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variation of flags, to include Canadian, Mexican, DR plus state flags, POW MIA and team branding flags

I really think they should go old school next year and embrace one NL and one AL Franchise, maybe a dual cover with like Brooks Robinson/Pete Alonso and Hank Aaron/Acuna

I almost never touch online modes. The few times I jumped into an Event—just trying to grind out a Castellanos card—it felt like the other guy was straight-up cheating. Honestly, I didn't even get mad; I just felt sorry that someone takes it so seriously they feel the need to cheat. I’m perfectly content staying in my offline bubble, running through Conquest maps and Mini Seasons on repeat. Having played actual competitive baseball for years, I already know how much of a struggle the real game is. I have no desire to recreate that stress with a controller in my hand. I’m happy chilling on Veteran or All-Star, and the whole mentality of playing just to beat up on weaker opponents just seems sad to me.

I play franchise mode almost exclusively; now I'm going to say, Why is it that every other mode has rewards programs other than franchise? I never simulate any games, throw every pitch, or take every bat swing for my team. So playing 162 games then the post season, should get me more than 2500 xp per game, I have never purchased stubs, but other than doing the bare minimum to get icons and batters in Team Affinity, I just don't do Diamond Dynasty. Franchise mode is so much more the 'being a GM' It's managing, playing, and Being A GM. I would love to see the following changes to franchise mode.

XP rewards for playing (not swimming) games: 200,000 for 81 games, 500,000 for the entire season, and the same in team affinity points.

Bring back the sounds of the show. For those who used them, it really helped us create an immersive world.

Fix Stadium Creator adds to the immersive world and allows franchise players to create stadiums for their MLB, AAA, and AA teams.

Allow for configuration for franchise mode, stop the two throws to a base rule, as well as DH, extra runner, pitch clock that are already in the game.

Fix the audio for those who play with no DH to hear; it's surprising they are using a pitcher off the bench; they must be saving their position players for later. Is frustrating

Lastly and most importantly, make franchise files transferrable from year to year like they used to be.

It's as simple as creating an immersive world. I play the franchise, and setting crowd chants, walk-up music, and celebration music makes the game more fun. Setting it so Hit the Road Jack plays on a pitching change just makes the game better.

Not trying to be a whiny person, but the save bug is driving me insane. Stadium at 84% of file capacity. If I go in and move props when I first turn on my PS5, it usually saves, but if I run SC for 15 minutes or more, it tries to save, it crashes the game. I am just moving props that are already in the stadium, just trying to make it look 'cleaner' this game reminds me that hope is a weight that will drown a man.

It doesn't compute with sds that people play franchise mode, and actually play every game. I feel.like the forgotten stepchild. I miss the days of sounds of the show. No DH and playing smallball, stealing is too easy in 25. I play on legend and I'm 119 - 11.

That's ridiculous

Nothing on stadium creator crashin the game when you attempt to save?

I don't want compensation, would like to get an idea on when it will be fixed.

Please bring back the Run it Back miniseason, keep it at 28 games only, with similiar rewards to last year. It came out in Early September and was a great way for offline players to earn many many rewards without playing 7 teams with 99 Hitters in all nine slots. You even had a short stop playing catcher to allow the user to get many stolen bases and earn more rewards. And the pitchers were all silver or lower allowing the users to earn rewards.

Just bring back sounds of the show, where you could upload walk up songs, strike out, home run and celebration music, even crowd chants and upload your own music... it was awesome, also make diamond dynasty so you can disable the DH.... dream change six or nine inning mode on mini seasons

SDS showed us months ago that they don't care about the people who play the game. Here is my list for other salty players like myself.

1. SDS limits the way anyone can interact with their representatives; they killed the weekly The Show Live because they didn't like the fact that people were raising concerns over gameplay and the logic behind what cards were released.

2. Game modes were changed due to comments from the streamers that SDS has courted. For those of us who play the game and don't stream it for whatever reason, our voices have been silenced by lack of avenues to voice our concerns. (miniseasons was gutted and turned into the same exact miniseason repackaged over and over again)

3. Franchise was turned from a fun mode to a monotonous slug because of 'trade logic' and the absolute joke that t6he offseason n ow brings. The decision to get rid of year to year franchise importing is absolutely ridiculous. I play 12 seasons in mlb the show 19 and 20 and in the years since I had to reinvent the wheel 6 times just to have my team in the new game.

