@The_Joneser said in Just a heads up SDS.:
@TripleH-4481, not everyone feels that way.
Personally, I reject the premise of the game not having value. I'm finding great value in this year's game, and I very much enjoy the time I get to spend playing it when not engaged in real life activities. I'm not a collector, nor do I like grinding for stacks of digital cards that I don't care to actually use, so it really isn't playing much differently for me this year than any other; I very selectively target which cards I want to grind for, don't lock in my sellable cards, and sell them off when I want to buy another.
In terms of play, I'm enjoying very much my Martin Dihigo in CF (a great value at around 20K stubs), and McCutchen is a steal for under 10K (I bought him around 30K, and thought that was a good value). Arenado is free, Candelario was easy to get, and Tom Seaver has been one of my favorites for years... I enjoy playing actual games with the players I have and getting new ones really isn't out of reach. I just have to make some decisions and not expect everything all at once, and then I get to play a pretty decent baseball simulation.
A lot of players in these forums are upset, but they're the same people, over and over again. Just because a few others that don't always complain have expressed discontent doesn't necessarily lend itself to the interpretation that this is "souring a lot of players on the game at a record clip." How do you know that just as many, if not more, are happy that they can just buy the players they want rather than waste precious hours grinding?
Sorry you aren't as happy this year, but that doesn't mean everyone is with you.
Say what you will, but one thing I agree with you on is some of the value of cards. That free 88 Trout from the rewards program...I'm hitting .886 with him. Absolute digital destruction of the ball every time he's at the dish, by far better than any other card I've received.