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@LHUBison58_XBL said:

Why add back the windup? That was a qol move that at least deserved a week of live play.

Because people would slide step randomly to mess up pitch release like they already do with runners on.

Its not quality of life when majority of players are toxic.

It takes two for a freeze off, just quit. New game comes out in a few weeks. What does a ranked win or whatever even matter at this point?

Pretty sure 9 times out 10 if you beat someone they'd report you for the -1

It's a toxic game and always will be. I've played since 2020 DD and I def have more people that play toxic than don't.

If I had enough free time it'd be cool to play in a league were everyone was vetted and the league could police itself.

I will not play dq unless I'm guaranteed a reward for winning

Don't need a reward simply for playing. But if I beat everything give me a reward. Not going to play anything for a "chance" offline.

@Lord-Oimak_MLBTS said in Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch in 26?:

2. if a pitcher throws a pitch he has to finish that batter.

Yes, I was playing a tight back and forth game with someone into the 10th. No r2, no bunt dance, no weird stuff.

And a guy subbed in kenley with 2 strikes and 2 outs against my batter and I had runners on in the 10th. I struck out looking cause i just didn't pick up the release point.

I quit right after. It ruined the whole experience of the game. We're in February and can't just play a straight up man 2 man game. I haven't played online since that game a few weeks back.

It was such a solid competitive back and forth game too.

@GoozeFn_PSN said in Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch in 26?:

@ref479ode_PSN You can only slide step with runners on. How is it any different without windups?There’s a new pause between pitches, so no quick pitching either.

You can slide step whether people are on base or not if you're using a pitcher that doesn't wind up like Corbin burnes or virtually every rp

Pitching from the stretch is going to make toxic players constantly slide step and not slide step as it changes the release point of the pitcher. I HATE when people do that especially when they just randomly break not out in a high leverage spot. If it gets abused it would make online play pretty miserable

@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN said in Who's pre-ordering on 2/3?:

@ref479ode_PSN said in Who's pre-ordering on 2/3?:

Weren't the servers terrible last year on early release?

I feel like last year I was like this sucks I'm never paying extra for pre-order. Were we getting kicked out of games?

Pay extra for pre-order?

Extra for early release access

@SaveFarris_PSN said in Gameplay Trailer - 2/3/2026 - YouTube link:

Red Diamonds were only in 2020. They were the pre-cursor to the PXP leveling system.

The only cards that were Red Diamond-able were:

• Inning Bosses
• XP Path Bosses (there was a separate XP Path back then)
• AL/NL/MLB/Mega Collection (Trout) rewards
• POTM Lightning cards
• Extreme Program rewards
• Face of the Franchise cards (aka Team Affinity 2)
• Finest Cards (aka Team Affinity 3)

I would imagine the "upgraded PXP system" is a re-balancing of PXP rewards. Maybe they've finally figured out that people (like me) immediately stop using P5 since there's no more reward gained by using them. I'd like to see them add more levels and/or have any extra PXP earned by a P5 transferable to another card. I don't know, just spitballing...

I stop using p5 too and obviously using enough to get p5 I like the cards. I just feel like "what's the point" I'm using them. Sometimes I'll use in ranked but I only played like 40 ranked games.

Weren't the servers terrible last year on early release?

I feel like last year I was like this sucks I'm never paying extra for pre-order. Were we getting kicked out of games?

@Jax-Assasing-Rd_PSN said in How?:

Theres a dude who has a record of 109W and 1L.
Lol i don’t blame him for cheating lol.But how tho? Lol

I think I'm like 37-6 or somewhere around that.

In past years I've been undefeated into 35-40 games.

I don't think it necessarily implies cheating. They just more than likely stay in the lower rankings as I do. I play mostly all star and I don't play frequently enough to progress in a single season so my record is always pretty good but I'd never making like 1000 rating.

