Everyone is going to have their own opinion on this one but i truely believe at the end of the day this game is supposed to be fun for everyone at every level, its baseball! There are so many homeruns hit in real baseball now and i think it should be reflected in the game as well but i understand the problems it creates online. I feel the hitting should have been toned down more online and not so much offline where the grind is already real.

Moments and showdowns and conquest take forever in a nurfed offensive world and we all suffer the same, its psychological warfare with myself between being patient and hurrying up to get the mission done lol.

I just played my first couple games after the patch and its definitely alot less fun. I just want to have fun. Why must they tinker with such a core part of the game so early after its released. They tinker so often with the dynamics of this game its hard to play a full year without noticeable differences in feel.

Ive played every year since 06 but the last few years I feel the game has been amazing at launch then falls off as the year goes as far as gameplay. The content is amazing and the layers of gameplay is second to none, the team building and collecting is better then any sports game out there, its the gold standard but the fighting in the community over gameplay is unbelievable.

Online hitting should be tinkered with more often then offline, Id rather be able to finish missions with a consistent level of playing and online be more variable based on skill and team ratings.

Anyways thanks to anyone to take time to read my rant. Back to the grind! Be safe, be kind. Except to the astros, they still cheated! Go A's! And bring back pre patch hitting to the offline grind please and thank you.

Just an idea for a new mode for the offline grind. What if we could make a dd squad and play thru a mto and get rewards based on squad overall and lvl played on.

I feel dd is lacking a season like component offline where u play with your squad. I want to build a squad and be able to play thru a season like in mto. I was thinking if u build a team 85+ u get put in the favorites script, 80-84 contenders and so on with maybe a 10 pack of packs for winning the world series just like completing conquest.

Barry zito, tim hudson, mark mulder, miguel tejeda and eric chavez

They should have put future stars out first and made them 85_89. Fotf cards should be the ones 90+. Smith rated higher then vlad is ridiculous. One of best prospects of all time is rated 5 below a guy ranked in the 20s of the system? Seriously?

Fotf olson. Rest of my team is 95+ but nobody has replaced olson yet, tried a bunch of different 1st basemen between showdowns and br but with his d and power vs righties and lefties i cant see replacing him anytime soon, i aslo just do very well with his swing.

Basically, I think that every secondary postion shouldnt automatically be a ratings drop.

When center fielders get moved to the corners irl they generally grade out better defensively then in center, same with ss at 2b and 3rd basemen at 1st. If the opposite happens then the player usually grades out worse.

So my idea is that if i have a center fielder (ie. Ricky) and move him to his secondary position (LF) his defensive rstings should go up not down. If i have a right feilder (ie. Judge) and i move him to center then he should have the rating drop because he is playing a tougher position then his primary.

I really like the starters as relievers idea but it definitely needs better exacution.

My idea would be to automatically cut the starters stamina in half when he enters out of the pen. That way if you use the same guy out of the bullpen multiple games in a row he would be below 25% stamina coming in the 2nd game in a row. It would also keep the starter from regaining enough energy to have a suitable start his next turn around.

This way allows you to be able to use starters no more then twice in a 5 game span but still gives you that option if things go south.

Ive read a few really good ideas over the last couple of weeks and a couple of those ideas are in this thread already. Regardless of what happens i just hope they do something about it because it is definitely an exploit the way it is set up now

Everyone needs to cool off on jose being the greatest marlin of all time thing. Only people born after year 2000 would ever think that. He was on track for greatness but never really accomplished anything.

I dont care about what he did as a person, tons of people of been awful people off the field, its not my business.

But seriously does no one remember how dominant josh Beckett was during their world series run, or even aj burnett. Way higher ceilings then jose ever had. Even josh johnson leads the marlins in every single pitching category and was dominant for a good stretch. Hell even d train had a better run then jose. Id take anyone of of those guys having beast cards before jose

@CheddaAllDay said in Diamond dynasty guide:

I've just started out a few weeks ago, here are a couple of tips that I got:

Do the Blake Snell Program - dont necessarly get Snell (as you have to lock in players), but grind and get two $5-6K diamonds and one that was about $25K, although the prices could be a bit lower now, than they were a week ago.

