huge ton of time into grinding for these cards.
I think SDS missed the mark here, sadly.
@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN Nah, it's PXP.
800,000 of it.
Even with double PXP that's 11,500 HRs on rookie (factoring in PA stats too).
I can't believe SDS thought that was realistic.