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I have never bothered to play BR because of the fee. It most certainly is a deterrent to play.

It is for me. I am not buying next year's version, because SDS refuses to fix cheaters and bots in the Diamond Dynasty mode. Since all the other modes don't change year to year, I will just keep this copy for 5-6 years.

@AstrosJake_PSN I've pulled the plug on Diamond Dynasty as of today. I'm quitting it cold turkey. I am moving to just Road to the Show and classic MLB seasons modes. The great thing about no longer being interested in Diamond Dynasty is I won't have to purchase the new games each year anymore. Cheaters and bots have made DD a no play.

The other option is to get rid of marketplace app and website outright. That's the option many in this community are starting to come around to. Madden did this. Make the marketplace only on the console would be only sure fire way to beat the bots.

@Ch-76-1908_PSN Only solution is to discontinue the community market companion app IMO. Make the community market available by console only. More inconvenient for sure, but I'll take that if it means a fairer market. Madden dropped their app a while ago (maybe they have it back again, not sure) because of this same issue.

@rubicante23_PSN They could just implement a limit to the number of entries allowed, but not charge stubs for it. Maybe have a 6 hour cool down to do another team?

Mobile gaming isn't gaming. I stay away from mobile games like they are the plague.

@Bridge-Piece_XBL I was hoping they would discontinue the app personally. The app has been the source all the bots use.

@theBlindRhino_PSN I don't agree with instant permabans. Too many tech companies do that with no appeal process, and what happens is you end up catching innocent people in the net. That's exactly what has happened to me. I'm banned, and all I've done is flipping a few hundred silver cards for 30 stubs profit a pop. I have a 41K stub balance for pete's sake, and got banned?

I only play them on rookie setting to ensure a win, and will just accept the lower odds. Worst case, I don't get the card, but keep my treasures. I just keep playing until the card eventual falls my way on rookie. At least I accumulate some packs in the process.

I preferred MLB the Show, but if they are going to treat me like a cheater for using the features they provide, then I'm going to bounce.

SDS, there is is an active bot, in the marketplace for the Craig Biggio card at the time of this post. It is no doubt a bot because for the past 2 hours I've been watching that card bidding, and every time someone places a bid, for any random amount, within less than 1 second, the bot places 2 bids instantly 1 stub more than the real bid. Are you going to do anything about this non-stop botting that is ruining the market? Non-action on these bots is making me realize I should no longer bother buying future iterations of this game.

Same story for me. I make about 15-20 market transactions a week, and yet they think I'm a bot?

@Pergo_MLBTS I would imagine you are correct. If word ever got out about fake pack odds, that would open the game studio open to a lawsuit for damages equal to all packs purchased.

I'm in Russia and can't buy stubs either. Heck, the game wasn't even for sale here and I had to drive down to Kazakhstan to buy a copy, and I have to use a VPN to connect to the freaking servers.

@rms1980rms_PSN And if the market is terrible, that makes Diamond Dynasty terrible as a result. I stopped playing Diamond Dynasty and worrying about collecting any stubs or cards outright. I am playing RTTS and just proper, regular season games with the real MLB rosters. SDS's lack of effort into controlling cheaters and bots have resulted in pushing people away from the Diamond Dynasty mode outright.

@SpawnOfDitka_XBL I barely win 10% of my games against the CPU on rookie level. I doubt I will ever be good enough to even bother playing a online match against someone. I just like to play on the couch, with my kids or friends that come over.

Stubs used to be for sale here too, and also 21 and earlier. I get it that Western Companies have left my region, so it's not just a Sony thing. I now have to use my Playstation pretending I have a Canadian account, and VPN to a Toronto server.

I'm starting to think the bots are actually being run by SDS themselves, an effort to drive people to buying stubs. I've filed a FTC complaint at this manipulation.

@soggy-hampter_PSN Could easily fix the market by implementing cool down features, like only being able to place 1 bid per minute or something.