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Buy the stubs and hold them for two weeks.

I searched, and there is no Eddie Murray card in the game. So what are you talking about...

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I don't want a workaround. I want the whole idea of nickname cards to go away. They should not be showing the nickname anywhere except on the front of the card.

@BJDUBBYAH_PSN said in Team Affinity:

@Misfits_138_1_PSN said in Team Affinity:
It’s 90 free cards towards the Set Two collection

^ this

I am still working on set 1 but getting close. I should have set 2 done by Labor Day.

@worstvikingever_MLBTS said in Conquest Difficulty:

They put the showdown ai in all modes a couple weeks ago. No more 40 to 0 against the ai on rookie buy packs is this years motto

I don't typically buy into conspiracy theories, but I am subscribing to the newsletter on this one. Playing veteran on mini-seasons suddenly feels like legend.

I would much rather grind mini-seasons for vouchers AND repeatable team pxp. Showdowns are a complete waste of time for me.

Using zone hitting, you move the PCI around in an attempt to make perfect contact with the ball. With directional hitting, you hand that part of the process over to the CPU, and its ability to do so is based on the vision rating. Higher vision makes the CPU better at placing its PCI center on the sweet spot.

I saw this option in the audio settings, but I don't know what it does. Does it have something to do with stadium sounds or walkup music?

I used to think Keith Hernandez was a pretty good hitter. But then I tried his moment 200 times and... bleh.

@romeischillin said in Charisma program:

They will all still be active when the perk is triggered but they typically activate with the same requirement so your best chance to win is to pick perks that activate under different conditions.

"They will all be active when the perk is triggered", so all three Hero Time boosts would be active all of the time in an elimination showdown. I would prefer three useful perks that are always active, but I do understand trying to get three different diamond perks active together. I am not arguing that strategy at all. My only question was related to the assertion that the three Hero Time perks don't stack. You seem to agree that they do.

@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in Charisma program:

Is this a serious post? Read the perk. Silver is slight boost after 7th, gold is increased power boost after 7th, and diamond is significantly increased increased power boost after the 7th. Based on this info how is this stackable bud? How can you get anything more by stacking a perk which encompasses both the silver and gold version in the diamond perk?

The game says all three boosts are active. As an example (using placeholder values), the diamond perk boosts EV by 10%, the gold by 5%, and the silver by 2%, resulting in a total boost with all three active of 17%.

Still waiting for you to provide some evidence to support your claim that only one of three can be active at a time even though the game says otherwise.

@killerpresence4_MLBTS said in Charisma program:

Don’t stack hero time. It’s not stackable...

Evidence? Proof? How do you know?

I have decided to complete this program via the repeatable experience mission. The showdowns are too frustrating, and I can build a combo team of April Rewards / Mexico City players to work on both programs at once.

@Orcin_MLBTS said in Charisma showdown help.... PLEASE:

I am two stages away from the end. My next challenge is Lee Smith and the penultimate stage is likely Chafin. Should I just skip to Castillo?

I was actually three stages away from the end, so I decided to play on against Lee Smith. I had Ozzie and Rickey, so I added Edman (speed). Leading off, Ozzie bunted for a hit and stole second. Fly ball, fly ball, win.

I added Biggio (more speed) and moved on to Joe Kelly. Ozzie bunted for a hit but was caught stealing. Rickey reached on an infield hit and stole second. Fly ball, fly ball, game over.

In summary, speed is definitely a better strategy for me than swinging for the fences and getting more and more nervous with every fly ball out.

I am skipping Chafin and I picked up the diamond bunt cheese perk. My question is... will the bunt cheese perk make 35-40 rated drag bunters like Rickey, Biggio, and Edman have a high chance of success?

EDIT: I made it, scoring 6 runs with 7 outs to spare! That's the first showdown I have successfully completed. The drag bunt cheese perk helped quite a bit. I was able to get several runners on with it, and Joc Pederson even beat out a sac bunt attempt. Thanks for all the good advice in this thread.

I am two stages away from the end. My next challenge is Lee Smith and the penultimate stage is likely Chafin. Should I just skip to Castillo?

I played it earlier today and it worked fine for me.

The team names are the same. The rosters might be different because of the allowable cards in TA vs. Classic.

@PScrabro_PSN said in Showdown can be Done!!!!:

If you can't beat Showdowns, you are either swinging at every single pitch or you are not hitting in any mode anyways, so why only cry about Showdown.

I wanted to come in here and whine about showdowns, but this statement is just so true. I have a lot of trouble with showdowns, but I do much better when I am patient and wait for good pitches to hit. I also do better when I am confident as opposed to anxious, i.e. I have been playing well in other modes lately.

Having said all that, I do wish that there were only one or two elimination showdowns on the path. The WBC path with 100% elimination showdowns is just ridiculous.

Hitting captains must be in the lineup and cannot be removed until after the 6th inning (or you lose the buff for all hitters). Pitching captains only need to be on the squad to supply the buff for any qualified pitcher that enters the game.