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I’m interested. I’d like the cubs please.

I’m interested in joining your league! Prefer the cubs

I’ve got a league that has open teams. I messaged you on psn.

Looking for 10 users to join my league. Hall of fame. Guess pitch off. Non draft real rosters league. We are entering season 2. GroupMe is REQUIRED
Open teams:
DET
CWS
CLE
MIA
CHC
WSH
PIT
COL

Message me on here or directly on psn. My psn: shrtstp_07

Are you looking to join a Hall Of Fame League? Real rosters. We are entering season 2 this week. My league is hall of fame. Open teams:
BOS
PIT
MIL
CHC
WSH
MIA
CWS
DET
CLE
COL

Are you looking to join a Hall Of Fame League? Real rosters. We are entering season 2 this week. My league is hall of fame. Open teams:
BOS
PIT
MIL
CHC
WSH
MIA
CWS
DET
CLE
COL

Are you looking to join a Hall Of Fame League? My league is hall of fame. Open teams:
BOS
PIT
MIL
CHC
WSH
MIA
CWS
DET
CLE
COL

Looking for 10 users to join my league. Hall of fame. Guess pitch off. Non draft real rosters league. We are entering season 2. GroupMe is REQUIRED
Open teams:
BOS
DET
CWS
CLE
MIA
CHC
WSH
PIT
MIL
COL

Message me on here or directly on psn. My psn: shrtstp_07

When I play the CPU on Legend pitching they hit 7 homeruns a game. SDS “That’s realistic”

Anyone play offline franchise with Legend difficulty? The opponents smack at least 5 homeruns a game vs me and my pitchers batting average against easily has to be above .350.
HOF isn’t too bad but Legend they legit know what’s coming.

Any personal experiences and thoughts between HOF and Legend?

@Red_Ted_is_back said in Wouldn't an MLB 40-Man Custom League Get Boring Very Quickly?:

@shrtstp_07 said in Wouldn't an MLB 40-Man Custom League Get Boring Very Quickly?:

@Red_Ted_is_back said in Wouldn't an MLB 40-Man Custom League Get Boring Very Quickly?:

@shrtstp_07 said in Wouldn't an MLB 40-Man Custom League Get Boring Very Quickly?:

It feels more like “don’t try that hard, so anything after this can look like ‘improvement’”.

Don’t give me that [censored], in 2017 they did a great job with online franchise. The developers realized the cash cow came from the 10 year olds who play Diamond Dynasty and pay for their teams. Online franchise isn’t bringing in the revenue. That’s why they don’t care about it.

Ok then thanks for keeping the discussion civil and friendly.

No answer I see. Must be someone working for SDS and must not know how basic economics works. SDS receives $0 from custom leagues/online franchise, gain a ton of extra money from diamond dynasty. Some of us aren’t sheep. It’s clear as day where all the energy is focused on in this game.

What was the question? Happy to participate in a friendly discussion.

No I don’t work for SDS and I do know how basic economics and even software development work. My comment about ‘don’t try to do too much’ is speaking from experience, not in annualised game development but software in general. Start small, build from there. Much easier to quash bugs in 1,000 new procedures than 10,000.

I agree that it’s obvious a large amount of development resources are assigned to improving DD because that is popular and revenue generating. I couldn’t put a % on it as many resources are stretched across multiple modes.

They already had a great online franchise mode in 2017. Then they scrapped it in 18 and 19. Then they threw out this watered down version of custom leagues and it is not a well designed game mode.
How can lower rated teams even survive? If you’re the Tigers or Marlins, you have no chance since there is no minor league system. 15 inactive players without player progression is one of the issues here.
They don’t need to “start small”, they need to build off what they had in 17.

@Ikasnu said in Bring back Online Franchise:

Y'all like banking off Diamond Dynasty. F*** it, bring it back and make it a premium setting, similar to "rent a server" in Battlefield. 3mo subscription for $25, 6mo for $40, 12mo for $60. I'd gladly pitch in to pay for a good solid franchise.

No, online league is not a replacement nor the same thing.

100% agree. SDS became money hungry when they created diamond dynasty. Such a joke of a game.

After a week of custom league, I have realize there’s not much substance and longevity of custom leagues in mlb 20. There is no player progression, no budgets, no rookie draft, and no free agents. This leaves the bottom teams no chance to build from prospects in getting better.
This being realized, I’ve decided to go back to mlb 17 and get a league going. I’ve got a group of 18/30 guys so far and we have a mlb 20 rosters with prospects if anyone is interested.
Open teams:
ARZ SF PIT STL MIL CIN PHI SEA OAK TEX CLE DET BAL
Message me for invite shrtstp_07
GroupMe is required.

@Red_Ted_is_back said in Wouldn't an MLB 40-Man Custom League Get Boring Very Quickly?:

@shrtstp_07 said in Wouldn't an MLB 40-Man Custom League Get Boring Very Quickly?:

It feels more like “don’t try that hard, so anything after this can look like ‘improvement’”.

Don’t give me that [censored], in 2017 they did a great job with online franchise. The developers realized the cash cow came from the 10 year olds who play Diamond Dynasty and pay for their teams. Online franchise isn’t bringing in the revenue. That’s why they don’t care about it.

Ok then thanks for keeping the discussion civil and friendly.

No answer I see. Must be someone working for SDS and must not know how basic economics works. SDS receives $0 from custom leagues/online franchise, gain a ton of extra money from diamond dynasty. Some of us aren’t sheep. It’s clear as day where all the energy is focused on in this game.

It feels more like “don’t try that hard, so anything after this can look like ‘improvement’”.

Don’t give me that [censored], in 2017 they did a great job with online franchise. The developers realized the cash cow came from the 10 year olds who play Diamond Dynasty and pay for their teams. Online franchise isn’t bringing in the revenue. That’s why they don’t care about it.

This game is a joke. My pitchers either miss 3 yards outside or leave it right down the middle. I’ve never seen so many blowouts. I beat a guy 21-4 and game 2 he beats me 13-2.
Fly balls and outfielders running around and missing the ball thats an inch from their head. They don’t even make attempts half the time!!!

@DeckerCurtis2002 said in Wouldn't an MLB 40-Man Custom League Get Boring Very Quickly?:

No player progression, no draft, so basically in a 12 team league, the twelve teams that were chosen are the only teams whose players are in the league which means that we're limited to the same 480 players for the duration of the league.

Say it louder for the people in the back! There is no substance to custom leagues. They literally rolled out a watered down franchise mode. It’s embarrassing!

After a week of custom league, I have realize there’s not much substance and longevity of custom leagues in mlb 20. There is no player progression, no budgets, no rookie draft, and no free agents. This leaves the bottom teams no chance to build from prospects in getting better.
This being realized, I’ve decided to go back to mlb 17 and get a league going. I’ve got a group of 18/30 guys so far and we have a mlb 20 rosters with prospects if anyone is interested.
Open teams:
ARZ COL SF PIT STL MIL CIN PHI SEA OAK TEX CLE DET BAL
Message me for invite shrtstp_07
GroupMe is required.