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@gradekthebard said in I hope they reevaluate the RS program for next season:

@ny_giants4_life said in I hope they reevaluate the RS program for next season:

yea theres too many quits to do the program by innings. I'm currently 8-0 but ive only played 30 innings, 400 is so far out of reach

Umm, getting a quit and going into another game takes very little time. If you are playing say 3 hours, quits might cost you like 2 innings tops. Most people complaining about quits are just parroting the streamers who want 9 inning games for YouTube content.

Couldnt be further from the truth with the server issues. finding a game takes a while for me, either it freezes at the pitcher select screen or I get the game server error. Regardless, grinding ABs for 4 innings only to have the game end when you score once or twice is really annoying and not fun at all

yea theres too many quits to do the program by innings. I'm currently 8-0 but ive only played 30 innings, 400 is so far out of reach

@kovz88_psn said in New program has absolutely killed NMS:

@ny_giants4_life said in New program has absolutely killed NMS:

@dolenz_psn said in New program has absolutely killed NMS:

@ny_giants4_life said in New program has absolutely killed NMS:

not all changes are good changes

Who gets to decide what good changes are or should we just take your word for it.

I personally don't know if the changes are good or bad. I think 2 days into early access is way to soon to jump to any conclusions.

that's fair but the consensus as of rn is not good if you couldn't tell. We'll see but if the programs are going to continue to be like this we are in for a long year.

None of us can know what the consensus is because we are a small percentage of the player base. The people complaining are just the loudest right now, there are plenty of people taking the wait and see approach

Sorry for not being clear, what I was trying to say was that the feedback that has been posted on here and social media has been mostly negative. and its not just with DD but across the board

@dolenz_psn said in New program has absolutely killed NMS:

@ny_giants4_life said in New program has absolutely killed NMS:

not all changes are good changes

Who gets to decide what good changes are or should we just take your word for it.

I personally don't know if the changes are good or bad. I think 2 days into early access is way to soon to jump to any conclusions.

that's fair but the consensus as of rn is not good if you couldn't tell. We'll see but if the programs are going to continue to be like this we are in for a long year.

@dolenz_psn said in New program has absolutely killed NMS:

So what I take away from this thread is that when SDS makes no changes they are accused of being lazy and people dislike them. And then when they actually try and change things up people dislike them for that too.

vast over simplification. not all changes are good changes, when people clamor for SDS to upgrade modes they are within reason to think that any changes that get made will make the game better not take content away

@raesone_psn said in Update 2 Notes:

Isn't that issue resolved? I continued my season after yesterday's server maintenance, and all my wins were accurately displayed and I finished the season.

its not resolved. literally just happened to me. Came on here bc I thought it had been fixed too but of course it hasnt

got to hide those off pci home runs

@gixxerryder750 said in New program has absolutely killed NMS:

What showdowns could you replay for progress? Other than RIB?

TA? The real issue is that they destroyed TA

@dolenz_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:

@ny_giants4_life said in Offline content? Not so much.:

@thebootman88_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:

@ny_giants4_life said in Offline content? Not so much.:

RTTS: untouched from 21

That is just untrue. They did multiple things to RTTS to try and improve it from last year. Jury's out on the quality of those changes, but saying it is unchanged is not honest.

What did they change about RTTS besides adding more podcast scenes that most people skip?

They now allow you to create multiple , different, RTTS characters.
You are not forced into playing a two way player. They allow you to choose pitcher, position player or two way.

Those are the biggest. Maybe that does not excite you personally but those are changes that I am guessing were pretty major from a development view.

I mean last year all it took was one dialog option to be just a position player or just a pitcher so that's not that big of deal imo. Multiple RTTS characters is nice but that's a kind of miniscule QOL change, not actually upgrading RTTS itself

They didn't have time to code the DH even though for over a year its been a foregone conclusion that it would be instated officially this year. The shift ban wont come into effect until 2023 like MLB

@thebootman88_psn said in Not worth four days early access:

@ny_giants4_life said in Not worth four days early access:

@dewrock_psn said in Not worth four days early access:

@ny_giants4_life said in Not worth four days early access:

@dap1234567890 said in Not worth four days early access:

I know baseball is like the same each and every year! Maybe Manfred should change up the game of baseball so we could have a different video game to play!

1. this comparison is horrible. Huge difference between a real life game that's been around for hundreds of years and a stagnant video game. This game has not had any significant feature changes in years. only small quality of life changes and new DD content. neither of those things have enough depth to make the game feel fresh every year.

2. most major sports revisit and update their rules every year. The NFL changes multiple rules every single offseason and its the most successful league on the planet.

People make these complaints but what should be there that isn’t?

they could start with actually updating RTTS and franchise for starters, more immersion would be nice for RTTS. Make the dialog decisions actually matter, update the dialog and the intro that's been the same for the last 2-3 years, allow us to play in a combine that effects where our player gets drafted, make contracts actually mean something etc etc...

there is a lot they can do and yet they chose to copy and paste both of those modes this year from 21.

