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It sucks to see great pitchers like Ron Guidry and Jim Palmer only receive a 96 and 98 respectively, when many current players that are normally bronze level have 99 cards through Topps now, PS, and POTM. Why purchase their name and likeness to only use them that way? Makes no sense.

Bert Blyleven!

He has two nasty curveballs that confuse the hitters.

I have to be honest, I have played Diamond Dynasty since MLB 15 and I am struggling to find the excitement for the next version. This version was the first time that I took a massive break and did not log on for 3-4 months during the Summer. It felt repetitive. For the first time in years, it felt pointless. I just wasn't really excited about anything that I witnessed.

I do think the removal of Sets/Seasons will help, but we are desperately in need of a new online mode to keep the game from going completely stale. Aside from Co-op, I do not remember the addition of a new mode in online Diamond Dynasty. I really do hope this will be the year.

Online Mini-Seasons
Modified Ranked Seasons
Weekend Leagues
Something!

As for waiting for the new legends, I do agree that is always interesting to see who will be in the game the next year. My point was that even though we do get fresh additions, I hate the fact that we lose some of the players we had access to in the past. (Will Clark, Ted Williams etc). I am fully aware that they have a budget and cannot afford everyone, but many of the legends are already installed in the game.

I just wanted to see where the excitement level was with the rest of the community. Am I alone in my analysis? Is there something I missed?

Seasons and Sets have been the worst thing that has happened to this game so far. I know why they attempted it (to relive that opening day feeling multiple times), but it is brutal working towards a card that has a very limited shelf life. This is on top of the fact that these games only have roughly 365 days to begin with before people move on to the next version.

Finally, to cap this off, we now have multiple copies of the same card throughout the year. 3-4 years ago, the 99 version was the best version of that player. Now they can have three, four, or maybe five 99s in a game cycle. Just seems silly and overkill. I would rather have one 99 and the parallels moved up to seven or eight, then having to level 3 different versions of the same card.

I started using the Wild Card slot for an out of position player recently and the Parallel points were going up (hit level IV)

We need the fan that ripped the ball out of Mookie's glove. Just use him as a captain and make it impossible for the opponent to catch balls in foul territory.

We need access to more core team captains.

When and where can we get more

There were a couple added to this new program but there are 60 altogether! I think I might have 10 total (counting both pitchers a hitters). This is all based on the idea that they are unsellable and not on the market.

I like using theme teams and even though seasons is really the death of great theme teams, I would hope to see more of these captains available in the game now and not introduced in December

Make it happen please

I don't know if I will get all the way to the end. The xp added in events will push me closer to the next reward, but it is kinda sad that I play as much as I do and am still worried about obtaining all the bosses. It really sucks that even IF i get them, I will only have 3-5 days before the next season. Really brings up the point that Seasons need to go.

I think it goes without saying, that a new DD mode has been needed in this game for awhile. I can tell that one of the limitations that SDS has is its inability to code or get too specific when entering certain modes. But I was wondering why something simple has been put out like an All Time Team mode? A mode where you would pick one of thirty teams, and based on your selection, only players that are affiliated with the team (prospects), currently play on the team, or Have played on the team before will be eligible. This doesn't seem too difficult to pull off. Especially if you assume that if a player doesn't have enough players to fill a specific team, then they would just get a message that says "ineligible" until they collect more. So for example Rich Gossage would be eligible on the Yankees team and every other team he has played a Major League game for.

This could open up an entire new mode that has been missing for years at this point. Aside from picking the 30 teams, the idea seems to be a lot like Events (putting requirements on eligible players), and people would have to own the card to use it.

The catch is how to make it so that every player doesn't pick the Yankees or Dodgers, etc. You could easily limit overall team rating to 95 to make it fair for all players. OR you could count stats and attempt to win 5 games with each theme team throughout the course of the year to win a nice card...I don't know, something like that. But the point is that it seems doable. It seems like it would just require a database of players categorized by teams. I know other websites do it for this game, so it doesn't seem far-fetched that SDS could do it too.

The other problem is that a mode like this runs counter to the model of Sets and Seasons that they've been pushing the last two years. It would be rough to almost have a Full Tigers team ready to roll and half of the cards are now ineligible.

Anyways, just an idea like many of the other great ideas that I've seen put on here in the past. I just hope that at some point, SDS will give us a new mode that allows for something different in the future.

The WIldcard spots have one purpose and one purpose only. That is to advance Daniel Vogelbach on to the next Season.

