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@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in What Needs to Improve for MLB The Show 26 Diamond Dynasty:

So, I just made a post going over what I liked and didn't like about MLB The Show 25 Diamond Dynasty - spoiler alert, there's a lot of negative topics, but now I'd like to go over some ideas I have that can negate a lot of those negatives that I and a lot of he community have:
More Legends (Obviously)
It's honestly sad how games like NBA 2K, Madden, and NHL have absurd amount of legend players, compared to SDS' measly 250. I also love how few they lose per year, compared to SDS' annual 10 or so legends that abandon ship. I update my legends list every year, so we'll see who gets added next year, but there better be some big names.
New Card Series Ideas
Let's be real, the meta cards are usually either one of these 5 card series: 2025 Finest, Finest, Milestone, Awards, and Signature. It gets bland, repetitive, and boring. Nobody is saying get rid of any of these card series', but I am asking for some new ones. It would give content a refreshing look. I have some ideas like Payday (Juan Soto 765 million), Runner-Up (Matt Kemp 2011 NL MVP), League-Leaders (these players shouldn't be highlighted in Milestone), and One Season Wonders (Brady Anderson, R.A. Dickey, Adam Frazier, Rick Porcello, etc.). Bringing back old ones like Incognito, retro HRD and ASG, 42, and Prestige would be great.
A Revamped Gameplay Engine
If SDS wants people to continue playing this game online, gameplay needs to be a top priority right now. Hitting is so random, inconsistent, and mindless, and it often seems like the better player loses due to poor game logic. Check swings clearly don't abide by any rules, ball-to-bat physics don't even apply to physics, and 99 steal Elly De La Cruz getting thrown out by live Agustin Ramirez or picked off by Edwin Diaz should be criminal.
A New Online Game Mode
I like the idea of something like a salary cap mode. Let's say you have 35 million dollars to spend: 99s cost 5 million, 94-98 cost 4 million, 88-93 cost 3 million, 84-87 cost 2 million, and anything 83 and below cost 1 million, and you have to strategically build a team based on these restrictions. This is like a combination of Battle Royale and Events into one game mode that involves team restrictions, and strategically using lower overall cards. Also, please bring back good rewards for Events and BR. Ranked/Weekend Classic being the only online game mode with player rewards above 97 overall is unacceptable.
Return to the Divisional Team Affinity Model
This is a big one. The way Team Affinity was executed this year was embarrassing. The fact that there were only 5 diamonds for each team over 7 months is laughable. The voucher collection is just a lazy to way to give out content. Returning to the old divisional would make a lot of people happy and was just better than the singular team model.

Those are all good ideas! I'd also add bring back better event game conditions. Such as only live series with a 89 ovr team cap and a only team build (only cards in team binder) or make it sound any player that has played for that team gets a team captain boost. Also I love the addition of WC but it needs to be checked. When ypur a player like me who hovers around 700-850 when you run into multiple 1000 rated sandbagging players it's no fun. The idea was great players your skill level, but has turned into a mess with sandbagging players intentionally not playing just to scoop the most rewards. I do however think I liked how Team Affinity was done, not how the cards where dropped. But the fact if you just used a certain team that you got more points for just that team to progress. More legends for sure, but I do understand SDS in that regards as to 1) the player has to agree and 2) then they have to negotiate how much to pay them for their likeness. I'm sure it gets hard when certain people want the BIG $$$$ to let them be used. Also last thing I'd also add is something MORE in RTTS (be able to buy equipment with your salary). Think it might be easy just add the equipment into a store inside RTTS and then buy them there. It's not like the equipment gives boosts in DD so why even have it there just completely take them out of packs in DD.

@gregorutti14_PSN said in Sponsorship money:

Good afternoon

I used stubs to buy sponsorships.

How do I use the money?
Can I use it to get improvements for my RTTS player?
Such as houses, hiring coaches...

Thanks

No what those sponsorships do is guve you "boost" income in franchise mode for certain things. I have a few that I got through packs and do sometimes play franchise. They work by giving X amount of money for your team by hitting homeruns, or strikeouts, or even for every game win. So say ypu wanted to just go ham in franchise to have fun on begginer so it's nothing but fastball down the middle, ypu would get 10k per HR with the diamond sponsorship. Sorry if this was a wordy response just thought I'd break it down.

@RAisEdByGoAt_XBL said in MLB The Show Coming to PC:

@WilliamMorris_MLBTS fair enough. So someone educate me if you don’t mind. Does PC mean you will play with a mouse and keyboard like any other PC game or will it enforce a remote ? I’m not at all a gamer so I truly don’t have a clue. I would imagine as long as we could turn off crossplay there wouldn’t be harm ?

I would lean towards it working just like any other game in PC where you can choose to use mouse and key board or plug in just about any controller.

@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in MLB The Show Coming to PC:

I’m not sure if you guys know, but there is a computer cheating program for this game. Pretty sure it literally just plays the game for you and swing at the pitches you tell it to. I saw it on YT and it’s kinda crazy, but not many people use it as of now. Imagine this, and multiply by 50. The amount of people that will go to extreme lengths to cheat on this game and make lives miserable for legitimate players will single-handedly kill the game by porting it over to PC. Personally, I would’ve left the Show on PlayStation exclusively to begin with because the toll porting over to multiple consoles took on gameplay is sad.

