The core purpose of the mode is to enjoy the season experience without having to play a full season or worry about the complexity of managing a franchise. It’s ‘season lite’ if you will. Some people enjoy it for that.
It’s not irrelevant to them at all.
Just feel like sharing something positive, I just PB’ed my local 5km parkrun track, smashed my previous best (at which I had hit a plateau) by 44 seconds! Last August when I started I was over 31 minutes now I’m down to 21:13.
I can’t wait for parkrun to start up again, it is an awesome thing to be a part of. Feels great and it’s all free! Joining, when it’s back up and running in your area, is highly recommended!
Many ideas, several that can be streamlined in RTTS, Franchise and M2O (and season mode if it returns, and it should) if they all run from the same platform:
Promotion/demotion based on performance and other RTTS universe variables, not attributes. If I’m batting below Mendoza for a couple of years straight I shouldn’t expect a spot in the starting lineup or even in the Majors the following year just because my attributes are higher than the AAA guy (bear in mind I have limited knowledge of roster movement rules).
IL return through rehab assignments.
Make a big thing of spring training and a spring training invitation, especially for a AA and AAA player.
More off-field meaningful interactions:
extend the use of relationships and personality. These have a great platform to build from. Make the social media tweets more useful and interesting (and fix up the bugs in the management of them).
Interactions with team Manager, GM and agent should be user-controlled (there used to be an option to speak to your team manager) with the occasional auto one.
When you have a really bad game or a really good game (eg player of the game good) have a media interaction. This can impact upon relationship with GM/Franchise team mates, oppo players and fans.
Other off-field interactions also.
5 Awarding of attribute points to continue the way it is, but after a game ask the player if they would like to allocate the points to the default attributes (current method) or choose themselves to which attributes they are assigned (old method). This meets the needs of those who want to create a god and those who prefer it to be more real.
More to come...
@MadderBumgarner said in SDS Dev "Brian SCEA" comments on hitting:
This pattern they get into ever year with comparing changes they make to real baseball is so frustrating. Remember that stream they did showing clips of real baseball?!?
This is a game that is meant to be fun! Why not measure changes needed based on feedback from YOUR COMMUNITY instead of "user stats data analysis" feedback?
Was it fun? Yes. Is it fun now? No. Well that's all the feedback you need Brian.
The quantitative telemetry data is 100% accurate and unbiased and represents 100% of the player base. Qualitative feedback (from forum posts here and OS etc) has a high risk of bias and represents less than 1% of the players (on this forum it’s probably less than 0.1%).
@pogibana said in We need Something New!!:
Yea Yea Yea just what we need. Add more garbage when the stuff we have now is only half done. How about instead complete the stuff added already first. Like being able to call your agent instead of waiting for him, social media that actually works, and a personality thing that that makes sense
Three of his four ideas revolve around current content in RTTS being improved to make them more worthwhile.
I’m all for all of the above except the online play idea. I can see multiple RTTS worlds colliding somehow in the future, but not quite like that.
New post on my blog. Don't know how to embed so I'm just duplicating it here.
https://redtedisback.blogspot.com/20...e-players.html
I never played Online Franchise mode in MLB The Show
I must preface this post by saying I wasn't fortunate enough to play Online Franchise mode in any of The Shows before 17. The cumbersome and slow interface was a massive turnoff (I did try) but more importantly with my terrible internet connection at the time, I was a liability.
So yes, I'm Standing On The Outside looking in. If I were to claim that the former Online Franchise mode was a load of carp, my opinion would be irrelevant and worthless and you would be 100% right in calling me out.
Online Franchise players, you need to play Custom Leagues
Call me what you will, but this is my rational explanation of why I believe that if you want to play Online Franchise mode in future versions of MLB The Show, you're going to have to play Custom Leagues.
I understand the disappointment that Custom Leagues is not OFM. Not yet. It will eventually evolve into something that will be a suitable and superior replacement to the former mode (preparation for this is obvious - multiple seasons), but it's going to take time (eg there WILL be a draft in The Show 21 or 22, the platform is in place already). Trying to squeeze too much into a release is inviting all sorts of problems (too much code to test, not enough time to test it).
The mode needed to appeal to more than just those who previously played OFM. If not, then it wouldn't have been resourced, simple as that. The sum of the combined user bases for the online and offline Franchise modes together did not compare to that of the DD user base. So it had to start with something that would appeal to all heavy users.
If you played Online Franchise mode previously, you are in the best position to steer the Custom Leagues mode in the direction it needs to go. You have all the experience of what worked in the former mode and what didn't. And you are leagues ahead of the players who have never played a league-based baseball game.
