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@Dolenz_PSN said in 18 orders Ohtani same price.:

I don't play the market so maybe I am confused but I don't always buy all of the SDS conspiracy theories.

What benefit does it give SDS to manipulate the stub cost of this card making it cheaper. Aren't more expensive cards better for the bottom line as it may entice people to purchase stubs to get this card?

This.

And: Last year, I often had that kind of orders in to prevent me from going over 5M . I would set them „low enough“ to not get through tho … It could be that somebody forgot these many buy orders, because he does not care anymore

He probably played against real-99-Ernie-Clement

eXtreme does not want help … it is for the „extreme“ good players

1 Judge, 2 Ketel, 1 JRam, Bernie, 3 Rare HRD, 1x 85-Trout … pretty decent

Playoff-Bibee got his confidence up so he became super-Tanner

@DeleteyourTTVBTW_MLBTS said in Weekend classic placement manipulation:

@YOSHI24_XBL lol kinda exactly his point. It’s a braindead system someone as dumb and bad as you can still take advantage of.

Not it is not and this is the last time we will hear from each other. That‘s the best block-application of the year … Try to take lessons on how to be a better human being

@Jacky-Chan1_XBL said in Fielding shift defense:

Can't turn off thr shift in MLB. The Show shift isn't the problem

ah … Well, the shift turns batted balls into outs more often … That is why they do it. But this is where the statistics kick in

@RAisEdByGoAt_XBL So the only reasonable answer is a) conspiracy or b) (like for me) that I have not played 3 WCs in a row. I guess you really like the A-option because it is easier to understand

@Dharper_23_PSN … I have not played online for 2 months. Therefore I got sent down from 800 to 400 … Is it manipulating? Or is it just how they do the ranking system? I think it is the latter … btw: The game will not sent me down any further than 400

@Jacky-Chan1_XBL or you turn it off manually in the settings

@Dolenz_PSN said in Your Diamond Quest rewards for Sep 30th (The Jason Drop):

A few thoughts.

1. Thank you SDS for making it easy for easy for me to continue to ignore this mode
2. Apparently you can never have too many Yankees (although I would never replace Gehrig with Giambi)
3. Varitek has a 87, 95 and now a 99 meanwhile Johnny Bench has an 86 and Gary Carter an 80.
4. SDS is leaning into the switch hitter meta with the 7th switch hitting 99 OVR Catcher
5. Ballin is a habit packs?

I think the rewards are a pretty smart move by the content guys … Let me explain:

1. Nobody waits for those cards and especially Yankee theme team guys
2. There would be far more complaints if there would be a significant reward lots of ppl would really want about the odds, that ppl just do not understand (which could also be the case irl)
3. Varitek is just Switch-hitting Catcher number 5 for most of the ppl

My thoughts: Awesome improvements in game design & power creep … Starting from the all-star-break, „the creep“ got too steep too quickly

looks like a nice thread with blockable ppl who are not able to be nice

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in Team Building and Power Creep:

That was fun and I played with that team quite a bit.

Yes, and this is what not having lineup variety looks like … Everybody plays his god squad, because they can and because fielding a team with higher winning pct gets more rewards

That is why „we“ ask for a new mode with more restrictions.

And Buxton was not it bc most ppl had way better options

@Dinger_Dan19_PSN said in Team Building and Power Creep:

@YOSHI24_XBL thats because they had a switch hitting captain. Just add the system back but don’t have switch hitter captains is all.

I agree on the switch-hitter, because it built THE Meta lineup … I do not agree on your last sentence. As long as there are meta lineups in a ranked mode they will be used more often than others, especially experimenting lineups with your binder.
Therefore .. imo:

• Ranked should be ranked. Best lineup vs best lineup
• Do experimenting stuff somewhere else. Let guys compete with restrictions … let‘s see who collected best and/or is able to built good lineups with his/her binder… this could be less than 9 inning games too like @rubicante23_PSN asked for

@Dinger_Dan19_PSN said in Team Building and Power Creep:

The captain system from last year atleast made people try different teams, the combination of theme team/speed or power was really fun last year.

At least 90% used the meta switch-hitting Rollins … that is not the answer. There will always be the meta-lineups. That is why creative ideas in new mode specifically for binder-usage is necessary … imo

@SaveFarris_PSN said in Team Building and Power Creep:

@YOSHI24_XBL said in Team Building and Power Creep:

We just need a mode that is about using the binder.

It's called Events.

Events were probably supposed to be the solution … and never fit the purpose (if intended). Events mostly supported the theme around the drops.

Maybe the best OP I have read this year …. 100% on point. I quit playing ranked and I will restart with … building team theme teams, when all the cards have appeared…

… especially this paragraph

@rubicante23_PSN said in Team Building and Power Creep:

If they're going to go this route, we need a mode where we can build other teams. It misses the whole point if everything gets tricked out so quick - the fun part is building it at the beginning.

We just need a mode that is about using the binder.

@VortexNukezz_PSN the title does not reflect the OP imo … To me it looks like you guys had a good offensive game. The opponent was somewhat luckier and won the game … in other words: it could have gone the other way. But baseball is not the summation of who had more hits over a specific EV …
To get back to my initial sentence. Your input mattered … a lot … otherwise you would not have had these many HR on EV over 100 mph …

@Teak2112_MLBTS said in Moonshot 2.0 Reveals:

So why does fellow collection reward Ozzie Smith need to have some sacrifices on his card in areas that DEFINE WHO OZZIE SMITH IS.

Because the moonshot theme defines what card he is … Don‘t you remember the Lou Brock outrage?

You do not realize how much you are discrediting this amazing Ozzie-card (the best card in the moonshot content drop) we had in the last 5 years.

I leave it at that, I promise that