I've seen the video on YouTube can't remember who posted it, but it doesn't play for you it just shows you where the ball is gonna end up and what pitch it is. There are people who are using cronos to instantly track pitches though as well.

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@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in What happened SDS:

@Rhyno1986_XBL
Welcome to the Show! Seriously though, this stuff makes me question my sanity. I haven't faced this stuff to an extreme like you, but I've had guys who haven't had an EV over 90 and run away with the game. Also, my pitches sometimes warp into other-wordly demensions even with perfect internet (I have Verizon).

Played a guy in WC and had 33 check swings before the 3rd innings and 0 called against him.

Yep every single off speed pitch was a check swings. I struck him out about 9 times with slider, change up, or slurve when the ball actually went where pitched and not out of or on the edge of the par on a perfect pitch. I hope SDS follows through with their claims of fixing these things next year. A perfect input pitch with a .01-.04 release on a perfect shouldn't miss put of the par let alone go completely out like they do.

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@Rhyno1986_XBL said in What happened SDS:

So what happened SDS? Either you stopped caring or the game is completely broke. I played 3 ranked games today. Did fine in 2 with 2 wins and then the third my opponent literally swung at EVERY pitch I threw. They eneded up with 40 fouls!!!! In comparison in 9 innings I only had 9 fouls. I had 0-15 on good timing with 3 good timing strike outs!!!! Your game can't play this way, not now and not next year. Either start installing anti cheat software or if it's YOUR bad gameplay mechanics then fix them. When 1 player gets 9 hits and not a single good swing timing and no EV over 80 and wins with 40 fouls then your game is broken.

I guess either Belt was cheating or the RNG kicked in.

https://youtu.be/T6FTg1XwLfg?si=uUSFjWAnxBG2LtKJ

I don't wanna say this oppent was cheating because they never took a good swings. 3 very early roll overs down the line where my 3rd baseman (chipper) did the stand there then slow dive animation and then 6 very late bloopers over second or first (shift off). Now if it was 40 fouls and then every swing was a perfect maybe. But this is straight up bad RNG combined with hitting and pitching mechanics being bad.

@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in What happened SDS:

@Rhyno1986_XBL
Welcome to the Show! Seriously though, this stuff makes me question my sanity. I haven't faced this stuff to an extreme like you, but I've had guys who haven't had an EV over 90 and run away with the game. Also, my pitches sometimes warp into other-wordly demensions even with perfect internet (I have Verizon).

Played a guy in WC and had 33 check swings before the 3rd innings and 0 called against him.

So what happened SDS? Either you stopped caring or the game is completely broke. I played 3 ranked games today. Did fine in 2 with 2 wins and then the third my opponent literally swung at EVERY pitch I threw. They eneded up with 40 fouls!!!! In comparison in 9 innings I only had 9 fouls. I had 0-15 on good timing with 3 good timing strike outs!!!! Your game can't play this way, not now and not next year. Either start installing anti cheat software or if it's YOUR bad gameplay mechanics then fix them. When 1 player gets 9 hits and not a single good swing timing and no EV over 80 and wins with 40 fouls then your game is broken.

@TO_Typical_PSN said in Perfect Perfect Foul Balls?:

Guys just wait until next year when the game physics are updated. Cause just late 93 ext velo homer happens every game but a good 106 is a ground ball out to middle infield

I hope for the quality and longevity of this game you are right. I have played the show since 18 and played DD since 19. This year's game has had the most randomized hitting RNG ever. I've legitimately lost games on HoF to players who never made a perfect or even good swing. Combine that with the atrocious amount of check swings and foul balls players are getting it goes against SDSs' whole gameplay model. Don't get me wrong I am basically a daily player and have all collections done NMS and I do love the game.

The only things on the list should be the game engine. Dear SDS this is ridiculous!!!!! I played 4 ranked games on HoF my oppents had a combined 158 foul balls and 60 check swings. This combined with the random warp speed pitches that skip frames is unexceptable 8 years into a game. I lost 1 game on a very late no touchy HR, while I went 4-19 on good timing and had 8 hard hit outs with 13 pci ratings. Along with the pitching that a 100% perfect with a .01 release goes down the middle is a travesty!!!!! Please fix it you are going against YOUR statement of stick skills rain supreme when this is the garbage that happens.

@Dinger_Dan19_PSN said in What if ranked wasn't always god squad?:

So you just want 9 inning events.

Kind of yes I suppose. But MORE stringent rules. So you can only use Live series players and only the whole team. But not stuck on 1 difficulty either. So more like a ranked live series. If that makes sense.

Yes that is how it is, but unfortunately thats because there are.SO many crazy good switch hitters. Now my God squad is think does also have majority of switch hitters I also have trout, Buxton, lue garret, and then I'll sub between Dillion Crews and Griffy JR. But to each there own I say. Gotta give yourself the best chance to win. Also NO body forces you to use those cards. I'm excited to use team build once finest is out. I'll do a game with every team at least once.

