@slipkid69 said in Al Kaline, 11 hits, 4 extra base hits, 2 HR in 7 games mission:
It might say rookie but the sliders say otherwise.
Yep. I can tell by the nasty breaking stuff they keep dotting corners with, and bronze relievers throwing Nolan Ryan curveballs. The trouble with the game is, in part, you cannot see the break of the seams on a TV screen the same way you do when you play in real life.
This mission is really rookie, huh? Tried it over 20 times, still always come up short by 1 or 2 in the hits or HR category.
Guys throwing all-star level sliders and breaking stuff and dotting corners. Gets real, real old, fellas.
Troll away, tell me how much I suck.
Fed up with it. I know you aren't going to have perfect contact every time you have good swing timing, but I am so, so tired of lining out to people while squaring pitches up, or having good timing. Or it turning into a weak out.
Yeah, they know that would tank the market and they'd lose more money than they want on people buying packs and trying to pull diamonds.
@eatyum said in How many innings is enough, SDS? Eckersley shutout mission is ridiculous.:
Yeah, those missions are pretty terrible, you gotta pray to the RNG that you finish them.
Isn't this the truth.
I must have put in over 100 innings trying to beat this on veteran already, where you have to throw a complete game shutout. I've tried every strategy pitching-wise imaginable.
Worst of all, get this ... I have lost the last THREE games the same way. In the 6th inning or later on solo home runs by Marcus Semien of the A's ALL THREE times.
I would love to evolve my favorite relief pitcher's card, but you just don't seem to want to let it happen.
Not cool, man. I enjoy grinding, I don't enjoy near-impossible. Makes me want to not play the game anymore.
@MikeTheSpike23 said in Flipping Cards:
@eatyum said in Flipping Cards:
I move around to whatever margin I can find. IDK why you're laying out specific cards though lol. Prob won't affect anything, but still.
Yea I just sit make sure that after the 10% I’m making 100 stubs or more. Gets frustrating though when your selling for 1490 and some random crashes the market by posting at 1400 lol
Some random? So it's okay for you to try and flip stubs, but not them, because they are seeking less profit than you and undercut you? That's how the market works, man. All these videos of people claiming they are making 20K an hour on stubs are mostly liars. Sure, you might make 300 or 400 stubs here and there if you are lucky, but 95 percent of the time, someone will come in and lowball your price, so it is a frustrating waste of time, really.
I personally love lowballing people by 20 or 30 stubs because I get sick of everyone acting like this is the price as right and bidding 1 stub lower than the other person every five seconds.
Makes me feel like I've won a small victory over you guys trying to make 100 stubs at a time for hours on end.
@InTh3iLLCity41 said in Showdown pisses me off:
Got Hader to 71 pitches and he still had yellow energy. The mode is so fixed its not even funny. I love the idea of showdown, but its got a lot of tweaking that needs to he done.
Yeah, this is ridiculous, honestly.
Kopech throwing 100-102 as a starter makes him one of the most underrated cards in the game because of his outlier perk.
@JMilne76 said in Showdown pisses me off:
Showdowns are the worst addition ever
I honestly wish they would just remove them from the game completely. Like a failed experiment.
@gatormike4id said in Despite some early flaws, I'm enjoying the game so far. Thanks, SDS employees.:
@tfrog76 said in Despite some early flaws, I'm enjoying the game so far. Thanks, SDS employees.:
@gatormike4id said in Despite some early flaws, I'm enjoying the game so far. Thanks, SDS employees.:
So definitely not a continuation of the thread I wasted 20 minutes reading earlier that was deleted.
I guess I was wrong about the non-toxic part of my post. First comment, too. Seriously, people, if you cannot say something nice, move on. It's not that complicated.
I post something kind, and boom, right out of the gate....smh. My old post had useful information. I cannot control anyone else's behavior beyond that. Have a good day.
The first paragraph of the post was great. However it was marred by the passive aggression of the second.
Yeah, pretty sad I had to put a disclaimer in my post. The world is at that point though.
@gatormike4id said in Despite some early flaws, I'm enjoying the game so far. Thanks, SDS employees.:
So definitely not a continuation of the thread I wasted 20 minutes reading earlier that was deleted.
I guess I was wrong about the non-toxic part of my post. First comment, too. Seriously, people, if you cannot say something nice, move on. It's not that complicated.
I post something kind, and boom, right out of the gate....smh. My old post had useful information. I cannot control anyone else's behavior beyond that. Have a good day.
Sure, being inside has left me with little to do other than grinding out team affinity missions, but given the current situation, I'd like to personally thank SDS for giving us all an escape from reality.
I'm being sincere.
Perhaps this will be the first non-toxic thread of the day and people can be positive for a change.
Some great lineups here, thanks for sharing, everyone!
@allmustfall16 said in Was tempted to sell Kopech to get Ty Cobb and Johnnny Bench last night.:
He’s great, Pearson is even better. No one throws gas like those too.
Pearson is just a little more expensive and has a little better control.
I’ve said it a bunch on here. Kopech, Pearson, Mize, and Whitley are the best pitchers in the game not named Newhouser or Kluber.
Those four (and XP rewards) are the only ones I feel comfortable with in ranked. Seems like everyone tees off on LS pitchers.
Got Newhauser in my rotation now too at Level 80. Pretty sweet.
@maskedgrappler said in Dennis Eckersley shutout tips?:
Dont throw anything in the middle
of the zone. High inside fastballs and low curveballs and sliders. It's on rookie and veteran so they're too dumb to lay off.
I have no problem striking guys out. But Eckersley is so wild he leaves pitches all over the place, even when that pitch meter is full for several pitches. Sliders and sinkers seem to work well, but several times I've had his slider meter full and given up home runs.
Note: I haven't spent an extra dime on this team above the initial $99 for the MVP version.
Here's mine, by position:
C-J.T. Realmuto (85)
1B- Todd Helton (91)
2B- Yoan Moncada FOF (86)
SS- Tim Anderson (77)
3B- Brooks Robinson (90)
LF- George Foster (85)
CF- Duke Snider (91)
RF- Mickey Mantle (86)
Bench:
Willie Mays (87)
Gary Sheffield (86)
David Ortiz (86)
Curtis Granderson (85)
Frank Thomas (84)'
Also available: Bryce Harper (85)
Rotation:
Hal Nawhauser (98)
Roy Oswalt (93)
Greg Maddux (88)
Tom Glavine (88)
Michael Kopech (87)
Also available:
John Smoltz (87)
Robin Roberts (86)
You better believe when that time arrives I'm taking Minoso. Thought about Sandberg, but that Minoso card is a 5-tool card.
Glad I didn't. Being a Sox fan, Kopech throwing 102 MPH as a starter is awesome.
I mean, sure, last night it would have been doable since I had an extra 11,000 stubs and he was going for 50,000, and dropped in price today ... but still glad I didn't.
That perk he has makes his card really valuable, even as an 87 starter.
@HollaMV7 said in Kyle Seager Mariners team affinity mission. Took an hour and 40 minutes.:
They shift with no one on base so try to shoot the ball to LF for an easy 2B.
Oh trust me, I did. Plenty of times.