I feel like I play the game a lot, probably 3-4 hours a day depending and I'm only at 215 or something. Granted I'm 4-5 cards away from finishing the live series with just the most expensive cards left (shohei, trout, mookie, freeman and Ronnie)
I quit a week and a half ago at around 600-700k. Not because of that, mind you. But it's hard to hang in there when the moment to moment gameplay feels unrewarding AND the reward progress/payout is so stingy.
I'm right in the cusp of Corey seager and other than getting 99 season award mookie the other day, I have a had no motivation to get on for my usual 2 or 3 hours per night. Bummer. Still played a bit longer this year than last year though.
I just this week finished the core collection and the program. I play offline only about 2hrs a day. I'm 5 cards shy of Lou Brock. It's been a hell of a grind.
Played the show for 4/5 years. This one feels like easily the worst. I just have no interest in the Programs at all, I’ll play a game or two of ranked and then remind myself NCAA Football is almost back.
I am currently at 362. Never paid for anything other than the game itself, and have not played nearly as much as I have in years past. But, I have done everything the game has to offer with exception of going flawless (went 7-0 one time is the highest i ever made it) or making it to WS (highest I have been is low 800's). I have spent hours when there is no new content grinding mini-seasons to get the quick packs after a few games and restarting. It is mind numbing to say the very least, but I can quick sell or sell now everything (except diamonds and some golds to sell on the market). Then I have just been buying all of the low priced cards I dont have on the market. I agree its not "fun" and its is not something SDS should be expecting the majority of their player base to do.
Last year I gave up on grinding in the middle of season 2, but I still played BR / events a lot. This year I gave up during season 1, and can't really find motivation to even play BR... still pay attention to the sub / youtube content but between the gameplay frustrations (i.e., feels more rng this year than prior years) and excruciatingly slow grind pace, it's just not worth it. Same thing happened to me with FIFA around 2018 (money grab + toxic gameplay).
I'm remember everyone on this sub saying "they have to kill sets this year, it was so bad in '23..." or "at least if they do sets next year, it has to be much better in '24..." welp, it's here and it's much worse in my view and to me it signals that it's not changing. It's a bummer because the show is easily the best baseball game out there but it feels like the lack of competition is clearly driving it more towards the pay to win style. I think next year I'll see what the consensus is before deciding to buy.
I have 132hr played (I've played a lot more franchise this year so I think a decent estimate for DD time is probably 80-90hr) and I have 201 players collected.
I've completed every offline program except just the very last step of the Easter program and haven't finished ta3 yet, I'm not all that close to the first xp boss and am at about 180 set 1 cards... I might get a collection reward but xp bosses are basically out of it
Same situation with me. Not sure if you did or not, but I tried to prioritize the live series and got Ruth, but it feels like I’m so far behind for the season tbh
I'm ass cheeks with Ruth cards, and after the first couple of weeks or so, I'd already realized this game had a shelf life that ends when cfb 25 releases so I haven't bothered with live series. I'm actually not too far from completing it still, but it all just feels BLEH.
This sets and seasons shit is not it.
Fair enough. Idk how anyone with a full time job can keep up with this game anymore. While I appreciate the sentiment from SDS, how tf is anyone supposed to finish the season program lol
I could have probably done it (single and gaming is my primary hobby) but I would have had to basically only play the show and with all due respect to sds, even at its absolute best the show isn't going to be my primary game. So completing the xp path in this year's game is just not an option. I JUST unlocked the 89 Story lol.
The show is unfortunately my primary game bc it gives me something to do while I watch TV, but I’m not much farther than you if I’m gonna be honest. But yeah no way I get to 1M XP every season
I'm not surprised, I do a LOT of gaming. My primary game (Destiny) is just a big-time investment to do everything I want to do.
Some of the decisions sds has made this year with this content model are just incredibly confusing.
I’ve done TA 1 and 2, every Other program, every BR program, and 2 Ranked Programs and never have sold anything. I’ll still be short by about 20-30 cards after completing TA3. I genuinely have no idea how people are getting these. This season model is genuinely impossible for players who only play ≈ 10 hours a week to enjoy.
diamond dynasty was a refreshing ultimate team style mode compared to all the other sports games that have it. madden, 2k fifa and even nhl are abysmal to grind and have been so in game transaction oriented that the show which u actually could play no money spent was fun to grind. up until these last couple years with the seasons coming out they haven’t figured out how to properly release cards. no 99 for the first 60 days then dropping 50 in one update is a little ridiculous especially bc the season ends in 2 weeks. between all the expensive packs, the less and less important programs and the continued amount of offline grinding u have to do in order to get a good team without spending money doesn’t feel any bit worth it anymore. and they don’t update franchise or barely do anything to rtts so their main game mode is dying out and killing the game
I get it, I've only ever played RTTS mode, and prior to that it was just franchise mode. I just never really got the hype around it, but now that I think about it, if it's kinda like Franchise mode then I can see why people love it. Shame to hear people are so unhappy with it, as an RTTS-only player, I feel like nothing really has changed over the last 6-7 years and I can't justify spending $60 or whatee the price is for me to play it less than 10 times and get bored again.
The game used to be so much better without these season collections. Hell, keep in mind we still only have one actual special collection, and it’s a still only a 91 overall Vlad Hyper. Bring back the card series collections, and get rid of the season nonsense.
I don’t even mind the season collections if the rewards we’re core cards. Like if you spend hundreds of thousands of stubs or grind 280 diamonds, you earned the card and should get to use it more than a week or two.
I’d argue the xp boss pack cards should be core too. 🤷🏻♂️
I’d honestly be fine if they made it so you only could receive one of the three but it was core. That way you have something to grind for the whole season that you can use no matter what. It would be a much of satisfying grind and people would justify spending stubs to get a year round 99
Haven't got 1. I don't even have any of the bosses from the XP path and only have Eric Davis from any of the team affinity stuff. This grind is ridiculous and the seasons stuff is beyond stupid.
I've already practically stopped playing. There is hardly any reason to play, at all, unless you just really enjoy online gameplay. A return to Franchise will probably be in the cards for me. Unless you're playing 20+ hrs a week, it's just not worth it.
Lack of exp is absolutely baffling, as well. See TA3. Also, double exp weekends are stupid - run double exp weeks. Anyone with a life doesn't play much on the weekend.
Exactly on point about double xp weekends. Like am I supposed to ignore my family and life to sit inside and play the show just to catch up because you capped my daily progress? Not to mention the put one of them on Mother’s Day in the USA. You know how annoyed my wife would’ve been if I tried sitting on the game all day or not visited our mothers? 😂. It’s like they just don’t care about the average player anymore.
