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I’m a casual NMS offline player and finished the LS a while back. If you grind out TA3 on mini seasons using the 1 & 2 bosses, you can finish 3 fairly quickly. I commit as much into one division as possible and use vouchers on the one I want to do last. Racking up packs and selling dupes gives me a ton of stubs for the Season 1 collection fodder and cards I don’t grind for on events and BR. I’m at 324 Season 1 cards rights now and have spun the wheel 3 or 4 times. I’m not an SDS fanboy and have just as many complaints as the next person but have enjoyed the game so far and feel like some positivity is needed. Don't be discouraged by the trolls and haters. Enjoy the game and you do you since you’re the one who spent the money on the game.

Agreed. I preorder and get the twitch packs. I don’t flip but sell dupes and hope for pack luck. I finished the collection last year on April 7th, so about 3 weeks to finish. I don’t hardly play online so I couldn’t care less who gets what cards when. I enjoy the power creep and feel accomplished when I get the LS done. I’m really happy that sets and seasons are gone so I have more incentive to parallel cards this year. After playing for years and being on this forum, I know everyone can’t be pleased and trolls are going to complain about something. “Too many 99s on Day 1, power creep is boring, graphics suck, why can’t we use our OP RTTS player in DD, SDS doesn’t listen, etc.” I think they do a great job of responding with what they can. How many other game developers send out surveys and actually try to make as many happy as possible? Kudos to them and y’all enjoy 25. I know I will.

@Loyal-Wiglaf True. My wife is a flight attendant and usually has trips on the weekends. I typically have all the time that I want to play and grind, so yeah, I’ve put in a lot in the game. I’m just casual in the sense that I don’t get into the sweaty online matches because I’m not good and I get frustrated quickly. I play the conquest and mini season games on rookie if that says anything about my ability on the sticks.

Didn’t mean anyone one of you all in particular. Apologies. I mean as a whole, I’ve read a ton of positive posts from folks or just general questions and it’s a shame others drag them for liking a game we all play and pay for. If it’s so bad for those that always gripe, just stop playing and wasting time on these threads. SDS I’m sure does their best and can’t make everyone happy but doesn’t intentionally try to hurt the players. The fact they even try to make adjustments says a lot considering most gaming companies and others generally don’t care and will do anything necessary to make a buck, including never asking for feedback or charging crazy prices for the same product. Yeah micro transactions are here to stay but with all the NMS folks and skills still mattering to an extent, at least it isn’t pay to win. Let’s all be thankful we have time to play a sport we love even in video game form and feel like kids again. Us guys never grow up, we just get older so let’s enjoy it while we can. Peace!

This is my quick thought on the information they gave us for the stream today… I am very excited that no matter when I turn the game on throughout the next year, it certainly appears that there will be something to play for. Even if it is just repeating diamond quest, Events, or any other mode, I’m very happy that the devs are giving us the chance for meaningful grinds and almost constantly being able to receive packs and stubs. I know a lot of people are going to find it as a chore to complete some of the team affinity teams but with them adding players throughout the year, I think we can all agree that it will be significantly better than last year. I for one am very excited and this is coming from someone who put 500 hours in MLBTS24.

With 26 around the corner, I was curious how many hours you’ve put into 25. I must say I feel like I enjoyed this year better than the last few, and I’ve got 450 hours in. Definitely fills my free time which I’m blessed to have a lot of since my wife is a flight attendant and our kids are all grown.

Pros and Cons/Thoughts

1. TA - I loved the progression and progress for individual teams vs divisions. I do wish there were constant rewards vs nothing from 350k xp to 1.5 mil xp.

2. Power Creep - I love feeling like as I improve with more play time my team does. It gives me a reason to grind. Only negative is the quick jump to 99s at the All Star break. I’d actually like to see about half as many 99s next year. I play offline mainly so to be fair, I’m not worried about facing the same lineups.

3. Conquest, Mini Seasons, and Diamond Quest - loved the maps and repeatable rewards for most. MS improved greatly from 24 and the rewards and how many were solid. Not a fan of DQ. It takes too long to work through the mode and I don’t feel like the odds are in our favor for the best card rewards.

4. Multiplayer - no complaints since I hardly play that mode. I actually do like the combination of all MP modes.

5. Collections and Market - it took me all year to finish and I had to buy the big 3. It did feel like pack luck was rough this year and the market was dead from the jump. I did like the rewards and variety of cards types to collect.

6. Programs - they hit a home run with content drops and almost all were bangers.

7. Gameplay - CPU defense needs to have the same penalties as user controlled because it is frustrating when they always get perfect jumps. Hitting was definitely nerfed. I know baseball has variables but I’d rather them tighten the window for perfect perfects but nearly guarantee a hit or bomb based on power attributes. It’d make me feel more accomplished if I did get the PP. I do get how difficult it is the create the RNG. The fun far outweighs any complaints.

I won the championship in the TA Mini Seasons and did not receive my awards (voucher bundle). Anyone else run into this issue?

Does anyone know how many Twitch packs will come before The Show 24? I got 3 from the Feature Premiere on 2/15, but was curious if all the streams will have drops. Do they ever put Elite packs in those drops?

Anyone have an idea when the April Scouting Report packs will drop?

@xxfrystealerxx 4 times. Got the stubs twice and the headliner pack twice. No diamonds.

Under. I’m thinking 6 vouchers. Probably a 50 star program. Maybe the last reward will be a gold choice pack redeemable on ‘25. Or an 85 diamond.

Is anyone else feeling a bit under the weather? I’m thinking I will have to take a sick day tomorrow. I sure hate to sit at home all day with nothing to do…

@SDS_JoeK_PSN Thank you so much for checking. We know you all have a lot to deal with and appreciate you taking the community’s input and requests.

It doesn’t help that there are people that don’t know to price the items one stub less or more. I will never understand why people will try to sell an item for 500 stubs less.

@TheGoaler_MLBTS I think the announcement last year was around January 28. I feel like we may get another spoiler late next week.

Good list. I might add the Twins and maybe the Red Sox as 2 of the cheaper as they only have one or two high golds or low and always pulled diamonds. The market was weird last year so I’m hoping they can control the ridiculously high price of the top 3 guys. I usually can complete the LS Collection a month or two in, last year it took me until December to make enough stubs because I had to buy Ohtani, Judge, and Witt.