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@Dolenz_PSN said in TA Neon Cards:

@SakAttack87_PSN said in TA Neon Cards:

I really hope they use this drop to add some rewards/packs/etc. to the main TA path. The gap between the Finest voucher and "#1 Fan" icon is like 1,000,000 PXP and there is currently nothing in-between to grind for. Just a long, empty road.

They won't add anything to the main path.

Now while we may get a boost like we did in color storm the majority of your progress past finest is coming from the three Clubhouse leaders missions. So if you complete those you get 350K each and when you finish the third one you are at the end. It's not like we are inching our way along the path like we do in the inning programs.

The other reason is that it would just not be fair. Some team's clubhouse leader missions are so much lower than others. For the Cardinals I would need double the amount of hits that the Mets fans need for their team in order to get the same reward.

If there are no additional rewards or packs added to the regular TA path, I can see them offering a very generous amount of PXP for collecting the new Neon card for each team. The boost for unlocking the Color Storm cards was like 150,000 so it's possible they bump that amount up to help accelerate the progress. It is nearly September after all.

I understand it's there as a longshot token, but doubt many players are incentivized to grind towards the "#1 Fan" icon and will simply abandon TA once they reach the Finest voucher.

@GoozeFn_PSN said in Josh gibson:

Does he still get a perfect perfect sound on bad contact?

The crack on a perfect/perfect used to be noticeably louder in The Show 20 and sounds like the one they gave Gibson. It shouldn't happen every time he makes contact, but I wouldn't mind if they kept the louder crack on perfect swings since he was known for the sound that came off his bat.

I really hope they use this drop to add some rewards/packs/etc. to the main TA path. The gap between the Finest voucher and "#1 Fan" icon is like 1,000,000 PXP and there is currently nothing in-between to grind for. Just a long, empty road.

@samguenther1987_PSN said in Ideas to add in MLB The Show 26:

As far as showing all your duplicate cards, the app does have that option not sure about In game though.

The app does, but the the console in-game inventory doesn't which is annoying.

2021 and 2024 were the weakest in my opinion as the primary LS collection reward was a Legend who had been in the game for years already at that point.

2020, 2023, and this year have all offered three brand-new Legends which I think is a pretty big incentive.

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in A New 'New Threads' Program?:

98 Helsley Showdown

I'll be extremely disappointed if they give another Helsely but dont give a Tyler Rogers, but there is room for both.

The showdown should have been Bednar, so you can beat up the Yankees new additions just like it actually happened

He was awesome yesterday. Came in for a five out save and ended up striking out five. Let's get a 99 for that Yanks pen!!!

@Ericulous1_XBL said in A New 'New Threads' Program?:

@Teak2112_MLBTS

You nailed it. By eliminating TA this time around and again with Finest, there is a major lack of playable content. Yea the cards are great but I have nothing to do and I don’t play anywhere near as much as a lot of others.

SDS- please recommit to Team Affinity and give us more to do there.

I think they still have some additions ready for TA to come. The gap between the Finest voucher and the #1 Fan icon is like 1,000,000 points and I agree without any grindable content that is just a wasteland that many will simply abandon. You have to think they surely will add a new set of missions/moments/stats with added rewards along the path to entice players to invest back into TA.

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in A New 'New Threads' Program?:

@SavageSteve74_PSN said in A New 'New Threads' Program?:

I just don’t like the idea of giving a bunch of player 99s just because they got traded. Some are deserving (Duran, Naylor, Suarez) while others shouldn’t be given a diamond just because they happened to be traded. Oh well, it’s all make believe anyway

They listen to the god squadders a bit too much, who say everything has to be a 99 or the card is trash.

I agree with the notion that 99s at this stage of the year should be legends, or guys like Skenes/Judge/etc. Open the flood gates late in the year (I think the lesser finest they did in 2023 should absolutely be the norm, celebrate the guys that contributed for their team).

They really need to figure out a salary cap style mode so they can continue to release low 90s this late in the year.

Just for those keeping score at home (thanks to Dolenz research):
Ryan McMahon, at least 2 diamonds including a 99
Edgar Martinez and Gary Carter, 0 diamonds

This has for better or worse been the norm for the last 5-6 installments at least going back to 2020. The 99 floodgates open by the ASG and there is nothing you can do at that point to reverse course.

I think they did a really good job with the power creep this year until they hit that mid 90s diamond threshold. It's like we had 94s then within two weeks there were 98s already creeping in.

Should be very soon. In years past it's been late July or early August so would assume the next week or two it drops.

Considering that the trade deadline has passed and this will likely be the last drop for New Threads, it makes total sense that these will be 99 overalls or at least some of them.

I'm totally cool with them re-releasing older packs, but really wish they would at least let those duplicate Evolution cards be used towards exchanges.

They had trade content last summer so I'd like to believe it will be returning this year especially with the inclusion of the New Threads series.

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in 99 Acuna coming today!!:

@SakAttack87_PSN said in 99 Acuna coming today!!:

@GoozeFn_PSN said in 99 Acuna coming today!!:

@yankblan_PSN it’s just a weird thing to do. You give a guy who’s not a Hall of Famer a Babe Ruth card during the Hall of Fame ceremony drop. It just doesn’t make sense to me. He wasn’t that special of a player.

I get having an actual HOF player would've made more sense considering the day the collection dropped, but Bautista is a new featured Legend this year and he was one of the most feared power bats in the 2010s.

They gave him 120 clutch for a year where he hit .245 with RISP

And if they give him low clutch people would complain about that.

It's a fantasy mode in a fantasy game at the end of the day.

@GoozeFn_PSN said in 99 Acuna coming today!!:

@yankblan_PSN it’s just a weird thing to do. You give a guy who’s not a Hall of Famer a Babe Ruth card during the Hall of Fame ceremony drop. It just doesn’t make sense to me. He wasn’t that special of a player.

I get having an actual HOF player would've made more sense considering the day the collection dropped, but Bautista is a new featured Legend this year and he was one of the most feared power bats in the 2010s.

@MarioMendoza935_XBL said in Is it just me:

@SchnauzerFace_MLBTS said in Is it just me:

I also want to complain about how slow CC’s windup is

Good Lord... I pulled the analog stick back, posted this message, then pushed the stick forward.

If you're just doing aimless CPU grinding, intentionally walk the first batter every inning and pitch from the stretch. Saves a ton of time over the long haul.

Why would a Manny Ramirez card based on 2003 have dreads?

Another popular prediction, but I doubt it will be Manny simply because the last Legends/Flashbacks reward was Ted Williams and it's just very unlikely they'd go with back-to-back Boston left fielders.

@TheBigPapa55_PSN said in Next Legeends/Flashback Collection:

@PAinPA_PSN The program is going to so [censored] it's not even funny so it's kinda irrelevant. Expect Allen or Parker out of that.

99 CC and 99 Wagner will be on most squads immediately.

I agree the chances of it being Ichiro appear to be slim, but who knows.

The fact that the collection is happening the same day as the HOF induction program drops makes me think they might possibly have something cooking. Not getting my hopes up, but we'll see.

You can earn the MVP through a program for free, but I'm sure you can find something else to complain about.