@Dinger_Dan19_PSN said in Anyone else?:

Anyone else have most if not all their good swings with good PCIs as outs and in that same game constantly give up hits on pitches put the zone?

Im so happy I get forced to take a 2 month break from this game in 30 days because I’m tired of this BS. I could care less if my opponent out hits me by racking my quality pitches. That means they’re just good. But giving up bad hits repeatedly to make quality swings that are outs repeatedly are ridiculous and EXTREMELY frustrating. Especially when the game is in “competitive” and not simulation difficulty.

It has been very prevalent this year more then the last few years. Unfortunately I feel like it has to do with them trying to shrink the size of the PCI when people slam on what should be out of the zone pitches and breaking pitches in general (not just low away sliders). Now YES all I havr to go on is my experience for this year, but I have witness streamers also having extremely questionable exit velo on squared up pitches and the pci shrinking and it's almost always on breaking pitches. Hopefully all we can do is respectfully bring this to SDS's attention and hope they will address it for 26. I'm scared if they don't if could kill the whole game, because while I fell content was extremely good this year, gameplay should always be the main focus.

The term meaningless is irrelevant in October on MLB the Show. All cards released October through November should ALL be extremely juiced. The season is over and once this ranked season ends it'll be the Forever program and we might only see 1 more card once that starts. I don't care and would prefer at this point to see extremely juiced unreal cards released. No one seriously wants to see them release a Santadar with less then 100 contact on both sides which is unreal for him. This is how progression works and it keeps some players relevant.

The key to showdowns is patience, especially the extreme showdown. That being said I will admit that there is the 1 show down against O'day you can't be to patient. If you do get to clemens and have 20+ runs to start though then you should absolutely be patient. Just sit fastball middle. If you strike out but make him throw 7 pitches each batter for 9 batters thats 63 pitches thrown. That kills his stamina and if you manage to get 1-2 hits or runs then his confidence drains too making it more likely you get a meatball. Stealing is it's own thing and you can usually steal faily easily with 99spd if tap L1 then hold LT on xbox or tap llL21 then hold L2 on PS. This allows you runner to jump as soon as the pitcher releases. Not 100% but faily regular safe calls with 99spd and 80+steal.

I would disagree with saying ranked shouldn't always be GOD Squads. I do agree we should have an online Diamond Dynasty mode that is purely Live Series players. I would prefer this mode to be strictly team based and have subsequent rewards for going 10-0 like events. Now I know this would lead to it basically being people only using the top 1-5 teams all the time. That is why I would add an extra challenge that you get rewards for using each team. Say a 94-99 captain card to use in ranked for winning a 9 inning game in this mode on All-star or above.

Not every player is gonna get a 99. That's just how it is, I know it sucks but you can't expect them to just give every player a 99.

SDS please I implore you to fix check swings and foul balls. In my last 2 games on HoF my oppents had a combined 95 check swings and got called a total of 11 times (game 1:56 checks and 6 calls, game 2: 39 checks and 5 calls). They also had a combined 78 foul balls (45 and 33) and these aren't even close to strike pitches. Now I won both games and went 5-1 in WC, but this is atrocious game play. You are allowing players to extend at bats when they should have been struck out multiple times so your RNG can keep games close. This is not acceptable as a competitive game. Let's bad players fail and reward good player. We all know that the game is coded to reward the player who is losing more and it should not be like this. Please in order to not ruin your game play fix this next year it goes against YOUR mast head of stick skills reign supreme.

@JediEl1823_PSN said in The Player Count is Worse than Ever It Seems:

@Rhyno1986_XBL said in The Player Count is Worse than Ever It Seems:

@TripleH-4481_PSN said in The Player Count is Worse than Ever It Seems:

The extreme program design was the final nail in the coffin for the non elite players. So basically 99% of players have bailed based on this tone deaf decision by SDS.

Extreme has always been catered to the better players. Infact the argument could be made that with the repeatable PXP mission (never been there before) it is actually easier to complete.

Repeatable PXP for Extreme has been in the game for the last few Extremes.

They took away the repeatable mini seasons, which just ended my excitement for Extreme.

If they did then that stinks, but does not in anyway negate the fact Extreme is not suppose to be easy or having a cop out way of completing it. It is made for the better players and that is why the rewards are NO SELL. If they start making it easier and easier then it isn't Extreme. I don't think there should be repeatable PXP mission at all. I think this year's was a good mix of challenging, but doable with some patience.

So for a little help to everyone having trouble on legend against the live series roster the key is patience and Pitcher choice. Before the game starts always pick your 5th SP that way you guarantee you're going to face that teams 5th starter (usually their worst and usually a 75 or under). This will guarantee you will still have a decent PCI size, next remember it's Conquest and only 3 innings so if your pitcher gets in trouble switch your pitcher. Play the match up you don't have to wait for 3 batters in a 3 inning game you call pull a pitcher every batter if you want.