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They're likely not fixing anything that's been broken for 3 months and not already fixed

@Onix_Savage22_PSN I honestly think if you use consistent players all the time you just pick up the timing of their swing.

I'll even sometimes pause and go replay a previous swing to really zone in on the stride or kick.

I also basically just sit on fast stuff inside so that's what all my timing is tuned to.

If you watch a perfect perfect swing you'll see the time and load on contact is literally perfect. Higher leg kicks typically make it easier but like Polanco for example I think is a hair off so you gotta get used to his swing.

I think albies has the best tempo swing.

Even trout this year I started out consistently late with him until I got more swings with him and figured out his leg kick. I think it's not quite as high as past years.

Joc pederson also has a insanely high leg kick and MOST of these hitters i use are extreme pull tendencies. So since I sit inside and always early on fastballs I think the tendency is giving me better coverage or vision or whatever of inside pitches.

Albies for example, idk how many online hrs I've hit this year where my pci wasn't even near the ball and it was gone by a mile lol. Just cause the timing was good.

I use tempo. I'm not elite but I'm pretty good and this year I honestly haven't played a ton.

I use same players all the time and don't really try new cards.

Trout, Polanco, albies, all have notable leg kicks.

Freeman and ohtani have like a toe tap load and then swing

Ketel and Kyle tucker barely have a stride but I hit well with them

Corey seager has a preload that's easy to time

Santander and acuna I think have a smaller step

Idk, you use the same swings and tempo gets fairly easy. You can see where they are in the stride.

Jackie and elly both have kind've like a little leg swing before they step forward.

Offline I hit like 500-600 with all those guys and whenever I use new cards for Topps now or something I'm terrible.

I have not played the game since last Friday.

I turned on to play today 7 days later and I think this is the slowest the menus have ever been for me including launch.

And we're assuming bunches got banned for the glitch packs?

This has been a rough year for the show

Id just quit and not waste your time. I doubt the reporting is doing a whole lot.

The cheaters have won 2026.

Dont frustrate yourself

I get throw out with 99 speed 99 steal by preloading l2 all the time. I don't trust anyone. Meanwhile I got Mackey p5 with 99 everything and I still get stole on online and against cpu

I've determined I think I'm best with these players since I tend to be early on everything and sit on inside pitches

Is there a list anywhere on these players or is there a way to search for this on show zone (or any site similar to sz if one exists)

I think the other downside of all this cheating is I now assume EVERYONE who plays good or is dotting every pitch or more than anything laying off every ball just outside of the zone is cheating. I know they're all not but my perception when playing is I'm always playing a cheater.

Yesterday in the event a guy would not swing at any ball but he also wasn't getting any good hits so Idk what that is and he fouled EVERYTHING off. It was so annoying.

@Dolenz_PSN said:

Yeah, I am not sure any compensation is adequate because think about it, if they don't identify the exploiters and flag them then not only do they get the benefit of exploiting but they would also get the compensation.

At this point the best compensation would be to ban the exploiters. It sends a signal to those who might take advantage of the next exploit to think twice about it and shows the community that playing by the rules is appreciated.

Do I think it will happen? Less and less with each day that passes

I think that's the only option.

I just finished the multi-player program and I kind've hate playing online now but I wanted the 50 pack and chase card. My chase card was will Smith. Last month my chase card was Jeremy Pena.

I don't have the new jram or ketel. I have been buying the spotlight cards to try to keep up for a monthly retro but I still don't make stubs to keep up with these collections.

So I put in however many hours to finish multi-player collection doing online stuff I don't even really like and I essentially got 3k stubs for it lol. Not making much of an impact towards me getting ketel. Im close to soto/lindor so hopefully they're still 90k and I can sell them but that buys me like two rare cards toward ketel

Its an unrewarding grind this year and it is kindve [censored] that people basically got every card in the game and a unlimited stub count going forward

Is sds going to give me a free 10 pack? Likely worth 5k at best. Give a free shohei or judge after others have spent months to earn them (or paid real usd for them) and just got them recently.

Do nothing and the people that jumped the line get rewarded?

