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@ryguy034753_XBL

As long as the odds check out in the end they can manipulate with free reign. They very well could have tightened odds and if they loosen them in say November the final tally will look legit. Based on my personal experience and reading the forum it’s pretty clear the odds are awful right now. Don’t worry though they will all look fine by the close of this game cycle.

@Alaric919_PSN

If it meant margins were better I’d take that in a heartbeat.

@OleMiss2010_PSN

Yeah the bots are back in full force so either they were able to work around whatever SDS did or a new wave is running rampant.

I have a bad feeling that them threatening action for the WBC glitch and not following thru with anything up to this point in time along with continued alienation of the player base has made even more people turn to the dark side feeling like they will never be held accountable.

I’m not justifying it in any way as someone that is struggling to keep up, did not do the WBC glitch, and feels that the cheaters are taking over this game across the board.

@Dolenz_PSN

I don’t think they consider this at all but, they should. I think it’s somewhat random plus they target players and fan bases they think will get them the most stub purchases.

Personally, it’s been a rough year as a Tigers fan both in this game and in real life. Having Miggy and Vmart as the 2 major legends and flashbacks collection rewards stinks. Being a consensus choice to win the AL central only to sink to the bottom is brutal.

Ultimately, I went into this season pretty hyped for baseball and hoping for the best only for my Tigers to completely [censored] the bed and this game to reach new depths of corporate greed and a lackluster product.

So I feel for you in that making your favorite home team players virtually unreachable is awful.

@MarioMendoza935_XBL

Yep it was short lived as the bots are back in full force.

@samguenther1987_PSN

Exactly. Fixing the bots might actually cost them money even if it makes the game far more rewarding for players. In the short term fixing bots might not make sense to them but long term it will drive players away and cost them.

@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN

Yep, agreed.

@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN

I think this sums up most of us and our experience with this game. Every year it gets worse and less engaging. Sets and seasons weren’t as big of an issue as many made them out to be. The game has still been going downhill even with them now gone. If anything eliminating them allowed SDS to double down on collections and increase stub sales.

@Sarge1387_PSN

Yep, that’s been my experience all year except for Saturday morning until mid afternoon and then back to the same old [censored]. I thought things had finally shifted but no go.

@elway7751_PSN

What’s strange is that there are obviously work arounds being exploited by bots because you see sell orders being posted for hundreds at a time. No way that’s simply multiples of 20. If anything they have incentivized the cheaters to go all in and left the honest long time players of this game suffering the consequences. It really sucks.

@Parr99_XBL

Yes the market was night and day this weekend. By late Saturday it was drying up and by Sunday it was toast. I agree that it has to at least partially be bots running mini seasons and the market non stop bogging the servers down.

They are never great but this year is next level bad. The gameplay experience on the whole this year has been extremely unrewarding at best and miserable at worst.

@Beaterrr_XBL

Yeah loaded teams plus weird CPU gameplay including super dots, penguin dives, and sitting on random pitches make it way more tedious than you would think.

@Ditka06-_MLBTS

100% agree with this. I’ve said all along the odds being as bad as they are is ridiculous. Especially considering in a few months all these cards will be absolutely worthless.

The fact you can only get the top tier cards by living on the game, being a top 1% player, or spending a ton of real money is crazy. Flipping used to be viable but after this past weekend I have serious doubts moving forward.

By the time most of us are able to get most of the good cards they have been long since passed up. I know there is no perfect formula but the current one in play is abysmal.

@Chase34342364_XBL

What’s really weird is the market was actually viable on Saturday and by Sunday all the margins magically dried up. It’s very suspicious to say the least. Whether it’s bots, SDS, or both it’s discouraging for sure. I had hope for a moment but that is now gone.

They are gate keeping bosses big time this year by slashing xp.

@ryguy034753_XBL

I fear the ban will be marketplace only or simply alt accounts which will allow a good amount of the offenders to simply resume business as usual with minimal penalty.

If this is the case then it’s extremely underwhelming and will not deter others from doing the same or worse moving forward.

A clear message needs to be sent with this including banning all accounts or wiping all progress clean so that the violators are punished and future offenders think twice before doing so.

Anything less is simply talk and will likely just make things even worse than it already is.

@pricewarriors_PSN

Everyone that responds with this statement clearly used the wbc exploit.

@Sarge1387_PSN

Yeah sounds good but doesn’t generate the revenue they are looking for. As others have mentioned it would be super simple to make everything attainable via strictly offline or online play by making all cards sellable and tweaking the stat missions. That would truly make it play your way but that will never happen.

@Sarge1387_PSN

It was always all about the money. By neutering TA they eliminated free grindable cards and made the mural, city scapes, and vintage programs with most of the cards needing to be purchased to complete the collections.

SDS has fully abandoned “play your way” for “if it doesn’t make dollars it doesn’t make sense”.

Got it done on about the 30th attempt after double digit 2 hit fails. I just hate when moments aren’t more historically accurate and reasonable. 3 hit moments are rough no matter what but against Clemens and Chapman dotting up it was tough.