Conquest - do the small maps. I did the 4th inning map in a night and got a ton of packs, stubs etc. - I'm now going to start working through the other small maps for the same reason.

Showdowns - I have only done one, but again it was something I could knock off in a night. I don't fully understand the showdowns, but they will give you points towards the programs, which I think is the big draw to them. Don't forget that you can adjust your line up after every game to put in your upgraded players (I didn't realize this until the end, and made a couple of bad swaps because I couldn't remember which players I had gotten in prior rounds)

Player Evolution - I took CarGo and got the card in an afternoon. The moments and missions aren't that difficult.

Work on the other player programs. I havent started here, but there are 3-4 guys that I will go after. i assume that this is also going to help me get points towards those programs which should get me more loot!

Anyways, that's what I have learned from the forum and the game. Enjoy and don't buy packs!

All this for sure, great breakdown, I would just add the jackie Robinson program in early too, lots of packs/ stubs and some of his missions involve getting stats with his card in conquest so if u have to grind all those maps anyways itll be easy to get two birds stoned at once.

Best of luck! And dont buy packs lol

The return of pepe alazar

@raesone_psn said in Pack luck:

If I were you I'd work the market for a few days, flip some cards and make a nice profit. Then finish the LS collection by simply buying them off the market.

Past years ive flipped my way to LS np but havent had as much time this year, ive done some but not enough. Saved a huge pile of packs from content hoping to get lucky just once but its disheartening to rip through a pile and get nothing and it keeps me from wanting to grind the flips. Havent spent anything on packs this year, everything i get or unlock gets dumped into ls.

Just hoping for a little luck to push me over the top.

Loving this years game and content, not complaining just hoping for a change in fortunes lol

Seriously in a major slump. 30+ biah packs without a diamond and over 100+ standard/ team affinity packs without anything just in lastv2 weeks. By far my worst year for luck. Only need acuna and trout to finish LS but havent pulled a single diamond worth over qs yet this year and ive finished every bit of content thats come out. I dont own a single card worth any stubs in the market cause ive pumped everything into LS including all my inning bosses, its getting frustrating and i needed to rant.

Please just please one time can i pull something good and finish this stupid LS lol

Eckersley, he stays in my bullpen every year no matter what, his slider/sinker combo get me out of so many jams and usually good for 2 solid innings. Hes my go to even before goose and lee smith this year

Tough to bet against adolis garcia but im hoping its marcus semien, too many good outfielders already.

@kyles779_psn said in Favorite TA 2 High Diamond Reward:

Puason and Webb will be the first two I select. That future card, on paper, looks sneaky good.

That pauson card feels like vidal brujan from last year but with ss primary. I really like his swing i feel like it has more pop then card shows and the d and speed at short is elite.

Lee, oswalt and bench. So many good ones to choose tho, this ta 2 has me all sorts of geeked! I want them all!

@born2bewild007_psn said in Will there be a 3rd inning boss collection?:

I haven't played the show in several years. Will there likely be another boss collection in the 3rd inning like the one currently in the second inning (Lock Lofton, Piazza and Valenzuela for xp)?

Yup every inning works the same for that. Collect all 3 to get head start on next program, im pretty sure later programs give u a bit more stubs for locking in all 3, i think its 15k now and pretty sure i remember last year the later programs gave u 25k but xp or program stars for last year stayed the same

@dbarmonstar_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@quinn2161_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@dbarmonstar_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@quinn2161_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@dbarmonstar_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@quinn2161_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@locutusofburg said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@genopolanco_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

I’m just a fanboy of not giving a reward to everyone just because they want it.

Enjoy your playing 10 hours a day! Loser.

Only 1 loser here complaining about the same thing over and over lol

I do not get it. I am just under 200k in a week with 3 weeks left and I have not completed any of the mission program, collections or showdown yet. The only thing I have down is daily missions 2 offline a day play the game and CQ map. I play 2-4 a night during the week. Weekend vary. I am on paste to get to 650k. I really do not understand if you play 2 hours a night how you will not get to 350k.

Right?!?!