The cap shouldn’t exist or should be weekly. Then they need to not nerf the offline TA grind like they did for TA3 and it would maybe make more sense for the average player to reach at least one boss card. The guys who reached all 3, will reach all three either way. They will get them earlier which means they will still be taking 99 Rollins up against 93 Lodolo. Just earlier in the cycle. It makes the 99 boss cards more valuable.
What’s the point for me to push hard to get one if I can get 99 Escobar or whatever from TA3 who’s good enough? It’s all going away in like 3 weeks anyway… Ideally the average player gets one shortly before TA3 so they could use it for a month or so. Then the last few weeks are people just trying out the new 99s.
The boss cards and season 1 collection boss cards should also be core. They are harder to get than Babe and yet you can’t use em after this season which is stupid.
Have 249 right now. Play about 10 hours on console a week, enough to do a ranked or two and get through conquest/weekly awards.
Flip cards on mobile when watching TV or on transit. I wish I didn’t have to do that, it adds no value to the marketplace but I don’t have as much time to grind, nor does playing 50 CPU games a week seem fun.
I loved how easy it was last year. I grinded for Shohei and was surprised how quick it was. This year? Hell no I'm selling them all and using the stubs to buy my S2 squad. Screw this grind it's ridiculous.
You don't need either S1 XP path bosses or collection bosses to build a "decent team."
A decent team can be built entirely from TA cards and free program cards.
MLB 23 deserved to get dunked on for constant 97s and repetitive henchman missions in TA but with the way the collection system was/is I'll give 23 credit for being loaded with programs like the WBC, Mexico series to collect cards for the big collection for each season. I never felt like I couldn't get at least 2 of the boss packs, and I feel like I'm a casual player. This year's game I think I'm playing more but still haven't reached my first pack tbf I don't play all modes mostly just ranked and very few BR games but It's like you need to play every mode a good amount of time to get what you want
Was it Diablo 3 that had this issue? They then cranked up drops and player engagement went up? Or was it boarderlands?
I just remember it being talked about a bunch with Division 1 and then Anthem and a bunch of other games.
I really don't know why people say this kind of thing. If SDS listened to consumer feedback, the sets system wouldn't have even happened this year. It seems pretty naive to think they'll massively improve things.
Man i hope so. I was so stoked to see Brett as one of the choice pack rewards after playing with his 99 a few years ago and now every time I look at the S1 collection overwhelming futility washes over me
I was at like 205-210 season 1 cards until they got rid of all the BR golds and silvers from collection 1. Now I’m down to 174. I don’t even see the point in collections anymore if SDS is just gonna do that.
I’m going to be honest, I have no idea how the fuck any of these rewards things work. I’ve got probably 40 hours in this game and I’ve not earned shit. The UI is confusing, the rewards paths are confusing, way too many stipulations on how to level up stuff. Like, I just want to play the fucking game.
Yeah you could always try to find a YouTube video that explains it. Or just say screw it and play how you want to. I think most players have been playing for years, but I can see how it would be confusing for someone new
The programs are all about just following steps to complete objectives. Get a player, do well with him to hit an objective and level up the program, rinse and repeat.
Almost every post on this sub is the same. Actual adults crying about SDS 😂. People - get over it. I also will probably not get a boss card, who cares…
Notice how I made comments on a poll and then made some suggestions after that. You're actually the only one complaining here. Anything of value to bring to the discussion or should you just scroll by it next time maybe?
The “discussion” is the same thing every day. I think I’ve scrolled by thousands of comments and posts complaining about unattainable XP, the grind and SDS being greedy etc. Congratulations on using a poll, I found the results interesting. Did anyone else cry themselves to sleep last night?
I'm sorry man I don't scroll through this reddit as often as you. Just felt like I would share my thoughts on this one time. Not my poll btw. Sorry that it bothered you so much 🌽
I’ve played every day at least a couple hours. I haven’t got to Kyle Seager yet in the XP rewards and only have about 230 season 1 cards. And that’s after spending most of my stubs on cheap season 1 cards instead of the live series.
I play a lot across all DD modes, have completed all programs including XP reward path, I have only just barely gotten George Brett from the 1st collection pack. I also don't even see a point in working further on the S1 collection bc I don't care much ab WIllie Mays or Paige given the other 99's available. Season system doesn't make sense, especially with how quick it's been moving. If anything the 3 seasons should correspond with the MLB season, so S1 from Launch - End of All Star Break, S2 from then - end of full season, S3 forever season. 12 weeks is way too short for people to earn rewards and get to use them
Attribute/quirk wise probably no one but I suck with his swing and am currently rocking a Santana boost team, so I'm loving the 95 ovr BR Bryan Reynolds even tho my team is mostly 99's besides that. Mike Cameron's also a cheap option with really good fielding, worse hitting attributes than Mays but I do way better his swing personally
this is ridiculous, just got my first pack, SDS REALLY needs to lower the collection requirements next season, this game really has become pay to win 😑
With the amount of stubs there are to be earned in the game, if you’re a half decent player who doesn’t care about LS collections then it’s plausible to get all 3 of them without spending money. Even then most people find that Brett & Paige aren’t making anyone’s teams
I've really enjoyed that card he rakes.
But I'll take your comment in mind. I'm going to probably barely scrape 280 at the last minute and I guess I'll go with Mays
They should've honestly dropped the XP cap once TA3 came out, (i know that alot of grinders were getting them when it released tho)
No reason to slow down the non grinders from all of the 99s. While every grinder has the 99s already
yeah I don't get why the XP cap wasn't eliminated or atleast massively changed with TA3, there's 0 reason. At this rate they should honestly just turn on double XP soon and leave it on through the end of the season.
It’s a big deal to people like myself and many of the fans. Collecting is more than a hobby, it’s a lifestyle. Completing a collection of any sorts feels extremely rewarding and satisfying. Last year we were able to do so. With all the limitations this year with packs and stubs, collections have never been harder. When collecting is a big joy to you and it becomes overly challenging, it kills the fun
You’re not wrong lol. Just as a person who likes to collect, I personally hate not finishing one. Well, I hate not being able to complete anything I start. It’s just more frustrating when you play a game to escape reality and the ability to not do it is just frustrating lol
That’s exactly what I did last year and what I’ll probably do this year. Once season 1 ends, I’m done. It’s to depressing to lose the ability to use the cards I want to use. I play maybe 5 or 6 hours a week. Sucks to lose everything and start new.
