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@SkunkyTrees7615_XBL yeah unless you are like me and dont want to use a full cheese switch hitting team. Inside sinkers are broken. Even when you know they are coming, hard to catch up to them. Just one example of the poor game play. I also hit well btw. I stay around 350 average consistently online. Some players over 400. Im still a casual. I have never been past 900 rank. I fight for the casuals.

@SkunkyTrees7615_XBL if you are here to play the game. And havnt seen what's it become. Which i agree btw. I would think you would be more stunned by how bad the game play is, the amount of cheaters, the lack of creativity, the lack of programs, the rince and repeat stuff. Compared to years prior. A little surprised you went straight to the market over everything else. I agree with the market stuff though.

If you are gonna give it to sds give it to them right. They deserve it all.

Now just stop giving us garbage mlb the show packs. At this point in the game get rid of them. They are a s s!! Replace them with something else. The pack glitch has ruined them. Second time this year ive opened up close to 300 of them without a diamond now.

@rubicante23_PSN I would love to see fielding be a tad bit harder. Every play seems to be routine. In years past speedy guys could beat out slow infield hits. Not anymore. Something ive noticed. Speed does not matter in the game from home to first base. They cant beat out infield hits. But they can steal every base no problem.

In years past 99 speed guys would get in field hits out run it. Not anymore. Like I continue to say. This game gets worse and worse....

@Jacky-Chan1_XBL you know what this isnt a bad idea especially for casuals. Anything below 700 rank timing hitting should be relevant. All the pros on this game put up 10 plus runs. Why cant we?

@Apolloz_99_MLBTS no I agree. But the really good players do put up 10 runs every game regardless. Just less rng. Make the game equal for both sides. It never is. One team always has an rng advantage.

@Dolenz_PSN no we just remember it more when it happens to us. It happens on both sides. The point is just way too much rng.

@KenKen71412_MLBTS Im in agreement with this. They have no idea how much of their player base they have ticked off royally over the past two years. Its now coming to a head.

@WolfgangMLB_XBL or you pop the ball up in foul territory for an out, when you barely miss it, meanwhile your oppenent just fouled off 10 pitches the inning before lol. Omg I feel this! Total joke fest.

@Apolloz_99_MLBTS no he is right. The inputs when good are so hit and miss in this game. The game is extremely hard to begin with. Then when you square up a ball and rng takes over, thats extremely demoralizing to a casual player. A top 5 percent player it doesnt effect as much. Because they can do it over and over again... square up the ball i mean.

If you are a pro at this game a perfect line out doesnt effect you that much. Youll square up the next one just as easily. A beginner or casual player it effects tremendously. The game has become a very negative experience for alot of players.

@Onix_Savage22_PSN we shouldnt have to give it a week. They should have never removed the ranked programs to allow everyone to get ws rewards, if they played and grinded enough. And 1000 ranks have no business being anywhere near the 600 levels. Gross.

@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN yeah I feel like they get more and more uncreative as every year goes by. I noticed it big time last year was the start of it. Just disappointing.

@Pergo_MLBTS interesting. Well they botched the change big time. Multi player program sucks compared to all the prior individual online programs we used to have. We used to be able to get world series rewards in ranked by grinding ranked. Now you have to make ws. Etc everything gets worse in this game never better. So who benefits now. The top 1 to 5 percent of players. This is what im talking about.

You cannot really play this game casually. The game is too difficult.

I consider everyone a casual who is less than 900 ranked. Very simple for me. Everyone above 900 plus are your top 1 to 5 percent player base. Really good at the game where they rarely lose interest in playing online.

Maybe offline players who play on veteran or lower would be the exact definition if we want to get technical. What incentive do casuals have to go online? Is the real question? There are no programs besides the events.

@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN exactly 100000 percent correct! Well said. This is exactly what im referring to.

@rubicante23_PSN lol. Not true. Im a sweat and even im losing interest due to lack of being engaged. Its more the only people who can stay engaged are the 1000 rank players. Because of lack of programs.

Let me clarify. Its not so much about the remaining players being great, or losing games. The main reason the casuals.. aka people who are not fantastic at the game are not playing online is because of one simple fact. There are not enough online programs. Lack of creativity on sds part to keep people engaged. This is far from an i lost a game.. so im crying post. This is lack of engagement for good reason by not great players.

This has nothing to do with anything along the lines of players not coming back and just saying things to say things. People will continue to play. But engagement will continue to be down.

I apologize to all the offline players ive offended. I now completely understand. Its not your faults you dont want to play online. Its theirs!

All thats left playing are the die hard, cheesecake players. All the casuals are gone or staying offline. Everyone i play now online is an absolute pro at the game. I seem to be running into a few more cheaters lately as well.

Because you guys do not know how to run your game correctly or keep people engaged anymore. Take away all the online programs and this is what we get, what do the casuals have to play for? Ranked and your once in a while small time events.. thats it. All they get, all we get. Why are you guys catering to the top 5 percent of players when it comes to online play?..

The inadequacy of your studio has reached epic levels. This will be my final post of the year. Im not too sure about 27 at this point...

@Rhyno1986_XBL its all bad either way.