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Poor guy loses the game and also has one of the worst posts you’ll ever see. Bad combo

The “hitting engine is broken” types seem to overlook the fact that the best players always win more. Always. If this was an “RNG” situation where “skill and input don’t matter” then why do I get to the 700 level every year, then almost immediately get smoked by people who are actually good at this game? Literally every season. I beat the crappy players regularly, do pretty well against the solid players, and get stomped by dudes who keep squaring up the ball consistently at the higher levels. Like clockwork. That’s not an accident.
And the people above make great points about the pitching side of this. Where are the crybaby “I threw a perfect pitch, why was it crushed?” people in any of this? “Boohoo, I keep hitting the paint and the idiots at SDS aren’t rewarding me with strikes”. Love it.
Is this maybe a generation gap thing? I’m 46 so maybe I don’t have the “everyone gets a trophy” mentality? Maybe some people are just better equipped to deal with failure, sometimes despite the fact you played well, regardless of age?

You literally just made stuff up that’s not real and then got worked up about the things you just made up.

Much prefer opening packs via the app because it’s so much easier to list the dupes and whatnot on the market immediately. You lose the excitement of getting a diamond, but that’s not worth it to me.

Just went into Twitch to watch something in the background to earn a few packs. Are there any streamers/channels that don’t suck? I’ve never watched this stuff before and it’s just terrible. Just boring rambling or no talking at all. Everyone does that annoying pre-pitch circling of their PCI (that’s fine if that’s your timing mechanism, but it’s painful to watch over and over and over…). Anyone out there that’s entertaining or funny or helpful or at least one of those things? Maybe I need to start my own channel. I didn’t think I was good enough to have one, but it seems like better than a few of these guys I just watched.

@DFC_MLBTS at least you don’t have a wife or kids anymore, so not a total loss

Does that tinfoil hat come in a 7 7/8?

I feel like I’m pretty good at getting the most out of my time grinding. My advice is to:

Grind the conquest stuff using lineups that are full of Team Affinity and Program guys. I keep a notebook to scribble the names and my progress with them to make sure I’m not wasting any conquest games. If you’re knocking out program stuff while winning conquest, that’s about as good as you can do I think. Mini seasons might be similar, but I don’t think so?

Too late now, but that 50 pack season 1 XP program award was nice. At least that’s how I think we earned that? Whatever it was, it was worth it.

Never buy packs

Mini seasons can also be good, I just haven’t finished one this year yet

Don’t buy packs

Take the time to sell all your duplicates. The app makes that easier than using the game. I sell everything I don’t need. Jerseys, icons, absolutely everything. Opening packs on the app also makes that easier since you can easily see their market stuff and post for sale right away.

All that said, I’m still a ways away from the LS. Missing Dodgers, Mets, Braves, Phillies, D Backs, and Yankees. But I was on vacation for 2 weeks and play quite a bit of Ranked because that’s the most fun for me, so it’s not a massive focus. But I’ve got a solid collection of stuff without spending money.

@theBlindRhino_PSN not this. Buying packs is the last thing you want to do.

@DEF266_PSN just making things up and complaining about the made up thing. Cool

@pharley_MLBTS have you tried a sac bunt?

It’s not that hard at all. Just do a sac bunt.I got my sac bunt the first time I tried it because it’s a sac bunt and not very hard. Everyone gets credit when it’s a sac bunt, don’t blame the game if you don’t know what a sac bunt is.

@BoomerT19_PSN any

Agreed. Fantastic experience so far and further cements this as the best sports game out there.

As usual, this community is mostly toxic but some positive observations and feedback on the game:

• Love the online stats screen during pregame of ranked games. Really nice to see who you’re actually playing.
• Love that you don’t have to warm up pitchers
• It didn’t take all that much to get to the end of the 1st inning XP rewards. I was on vacation for 9 days and still spun the wheel quite a few times without a ton of playing.
• Wall meter when trying to rob HR’s is cool. I was worried it would make it too easy but it’s a good balance
• They improved check swings. Feels like you get real and honest feedback on check swings
• Really liked Weekend Classic. Was Silver II and had some really fun, competitive games (other than one dude who must’ve not played enough because I got destroyed…). Some really good rewards for going just 3-3.
• Lineup diversity has been really good. Pitching could probably use a few more viable arms, but I’ve been playing against a pretty diverse population off cards
• Only one freeze off so far. One too many of course, but so far my online experience has been very smooth (turn off cross play if that’s not your experience)

Really fun and rewarding game so far. Feels like you get what you deserve more than ever.

lol. They give you so much time. It takes like 10 seconds to change pitchers if you’re really thinking about it. Of all the things to blame someone else for, taking too long to make your pitching changes is one of the best.

@Cubsfan217 I mean “dorks” lovingly. Like how nerd used to be bad but now it means you’re worth like $10M.

Most of the complainers here would call me an MLB apologist. Love the game, gameplay is fantastic, you can compete easily NMS, and overall it’s the best sports game ever made (not close in my view).
But here’s the thing with the XP cap. Who does it help? I play the game a lot and I’m just ok skill wise. Get into the 700’s all the time, occasionally touch 800, then start getting crushed by good players. But I travel quite a bit and don’t play for multiple days all the time. So despite me putting a lot of hours in, I have no chance of getting any of those 3 99 players.
Beyond that, how does preventing someone else from getting those 3 99’s “too soon” help me at all? If some loser wants to crush 20 hour days of playing the game, more power to you. If I get matched up with you and your team is way better, it’s not like I can’t still win. Those players don’t make your team THAT much better where it ruins my experience. I get beat by better players and better teams all the time, but it’s still fun to compete.
The reality is I believe the cap has the opposite impact of what it’s intended to do. Now ONLY the dorks get them. I play a ton and I’m at 500k XP. I think that means I have no shot. But the dudes that can put the time in every single day are the ones that win.
I still love the game, love the content, and have a blast competing. It’s just a silly rule with unintended consequences.

Love them but I switch between 2 controllers when I play. One for hitting with the ring, one without for fielding. I get sweaty hands so switching controllers helps with that too.

Same. I go a little further and wrote down the players I currently have going and once I get close to hitting their mission, I’ll write down how many points I have so if I get to that number during the game, I can sub them out and not “waste” stats on them. Perhaps you guys can keep all that straight in your heads, but when I grind I usually get baked and that doesn’t help me remember much.