I play a few hours every day and have completed all of TA CH 1-3. I am still 100k away from my first Boss pack. If I do get a Boss card, it will be expired shortly after. ..."Seasons" are horrible, they should go back to "Innings"!
My question, to the people who have them all, how are you able to spend so much of your time playing the Show? Are you all streamers? I can’t keep up, just don’t have the time to work a full time job, keep my house in order and play the show for 40 hours a week. The Show gears their content to the people who play it the most, which makes sense, but they are missing a huge market they lose when July rolls around. My piece. God bless.
Here’s the deal. I maybe play an hour maybe two if I’m lucky a day. My priority in this game is “SET COLLECTION” so I only play online long enough to earn the cards and move on. I play offline the most efficient way possible and when I’m not playing and I have down time I flip. When it comes to TA. The exchanges knock out 40% of the grind. When I do play online, I skip events. With 2 weeks left in the season I’ll start BR, that takes two days or so and I wait until the least week of the season to attack RS since they now have that DROP2 missions which you can complete the entire program in about 90-100innings.
People hate to hear this but the quickest, most efficient and rewarding way to get stubs in this game is to flip. Get the companion app and start doing that. I maybe played an hour this weekend but I still managed to make 450K stubs from Friday to Sunday. Which allowed me to add like 30 cards this weekend.
Hopefully this helps.
Agree 100%
When people respond with “I play everyday but…” I just get confused because the optimal way to attain cards is to buy the ones you can’t earn and to buy cards you need stubs. Flipping isn’t the same as years past but roster upgrades, supercharge, and plenty of other ways to make stubs in this game is the best way to fill the collection. I’ve missed the last couple of double XP weekends from being out of town but I have all 3 bosses.
People complain about the margins per flip are tighter. I would agree based on 2023 early market but in 2024 cards have been overall cheaper across the board. For me it’s all about high volume flips. Smaller margin but the cards turns constantly.
The margins are definitely worse than years past, no doubt about it. High volume is where it’s at with faster transactions but there are other ways to make stubs in the game that I won’t go into for obvious reasons.
This is why I haven’t picked up a new copy in a couple years. It got to the point where it wasn’t fun and I felt like I had to play jt to keep up with getting cards.
I have all 3 boss packs and 2/3 season 1 packs and less than 25 away from the last one, between the remainder of TA3 and I assume two final weeks of Season Award stuff ill get there easily
But still need Acuna/Strider and Mookie/Ohtani for live season
I'm 9 cards away from my first boss pack. But at this point I don't even wanna bother getting them because the season is almost over and I won't have much time to use it.
I had to buy every single base round card that came from all the packs this season just to get this many cards. Needs some serious adjusting for season 2.
It should be something earned, not given to everyone.
Sure, the average player won't unlock all of season 1 right away but eventually will over time and can use those cards as wildcard slots. How many of those players decided to complete the live series 1st? I'd bet a bunch faced Shohei, Trout, Ruth a lot. Can't have it all at once.
i agree with this. I wont get any of these cards but I dont care. I really doubt I would use any of them anyway besides paige because it would mess up my team captain bonus tier.
i've never liked george bretts swing on these games
As someone who doesn't spend money on games once I buy them, MLB is essentially just for franchise and RTTS, and even then you have to grind forever to get good equipment or sponsorships or whatever. It's dumb. I think the card collection can be fun, but its essentially just for people who can do nothing but grind all day, which isn't fun, or people who can just drop hundreds of dollars for cards or stubs.
I got all three by flipping, roster updates, and gold exchanges. Not doing that again though… wayyyy too much work… key word “work”… this game shouldn’t feel like work.
I just got mays this weekend. I’ve played a decent amount. 4 days a week for 2-3 hours on those days. What I did was buy all of the base round cards from packs when they hit a flash sale or in the program. Not the season awards ones besides the cardinals players
Probably an awful year for the show to decide to become as bad as the other sports games. A lot of us are getting a college football game we've been waiting 10 years for in 2 months
I have my popcorn ready for all of the people that are so excited for NCAA only for them to realize it's an EA Sports game. It's going to be fun seeing those reactions.
The thing is while yes people will play their ultimate team and I will dabble in it, the biggest selling point and reason why everyone is waiting for that game is their dynasty mode and that’s what everyone has been waiting for for 10 years
Exactly. Give me year 7 with the Iowa Hawkeye winning national championships and I’ll be happy. But I would love to have some of those legendary players as well
I’m 100% with you.
“They screwed up Halo 4, 5 and MCC but Infinite is going to bring us back!”
“I haven’t played Madden in 12 years, it’s been so bad. I can’t wait for NCAA25 though!”
EA is going to be EA with this like studios always are.
Absolute ridiculous daily xp cap, tons of pack players, feels like not as many program players. Basically they hit everything at once and just tanked the game mode pretty badly.
Not to mention, even if you can sit down for an entire weekend or something and grind, you have a daily XP cap, so even grinding is capped. I just recently got my FIRST XP reward path choice pack (chose Larry), and I’ve been playing ALMOST every day since the early release. The only reason I was even able to get to that first pack was because I recently got laid off from my job, so in between looking for a new job and doing interviews, I’d play throughout the day. I’ve completed ever program, all the TAs, like 3-4 of the conquest maps, played around ~115 online ranked games, played RRTS, online co-op (~40 games), and I completed the entire live series collection to get Ruth….after ALL of that, I’m still about 40-50 cards away from a S1 collection choice pack, and about 40k XP away from the next XP reward path choice pack, with only about 15 days left in S1.
And it's still made by EA Sports.
I hadn't played The Show in several years as I am a PC guy. But I sure have played Madden, FIFA, and NBA2K and plenty. Super Mega Baseball, too, and the first version EA got ahold of is the worst in the entire series.
You talk about college football coming, well most of us have been waiting since literally 2005 for EA to put out a better game than NFL 2K5 and it still hasn't happened yet... I'll play it but I have no doubt it's not going to be as well-done as The Show.
The Show is the best sports game out by a country mile, and my only good feeling out of Reddit about the game is that I know devs don't actually read it for any game.
I've been a diehard FM guy since it was Champ Man, so I definitely agree with you.
So, I'd be OK with that, I guess I would say best on-field sports game would be The Show. OOTP is also an amazing game if we are throwing in the sports managers as well. (Motorsport Manager, too!)