I have 8 total hours of gameplay since 2nd inning started. Did conquest and showdown but not player program and im at 150k already, no exploits just playing. But when i get on literally jump straight into games and start playing. I wont be done this program early but i definitely feel like ill get to 350 no problem by end of month without worrying and if somehow i dont i still wont be mad ill just go buy smith because hes the only boss i want anyways so no matter what happens i wont be mad lmao

Exactly I will probably sell the boss i get cause I am trying to complete LS collection. I am over half way done. I finished off Rangers, White Sox, and Oakland yesterday. I only need Diamonds for the NL teams I have left. Free packs have not been that nice to me yet. I did pull Betts opening weekend. That is why I am hoping to get to 650k for that LS Diamond

Nice! Ya im in same boat, just chipping away at the LS, once thats done i try to collect as many bosses as i can but first 4 innings last year easily got the LS done for me, felt so good to get it done then i tried collecting all 3 bosses for rest of innings just because i liked most of them and i had the stubs to burn.

So many ways to get things done in this game, the only thing stopping anyone is wasting too much time in the forum being a baby lol

My wasted time on the forum is from work, If I am on to much at work prevents the amount of flipping to make stubs. I am only on the forum when at work.

Same gives me something to scroll thru as i wait on flips at work. Helps kill time and gives me good ideas for what to work on when i finally have some time to actually play

@dbarmonstar_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@quinn2161_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@dbarmonstar_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@quinn2161_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@locutusofburg said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@genopolanco_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

I’m just a fanboy of not giving a reward to everyone just because they want it.

Enjoy your playing 10 hours a day! Loser.

Only 1 loser here complaining about the same thing over and over lol

I do not get it. I am just under 200k in a week with 3 weeks left and I have not completed any of the mission program, collections or showdown yet. The only thing I have down is daily missions 2 offline a day play the game and CQ map. I play 2-4 a night during the week. Weekend vary. I am on paste to get to 650k. I really do not understand if you play 2 hours a night how you will not get to 350k.

Right?!?!

I have 8 total hours of gameplay since 2nd inning started. Did conquest and showdown but not player program and im at 150k already, no exploits just playing. But when i get on literally jump straight into games and start playing. I wont be done this program early but i definitely feel like ill get to 350 no problem by end of month without worrying and if somehow i dont i still wont be mad ill just go buy smith because hes the only boss i want anyways so no matter what happens i wont be mad lmao

Exactly I will probably sell the boss i get cause I am trying to complete LS collection. I am over half way done. I finished off Rangers, White Sox, and Oakland yesterday. I only need Diamonds for the NL teams I have left. Free packs have not been that nice to me yet. I did pull Betts opening weekend. That is why I am hoping to get to 650k for that LS Diamond

Nice! Ya im in same boat, just chipping away at the LS, once thats done i try to collect as many bosses as i can but first 4 innings last year easily got the LS done for me, felt so good to get it done then i tried collecting all 3 bosses for rest of innings just because i liked most of them and i had the stubs to burn. I dont have much luck with packs either but i always have hope the next one will have trout lol!

So many ways to get things done in this game, the only thing stopping anyone is wasting too much time in the forum being a baby lol

@the_dragon1912 said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@dbarmonstar_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@quinn2161_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@locutusofburg said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

@genopolanco_psn said in I think with no double xp a lot of people will struggle to complete the programs:

I’m just a fanboy of not giving a reward to everyone just because they want it.

Enjoy your playing 10 hours a day! Loser.

Only 1 loser here complaining about the same thing over and over lol

I do not get it. I am just under 200k in a week with 3 weeks left and I have not completed any of the mission program, collections or showdown yet. The only thing I have down is daily missions 2 offline a day play the game and CQ map. I play 2-4 a night during the week. Weekend vary. I am on paste to get to 650k. I really do not understand if you play 2 hours a night how you will not get to 350k.

Because the guy in question doesn't even want to play 2 hours a night. He want the boss at 2 hours a week

I wont want to play if i have nothing to earn after 2 hours. The grind is addictive and when its over i end up waiting around for the next inning to start.
It has to be balanced for everyone and there needs to be enough stuff to do for people who do have the time otherwise they wont play.