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The CPU is flat out obnoxious to play the vast majority of the time. Between the eagle eyed hitters not swinging at pitches right on or just off the corners, fielders making diving plays and covering way too much ground, and pitchers dotting up the zone like Greg Maddux it can be an extremely annoying grind.

All of this happens even with common players on low difficulty levels which is ridiculous. If they were diamond players on high difficulty I could understand it but that is far from the case. I know it’s by design to make the game “challenging” but it’s super redundant and slows the grind to a snails pace.

Could explain why margins are awful early in the year and get much better late in the season. I know a lot has to do with less players playing the game but I always felt there was more at play early in the year which made flipping almost impossible.

They also use bots to accumulate stubs to sell to third party sites which then sell those stubs at a discount rate. So they basically do it to make money off the game and it’s against the TOS of course.

@SavageSteve74_PSN

Plus beta testing before the actual release date to identify key issues that need to be addressed. It’s genius really when you think about it. Not only are they not paying people to test their games but people are actually paying them to test their games all under the guise of “early access”.

It is weird and even if they could be quick sell it would be a good amount of stubs. Almost like they did it to help the people who quickly click too much and miss out on all the jerseys by double selecting one they already had.

I completed the mission but it was tedious. I prefer to chill out and relax while playing so All Star I have to be more locked in then I like to be. I was simply stating the ask for a mid card seemed excessive. Either the reward should have been a better card or the ask should have been lower for a player like Nimmo. 5 wins on all star with 3-5 xbhs would have been way more reasonable than 11 wins and 5 HRs. Just felt very random and underwhelming.

MLB the bug…..seems this year takes the cake for weird glitches and bugs by a wide margin.

@Teak2112_MLBTS

Oh I know and agree that Bo and Kyle are much better cards. I finished the collection but I try to grind cards as much as I can. I play for fun not to compete and my experience was the grind for Nimmo was excessive and the card is mediocre comparatively. Just my opinion and experience and no judgment for those that love Nimmo cards.

I realize it’s just something to work towards. My only point was that it was a pretty tall ask for the average player and the reward is subpar. Even on rookie crushing HRs with Nimmo is harder than it should be because the CPU likes to dot up the corners way more than they should. Makes it feel tedious as opposed to fun and rewarding.

Weird choice for mini seasons reward. Add in the 11 wins on all star which seems both arbitrary and excessive. Then having to hit 5 HRs with him considering he has very little power comparatively and the whole thing seems very strange.

Bottom line is for 11 wins on all star the reward should be significantly better with solid power to make the 5 HR mission doable. Some of the random choices SDS makes are truly head scratching.

Both need a lot of work. The fact the cpu can miss by a mile and super dot even on lower difficulties is crazy. The way the cpu can foul off and get hits on balls 2 feet off the plate flat out shouldn’t happen. Very little faith either will be addressed. Between the abundance of bugs, disconnects, and shaky gameplay outcomes really not a good look 2 weeks in. Attention to detail would make a world of difference in this game.

Why is pitching so bad this year? Amazing how many balls go nowhere near their target and magically hang. The gameplay has some very glaring issues. Offline often has weird glitches and skips like a bad online connection. Feels like something is very off.

@Teak2112_MLBTS

The fact Ohtani and judge are that hard to pull considering they will both have at least 1 or 2 cards that far exceed their live series is beyond ridiculous.

I understand they are both gatekeepers so you are paying for rarity and the other stuff it unlocks but even so it’s still simply pure greed to get the whales to spend as much money as possible over the first few weeks of the game.

Finishing live series super late in the season is basically pointless because even the collection rewards will be far surpassed by numerous other cards at that point.

I’m not calling for it to be made super easy just to be made a bit more doable as opposed to almost impossible unless you are ridiculously lucky and/or spend a lot of extra money.

@SavageSteve74_PSN

And of those 1:50 pulls 99% are low diamonds in the 85-86 range. Plus factoring in diamond items and non live series low diamonds and the odds of pulling a good diamond are extremely low, more like 1:1000, or 1:12,500 for Ohtani or Judge. So although technically correct odds, they are heavily skewed and very unrewarding the vast majority of the time.

@yankeeian24_PSN

Yes it’s predetermined.

I already hate the new bichette card strictly because of this moment in the program.

Flat out awful, especially with guys that can’t run this year. Makes them HR or bust more than ever.

Ditto no diamonds in Ballin packs

@aldridg6in_PSN

Yes, once you get the captain most of the other missions are already complete.

Also really hope they bump up the captain’s attributes as the year progresses because 88s will be very outdated real quick.

@Ditka06-_MLBTS

Agreed. In the end we are just baseball fans that want to have fun playing a game. Unfortunately, greed ruins it, profits become the be all end all. In this case SDS looks bad but it could very well be Sony calling the shots and cutting every corner imaginable to pocket an extra dollar.

I still enjoy the game for what it is because I love baseball. However, I’m definitely frustrated with the decline in quality, increase in bugs, and worsening pack odds manipulated by extremely low end diamonds that have made everything quick sell except high diamonds.