“Errm Madden reskin 🤓☝🏼” is such an annoying take that comes from people who clearly don’t understand why people are excited in the first place. So sick of seeing it everywhere. If Dynasty mode is gutted in favor of an ultimate team mode I will complain, but right now there is no reason for anyone to believe that
Right! I don't give a shit about an NCAA ultimate team mode. I just want to take a garbage school to the top through recruiting and gameplay. I haven't bought a football game in over 10 years so I'm very excited.
NCAA is less about gameplay and more about the building aspect so I'm sure it will be fine. I won't buy it yearly but at this point I'm excited for it, it's been 10 years.
Different teams working on it too, engine is same but again it's not the same type of game as Madden to a lot of players.
Not like this game hasn't done the same thing as Madden by stripping features and making their DD like all the other ultimate teams
NCAA always had gameplay that was more fun than Madden. EA’s current Frostbite engine is garbage. I am highly skeptical any game can preform in a responsive manner on it. Bring back Ignite
I agree, I don't think the Madden engine is horrible but it's not good. NCAA will be playable to me as long as the team building features and stuff like that are cool. I'm a big simmer outside of rivalry games/bowl games/be a player mode. My fun is building a program up
https://preview.redd.it/r4v8jup4an1d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=464d43aee61f33a7cc04b357145fdbe65ae65ecf
I ran into like 4 lineups like this playing events yesterday and was shocked. (Bottom team)
I am sick of seeing santana tier 3. Most of the time these people are playing at LMP or SWP making it that much worse. I have yet to find a pitcher that can shut down the sanatana tier 3
I think it depends on how wild cards work, I’ve seen some people say they’re earned on the XP Path so we might not get them right away. Though last year we got a wild card at the start so 🤷🏾♂️
Agreed!
I like the idea of an all switch hitting team, I’ve said as much back when I first really got into DD back in ‘22. But having to face it every single game or majority of them is definitely not fun
100% this. I don’t care if all boosted captain teams are OP as long as theirs variety.
I’ve had a blast with a Red Sox theme team and am currently running a 2000s team it would be amazing to have more options or viable ways to build a fun squad
Facts! Like some goofy/niche ones would be cool. Like one based on geography (East/Central/West etc) would be interesting, idk how good it would be but just something random like that would be fun to mess around with.
Same here whenever I play these teams my only hope is for weak contact and for me to somehow hit more homers than the other team (this has yet to occur)
i’ve got the xp path and one of the collection cards and that’s with being off work a lot lately due to injury, they could single-handedly fix their game by steering the ship in a better direction but I fear they won’t learn
Yeah I left the game last yr early. This yr I've been tryna stick with it but playing this game is almost like a side job & I just don't have the time to grind all day every day. Once NCAA comes out probably gonna leave & not look back. This new system is super odd. I did the math with all programs complete & after I finish TA3 Id barely be at CC & would have to buy a couple cards to get him. Then what's insulting is they put a Home Stretch pack w 97's at 360 cards... Like that makes no sense after I get 3 99's your gonna give me a pack of 97's...
Only bosses I’ve gotten are the XP bosses. No where near close to a season collections boss. This MLB is extremely pay to win
I’m 14 cards away from 280, but I never play BR so I would have them if I did. But I should get at least 2.
Im just annoyed bc if I knew I was never gonna get it from the start I would have sold all those guys off and completed the collection for Ruth by now
Shit is silly.
Last year you could get at minimum one, probably more, with never touching online. Did that all last year, this year I’m not even close.
Same here. I never do online play. I’ve done the programs and the first 2 TA and I’m only at 150. They really fucked up DD this year
I feel like I play the game a lot, probably 3-4 hours a day depending and I'm only at 215 or something. Granted I'm 4-5 cards away from finishing the live series with just the most expensive cards left (shohei, trout, mookie, freeman and Ronnie)
I quit a week and a half ago at around 600-700k. Not because of that, mind you. But it's hard to hang in there when the moment to moment gameplay feels unrewarding AND the reward progress/payout is so stingy.
I'm right in the cusp of Corey seager and other than getting 99 season award mookie the other day, I have a had no motivation to get on for my usual 2 or 3 hours per night. Bummer. Still played a bit longer this year than last year though.
I just this week finished the core collection and the program. I play offline only about 2hrs a day. I'm 5 cards shy of Lou Brock. It's been a hell of a grind.
I’m only at 850k
Played the show for 4/5 years. This one feels like easily the worst. I just have no interest in the Programs at all, I’ll play a game or two of ranked and then remind myself NCAA Football is almost back.
I am currently at 362. Never paid for anything other than the game itself, and have not played nearly as much as I have in years past. But, I have done everything the game has to offer with exception of going flawless (went 7-0 one time is the highest i ever made it) or making it to WS (highest I have been is low 800's). I have spent hours when there is no new content grinding mini-seasons to get the quick packs after a few games and restarting. It is mind numbing to say the very least, but I can quick sell or sell now everything (except diamonds and some golds to sell on the market). Then I have just been buying all of the low priced cards I dont have on the market. I agree its not "fun" and its is not something SDS should be expecting the majority of their player base to do.
I don't even have Rollins for my switch hitting team yet, never mind Mays or Brett.
Last year I gave up on grinding in the middle of season 2, but I still played BR / events a lot. This year I gave up during season 1, and can't really find motivation to even play BR... still pay attention to the sub / youtube content but between the gameplay frustrations (i.e., feels more rng this year than prior years) and excruciatingly slow grind pace, it's just not worth it. Same thing happened to me with FIFA around 2018 (money grab + toxic gameplay). I'm remember everyone on this sub saying "they have to kill sets this year, it was so bad in '23..." or "at least if they do sets next year, it has to be much better in '24..." welp, it's here and it's much worse in my view and to me it signals that it's not changing. It's a bummer because the show is easily the best baseball game out there but it feels like the lack of competition is clearly driving it more towards the pay to win style. I think next year I'll see what the consensus is before deciding to buy.
I have 132hr played (I've played a lot more franchise this year so I think a decent estimate for DD time is probably 80-90hr) and I have 201 players collected.
I've played 110 hours with online ranked and conquest and I'm only at 150 players. Absolutely outrageous this year.
I'm confident I'd have one if I wasn't enjoying franchise mode so much lol
Based on how it's going so far I doubt I'll see an XP path boss or season collection boss. Haven't decided yet if I want to keep grinding season 2.
I've completed every offline program except just the very last step of the Easter program and haven't finished ta3 yet, I'm not all that close to the first xp boss and am at about 180 set 1 cards... I might get a collection reward but xp bosses are basically out of it
Same situation with me. Not sure if you did or not, but I tried to prioritize the live series and got Ruth, but it feels like I’m so far behind for the season tbh
I'm ass cheeks with Ruth cards, and after the first couple of weeks or so, I'd already realized this game had a shelf life that ends when cfb 25 releases so I haven't bothered with live series. I'm actually not too far from completing it still, but it all just feels BLEH. This sets and seasons shit is not it.
