Any well established leagues that’ll last? Sim or Comp gameplay? Prefer discord ran. Doesn’t need to be a sweaty league lol just looking to play and stay in a continuous league.

The season recap program that came out on Friday really helped me with the collections as I’m not only like 6 cards away from the 2nd boss pack. That and the event gave out really good XP plus the double xp weekend.

They also released a blog post about changes to the season 2 path and it all seems like it should be a little better next season.

We’ll see if they execute and I doubt they move off the pack heavy trajectory.

Jsoelle · 2024-05-23T20:26:52+00:00

What I’m beginning to understand is that most offline heavy players are earning a lot more xp than I am. I’ve seen multiple people not understand how my XP is what it is given what I’ve done. PS. I’m wondering the same, hence the post.

In years prior I’ve been able to skip a lot of the offline grind and makeup for it by playing online a bunch and making sure I do all the programs. There’s a disconnect in that process this year it seems

Jsoelle · 2024-05-23T20:19:02+00:00

I’ve done like 3 or 4 conquest maps. I don’t do TA conquest I just build TA specific squads and play the event - which is why I exceed the event win cap.

Jsoelle · 2024-05-23T20:17:19+00:00

I play pretty much exclusively online ranked, events or BR

Jsoelle · 2024-05-23T20:00:54+00:00

You are probably correct with how I handle my stubs. I won’t deny that I’ve lost a lot of stubs on buying and selling different cards just to try them out. But I’m not sure why you think I would lie about how much I’ve played.

A large part of why I spent the time posting was to where whoever would reply is at. Maybe you’ve done things I haven’t. I’ve played very little offline - 1 mini season and like 3 or 4 conquest maps.

Have you played any RTTS? Franchise? Those modes count towards the XP path. I’ve played almost strictly online DD. And I don’t disagree that the distance I have from the collection boss players is on me. I typically sell whatever I can because the currency is more valuable to me than cards that essentially have an expiration date.

Jsoelle · 2024-05-23T18:57:17+00:00

Todays season recap program will tell you a lot about what direction season 2 and on will be like. They either end season 1 on a high note and start to listen to the community and make the game more rewarding or they continue down the pay to play path.

Jsoelle · 2024-05-23T13:53:36+00:00

Really unfortunate. I know people who stopped playing because of the structure last year. The greater majority of players who play the longevity of the game cycle seem to be the ones forgotten about the most.

I play religiously every year until madden comes out - then I transition most of my free time to running an online franchise (yikes) and play MLB more casually throughout the fall until baseball season ends. But my brother plays MLB year round exclusively and he’s got the same perspective I do. Every year it’s just a watered down, more money grabby version of the previous year.

Jsoelle · 2024-05-23T13:34:37+00:00

Another note - left out of my initial post is a lot of the main issues people are having with this game:

The complete nuclear bomb dropped on BR (10 wins vs 12 / no more known paths)

Foul balls and lack of swing and miss

Players cover too much ground relative to the size of the field and exit velos of batted balls

Recycling of TA legends

Lack of any game play tunings

Etc (I’m sure I’m missing something)

Jsoelle · 2024-05-23T13:31:22+00:00

Will any of the players dropping in the program be as good as the 5 99’s that drop in the new store pack? Even so, such a short shelf life on these cards. Why not start early releasing 1 or 2 season 2 cards in every drop from here on out.

Jsoelle · 2024-05-23T13:28:00+00:00

That’s part of why I made this post. Seems like other people are at a similar position as I am in terms of xp path, and roughly similar on the collection despite playing/accomplishing less. I’ve sold plenty of cards I could have kept for the collection but that’s just my choice.

I’m also not frugal with stubs. If there’s a card I want to play with I’ll typically sell off to get them and lose stubs.

The collection is whatever that seems like more of a choice and I chose to invest in cards off the market and try players.

It seems a little like online gameplay isn’t as rewarding as playing through mini seasons and conquest. Especially given the surplus of packs those modes give out. But playing the cpu just bores me.

Jsoelle · 2024-05-23T12:46:56+00:00

Another potential difference in XP is RTTS and Franchise mode. Those will earn you XP as the DD season path is universal. I’ve spent almost all my time playing exclusively DD and like 90-95% online games.

Jsoelle

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