Custom Leagues feedback and telemetry data
Does a chef value more the diner who tried the meal and took the time to give honest feedback? Or the person who turned up their nose at the restaurant and kept walking?
Whose opinions and suggestions will the developers take on board to improve the game?
Those players who refuse to play the mode and therefore have no experience in what works in Custom Leagues and what doesn't?
Or those who have taken the time to play the mode, provide the devs with their quantitative gameplay data and can provide qualitative feedback based on their experience with the mode?
My prediction is that a good proportion of Custom Leagues users will come from the DD user base. If that is the majority of the feedback then that's where the majority of changes to the mode will originate. If you want Franchise features in Custom Leagues, you're going to have to play the mode.
If you don't, you'll be Standing On The Outside looking in.
@DrIuigi said in 1.09 Patch Discussion:
@aaronjw76 said in 1.09 Patch Discussion:
@REDSMAN09 said in 1.09 Patch Discussion:
Just had a ball hit off my CF chest in what should have been a routine fly out
How about some video captures of these events? Video evidence helps a lot more than talk.
I've always loved this about SDS... "please provide us video" for [censored] that is easily reproducible
Too many variables for each unique situation; which players in which positions, how early/late the was ball hit, what exit velo, launch angle, what type of pitch, what direction the fielding player was running from, what fielding interface was used, which park, where in the park, what route efficiency, did the user switch fielders, how far was the fielder from where they fielded the ball when the ball was hit, what was the ‘first step’ reaction of the player like, how quickly did the user react...
Its either provide all of this information and more so they can ‘easily’ reproduce the scenario, or provide a video.
Also insisting on video evidence weeds out the trolls (not referring to anybody specifically) who just make up [censored] just to be [censored]s.
@MikeTrout__ said in 1.09 Patch Discussion:
@Pringle_Nation said in 1.09 Patch Discussion:
Here is my post patch experience so far.
Disclaimer: ALL these clips were taken post patch in the past couple of days!
@Collin_SDS watch these clips and inform your patch team. Nobody wants to pay big bucks to complete collections and make progress with this game if our cards can’t lock on to a fly ball in the year 2020. You guys are a joke man especially with all the other GLARING issues like sinker timing windows and pitchers throwing the ball nowhere close the where you spotted it. most of us will be done with this game by June... MANY MANY MANY issues this game has. If you guys need a gameplay tester I’d be more than willing to jump onto the team and test the game before releasing this broken garbage every year. Sony fire these guys!
Pitching broken
Fielding broken
Sinker timing windows broken
Unusual way to gain employment with them, let us know how you go.
This is in a March to October HoF difficulty game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfsgDBufc1Y
I use classic baserunning and almost never have issues unless a player rounds a base and their button changes. This is a design flaw in the control scheme and either needs to change or an alternate control scheme created where a runner keeps the same button regardless of where they are on the base paths. (Classic Static controls).
Notice what happens at 0:08 on the bounce: I decided to send the runner from 2nd to 3rd and hold the runner at 1st.
Problem is the runner that was O is now triangle and batter (X) is now O. So when I press O and d-pad left to send the runner from 2nd to 3rd I'm actually sending the runner from 1st to 2nd (as he can't go to 3rd due to the runner ahead of him). And when I press X to select the batter to send him to 2nd, nothing happens). So the runner on 2nd stays on 2nd and the batter runs to 2nd.
There's also a bit where I seem to have decided to send the runner from 1st back to 1st as he makes it to second, according to the base paths HUD. It is possible that I double-tapped the buttons to select a runner (a habit I formed after playing some online games because a single tap doesn't seem to work online) which could have contributed to the problem.
Then on the subsequent rundown, my plan was to send the batter back to 1st and give the runner on the 2nd/3rd base path a chance at being safe (managing two runners). However once the batter reaches second, I can't send him back to 1st to try and avoid the out. So the runner on the 2nd/3rd base path is out no matter what happens.
Admittedly this is user error and I take responsibility. However the interface can be made more user-friendly by not changing a runner's button as they round the bases and allowing a runner to return to the previous base if they are selected.
@LankyRyan said in THE SHOW NATION NEEDS AN APP!:
@Red_Ted_is_back said in THE SHOW NATION NEEDS AN APP!:
It’s long overdue and now with custom leagues it’s needed more than ever. Having to manage a league from only the PS4 itself is crazy.
Especially now that the PlayStation communities app has been canned.
Yeah this is a major feature oversight. It's preposterous to have to be on console to access anything remotely related to leagues. Even in the leagues dashboard, there's limited info.
It will improve, it’s just the first iteration so I imagine that in 21 we will see league management on the website at least, but as said by the OP, an app would be better for all parts of the game.