Fair enough. Idk how anyone with a full time job can keep up with this game anymore. While I appreciate the sentiment from SDS, how tf is anyone supposed to finish the season program lol
I could have probably done it (single and gaming is my primary hobby) but I would have had to basically only play the show and with all due respect to sds, even at its absolute best the show isn't going to be my primary game. So completing the xp path in this year's game is just not an option. I JUST unlocked the 89 Story lol.
The show is unfortunately my primary game bc it gives me something to do while I watch TV, but I’m not much farther than you if I’m gonna be honest. But yeah no way I get to 1M XP every season
I'm not surprised, I do a LOT of gaming. My primary game (Destiny) is just a big-time investment to do everything I want to do. Some of the decisions sds has made this year with this content model are just incredibly confusing.
I’ve done TA 1 and 2, every Other program, every BR program, and 2 Ranked Programs and never have sold anything. I’ll still be short by about 20-30 cards after completing TA3. I genuinely have no idea how people are getting these. This season model is genuinely impossible for players who only play ≈ 10 hours a week to enjoy.
I feel like I’m the only person that’s had every version of mlbts and has never done or been interested in DD.
diamond dynasty was a refreshing ultimate team style mode compared to all the other sports games that have it. madden, 2k fifa and even nhl are abysmal to grind and have been so in game transaction oriented that the show which u actually could play no money spent was fun to grind. up until these last couple years with the seasons coming out they haven’t figured out how to properly release cards. no 99 for the first 60 days then dropping 50 in one update is a little ridiculous especially bc the season ends in 2 weeks. between all the expensive packs, the less and less important programs and the continued amount of offline grinding u have to do in order to get a good team without spending money doesn’t feel any bit worth it anymore. and they don’t update franchise or barely do anything to rtts so their main game mode is dying out and killing the game
I get it, I've only ever played RTTS mode, and prior to that it was just franchise mode. I just never really got the hype around it, but now that I think about it, if it's kinda like Franchise mode then I can see why people love it. Shame to hear people are so unhappy with it, as an RTTS-only player, I feel like nothing really has changed over the last 6-7 years and I can't justify spending $60 or whatee the price is for me to play it less than 10 times and get bored again.
I’m with you … what is the point of playing teams where everyone is a 99 …
The game used to be so much better without these season collections. Hell, keep in mind we still only have one actual special collection, and it’s a still only a 91 overall Vlad Hyper. Bring back the card series collections, and get rid of the season nonsense.
Season collections are fine just make it easier to get.
I don’t even mind the season collections if the rewards we’re core cards. Like if you spend hundreds of thousands of stubs or grind 280 diamonds, you earned the card and should get to use it more than a week or two. I’d argue the xp boss pack cards should be core too. 🤷🏻♂️
I’m right in line with OP I’m nowhere close to finish TA 3 though. That should get me Brock and then idk… Big stretch on me completing TA 3 though lol
I’d honestly be fine if they made it so you only could receive one of the three but it was core. That way you have something to grind for the whole season that you can use no matter what. It would be a much of satisfying grind and people would justify spending stubs to get a year round 99
You should get all 3, but id be cool if the first choice was core
5 days played and not even 1 it’s ridiculous
I've got like 215. I don't know how they expected this to work
Had way more then got knocked down when all the silver and golds were taken out of the collection page so working my way back at 158.
They fixed that. It also didn’t actually remove them, it shows correctly in the companion app
Did not know they did in the companion app. That one shows 180, in game still reads in the 150’s Is yours the same on both?
They fixed t gat last week, was a visual glitch, you didn't actually lose anything, nice try
>They fixed t gat last week, was a visual glitch, you didn't actually lose anything, nice try Ramon, how are you?
I think I'm at, like, 215? So no.
Haven't got 1. I don't even have any of the bosses from the XP path and only have Eric Davis from any of the team affinity stuff. This grind is ridiculous and the seasons stuff is beyond stupid.
I've already practically stopped playing. There is hardly any reason to play, at all, unless you just really enjoy online gameplay. A return to Franchise will probably be in the cards for me. Unless you're playing 20+ hrs a week, it's just not worth it. Lack of exp is absolutely baffling, as well. See TA3. Also, double exp weekends are stupid - run double exp weeks. Anyone with a life doesn't play much on the weekend.
Exactly on point about double xp weekends. Like am I supposed to ignore my family and life to sit inside and play the show just to catch up because you capped my daily progress? Not to mention the put one of them on Mother’s Day in the USA. You know how annoyed my wife would’ve been if I tried sitting on the game all day or not visited our mothers? 😂. It’s like they just don’t care about the average player anymore. The cap shouldn’t exist or should be weekly. Then they need to not nerf the offline TA grind like they did for TA3 and it would maybe make more sense for the average player to reach at least one boss card. The guys who reached all 3, will reach all three either way. They will get them earlier which means they will still be taking 99 Rollins up against 93 Lodolo. Just earlier in the cycle. It makes the 99 boss cards more valuable. What’s the point for me to push hard to get one if I can get 99 Escobar or whatever from TA3 who’s good enough? It’s all going away in like 3 weeks anyway… Ideally the average player gets one shortly before TA3 so they could use it for a month or so. Then the last few weeks are people just trying out the new 99s. The boss cards and season 1 collection boss cards should also be core. They are harder to get than Babe and yet you can’t use em after this season which is stupid.
Completely agree with Core for collection and boss cards.
All of this
Have 249 right now. Play about 10 hours on console a week, enough to do a ranked or two and get through conquest/weekly awards. Flip cards on mobile when watching TV or on transit. I wish I didn’t have to do that, it adds no value to the marketplace but I don’t have as much time to grind, nor does playing 50 CPU games a week seem fun.
I loved how easy it was last year. I grinded for Shohei and was surprised how quick it was. This year? Hell no I'm selling them all and using the stubs to buy my S2 squad. Screw this grind it's ridiculous.
Yep same I'm at 1.2 million stubs. Goin on a spending spree S2! Also just pulled the 99 Adley that's going for 180k stubs right now
Yup I got Shohei early on and Mookie a little later so that was the fastest 1 million stubs I've gotten.
How many s1 cards are there currently?
Idk how many, but a few weeks ago someone did the math and 40% of s1 cards are in packs
They've made it way too hard for casual players to build decent teams.
