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I usually have very little trouble with moments when I do attempt them. Maybe it's just mental because I'm frustrated by being forced into them, but every one is taking a lot more tries than I'm used to.
Everything is a hard deep fly ball. Every at bat is multiple ball well out of the zone. I can't believe they programmed this expecting it to be enjoyable. It has to be some strange social experiment in self induced pain.
Yeah, this is [censored]. In the last few days, there are 43 required moments. At 2-3 minutes a piece, that's two hours. Screw that. I've completed every program this year. Doubt I'll finish now.
For me moments are a boring waste of time. I get some people like them but I don't. I avoid them whenever I can and just complete the other tasks. Especially the annoying ones with three hits or strike out the side. If SDS is attempting to suck actual enjoyment out of the game, congrats.
I don't mind skipping moments and waiting to get the card after a reasonable mission grind. Like the current Spotlight series. 10,000 XP, 30 hits with IF, ect isn't a layup but at least it's earned by playing the game. This is just a chore.
I drag bunted for all 3 hits
I got so mad after like 57 attempts, I rage bunted and it worked for the first two and not the 3rd. I got a normal hit for the last one.
The recent lack of hittable pitches online has sapped enjoyment. I week or so ago I won a game in extras by scoring 5 runs on 1 hit playing at HR derby stadium. It was either All Star or HOF in mini seasons. I am not what you would call patient at the plate either.
Very unsatisfying 5 runs.
@samguenther1987_PSN Not to mention the 90% balls to strikes ratio
I won one game with 5 runs on one hit. Not what I would call exhilarating.
"Now if only they had punished the ones who did break the explicitly stated rules by exploiting the WBC glitch. Sorry I just don't want to let that one drop"
I'm with you on this one. I can't let it go either because it's something they can easily identify and correctly punish without false positives. They simply chose not to.
They sent a clear message that they don't really care about fair play unless it directly effects their stub purchase income. That's important enough to me that I'm just out on anything SDS going forward.
Unrelated but havent seen a "wanna boost" message in events since the bans.
Now that you mention it, this is the first event I completed without anyone asking to boost. I even thought it was odd.
@Thongypu_PSN at least let the PXP transfer to the black from the red would've been nice.
Instead, it just starts over at 0.
@SaveFarris_PSN Now you have a Tommy White to work on.
Yes, we're still talking about it. I'll continue to talk about it until they do something or until next year when I don't purchase the game. It's important to some of us that the company actually make an effort to stop exploitation and cheating. This is a clear case of exploitation with definitive proof of who took took advantage of it. We can disagree on how harsh the punishment should be, but we should all be able to agree that action should have been taken.
The fact that SDS has made a conscious decision to allow exploitation is very concerning. The boards are full of complaints on cheating and market manipulation. Based on their WC exploit strategy, I see zero chance SDS will even attempt to address other concerns.
Doing absolutely nothing while making some grand statement that punishment is on the way is insulting. Every day they do nothing is an active choice by the company. Maybe I'm in the minority but that's why I'm still talking about it. I would like to enjoy the game and purchase again next year. Maybe I'm just hoping they will give me a reason to. My optimism is fading though.
I wasn't expecting bans. I wouldn't have agreed with the bans either. Kicking players off of a game because they exploited an error created by the developers isn't good business practice.
They could have debited stubs or inventory. Wiping accounts should've been the punishment. Severity tied to the level of exploitation. They could have easily done it based on game logs.
Anything would be better than a menacing statement that turned out to be BS. SDS just sweeping it under the rug and hoping it simply disappears is the worst option possible to me. One that will affect my decision to spend money with SDS ever again.
@Dolenz_PSN calling out the game history is hilarious and sad. Hilarious for obvious reasons.
Sad because it's that easy to ascertain what players exploited and SDS still chooses to ignore it anyway. It's just proof that they genuinely don't care about competitive balance.
If they are ok with the obvious exploit, we have zero chance they'll address other forms of cheating.
@chrvlfan25_PSN Sometimes I cannot throw in the strike zone no matter how hard I try.
Why? Almost every online game I am constantly waiting on the other player. Long time before the game starts. In between every inning. A decent amount of time in between the opponent's at bats. I'm just trying to understand why anyone would just sit there and not progress the game.
I'm sure that I'm just missing something. It would annoy me less if I understood why.
I struggle to hit in every event but this one seems like I have company. I was running though the strike out challenges. Most of the games were very low scoring.
Hopefully they did something in matchmaking and I'm getting matched up with similarly crappy players. I got the 5 wins faster than I ever have.