I'm the best at anticipating pitches and smoking them foul
I'm also the best at telling myself not to swing at change ups below the zone, then ignoring myself and swinging at those things

I faced a guy who kept sending me voice mails. Like wtf, I don't want to hear your creepy voice, out of breath, asking me to help you prestige Belli. Send a text message like a normal human. Also do it in the event, not ranked

@ddbake said in Diamond dynasty guide:

@cosmic_wonders said in Diamond dynasty guide:

Go straight for Mike Trout with all the stubs you earn ( for live series collections) a lot of people make the mistake of buying every card besides the top 5 or so most expensive but it's way quicker to buy from the top down.. (most important)

Can you elaborate on why this is the right way? This was my first year playing enough to worry about the collections and not knowing any better, I went about it the opposite way.

I think it's just because if you have the top 5, any time you save up 20k, you can complete a team. Less stressful than trying to save up 320k for trout and 200k for the others

It's like buying a house. I don't worry if I'm not selling when the market is at its highest, bc I know I'm also buying at the right time if that makes sense. I'm just saying, you can buy more with those 270k stubs right now than you could with 320k stubs when his price was higher.

Is your family at one place and the other is like an out of town place for work. You may have more going on around you at one place

@dcordash1 said in Why can't I hit?:

@thumpasery said in Why can't I hit?:

play virtually all my games on All Star difficulty in Ranked Seasons and am hitting around .225 online, which I know is really bad. I've watched tons of hitting tips videos and nothing seems to work for me. I try to look for the "bump" at the release point to determine if it's an offspeed pitch, but a fastball released just a little high looks the same to me, so I'm either late on the fastball or early on offspeed. I feel like I have to swing early to catch up with the fastball, so I'm often swinging at pitches out of the zone. I try batting practice with the sliders turned up, but I just flail for however long I take batting practice and don't notice any improvement, so it feels pointless. I play on a 55" Samsung TV in game mode, and for a variety of reasons a monitor isn't really an option, so I'm wondering if not having a monitor is the majority of my problem, or if there could be other factors at work. Does having a monitor make pitch speeds look slower? I have the original (pre-Pro) PS4; does having a Pro make a difference? My internet is Comcast with a WiFi connection and averages about 25Mbps when tested on the PS4; is that good? Bad? Irrelevant? I've read that connection quality can impact pitch speeds pretty dramatically; is this true, and how much of a factor is it compared to the difference a monitor makes? Do any of the TV settings apart from game mode (which HDMI input you use, HDR setting on or off, 1080 vs 720) matter?
I'm also probably at the upper end of the age spectrum for people playing this game (I'm 48) and my eyesight isn't perfect. I'm just wondering why I'm so bad at hitting and if it's one issue or a combination of things, and if there's anything I'm missing or if it's possible to just not be very good and not able to improve.
Thanks!

I'll take a shot. First, I believe there is a good chance this is a bait post where the "good samaritans" from the forum can give everyone tips while offering up the illusion that it really makes any difference because the AI decides the outcome of everything in this game.

If not, I apologize for my cynicism.

When it comes to batting the AI is exceptionally covert with it's dictating of outcomes. It's coded to use the vibration of the controller as well as the audio..along with the PCI animation of course, that suggests how your swing matched up against the pitch. In reality nothing the batter nor pitcher intended..actually happened to the degree the animation-audio-vibration suggests. It's smoke and mirrors.

So, that's the first hurdle to getting better. Realizing it's not so much your ability as what the software is coded to depict. Then just living with the truth. You can't, no matter how much you practice, get better at a game that is not a true simulation. It takes you for a ride and you enjoy the experience when you win...try not to get to upset when you don't.

I call bs on all of this. You can absolutely get better. And your timing and pci placement absolutely are the main ingredients in having success in this game. I say all of this as someone who is not very good at this game. I know my timing and pci placement are off when I am doing terrible. It's not the game just randomly making me have bad outcomes

@cosmic_wonders said in Diamond dynasty guide:

@chuckcold

Do NOT spend any stubs, Do NOT collect (lock in) any players.
Build your team around high diamonds & 'No Sell' cards that can't be bought or sold on market.
Grind Blake Snell Player Program & create sell orders for the 3 diamond players you receive to get a good base (~50K) of stubs. (again DO NOT collect any players, you don't actually need Snell, just the stubs.)
Grind Jackie Robinson Player Program for ~30 packs, more stubs, plus "No Sell" 94 All Star Legend Jackie Robinson card for your squad.

Choose 93 CP Dennis Eckersley or 90 OF Carlos Gonzalez from Evolution Player Pack & grind that out for it to become a 'No Sell' diamond located in XP Reward Path

Choose 85 SS Adalberto Mondesi, then 86 RP Charlie Morton from Classic Choice pack in XP Reward Path (no sell)

Conquest to grind missions, Jackie Robinson, & for stubs, xp & packs

Create sell orders, don't quick sell.. any diamond you pull from any pack.