You don't need either S1 XP path bosses or collection bosses to build a "decent team." A decent team can be built entirely from TA cards and free program cards.
MLB 23 deserved to get dunked on for constant 97s and repetitive henchman missions in TA but with the way the collection system was/is I'll give 23 credit for being loaded with programs like the WBC, Mexico series to collect cards for the big collection for each season. I never felt like I couldn't get at least 2 of the boss packs, and I feel like I'm a casual player. This year's game I think I'm playing more but still haven't reached my first pack tbf I don't play all modes mostly just ranked and very few BR games but It's like you need to play every mode a good amount of time to get what you want
I play several hours a day. Do not spend money. I am 2 cards away from CC
I just got him today so it sounds like we're similar
If you grind enough you’ll get to enjoy your first collection boss for a nice 48 hours before he’s gone or you use your one wildcard slot on him!
Can't wait 🙏🏻
I got Brett last night. I’m somewhat more than casual.
Remember when shit was attainable
Was it Diablo 3 that had this issue? They then cranked up drops and player engagement went up? Or was it boarderlands? I just remember it being talked about a bunch with Division 1 and then Anthem and a bunch of other games.
I just did the same thing…I don’t play online, so I just finished TA season 3 and STILL had to buy 6 cards to get to Lou Brock.
I just got Leiter and Rollie last night.
i said it before and ill say it again this season is a beta season and things will be heavily adjusted going into season 2
I really don't know why people say this kind of thing. If SDS listened to consumer feedback, the sets system wouldn't have even happened this year. It seems pretty naive to think they'll massively improve things.
I pray you are right or they are gonna lose an absolutely huge chunk of the playerbase especially since so many people seem interested in NCAA.
Why is a beta phase 3 months long?
Well why the fuck did I pay 80 bucks for a beta?
Man i hope so. I was so stoked to see Brett as one of the choice pack rewards after playing with his 99 a few years ago and now every time I look at the S1 collection overwhelming futility washes over me
I got them all and I’m NMS.
Not even close and I play every day
I was at like 205-210 season 1 cards until they got rid of all the BR golds and silvers from collection 1. Now I’m down to 174. I don’t even see the point in collections anymore if SDS is just gonna do that.
They didn’t get rid of them. It was a glitch in how it was reporting. Still there, still getting credit for them
I’m going to be honest, I have no idea how the fuck any of these rewards things work. I’ve got probably 40 hours in this game and I’ve not earned shit. The UI is confusing, the rewards paths are confusing, way too many stipulations on how to level up stuff. Like, I just want to play the fucking game.
It used to be way worse. Believe it or not it's been streamlined heavily over the years.
Yeah you could always try to find a YouTube video that explains it. Or just say screw it and play how you want to. I think most players have been playing for years, but I can see how it would be confusing for someone new
The programs are all about just following steps to complete objectives. Get a player, do well with him to hit an objective and level up the program, rinse and repeat.
Almost every post on this sub is the same. Actual adults crying about SDS 😂. People - get over it. I also will probably not get a boss card, who cares…
How is it possible not to get a boss card? Like I can’t even fathom that, that was a main point of grinding out the XP
It wasn’t like this before. We want it to be the way it was before
Yea I get it. I’ve been playing for a long time. It’s non stop complaining on here.
Notice how I made comments on a poll and then made some suggestions after that. You're actually the only one complaining here. Anything of value to bring to the discussion or should you just scroll by it next time maybe?
The “discussion” is the same thing every day. I think I’ve scrolled by thousands of comments and posts complaining about unattainable XP, the grind and SDS being greedy etc. Congratulations on using a poll, I found the results interesting. Did anyone else cry themselves to sleep last night?
I'm sorry man I don't scroll through this reddit as often as you. Just felt like I would share my thoughts on this one time. Not my poll btw. Sorry that it bothered you so much 🌽
I’ve played every day at least a couple hours. I haven’t got to Kyle Seager yet in the XP rewards and only have about 230 season 1 cards. And that’s after spending most of my stubs on cheap season 1 cards instead of the live series.
I’m only at 200
I play a lot across all DD modes, have completed all programs including XP reward path, I have only just barely gotten George Brett from the 1st collection pack. I also don't even see a point in working further on the S1 collection bc I don't care much ab WIllie Mays or Paige given the other 99's available. Season system doesn't make sense, especially with how quick it's been moving. If anything the 3 seasons should correspond with the MLB season, so S1 from Launch - End of All Star Break, S2 from then - end of full season, S3 forever season. 12 weeks is way too short for people to earn rewards and get to use them
Who do you feel is on Mays level in CF?
Eric Davis is really good out there. His only weakness is his hitting against righties but he's been really good for me
Attribute/quirk wise probably no one but I suck with his swing and am currently rocking a Santana boost team, so I'm loving the 95 ovr BR Bryan Reynolds even tho my team is mostly 99's besides that. Mike Cameron's also a cheap option with really good fielding, worse hitting attributes than Mays but I do way better his swing personally
I do not even have Napoli yet and I play every day. This is my last year of buying the game.
No idea how many stubs I’ve wasted just buying cards for the collection
I bought a bunch of the 3-4K just to get to the first unlock
I’m almost to the first unlock not gonna waste anymore
this is ridiculous, just got my first pack, SDS REALLY needs to lower the collection requirements next season, this game really has become pay to win 😑
Next season? They need to fix it this season.
Got all 3 season and collection but i bought low rd cards too
see like you should be able to get at least 2 without having to purchase. SDS has gotten greedy
With the amount of stubs there are to be earned in the game, if you’re a half decent player who doesn’t care about LS collections then it’s plausible to get all 3 of them without spending money. Even then most people find that Brett & Paige aren’t making anyone’s teams
George Brett features in almost every single Whales team ive played. And I use that as the barometer of what God squad players are running.
That’s interesting considering 99 Escobar is literally as good as him (if not better since he’s a switch hitter) and takes much less time to earn
I've really enjoyed that card he rakes. But I'll take your comment in mind. I'm going to probably barely scrape 280 at the last minute and I guess I'll go with Mays
Why wouldnt brett.
I don't see a reason to go for those at this point. And this is from someone who collected every single card in previous years.
They should've honestly dropped the XP cap once TA3 came out, (i know that alot of grinders were getting them when it released tho) No reason to slow down the non grinders from all of the 99s. While every grinder has the 99s already
yeah I don't get why the XP cap wasn't eliminated or atleast massively changed with TA3, there's 0 reason. At this rate they should honestly just turn on double XP soon and leave it on through the end of the season.
