The first (and only) Show I spent a huge chunk of time on was '17. The servers were so bad that it would take minutes just to launch the game - regardless of mode - because the game was trying to hit the servers at the title screen. The server fire persisted for weeks until I called it quits.
I might pick this one if I get the all clear - a testament to the fact that if you did get in (and playing at ass o’clock in the morning sure helped) the gameplay was worth it - but there’s also OOTP Perfect Team calling me.
It will probably be poo for a couple of weeks and then get better. They just have no idea how to host an online game for some reason. I wonder if they finally added lefty and righty lineups in DD? It drives me nuts that they don’t have that in DD. I mean that’s like the most basic thing in baseball.
Oh man, had forgotten about that. And yes, completely baffling that it doesn’t exist. You should be able to have a few different lineups too, with the way you have to keep changing it to fit the different challenges.
That was their focus last year two and it was crap for two weeks. They get slammed so hard that they just don’t know how to deal with it. Not the end of the world, but I don’t expect to login at midnight tonight and expect it to not run like poo. :)
I have to figure out which player I’m going to pick. Everyone gets one diamond player to pick and you actually can sell it later. Henderson will be taken by 99.99% of the people so I’m thinking of going against the grain. Picking a pitcher seems like a waste so hmmm. Chipper Jones would be a solid choice, but he was the Mets killer his entire career. Hell he named his freaking kid Shea after the stadium. Dick. ;)
FYI the devs are running a live feed going through the game. I know some people have said they haven’t added a lot to this year, but to me what they have added I really like. The Moments they just went through and looks like a ton of fun. March to October seems like a really fun mode that has a ton of replayability and then of course you have franchise, DD and RTTS. I’m super hyped this year for some reason. I think with the current political climate I need to hide in baseball. ;)
Welcome to DD. Those aren’t the best versions of those players. I’m sure there’s a 99 Jackie Robinson card out there with much better stats than the one you get from that list. Same with all the other players in the list. It’s really a brilliant and evil thing that has come up the last few years. For me personally the only one that actually grabs me is baseball. As kids we all collected cards and there were always different versions of the player cards etc.
The March to October mode is pretty cool. Playing as the Rangers, I’ve had to try to complete a perfect game, a shutout, have a great game with Mazara, and a few other challenges so far. Each one is no more than 3-4 innings so it keeps up the flow really well.
The choice packs are a nice addition too, though I’ve only had one and chose Carlos Correa (gold). The regular packs seem to be 1500 points so far this year, and you only get 4 players so not sure what’s going on. The standard packs you unlock in the game have the usual 6 players so hopefully the 1000 pt packs are in at some point.
Heck no, they start out with set stats and you gain them in increments of a point by doing them during games, or doing minigames when they pop on off days or between series (which is horribly rare in the minors).
Say that you’re batting against a lefty and you pop out. That’s -1/10th of a Power vs Left point. If you use the power swing and get a hit it’s +1/10th of a point. It’s uh, a long road.