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@The_Joneser_PSN said in Your supercharged Judge and Fan Vote Options:

@SakAttack87_PSN, I don't think anyone is saying he didn't perform excellently. But Soderstrom hit just as many home runs (plus a double to boot) against a far better pitching staff, and somehow ends up with less than 20% vs Chisholm's 63%?

That's the benefit of being a Yankee in anything that asks for fan voting, and that's what is being pointed out, here.

Understandable. I'm just in a defensive mood with all the torpedo bat drama over the last few days.

@Dolenz_PSN said in Your supercharged Judge and Fan Vote Options:

@YOSHI24_XBL said in Your supercharged Judge and Fan Vote Options:

@SakAttack87_PSN said in Your supercharged Judge and Fan Vote Options:

@YOSHI24_XBL said in Your supercharged Judge and Fan Vote Options:

People are crazy. Jazz had the worst offensive stats of the 3 and leads by a mile …

Jazz is popular and that's what this vote is all about.

I remember him as the cover athlete … that feedback did not sound like anybody was a fan (I am overexaggerating )

The difference is that he's a Yankee now

Yes, three home runs in two games. So undeserving.

@YOSHI24_XBL said in Your supercharged Judge and Fan Vote Options:

People are crazy. Jazz had the worst offensive stats of the 3 and leads by a mile …

Jazz is popular and that's what this vote is all about.

People doubted they would supercharge Judge, but happy he gets a boost because he had an amazing weekend.

Jazz is cool as well although I'm more excited for a potential Topps Now card.

@EmberBurnsAll13_PSN said in Can someone from SDS please explain why default rosters are neglected:

@Shua2168_MLBTS Even Paul Skenes looks awful and he's on the dang cover! Literally just make him look like he does on the cover, the stache is part of his signature not that neck beard thing they gave him. While I'm at it, it's seriously stupid that you can't edit most players hair and beard. I understand not changing their face structure or eye color but seriously SDS, ever heard of a barber shop?

I don't even want to admit how much it annoyed me last year when they gave the 99 Silver Slugger Gary Sanchez from 2017 his current day beard. That stuff is super annoying.

I'm here live. It's 6-20.

Judge supercharge incoming for sure.

@NOWLTZKI_MLBTS said in Whats with the packs???:

This place is a F ing joke I spent over 1500$ real money on packs and I have completed all the conquest maps and I haven’t pulled sht I am so done with this game. But SDS gives all those clown on YouTube all the players for free and the game and I paid all this money and I haven’t pulled no Ohtani or Judge or Trout or Mookie or Jose Ramirez nit even Freddy freeman I am so done!!! I am calling my bank and I am disputing the 1500$ I spent on these packs and getting my money back!!

If SDS already got $1,500 out of you, I think they are cool with you walking away.

@Smartash864091_XBL said in Can we get new players:

Can we finally get Nomar Garciaparra, Barry Bonds, Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, Tim Lincecum, Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Yogi Berra, Joe Dimaggio, Barry Zito, Dave Stewart, Miguel Tejada, Eric Chavez and many more

They're all in the next update.

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in Heroes of the Game:

@GixxerRyder750_PSN said in Heroes of the Game:

You do know we had these in 2022 right?

Sort of, I suppose. Did people complain as loudly back then about cards like that?

No, mainly because the card art was pretty awesome and dare I say universally liked.

I can see it being Santander or Bellinger.

They aren't going to give it to anybody who already has a pricey diamond so thinking it has to be someone in the gold/silver tier.

@ShadowWalker166_XBL said in *NLB Cards - Team Affinity*:

Funny how after jeter storyline last year no new storyline this year......I mean ohtani would of been interesting or someone else entirely. I did enjoy that

Probably because there was no way they were gonna hand out a free 90 Ohtani when the LS one is fetching 400k.

I also think having a year-round Evolution program for these cards through Storylines would work. You'd be able to keep them relevant by releasing better versions throughout the season similar to the Jackie Robinson program from 2020.

I know it was a problem on older consoles because I dealt with it on PS4, but did current-gen have similar issues with guys like McCutchen in previous years?

SDS needs to implement the NLB cards into DD better.