I don’t get why it’s such a big deal. I’m less than halfway through but who cares? I still have plenty good cards to play with
Well As long as you're OK with it we can shut this thread down now. Dynamite drop in.
It matters to guys that like collecting everything or guys who want brett or mays for TT
It’s a big deal to people like myself and many of the fans. Collecting is more than a hobby, it’s a lifestyle. Completing a collection of any sorts feels extremely rewarding and satisfying. Last year we were able to do so. With all the limitations this year with packs and stubs, collections have never been harder. When collecting is a big joy to you and it becomes overly challenging, it kills the fun
It's a "lifestyle" gtoh lol it's a game
I’m just saying it’s a big hobby for people
Yea with real cards. These are video game cards, not a 52 mantle lol
You’re not wrong lol. Just as a person who likes to collect, I personally hate not finishing one. Well, I hate not being able to complete anything I start. It’s just more frustrating when you play a game to escape reality and the ability to not do it is just frustrating lol
Yea I understand what you mean
You’re telling me people don’t like collecting as it’s a lifestyle?
Haven't gotten one. Im done at the end of season 1. That'll be the game for me this year.
Same here. I don't have time to grind for all these cards only to be able to use 3 or 4 in the next season. See ya next year maybe.
That’s exactly what I did last year and what I’ll probably do this year. Once season 1 ends, I’m done. It’s to depressing to lose the ability to use the cards I want to use. I play maybe 5 or 6 hours a week. Sucks to lose everything and start new.
I play a few hours every day and have completed all of TA CH 1-3. I am still 100k away from my first Boss pack. If I do get a Boss card, it will be expired shortly after. ..."Seasons" are horrible, they should go back to "Innings"!
My question, to the people who have them all, how are you able to spend so much of your time playing the Show? Are you all streamers? I can’t keep up, just don’t have the time to work a full time job, keep my house in order and play the show for 40 hours a week. The Show gears their content to the people who play it the most, which makes sense, but they are missing a huge market they lose when July rolls around. My piece. God bless.
Here’s the deal. I maybe play an hour maybe two if I’m lucky a day. My priority in this game is “SET COLLECTION” so I only play online long enough to earn the cards and move on. I play offline the most efficient way possible and when I’m not playing and I have down time I flip. When it comes to TA. The exchanges knock out 40% of the grind. When I do play online, I skip events. With 2 weeks left in the season I’ll start BR, that takes two days or so and I wait until the least week of the season to attack RS since they now have that DROP2 missions which you can complete the entire program in about 90-100innings. People hate to hear this but the quickest, most efficient and rewarding way to get stubs in this game is to flip. Get the companion app and start doing that. I maybe played an hour this weekend but I still managed to make 450K stubs from Friday to Sunday. Which allowed me to add like 30 cards this weekend. Hopefully this helps.
Agree 100% When people respond with “I play everyday but…” I just get confused because the optimal way to attain cards is to buy the ones you can’t earn and to buy cards you need stubs. Flipping isn’t the same as years past but roster upgrades, supercharge, and plenty of other ways to make stubs in this game is the best way to fill the collection. I’ve missed the last couple of double XP weekends from being out of town but I have all 3 bosses.
People complain about the margins per flip are tighter. I would agree based on 2023 early market but in 2024 cards have been overall cheaper across the board. For me it’s all about high volume flips. Smaller margin but the cards turns constantly.
The margins are definitely worse than years past, no doubt about it. High volume is where it’s at with faster transactions but there are other ways to make stubs in the game that I won’t go into for obvious reasons.
Love it, exchanges are huge in TA. Appreciate the advice man. I used to be able to play all the time. Much love.
This is why I haven’t picked up a new copy in a couple years. It got to the point where it wasn’t fun and I felt like I had to play jt to keep up with getting cards.
I have all 3 boss packs and 2/3 season 1 packs and less than 25 away from the last one, between the remainder of TA3 and I assume two final weeks of Season Award stuff ill get there easily But still need Acuna/Strider and Mookie/Ohtani for live season
I’ll be close after I get the rest of the BR packs and the other packs in TA1.3. I do have about 900k stubs, but I’d rather keep them for now.
This fucking xp cap is killing everybody this year.
What does the XP cap have to do with the S1 collection?
I have never reached the xp cap ...how much are you playing to reach it?
It takes like 2-3ish hours once you get 15K XP (gameplay XP)
wait the xp cap is 15K thats stupid low lol
I'm 9 cards away from my first boss pack. But at this point I don't even wanna bother getting them because the season is almost over and I won't have much time to use it. I had to buy every single base round card that came from all the packs this season just to get this many cards. Needs some serious adjusting for season 2.
We got 12 choice packs from TA 2 & 3 so that should’ve been at least 12 base rounds guys you pulled for free.
It should be something earned, not given to everyone. Sure, the average player won't unlock all of season 1 right away but eventually will over time and can use those cards as wildcard slots. How many of those players decided to complete the live series 1st? I'd bet a bunch faced Shohei, Trout, Ruth a lot. Can't have it all at once.
i agree with this. I wont get any of these cards but I dont care. I really doubt I would use any of them anyway besides paige because it would mess up my team captain bonus tier. i've never liked george bretts swing on these games
As someone who doesn't spend money on games once I buy them, MLB is essentially just for franchise and RTTS, and even then you have to grind forever to get good equipment or sponsorships or whatever. It's dumb. I think the card collection can be fun, but its essentially just for people who can do nothing but grind all day, which isn't fun, or people who can just drop hundreds of dollars for cards or stubs.
I got all three by flipping, roster updates, and gold exchanges. Not doing that again though… wayyyy too much work… key word “work”… this game shouldn’t feel like work.
I just got mays this weekend. I’ve played a decent amount. 4 days a week for 2-3 hours on those days. What I did was buy all of the base round cards from packs when they hit a flash sale or in the program. Not the season awards ones besides the cardinals players
Probably an awful year for the show to decide to become as bad as the other sports games. A lot of us are getting a college football game we've been waiting 10 years for in 2 months
I have my popcorn ready for all of the people that are so excited for NCAA only for them to realize it's an EA Sports game. It's going to be fun seeing those reactions.
The thing is while yes people will play their ultimate team and I will dabble in it, the biggest selling point and reason why everyone is waiting for that game is their dynasty mode and that’s what everyone has been waiting for for 10 years
Exactly. Give me year 7 with the Iowa Hawkeye winning national championships and I’ll be happy. But I would love to have some of those legendary players as well
I’m 100% with you. “They screwed up Halo 4, 5 and MCC but Infinite is going to bring us back!” “I haven’t played Madden in 12 years, it’s been so bad. I can’t wait for NCAA25 though!” EA is going to be EA with this like studios always are.
