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SDS makes this far more complicated than it needs to be.

Most of these aren't even moments. They're more like fantasies or three-inning games.

MY GUESS: there's a small portion of this player base whose average weekly purchases are so much (you know, the players who spent $2,000 to have Babe Ruth on opening night---the people who had claimed to spend hundreds+ before that April account unlinking incident---pack addicts---etc.) that SDS has become increasingly indifferent to the player base whose investments either end or are very minimal after the initial purchase (e.g. NMS players).

That's purely speculation on my part though as SDS has the #s.

Why is an MLB All Star related event held at a minor league park? If they're requiring one stadium, then shouldn't it be Texas?

@samguenther1987_PSN said in MOMENTS OF GLORY PROGRAM:

So is this the moments extreme program?

I'll try these when i get home but like i said last night, i'm rapidly lossing intrest this year

It's like Extreme Moments if they were played on veteran (and there's a three-inning game played on AS).

I finished in about three hours (The Justin Turner one may have taken about 1/4 of that lol). A lot of the moments have poor visibility (shadowing, no batter's eye) and the RNG is pretty bad on them. Dozens of good/perfect outs. There are just a lot of annoyances that make it more frustrating and time-consuming than it needs to be.

Honestly I'm probably just burnt out of the same ole' grinds too.

I just hate how it plays online. Everything looks and feels different almost as if it's a completely different game than offline. It's pretty [censored] admirable how people can constantly switch from offline grinding on rookie/veteran to online competitive play. Also, the gamer culture is different from when I played sports games (mostly online franchises) in my heyday 15+ years ago. Too much grieving and no socialization.

EDIT - Also, I don't like how the online setup creates for pure mystery. You don't know your opponent's ping, disconnect percentage, idle time, tendencies, stadium choice, or anything. It's just some matchup randomizer that connects me to someone whose team name and shoddy connection would indicate that they're outside the USA. I grew up with lobbies so that's definitely my preference.

@PAinPA_PSN said in Extreme - How are you doing this?:

@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN said in Extreme - How are you doing this?:

I tried the Ricky Henderson 5SB one mostly for s and giggles.

After the first hit I couldn't steal a base because the following hitter hit the ball on the first pitch

The second hit I couldn't steal a base because the next batter started on a 3-2 count with 2 outs haha.

Change your settings to see all pitches,its in the player lock tab

Would never have figured that out. Thought that was solely for RttS. Appreciated.

I just downloaded Costco Park for the first time for my grinds and it made a huge difference for me.

@x-814-x-MAFIA-x_PSN said in Summer Premier Pack from Mini Seasons:

Grind for this. Get it. 3 guaranteed Diamonds.

1st Diamond: Lance McCullers (already have)
2nd Diamond: Lance McCullers
3rd Diamond: Yep, you guessed it. Lance McCullers.

How and why?

Because three...it's a magic number.

It's better than nothing and a nice way to get some cheap XP / packs. I'm just fascinated by the randomness of these mini-programs.

4 cards away from Rolen (2 vouchers), 26 from Ted Williams (9 vouchers), and 406k stubs. I could finish it now but I'm not in a hurry.

@fellspointguy_MLBTS said in Set 2 Cornerstone Captains:

@xRatedGProdigyx_PSN

You have 2 active Season 1 captain cards. It was Maddux/Senga and Arenado/Buxton. You get two choices at launch. Our choices for S2 are Stanton/Devers/Castillo/Carroll. People should take a Castillo for sure as he boosts LS and you can't play two hitting captains at once.

You had two active cornerstone captains in S1? I only had one at a time.

They're above 94 overall.

Showdowns should have midway points (at least one) then I'd do them more often.

I haven't seen it mentioned, but S3 collections have some rewards at 225, 250, 275, and 300.

@datneegdaz_PSN said in Halloween Program and Mandatory Showdown:

This Halloweek showdown was the easiest one this year, by far. Granted, I've done them all except the extreme (didn't need the points).

I've done the run it back showdown about 20 times to get the season 2 vault pack. I've failed at least 10 times on that one as well, sometimes the CPU is a beast on all-star.

My suggestion is to draft switch hitters or in this case, lefties, and get the hero time and rally time boosts, anything that boosts exit velocity. Take pitches and if you get a slow guy on first base, substitute a 85+ speed guy and steal second so you don't get a double play. Those are rally killers

This.

The big thing is to not get frustrated and swing out of your shoes whenever the perfect-perfect / good swing outs start piling up. There is so much margin of error on these missions that it's still easy to overcome with patience.

The program was random but it was still better than last year's "Trick" and "Treat" programs. At least we had a clear understanding of what needed done in '24.

Personally, the long gap between WS content and Finest have sort of turned me off from '24. I suppose they don't care about retaining engagement this late in the cycle though.

It's non 2024 finest.

I mean if casual players don't like grinding then they shouldn't play DD. That's the entire point of the mode. They don't have to finish it in one week. Also, those casuals aren't god-squadding so they don't need to do all 32 team affinities or get every single card. It appears that, after 55,000, that most of TA is excess waste or vouchers that you can't immediately use.