4. getting rid of the stadium vault is ridiculous when all of the props are the same. Once again reinventing the wheel once a year is ridiculous. If La Grasa is the problem ban or suspend anyplayer who uploads it, or just make it impossible to play in any mode with it.

5. Show equal love for online and offline players and also realize this game is not just played by Gen Z and Gen Alpha. Baseball didn't start in 2010; show love for the game's history. It's sad that the game's history gets less attention, when that history is what makes the game wonderful.

6. The utter affinity given to home run hitters over contact hitters. Turning Paul Molitor, Rod Carew, Wade Boggs, and Ozzie Smith into power hitters for the sake of online modes and power-swinging players is a joke.

7. Sabermetrics sucks and makes the game boring; hire developers that can help players who like to play small ball.

Don't disrespect the Brewers; they won because, in this moment, when they played, they played better. They also put the ball in play and executed in all three phases. The 'better' team isn't always the one with the bigger stars. It is who is better when you play the games, and for this moment in time, the Brewers were the better team.

Let's get a single Topic with all of our dreams for next year so SDS Can see all of our hopes and Dreams in one Place

Complete Franchise Control

• Expand Franchise configuration parameters
  1. Ability to disable max pickoff attempts
  2. Ability to disable 3 hitter Rule for relievers
• Being Able to add Retired Numbers, If a retired player is created (IE Ted Williams should be 9,
  Johnny Bench Should Be 5)
• The Ability to import created players into a current Franchise
• The Ability to continue a franchise on from MLB The Show 25 (for franchise players buying a new game every year is simply for graphics updates, I spend $105.00 A year on a new game, and need to rebuild my franchise every year since MLB The Show 21. I want to support the product, I also want to feel like SDS cares about Franchise players.
• Please bring back sounds of the show, this was something franchise players loved, I recorded crowd chants, jeers and added music that made the experience truly unique.
• Stadium Creator Needs to have team branded and expanded numbering/lettering for creating expanding current stadiums. Team Rebranding is great, but expanding all of vault to include more unique logos and uniforms. More Flags, Bullpens in the outfield, Wall Ads, Scoreboards.
• Complete Hall of Fame with all current HOF players
• A Franchise Points System, for franchise players to earn franchise perks like Sponsorships, Stadium naming rights, Homerun calls, audio perks for people who don't play Diamond Dynasty. - Tie in Franchise to Team Affinity. If you play(Not Sim) an entire season as a franchise you should earn the Franchise logo and Banner and other Team affinity perks.

Please add any ideas that you can think of to make franchise a more engaging mode of play.

@JasonAEMales_PSN weaver was a phenomonal player, a defensive wizard more deserving to be in the game than Jackson, Jackson took 5K to throw the series. Weaver just knew some guys weren't playing on the level and got banned for not telling Comiskey about it. It's highly doubtful Comiskey would have believed him.

57. and still hit the ball in the game, still go to the batting cage in real life too. You could use directional hitting as others have said.

Also Bring Back Classic Managers, My 21 franchise had Sparky Anderson as manager, and Lasorda, La Russa and Bobby Cox were option, Maybe add older managers too like Casy Stengel, Miller Huggins, Oscar Charleton or Rube Foster... Retired players as coaches would be nice too as long as were listing dream needs. Getting Joey Votto or Johnny Bench as my First Base coach would be awesome.

@IrishFist412_MLBTS yes, Andy van slyke or a kevin Mitchell would be amazing, ditto on will Clark or Pedro guerrero.

I was playing a miniseasons game and david Ortiz ran all the way from firstbase to the rightfield fence like 270 feet to make a leaping catch while clemente just watched him..
It was awesome and tragic all at the same time. I'm pretty sure Ortiz has never run that far.

there are injuries but nothing like a real MLB roster, especially in terms of to a pitching staff