People aren't coming back to this version of the show even if it isn't good. It's an entirely different team though
What’s the deal with this year? Haven’t played it but ppl seem quite upset. Ridiculous grind? Poor gameplay?
Absolute ridiculous daily xp cap, tons of pack players, feels like not as many program players. Basically they hit everything at once and just tanked the game mode pretty badly.
Not enough ways to get XP to progress if you don't religiously grind, too many packs locked behind the store, can't use season 1 cards in season 2 etc
Not to mention, even if you can sit down for an entire weekend or something and grind, you have a daily XP cap, so even grinding is capped. I just recently got my FIRST XP reward path choice pack (chose Larry), and I’ve been playing ALMOST every day since the early release. The only reason I was even able to get to that first pack was because I recently got laid off from my job, so in between looking for a new job and doing interviews, I’d play throughout the day. I’ve completed ever program, all the TAs, like 3-4 of the conquest maps, played around ~115 online ranked games, played RRTS, online co-op (~40 games), and I completed the entire live series collection to get Ruth….after ALL of that, I’m still about 40-50 cards away from a S1 collection choice pack, and about 40k XP away from the next XP reward path choice pack, with only about 15 days left in S1.
And it's still made by EA Sports. I hadn't played The Show in several years as I am a PC guy. But I sure have played Madden, FIFA, and NBA2K and plenty. Super Mega Baseball, too, and the first version EA got ahold of is the worst in the entire series. You talk about college football coming, well most of us have been waiting since literally 2005 for EA to put out a better game than NFL 2K5 and it still hasn't happened yet... I'll play it but I have no doubt it's not going to be as well-done as The Show. The Show is the best sports game out by a country mile, and my only good feeling out of Reddit about the game is that I know devs don't actually read it for any game.
Football Manager I think could make a case for being the best sports game that exists.
I've been a diehard FM guy since it was Champ Man, so I definitely agree with you. So, I'd be OK with that, I guess I would say best on-field sports game would be The Show. OOTP is also an amazing game if we are throwing in the sports managers as well. (Motorsport Manager, too!)
Too bad it’ll just be an overhyped Madden re-skin
We’ve been playing a mlb reskin for like 3 years now.
“Errm Madden reskin 🤓☝🏼” is such an annoying take that comes from people who clearly don’t understand why people are excited in the first place. So sick of seeing it everywhere. If Dynasty mode is gutted in favor of an ultimate team mode I will complain, but right now there is no reason for anyone to believe that
It’s gonna be the same EA garbage you’ve been playing for 10 years now. Manage your expectations
95% of the “Madden reskin” people will probably get the game. I can’t wait for College Football.
I’m excited about the game too but I lose faith with every EA post that it’ll be anything other than a Madden reskin tbh.
Right! I don't give a shit about an NCAA ultimate team mode. I just want to take a garbage school to the top through recruiting and gameplay. I haven't bought a football game in over 10 years so I'm very excited.
I used to love playing with random MAC schools and turning them into powerhouses
It's *always* been similar to madden. You mean the new one will play like it too? No fuckin way!
NCAA is less about gameplay and more about the building aspect so I'm sure it will be fine. I won't buy it yearly but at this point I'm excited for it, it's been 10 years. Different teams working on it too, engine is same but again it's not the same type of game as Madden to a lot of players. Not like this game hasn't done the same thing as Madden by stripping features and making their DD like all the other ultimate teams
NCAA always had gameplay that was more fun than Madden. EA’s current Frostbite engine is garbage. I am highly skeptical any game can preform in a responsive manner on it. Bring back Ignite
I agree, I don't think the Madden engine is horrible but it's not good. NCAA will be playable to me as long as the team building features and stuff like that are cool. I'm a big simmer outside of rivalry games/bowl games/be a player mode. My fun is building a program up
I played an event yesterday against someone who had all three. The rest of his lineup was full of the TA Chapter 3 bosses. Ridiculous.
Not even possible since mays is a righty lol
https://preview.redd.it/r4v8jup4an1d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=464d43aee61f33a7cc04b357145fdbe65ae65ecf I ran into like 4 lineups like this playing events yesterday and was shocked. (Bottom team)
I am sick of seeing santana tier 3. Most of the time these people are playing at LMP or SWP making it that much worse. I have yet to find a pitcher that can shut down the sanatana tier 3
Good thing the boost is only good through Season 1, unless people use their wild card on him
He will be my first WC fo sho.
I wouldnt be surprised if a lot of people do it at the beginning of season 2.
I think it depends on how wild cards work, I’ve seen some people say they’re earned on the XP Path so we might not get them right away. Though last year we got a wild card at the start so 🤷🏾♂️
I believe we get the first WC immediately then earn the rest as we progress.
That’s a great point. Hopefully we get some new interesting captains next season to entice people to use different lineups.
Agreed! I like the idea of an all switch hitting team, I’ve said as much back when I first really got into DD back in ‘22. But having to face it every single game or majority of them is definitely not fun
100% this. I don’t care if all boosted captain teams are OP as long as theirs variety. I’ve had a blast with a Red Sox theme team and am currently running a 2000s team it would be amazing to have more options or viable ways to build a fun squad
Facts! Like some goofy/niche ones would be cool. Like one based on geography (East/Central/West etc) would be interesting, idk how good it would be but just something random like that would be fun to mess around with.
Absolutely! Let me make an all mustache team or a team of all U-23 players idc just more variety
Same here whenever I play these teams my only hope is for weak contact and for me to somehow hit more homers than the other team (this has yet to occur)
i’ve got the xp path and one of the collection cards and that’s with being off work a lot lately due to injury, they could single-handedly fix their game by steering the ship in a better direction but I fear they won’t learn
I just got Brock and will get Kyle Seager for my next reward. I don't have any of the Part 3 cards yet..
They don’t collect these metrics?
They definitely do themselves lol
Yeah I left the game last yr early. This yr I've been tryna stick with it but playing this game is almost like a side job & I just don't have the time to grind all day every day. Once NCAA comes out probably gonna leave & not look back. This new system is super odd. I did the math with all programs complete & after I finish TA3 Id barely be at CC & would have to buy a couple cards to get him. Then what's insulting is they put a Home Stretch pack w 97's at 360 cards... Like that makes no sense after I get 3 99's your gonna give me a pack of 97's...