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Live series collections the first month I'd assume is by a large margin their biggest money maker. I would be shocked if they didn't make as much money 1st month as the next 11 combined.

@GoozeFn_PSN said in Showdown:

@capardo_XBL I understand the frustration with no sell cards being stuck behind certain modes, but they shouldn’t get rid of a mode just because below average players can’t complete it.

Correct. These cards should simply not be no sell. No mode specific cards should be. Mini seasons is the worst for this because those cards should be far better than they are for the effort, and they are also no sell. its a lose lose

But showdown is still [censored]. I would be 100% in favor of a different draft style mode that uses your own cards, and has you pitch/play defense. Keep the current style of showdown in a less rng reliant version of DQ.

@NWOStunna_PSN said in Legend Wishlist:

@SakAttack87_PSN said in Legend Wishlist:

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in Legend Wishlist:

@NWOStunna_PSN said in Legend Wishlist:

I have always wondered if SDS looks or even cares about the fanbase’s wishlist for legends.

I would assume so. Last year they let go of an inner circle hall of famer, considered pretty much universally the top player at his position. I don't think they would have done that if people mostly didn't like using him

im confused. They let go of a hall of famer? If they let go of someone everybody uses, that means they don’t care.

Who are we talking about? Schmidt?

Yes. He and Ricky were by far the top players of their generation. They should never have dropped him, but people dislike his swing so...

Honestly they need to find a way to code the game where if the player disconnects mid play the opponent gets to play out the full play. That would remove dashboarding from the game.

Bunt dancing should be easy to code out too. You get to show bunt once. If you do it a second time you are locked in and cant pull away until after the pitch is thrown

@TheRupster12_XBL said in Good/Bad sportsmanship:

@Teak2112_MLBTS
Banning someone for dashboarding is diabolical. I understand that its kind of annoying, but at the end of the day, youre being gifted a win. If I have to sacrifice a home run in the stats, Ill take that every single time. Theres just no world where closing the game in the middle of a play should result in a ban

Of course it should get a ban. Its griefing. There is no defense here.

A percentage of people playing online, and likely a fairly large percent, are just playing through the program. And dashboarding absolutely sucks [censored].

Dashboarding is blatant griefing, and if it can be proven should in my opinion be a full year ban. Problem is, there is an outside chance that the player happened to disconnect at that time (extremely unlikely) or some other external thing. So three strikes seems fair

@Rubbaneck34_XBL said in What Needs to Improve for MLB The Show 26 Diamond Dynasty:

The design of a card is irrelevant to the gameplay.

Go tell that to everyone that trashed 2023 for Kaiju cards

My take is conquest has variable difficulty so if you want it, go nuts. I typically pay on veteran or all star, but would probably quit the game if I had to play higher, I don't find those pitch speeds fun

I think I suggested elsewhere the concept of having a conquest board clearable 2x, once with live series the other with Flashbacks and Legends

@NWOStunna_PSN said in Legend Wishlist:

I have always wondered if SDS looks or even cares about the fanbase’s wishlist for legends.

I would assume so. Last year they let go of an inner circle hall of famer, considered pretty much universally the top player at his position. I don't think they would have done that if people mostly didn't like using him

@MycoSynth-Valde-_MLBTS said in Showdown:

I just hope they don't make certain cards obtainable from only doing Showdowns, I absolutely hate them.

I hate mode specific cards in general. Showdown, DQ, mini seasons (even though I enjoy those) and especially weekend classic.

I think its fine to have cards exclusive to modes for an inning or two, or have packs where you choose 1 out of x cards but you need to play x different modes to get them all.

I like the idea of the gold cards for people who excel in specific modes though, wouldnt mind seeing those rolled out elsewhere.

Ricky Henderson Card
Flying Squirrel incognito card, or a 2022 batting title card
Nolan McLean all star card
Bo Bichette WS MVP card

@globetrotter360_PSN said in Legend Wishlist:

(btw, where did all our early pitching legends go?!)

I'm guessing because not many people used them, long wind ups likely get some of the blame.

@Rubbaneck34_XBL said in What Needs to Improve for MLB The Show 26 Diamond Dynasty:

I want a mode that forces us to use live series players only. The only purpose is for collections and getting special players/cards. But once we get collections, live series are irrelevant.

I personally don't like using generic placeholders, which is what I feel live series are. Im all for them getting buffs in specific events though

That said, the Topps designs the last few years have been quite lackluster and I've felt uninspired by the look of live series. This year's design is pretty good

The list of revealed legends is already way better than 2024

@GradektheBard_PSN said in Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch in 26?:

Why not just go to 2 outs per inning. That would greatly speed up games and is about a baseball accurate as getting rid of the windup. I sometimes think some people on these boards (and at SDS) just cosplay as actual baseball fans.

This is a game mode where .240 hitters get the same contact rating as Ted Williams

@PriorFir4383355_XBL said in Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch Next Year?:

More needless control exercised by SDS. The action taken here is so ludicrous that it cannot logically be defended. In real baseball, pitchers reduce strain on their arms by pitching with the windup as they can get more of their lower body into the throw with a fluid motion. Obviously, the stretch is used to reduce time to the plate.

My guess is the game code won't factor any difference in pitch behavior nor pitcher fatigue, and if that is the case then it further shows how MLB The Show's code doesn't quite measure up with real baseball. Either way, the look isn't good.

Do you warm up pitches when you play vs CPU?

@doobiebross66-72_PSN said in Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch Next Year?:

@GoozeFn_PSN oh absolutely. I’m all for a cooldown timer of sorts for quitting out of ranked games, or any H2H game, mid home run or before the 4th inning per se

I quit in the first inning all the time. I'm not playing some idiot with a political logo or a crude looking adult one (I'm cool with cleverness and subtlety in those). or someone with a ballpark that is recreating 9/11 (granted havent seen one of those in a while) or some nonsense

Also if I'm clearly outclassed and you are just passing through. happens all the time in the 500s

I've never dashboarded though, those people need every step to be on a lego.

@GoozeFn_PSN said in Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch Next Year?:

@Teak2112_MLBTS It’s probably not 99%, but I’d bet it’s a strong majority. Probably a bigger majority than some of things they’ve changed on a whim in years past. The reality is, streamers have a louder voice than the community at large.

Streamers are also the whales. Business expense.

@doobiebross66-72_PSN said in Why Are You Forcing Your Players to Pitch From the Stretch Next Year?:

@GoozeFn_PSN good points

I can see the arguments for it but I don’t agree with it

I hope they simply give the player the option to choose in H2H modes

If they do this they have to make it either on or off the whole game and allow the opponent to friendly quit in the first inning quit without your approval if you want to be inconsiderate with long windup pitchers

If something postively impacts 99% of players but makes 1% of players upset its probably a good change.

Yes I pulled those percents out of my [censored] but I have to imagine the amount of people upset by this change is extremely small.

Personally I would like the option to have the first pitch of each inning (or first pitch thrown by the pitcher) be the windup