It’s long overdue and now with custom leagues it’s needed more than ever. Having to manage a league from only the PS4 itself is crazy.
Especially now that the PlayStation communities app has been canned.
@raesONE said in Is there any game:
@Red_Ted_is_back said in Is there any game:
@samguenther1987 said in Is there any game:
@Matt_42187 said in Is there any game:
@samguenther1987 said in Is there any game:
@samguenther1987 said in Is there any game:
Dark Souls can be very rage inducing, and I remember the Castlevania series bringing me some that's just say frustrated moments.
On a side note I can't wait for the PS5 to come out so I play some ps3 games I can't play anymore on PS4 like dead space (one of my favorite game ever)
I haven't really read up on the PS5 yet, but we'll be able to play PS3 games on it?
Apparently it will have backward access for ps2, ps3 and ps4 games i believe. At least thats what i've heard. Besides that a dead space 4 is in the works apparently.
Don’t be surprised if it doesn’t play PS1 discs (CDs) or PS3 games (unique processor).
Didn't they say that only ps4 titles will be backwards compatible and for every prior generation they use the PS Now service?
No idea but that sounds good.
@samguenther1987 said in Is there any game:
@Matt_42187 said in Is there any game:
@samguenther1987 said in Is there any game:
@samguenther1987 said in Is there any game:
Dark Souls can be very rage inducing, and I remember the Castlevania series bringing me some that's just say frustrated moments.
On a side note I can't wait for the PS5 to come out so I play some ps3 games I can't play anymore on PS4 like dead space (one of my favorite game ever)
I haven't really read up on the PS5 yet, but we'll be able to play PS3 games on it?
Apparently it will have backward access for ps2, ps3 and ps4 games i believe. At least thats what i've heard. Besides that a dead space 4 is in the works apparently.
Don’t be surprised if it doesn’t play PS1 discs (CDs) or PS3 games (unique processor).
Perhaps try reinstalling the game, your saves will not be deleted if you do that and hopefully they will load after the reinstall.
If you try it let us know how it goes.
@NCStateHokie said in I tried:
@SilvaSurfer22 said in I tried:
@NCStateHokie said in I tried:
I mean this with all due respect but if the game causes you this much distress and you keep coming back 5 years in a row then maybe the issue isn't entirely with SDS. It might be time to find a game that better suits you. Hope you can find some peace and enjoyment somewhere. Life is too short.
Lol I come back because I love baseball and hope that they actually care and fix the game. Believe it or not,there was actually a time when hitting and pitching actually worked in this game. With very little BS like there is now.
I agree there are issues with the gameplay. Not necessarily pointing the finger at just you but if everyone that complained about this game on this forum spoke with their money then I think SDS would take a hint and adjust the game accordingly. Just like everything else in life the almighty dollar speaks the loudest. That being said, I love baseball too and despite the issues with the game I still have some enjoyment playing it.
This forum is but a drop in the ocean, the only thing SDS would notice is lack of forum complaints.
@KILLERPRESENCE4 said in ...and i quit:
Sds I believe is actually taking action against these guys, but you have to report them for them to act. They send me an email when action has been taken. They just don’t specify what that action is.
The action is sending you the email 
@Speedy44 said in Artificial Intelligence:
@Red_Ted_is_back said in Artificial Intelligence:
I agree and I’ve felt the same way as you @Danistones7 since I started playing Season mode in The Show 15 and then Franchise in 16+.
I believe the game does this balancing act in modes not tied to DD in any way (Franchise, RTTS) to keep the season stats realistic. A season record of 20-142 isn’t realistic, nor is a record of 142-20. It’s a downside of having so many games in a season - unrealistic stats. An 0-17 record in the NFL isn’t that unrealistic, but anything under 30 wins in baseball just doesn’t happen. For a game that has a history of realism in its season-based modes, The Show’s trade-off is the game’s difficulty being dynamic (behind the scenes, not the ‘dynamic difficulty’ we choose) to adjust to situations.
To draw a comparison as to why it’s done to maintain the integrity of stats, I remember playing Triple Play 96 and scoring 80+ runs in games because the game didn’t stop me. Prior to DD becoming more user-friendly in 14 the former selling point of The Show was its season-based modes RTTS and Franchise and their realism because of the comprehensiveness of player attributes. That realism would be in the gameplay code as well. Is it the wrong or right way to keep it real? I guess it depends on who you talk to.
That’s my interpretation anyway. I don’t agree with it because that’s why we have difficulty settings (from The Show 18 onwards this intervention has become way too obvious in my opinion, especially in March to October where you can sometimes sense after a single AB whether you’re going to win or lose a game).
An 0-17 season in the NFL would be a historic season. Mostly bc they only play 16 games.