If they do have the 1000 rating maybe it's a little more suspicious because sometimes you can be better than your opponent and still lose cause of the weirdness of online play

I just noticed that's what mine is saying but my profile says 811-264 https://mlb25.theshow.com/universal_profiles/psn/ref479ode

I've only played like 40-50 ranked games

I don't get all the complaints.

I'm something like 36-6 in ranked, I've made world series, etc. I'm good but not great. I don't quit out games, I also only play ranked when I'm in the mood, well rested, not annoyed, etc. I only play when I have the ability to be patient.

All year I've gotten occasional perfect perfect flyout, the 9th inning routine double play to diamond ss that is inevitably an error, the bad jumps, the ball on the black that would've been a strikeout followed up by 5 foul balls and then a Homerun.

I've dealt with the random pitch speeds too.

Id rather all those things not be in the game but it doesn't seem all that prevalent. I think people lose a game because theyre mad from that stuff happening so you hear about it more than not.

I have seen ohchev, cbrev, Kyle, etc and it does seem they get alot of cookies down the middle and ball doesn't seem as fast watching them but it's prob perspective and sometimes it's just input lag. I'll have games where I'm late on everything and I feel my timing is perfect.

I started looking st the batter analysis after every game and compare my goods and perfects to my opponents. That tells me whether I played better or even if I played good or bad. Its like okay I lost a game but I played well and it makes it less annoying to me anyways

I like Corbin Carroll, I can hit offline but not online. His swing is almost too fast, I roll over anything outside and anything inside I pull foul

@SalmanHOF_NSW said in Walks, game improvement:

Having a resource like this, along with a YouTube video i can't locate right now, lead me to a nice revelation.
It took me four days to increase my total Diamond Dynasty walks from 170 to the 300 required to complete the task and get the reward AFTER I did the bit of research to find how people draw walks. After that I just had the innings pitched task and completed that in a day. I finally got the workhorse uniform (much more awful than I anticipated when being used) and the touching grass award (super cool and much more enjoyable than I anticipated).
The difference was turning up the difficulty from rookie to legendary or GOAT when playing the CPU. It was then that I noticed the benefits of being patient that all the videos )that were supposed to teach me how to hit) meant. I started getting 7-8 walks a game for many games.
I played MLB the Show most of this year with about 6 weeks off around the AS break. I had pretty much given up on getting all the tasks completed, mostly because I never could be patient enough to draw walks.
Thanks to everyone who posts here for your help this season. I'm beginning to understand why I was advised to play All-Star of HOF level instead of rookie. I still can't hit but I see that most players with my experience have trouble too.

I think if you sit on a pitch and a location it helps you work the count as well. I pretty much sit inside fastball until two strikes and TRY to not swing at anhthjng else.

I am pretty sure I hit like 400 with my p5 Beltran, they'll release a new one that's 125 everything and I'll hit 150 with him

Lets all get along and complain to SDS how they don't rate us properly, its Thanksgiving...almost

@allday9128_PSN said in Weekend Classic Rating:

Sounds like your placement is glitched or something. If your starting rating for the season was 700 then you should be in gold 1. It doesn't matter if you didnt play at all this season and it also wouldn't matter if you tanked your rating all the way down to 0. You should still be in gold 1

I won 4 or 5 games today and made world series again. So I was definetly "ranked" 700 but I'm most definetly in bronze 1. My last opponent was in the 600s and was better than the first few (post game screen)

I know people have complained before.

I haven't played ranked since last weekend classic and my starting rating is 700 but I'm in bronze 1 against 0-399. My first match was against a guy that was ranked like 115 and his batting averages were like 100. Connection was also bad. 2nd game is all live series guys for my opponent and his avg is 150.

I didn't strategically drop in rankings I just didn't play. So I actually feel a little bad going into these games.

Idk if you should never drop lower than your highest ranking as I've seen mentioned before because that may leave you to get stomped on alot. But if I got to 700 I should prob not be allowed to drop below maybe 500?