Here are my sports

Wild Card # 1 = Daniel Vogelbach
Wild Card #2 = Daniel Vogelbach
Wild Card #3 = Daniel Vogelbach
Wild Card #4 = Daniel Vogelbach

I play a decent amount compared to the average person. My play time has dropped this year as opposed to previous years, but to put it in perspective, I have completed all Conquest Maps, the Original Mini Season, Every BR Program, and got 20 wins in every Event so far. I have not played RS or the TA Mini Season, but did start the Bob Feller mini season and I am currently 5 wins in. I have also completed every Team Affinity up until 3 (the new one that just dropped), and I have finished every program that has been added to the game.

Saying that, I am WAY behind on everything! I have yet to even obtain the Kyle Seager in the program experience, and I am 200k XP points behind obtaining my first boss. I am also roughly 60-70 cards away from completing the Season 1 Collection Reward to get the first boss in that line. I know that collecting these new TA1.3 bosses would help with that, but it is frustrating knowing they only have 20ish days left to use the majority of them.

And finally, this position that I am in is after I took advantage of both Double XP weekends that have been offered.

As stated above, I do feel like I play more than the average player, and if I am in this position, then it makes me wonder how someone who can only play sporadically might feel about the progress of the game

I was just curious if anyone had success or implemented specific Captains or theme teams in the new Event. This is just for fun to make the 20 wins a little interesting. I have put together a team based on the David Ortiz boost (Hitters from 2000 to 2009), as well as the Trevor Hoffman boost for pitchers, but have yet to take them out on the field.... I was wondering if there are any others that people have used. Mark Prior standout captain??? Specific Theme Teams using Core Captains? Switch Hitters? Just getting peoples thoughts on what they've tried and enjoyed this round.

I also understand the Arenado and Buxton are out for this event and the best Captain of all (Kershaw) does not qualify because he is a lefty pitcher, but wanted to check in and see if there were some that I was possibly missing.

Jeter should just show up. At least, he did for me. Many of the other cards are actually in packs that you have to open to get. But none of them tell you that you received it when it is finished

The thing with Wild Cards too, is that we don't know how long it will take to earn them when the new season starts. IF they added wild card spots on the Program EXP path, then it might take months of playing to actually get them, especially if they keep limited xp with daily caps.

I agree with the original poster, I think that not allowing people to use certain cards does way more harm to the game than anything good. The only silver lining is these Wild Card spots that were mentioned previously. But I just hope that Wild Card spots themselves are not impossible to get along the way. The addition of new 99s should start to phase out older cards organically.

I do realize that question is based on so many different variables that you cannot control, BUT just assuming that you win roughly 4-6 games a run, and you are able finish the two single entry missions.....

How many games do you think it will take to get to 100 program stars?

I only ask to get a rough estimate to know what other people have ran into while they played..

20 games? 30?

Again, if you are only scoring one run each game.. not getting hits with the BR players, etc etc, then it will drag on, but knowing that, what is the average games that are needed to get to 100.

I have had no interest in playing since the glitch has been exposed and exploited by every player. It also takes away from the coolness of actually running into a real MLB player down the road. I know that technically if you run into one in Events or RS, then it still shows that it was a real major leaguer, but some of the magic is gone. Every player in Coop has used that card before and it doesn't hold the same level of excitement that it once did. Fix or shut down until fixed.

Has anyone ever pulled a diamond with a jelly bean in the pack? I wonder if it does hurt the chance to pull a legitimate diamond. I opened 50-75 packs and got nothing.. did get about 40 jelly beans though..

Also, why 100 beans needed? 50-60 beans would entice way more people and have them either grinding or buying packs to get over the last hump. With 100 needed ( i have 22 after completing program), there is not way i can get to 100, so therefore it is pointless.

If SDS can adjust the xp cap quickly, then I am not worried. I know that sounds odd, but everyone is in the same boat. And if they see that individuals are struggling or falling behind, then they can boost it.

Here is an interesting thought though. What is the alternative? It is people that never log off the game have access to All the 99 bosses, with the casual gamer getting stuck behind.

I personally can live without seeing Jimmy Rollins and Larry Walker in every Ranked and Event for a round or two. And being honest, aside from Babe Ruth, this is the most even the game will actually be during the entire cycle. Once the 99s start rolling in, everything changes (some for the better and some for the worse).

I was wondering if there is a list out there of players that used to be in MLB the Show and are no longer in (for any reason). I know there are some that were removed for "legal troubles," but I have never seen a comprehensive list that included every player from MLB the Show 15 to 23 that USED to be in the game. Is that even a thing?

I've had a lot of success with McCutchen. But as everyone else said, might as well buy him and give it a shot. If you absolutely hate them, you can sell and rake in usually 20-30k.