They literally just made significant changes to the mode that completely changed it last year. Yes, they are not well received by most of the base, but those changes were in the works for years. They aren't going to redo the mode again in a year. Also they had the scout day that affected your draft position and people hated it.

people hated the scout day bc it was the same thing for over and over again for 4-5 years and they never updated it until they went to the current narrative thats been the same for the last 3 years

@thebootman88_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:

@ny_giants4_life said in Offline content? Not so much.:

RTTS: untouched from 21

That is just untrue. They did multiple things to RTTS to try and improve it from last year. Jury's out on the quality of those changes, but saying it is unchanged is not honest.

What did they change about RTTS besides adding more podcast scenes that most people skip?

@go4stros25_psn said in cmon with the servers:

You would think after years of having the same problems they would use some of that money they save from not updating franchise and rtts to invest in better/more servers.

im genuinely curious how the same people at that studio continue to have jobs year after year

@mcgalamaad_psn said in cmon with the servers:

Seriously what’s the point of playing, I’ve lost about 4 showdown moments to these [censored] servers already

yea there's really no point to even try playing at this point. not going to waste my time doing mindless moments only for them to not count

4 of the last 5 years we've had to deal with this and it'll only get worse on launch day. Just have to expect it from SDS now and then they'll send 5k stubs and a 10 pack bundle as half-assed "apology". happens every year

@kovz88_psn said in Has SDS gone full Madden mode:

@ny_giants4_life said in Has SDS gone full Madden mode:

@kovz88_psn said in Has SDS gone full Madden mode:

Jeez, I'll beat SDS up when they made legit [censored] ups but all I'm seeing is a bunch of crybabies making assumptions after seeing the content in EARLY ACCESS. If they don't drop other programs and the future features programs look like this go ahead and panic but considering their track record with content I'm not super worried at the moment.

doesnt bother you that outside of DD they've barely touched a single thing?

I would love for them to update franchise but that's besides the point. That isn't what people in this post have been complaining about

I didnt go through every single post in this thread so I can only speak for myself. But the fact that they ignored pretty much everything outside of DD seems like something straight out of the EA playbook. They barely touched DD too, they gave us mini seasons and consolidated the program path, which as of rn looks like there will be less content this year.

Also there are a lot of legends missing from the game that had been in years prior. This worries me that they dont have enough legends to push out the level of content they did last year

@kovz88_psn said in Has SDS gone full Madden mode:

Jeez, I'll beat SDS up when they made legit [censored] ups but all I'm seeing is a bunch of crybabies making assumptions after seeing the content in EARLY ACCESS. If they don't drop other programs and the future features programs look like this go ahead and panic but considering their track record with content I'm not super worried at the moment.

doesnt bother you that outside of DD they've barely touched a single thing?

@a761506_psn said in Pitcher Stamina Fixed!:

@ny_giants4_life said in Pitcher Stamina Fixed!:

@a761506_PSN I only use pinpoint but what interface you use shouldn't make a difference in how your pitcher's stamina depletes.

With meter, you control the extra “umph” (pitch power) you put on the ball by extending the meter past the minimum point. Seems to me, meter is going to become the de facto method, it’s the only one I believe that lets you control pitch power and you are definitely going to have to control it.

I doubt thats what they intended. You dont waste resources to develop a feature as popular as pinpoint and then make it useless a year or two later

@thehungryhole said in Offline content? Not so much.:

@dolenz_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:

@thehungryhole said in Offline content? Not so much.:

@charterbus_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:

@thehungryhole said in Offline content? Not so much.:

@ibonafidescrub_ said in Offline content? Not so much.:

@oreorockstar_psn said in Offline content? Not so much.:

I played quite a bit last night. When I finished it hit me…..The improvements are minuscule, I could really not even notice them for gameplay.

Makes me wonder if I really want to spend a ton of time rebuilding my team. I feel like a major mark right now.

This is why I didn’t buy, felt that way in the tech test. I’ll continue to check for gameplay reviews before I decide if it’s worth it to start all over

same here buddy - so happy i dodged a bullet here - SDS is a joke - feel sorry for the guys who were excited on early access

Yeah if your going to listen to a review of the game, don’t get it from guys complaining there is no POTM programs on April 1st.

you are right - i can just listen to literally this whole forum going on about all of the problems to justify my decision

Even then I would be leery. The forums for almost every game released are full of complainers and naysayers on day 1. People love to come to forums and complain. Not nearly as many come to share good feedback.

absolutely mate but i would absolutely love to hear what is so good about the game come launch day - reading this forum i am seeing none of it minus some small QOL updates like flipping packs and how they open up now etc.

the only good things are the miniscule QOL updates around the game that you would miss if you werent looking for them. but none of that is substantial enough to create depth.

RTTS: untouched from 21
MTO: untouched except now you can play a second season and theres an offseason (as if anyone actually wanted to spend more time playing this mode they keep force feeding us)
Franchise: untouched once again
DD: They added mini seasons and consolidated content paths.

its just a reskin of 21 with content updates and a roster update pretty much. Very Madden-esque

my accounts are linked properly and i still haven't gotten my twitch drops