Showdowns give you vouchers for Team Affinity grind.. find a couple high diamond players from Stage 2 so you don't have to go to the Market & splurge on players.. I would go for Reds 95 overall SP Nick Lodolo & Cardinals 95 overall 3B Nolan Gorman for example (all 'No Sell')

Grind Monthly Awards program for 3 more high diamonds for your squad..
97 overall Cody Bellinger, 95 overall Carlos Correa & 93 overall Didi Gregorius ('No Sell')

Featured Programs (Inning Bosses) I would start from the most current (4th inning) down.. which would get u 96 overall Felix Hernandez & more than 100K in stubs if u sell the other 3 bosses. (again never collect so you could always sell)

Go straight for Mike Trout with all the stubs you earn ( for live series collections) a lot of people make the mistake of buying every card besides the top 5 or so most expensive but it's way quicker to buy from the top down.. (most important)

Choose 87 CP Mariano Rivera from Legend Choice Pack in XP Reward Path

98 SP Hal Newhouser, 99 SP Corey Kluber, 96 CP Rollie Fingers from XP Reward Path (no sell)

99 OF Reggie Jackson, 99 2B/3B Ryne Sandberg from XP Reward Path (no sell)

Thanks for the tips. I've been going about this the wrong way

@ddbake said in New Headliner:

Does anybody know what the clue about 110 power dropping tomorrow is referring to? I know there’s a headliner today but there’s nothing on the schedule for tomorrow.

Yordon Alvarez needs a card w/ 110 power

@sumodeads600 said in 99 Springer:

@sbevans142 said in 99 Springer:

What do you have to do to get one of these guys? I just got the Minoso, Larkin, Jackson, Sandberg, Posey choice for the second time.

It’s in the Prestige XP path. First one you get is at Prestige Level 25

Thanks for the heads up

Lol Scott's head is huge/weird looking, but I have had success with him in the two starts I tried him in.

I would sit on the stubs until prices go back down. Maybe buy an affordable starter like Wood, Hershiser, Burnett, or Oswalt and save the restqq

I like the Conine pick. This is my first year in DD. Has there ever been a Delino Deshields Sr. Card? Or a Moises Alou or Andres Gallaraga?

If Oswalt isn't top 5, you're using him wrong. I still haven't used Wood or Hershiser, but Oswalt is better than Kluber and Hal for me. Spencer Howard is good too, but sometimes his cutter doesn't cut and he can only go 6 or 7 innings before he is gassed

@TEXAS10PT said in Rollins Reviews:

@MLBTHEJOE said in Rollins Reviews:

@TEXAS10PT said in Rollins Reviews:

@MLBTHEJOE said in Rollins Reviews:

1. C Biggio
2. LF Walker
   3.CF Mantle
   4.LF Jose Ramirez(Finest)
   5.1B Eric Thames(Potm)
   6.SS Rollins
   7.3B Brett
   8.2B Jackie Robinson

I see you have J Ram in the cleanup spot. I raked with him in the slow pitch version of 18. Does he still crush like back then? I am coming up on 25 Prestige and was considering him first but might want to take Springer and make an all Astros team....I know I know Cheatstros but hey I live in Houston LOL,

I’m actually a defender of the Astros. They are the team I root for in the postseason. Since I’m a depressed tigers fan right now. Lol. And Verlander is my favorite player of all time so i started to like the rest of the Astros players the more I watched them. Anyways I picked Ramirez first and he was crushing the ball over the fence even when the PCI wasn’t on the ball. It was only on all-star. I really want that springer card tho. I honestly would have picked Springer at the time, but Ramirez had the positional flexibility and was a switch-hitter. I actually had Ramirez playing first base until I got Thames. It’s a tough pick no doubt. I guess it depends on your line up and who you need. But being an Astros fan I would pick Springer Dinger! Because when I get Springer(I’m at prestige 86) Ramirez is going to move to the bench and I’m putting springer in center and moving Mickey to left

NICE!!!!!
I'm waiting to see if the new 97 Altuve comes down in price a little but I know I will get him and then have a line up like this

C 99 Biggio
1B 99 Bagwell
2B 97 Altuve
3B 87 Bregman
SS 95 Correa
LF 80 Alvarez
CF 99 Springer
RF 80 Brantley

Diamond SP's
93 Oswalt
92 Ryan
92 Urquidy
90 Verlander

Just need to get 99 Scott

Sorry OP for hijacking your post

There is a 96 Brantley. It's an Indians card, but I'm going to use it on my Astros build.

I'd do it, you'll gain so much xp. I went fro level 59 diamond to 98 diamond just doing the American league and playing some RS last week

I'd choose Larry. I guess it depends on who you already have in the OF and 1B.

Same. 5 minutes ago, I'm playing a guy who is pause cheesing, stepping off, whatever he can do to make the game last all night. He cant hit to save his life, then, bam, I'm disconnected and the pause dummy gets the W

When does this season end? Just finished the day at 691. Never made it to 700 before

I do it all the time on double plays on accident. I hit the button for my guy going to second to slide (which is pointless, I know) and it makes the guy going to first slide. It gets on my nerves bc it's stupid, but I don't think it has ever cost me a guy beating out the last out of a double play

That Carew card is awesome. I wish I still had him. Sold him to work towards Mantle. I'm an Astro fan, so I will try the Altuve card too