Whoever came up with that idea of the 4th Inning Fathers Day structure, should either be fired or never allowed to do it again. Did they even test this out? I mean test it for frustration and waiting for loading time. I mean they say to get a hit in a game but it is more of an at-bat. And Most times if you miss the first time you're resetting the challenge anyway. I understand the grind but the grind is waiting time for everything to load. More time is wasted in loading than playing. Please NEVER do this again. There has to be an easier way to get the challenges in and let us grind it out in a fun way.

I write this as I wait through the reloads and I play for 10 seconds and wait minutes in between re-loads, then I get back and the pitcher throws it to first four times before throwing a pitch. Or I have one at-bat and get hit by a pitch. Or there is never a pitch thrown over the plate to get an extra-base hit. And guess what I waiting again for everything to re-load. Sometimes the gameplay just needs to play for the mode, let us just have fun playing and not waiting.

Sorry but I'm curious what others think about this? And maybe SDS will read this. Fat chance that will happen.

I always thought that was cheesy. Seems some of them use the same image for years now. But at the same time, I see that same thing for other topic channels too. Must have been a cool thing at one point. Kind of turns me away sometimes.

I am done with the game for the night. And if this weekend is anything like last I might not play this weekend. Maybe detox myself from the game and do something else in life that doesn't stress me out, like the server issue does. You play video games to relax and enjoy yourself, not with MLB the Show 21.

1. If something is already 100% done, it shouldn't show on the end of game Progress.

2. With that, the end-of-game Progress page should be scrollable. You should not have to quit and go to the Team Affinity section, scroll to the players progress to see where you are at. Way to many steps to just see what should be on the end of game progreess.

3. Maybe it's just me and I have a bad day, but the gameplay seems not on par with the level. The veteran seems to be All-Star. I have seen others talk of that for other parts of the new update but I haven't tried them yet. Just my thoughts.

To comment an @Superpumper1_PSN, Well to me the issue has been one for years. We have been dealing with this way too long. You would think they would have the stress test done way before the launch. Plus the game came out late compared to past years. Yes, it has been a rough year for any company but the server should be their number one fix, knowing that every year it's the same thing. This game requires a connection to the server to play it like it is designed, well they should be ahead of the matter. The life of this game is designed around a calendar, there is a timer to complete things and those that want to have fun, start to get frustrated. To me, if the game is in my console, let me play and not have to deal with the server. There must be a way to play DD and leave the server out of it till it is fixed.

Wow, when the server crashed I get my message four times. Maybe they will read it this time.

I am getting sick of finishing a grind and BOOM the grind isn't recorded because of the stupid server. I have PS to play the game, don't really see why I have to always be connected. There has to be a way to play and upload the stuff after the fact. Seems that is where the problem is, always having to be connected.

How is anyone pulling Diamonds? I have been digging for some and even bought a 50 pack yesterday figuring I would at least get one low diamond. Nope, nothing, I have had to buy my diamonds and save for them, so the way prices are going on them, I figure by the time The Show 21 comes out I will have my collection complete. For that, I am not buying another pack until they make it you are guaranteed to diamond. I really thought I could get the Mantel, but it seems he will keep staring at me every time I go into collection hoping it looks different.

What I want are games that are ending 11-10. Let us both have a hitting feast. Even if I lost that game I would be happy that I was hitting the ball and not swinging too far over or under the ball. Plus what fun is a game that has a total of 5 hits in it after 9 innings, and the biggest hit is a single up the middle that drove in a run from two walks and it ends 1-0?

Most likely SDS is just putting bandaids on the server issues when surgery is needed. If they tell us that they are shutting it down for a few hours to completely fix the server, I would be ok with that. But they have to communicate with us on every social and media platform, to let us know the truth of what is going on. Blows me away they are not communicating with the people that pay their salaries. Maybe this is an opportunity for another game developer to create and new Baseball game that puts SDS to shame.

I asked this on here the other day. Didn't get much chatter. But I have to keep a pad next to me to mark off what I have done and need to do. Stupid if you ask me, seems like a simple thing to do.

Never fails to amaze me. Don't know why that can build in a catch in the software to upload things to the server when it goes back up.

I can't hit a HR since the update if you paid me too.

I am feeling the same with the Conquest games. I usually kill it and can't get a hit for the life of me since the new update came out. Seems they always screw something up to [censored] us off. I hope Playstation is reading these posts so they know what their customers are feeling about SDS this year.

1. If something is already 100% done, it shouldn't show on the end of game Progress.

2. With that, the end-of-game Progress page should be scrollable. You should not have to quit and go to the Team Affinity section, scroll to the players progress to see where you are at. Way to many steps to just see what should be on the end of game progreess.

3. Maybe it's just me and I have a bad day, but the gameplay seems not on par with the level. The veteran seems to be All-Star. I have seen others talk of that for other parts of the new update but I haven't tried them yet. Just my thoughts.

In the game I know how to get to them. It is on Show Nation site that I can't find them. I check the site in the morning when I not in the game.

I thought I have seen them there before. Did they remove the Perks from the Community Market on the Show Nation site?

I use to have everything on and found this year that I am hitting much better with everything off other than the inner starfighterSpring Green at 70%. I will have to look at the reverd. Never did that. What color does everyone make theirs? I use the Spring Green at 70%.

@osimp8_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:

@trunner4_psn said in Any other Pure Analog Hitters Out There?:

OK, since I started playing with the Show 18, I have followed the "Online Youtube Guru's" to do zone/button. I'm ok at it ( I suck with online play) but I really need to try this Pure Analog/Stride thing. So what is the best setting for using it? Will I have a huge learning curve?

I got started using Pure Analog because I was used to playing the MLB 2K games on XBOX. The nice part is it seems more natural with pulling back on the stick and the hitter loading up, and then pushing forward and they swing. Only part that is frustrating is when you time a ball and hit an easy pop-up or grounder because the PCI is not user controlled. Makes it more realistic in my opinion because not every hitter squares up pitches that all are over the place which can tend to happen when people are really good at using Zone hitting. I recommend starting on Veteran difficulty to get the hang of things, for some reason on Rookie the pitches seem extra slow to me and it screws up my timing for Veteran and All-Star. I definitely think it has a smaller learning curve than Zone hitting, because you aren’t having to control the PCI and time your swing. Let me know how it goes!

Thanks,@osimp8_PSN I gave it a try yesterday and got frustrated in trying to complete some of the Tony Kemp stuff. It really felt not to consistant. Forget trying to hit a HR with him using the flick. Maybe I need more time but the game moves fast if I take to much time to learn a new trick. Do you use flick of stride? Is there a timing thing with when to pull back to stride? Any thoughts?

So I tried for a day and couldn't hit too well. Mostly grounders and weak pop-ups of liners. Not sure how the CPU PCI gets its location but it kind of makes no sense sometimes. I tried the PCI with flick and found my PCI thumb moves too much compared to the uses with the buttons. Unless someone has a better formula or can direct me to a tutorial, I will stick with PCI and the button for now. At least till SDS works on getting it more in line with other hitting syles.