The only option should be a ban. Maybe not a year but at least a 4 week ban or so.

@ApolloZ_99_MLBTS said:

It’s not pay to play.

Cheat to play?

So the guy that was the whistleblower on the cpu program cheating proceeded to benefit from the exploit given 1000 free packs a few weeks later?

I just quit, it's not that big a deal

I approve of a new seager

I would also say albies and seager seem to lift all inside pitches and get tons of off pci homers

@Christuffer9917_PSN said:

Honestly guys, i dont think good and bad swings just exist like that in my opinion now disclaimer, I ain't going against your opinions im just expressing my opinion. The reasons are that the strides are mostly the same like when the batter prepares for the pitch to come, they have the same exact stride. Imo, its really just the attributes and the height of the player that makes the swing of the player good.

Go into practice mode and use a notoriously bad swing like mark mcgwire and then a notoriously good swing like Ozzie albies or trout that have a notable leg kick.

Swings are very different, both of them have extreme pull tendency as well. Mark mcgwire is always late on everything.

I would say swings matter more then attributes.

You could give me a 99 mcgwire with 125 max everything and is rather run that wbc Ozzie albies 89 or 92 or whatever it is

@Onix_Savage22_PSN said:

Ik me personally I’ve never even thought about giving up on this game before atleast late October early November. This year bring in late may is crazy.

That's how I feel.

Most years I'd have the live series done or atleast half by now (easily) without crazy grinding.

I've definetly played less this year and because of a number of factors didn't prioritize live series anyways. But I've pulled jram early and besides that I haven't pulled anything of value. Even the mural type packs I've gotten base round like EVERY time.

I grind mini seasons for 10 pack bundle and if I'm lucky I get Jeremy Pena.

I feel like I'm not upgrading my team from week to week. By the time I get to Soto or lindor I don't feel like they're much better than elly or trout (who I'm using in right)

Its easier to complete programs mindlessly than in past years but I feel like for the most part programs aren't boosting my teams.

Meanwhile you constantly see chase pack and 700k collections able to improve your squad. But by the time you get to mickey mantle now in citysquad he's already outdated and not really better than what you may already have.

I used Kyle tucker new threads card for the longest time and I feel like if I used him I wouldn't be disadvantaged too much over someone using the new Soto. Especially with p5 modded tucker. That's kind've a good thing if you like the player but also it doesn't really light the fire to tirelessly grind for a lateral move

I get it's a holiday weekend but Friday wasn't a holiday. Kind've wild this post has stood for almost 24 hours. For all the complaining on the board about everything this is pretty telling how much sds pays attention to the content of the posts here.

@im_aPugtato_PSN said:

@DemIsE4_XBL said:

another cheater in ranked. Was going to play some more but not tonight. We should not have to report these people. Game has a severe cheating problem and SDS is trying to push it under the rug.

What a night. Get to play a cheater in ranked. Do the flower map for 30 packs no diamonds. Get the 50 mp pack no diamonds. Chase card Kurtz. Somebody explain why I play this game?

I don’t play ranked after 10pm anymore, it looks like they updated their guidelines and are requiring people to cheat after 10pm now

I like that there are all types of rules for cheaters to abide buy.

@SpawnOfDitka_XBL said:

@rubicante23_PSN they dont want to get better at the game bro. They would rather play vs the cpu, throw two high fastballs and a slider away all day to get strikeouts. Sounds fun. Offline players should absolutely not get the same rewards as online players. 100 percent. They still have ample grinding methods anyway that are good.

I don't really care who gets what rewards but as someone who was a "online" guy... The cheating, bunt dancing, slide stepping, excessive stealing, constant pausing, etc. It makes playing online simply not fun or worthwhile anymore.

I typically play until about finest then kind've lose interest. Playing mostly offline this year I feel like it aleady feels like finest time where I'm just kind've bored and no incentive to deal with the fuckery online

I use mostly switch hitters.

I'm using that Cardinals guy in cf who is high contact with no power but has almost perfect defense. I don't like using trout or others there so I sacrifice the offense for the elite defense in center.

I do use trout so I don't run all switch