Storylines is a cool mode and a lot of the players they've added over the last few years are very fun to use, but they literally add no value to your squad within Team Affinity which is set up to be the primary year-long grind. If you fill your entire lineup with NLB cards, you get zero progression towards TA. ZERO. They need to add an extra tier where maybe (x) PXP using NLB cards gets you (x) XP towards each team and if you really want to incentivize the fanbase to use these players make it repeatable as well.

They obviously put a lot of thought and care into Storylines which makes it hard to understand why they would deliberately give you a reason NOT to use these cards. With there being so much to grind towards especially with the updated TA format, people simply aren't going to use cards that don't work towards that progress.

I understand the criticism for the one multiplayer program. Battle Royale especially since unless you can go 10-0 it really doesn't justify the effort or time spent playing that mode.

On the other hand, I'm all for the changes to TA because it is finally back to truly being TEAM Affinity. For the last few years, we've had Division Affinity which really watered down the experience. It may seem daunting right now because the entire path was dropped at launch, but you have to remember this is no longer meant to be completed in a few hours and offers more content to continually grind towards which was a very vocal criticism about the game last year.

As for the new home run animation, you should absolutely have the option to turn it off or keep it on. I actually don't mind it at all as it doesn't appear all the time for every no-doubter, but players should be given the choice.

@mackmurda502_PSN said in Rising market?:

@SakAttack87_PSN yea but still a good number with Xbox and switch

True, but the game was on both of those systems already last year so that isn't going to translate to an influx of new players for 2025. I am sure that some made the jump to current gen - me being one example - although you have to believe it just isn't enough to offset the loss of so many PS4/Xbox One gamers as well as those who relied on Game Pass.

The previous poster also mentioned the other factor that LS are some of the best cards in the game at the moment due to the power creep reset so their value is through the roof.

@Easy_Duhz_It__PSN said in Getting the third 1st inning boss:

If this inning is any indication of how they plan to do the whole year, 30K xp is nothing. They're obviously gonna give us more than enough xp through the month to get everything done. I think the option is more or less for the people who say they dont have enough time to play the game.

Agreed, 30k doesn't seem worth the investment. I think back in 2020, the voucher for collecting all three bosses was like 75k which felt like a significant head start.

With them cutting last-gen and not being on Game Pass, there are likely fewer players on the game which equals less packs being ripped along with less diamonds in circulation.

Pipeline Samuel Basallo.

@squishiesgirl_MLBTS said in Diamond Quest:

@palmerjones_PSN I don't see how you sell the Judge 20th anniversary card

That particular DQ is like an introductory course to help get acclimated with the mode. The gold Judge and Soto from that one are not sellable, but the rewards in the other two maps are.

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in Content is dry?:

Stop being whiny bitches. You can still farm packs at a decent clip in MS. ~21-22 wins for 15 packs plus a ballin. Over time you will get the pipeline/new threads (I assume) packs, as well as the MS banner/uni/logo tradeins

Along the way you are getting TA progress, unlike last year when you would have finished TA by now.

And they released TWO conquest maps today, one of which has a good chunk of games to play through

Show packs are still easy to earn (and more valuable when you pull a good LS diamond). It looks like they have done away with locking all the best cards behind shop packs, and have made the cards from shop packs easier to acquire.

And as the year goes on the newer mini seasons will have more rewards as well.

The changes have been overwhelmingly positive for NMS folks and card collectors, if the tradeoff for that is a little slower pack farm that seems fine to me

To be clear, I think its perfectly fine to ask why we dont have a repeatable conquest map and ask for one to be implemented, but there is a lot of hyperbolic nonsense

100%.

As someone who plays primarily offline and grinds way more than the casual gamer as well as the majority on this forum most likely, there has been a TON of content to dive into. The game has barely been out for a week and they have already dropped NINE Conquest maps along with multiple featured programs on top of the eternal TA path. That doesn't even include modes like DQ and Mini Seasons which are lucrative and also require a decent amount of time.

They have done a fantastic job so far offering a ton of stuff to grind. Anybody who is complaining about a lack of offline content is probably the 0.001% who lives on the game and I'm sorry, but they are never going to be able to give those kind of players enough.