So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

[gradek87]

Just saw the Griffey program on Reddit (not sure if its ok to post the link) and it looks impossible for those of us who aren't great at this game or able to play a bunch online. Specifically getting 4 hits (including 1 hr) in a single ranked seasons game and getting 8hr in 8 or less BR games. Not to mention you have to collect all the Jr's in the game and all of Jr's equipment (which I bet will be pricey). Looks like I will just have the silver Jr for the year.

[Caulfield]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

make friends with someone willing to let you get those hits
also, if all of them are easy, is it really worth accomplishing?

[gradek87]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

make friends with someone willing to let you get those hits
also, if all of them are easy, is it really worth accomplishing?

The rest of them aren't easy, but they are doable for those of us that don't have endless amounts of time to play online (family+job make me getting in more than a game or so a night h2h almost impossible). And the way people play, getting the 4 hits+hr is gonna be tough without getting quit on or mercy ruling. The BR one especially looks dumb. Forces people to play BR and getting 8 HR in 8 games is likely out of the question for most players. For the length of time the rest of the missions would take, putting something like that in is absurd.

[HozAndMoose]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

What do you get for completing it?

[BigOscar]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

Hopefully not a sign of things to come as far as those long missions go. If they all involve playing online a lot then that would be hugely disappointing

[Spokker]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

Watch, the first game you play online someone will have diamond Griffey already :wink:

But I do see the dilemma. If you have to get 4 hits and a home run in a H2H game, people are going to quit just to troll you if you're getting close.

[Adam_SDS]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

make friends with someone willing to let you get those hits
also, if all of them are easy, is it really worth accomplishing?

Most Mission stats cannot be tallied in "Unranked" or "Play With Friends" game types unless specifically from those categories.

[gradek87]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

make friends with someone willing to let you get those hits
also, if all of them are easy, is it really worth accomplishing?

Watch, the first game you play online someone will have diamond Griffey already :wink:

But I do see the dilemma. If you have to get 4 hits and a home run in a H2H game, people are going to quit just to troll you if you're getting close.

That's actually funny (and sadly very likely), even without the normal quits you are likely to have if you have 3 hits with any player. Also, the BR one may be much harder than people think (even without taking into consideration people like me who don't hit homers), as you get tons of quits in BR.

[gradek87]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

That's actually funny (and sadly very likely), even without the normal quits you are likely to have if you have 3 hits with any player. Also, the BR one may be much harder than people think (even without taking into consideration people like me who don't hit homers), as you get tons of quits in BR.

That's actually the entire problem with h2h or BR missions, you are reliant on the other person way too much.

[Spokker]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

I spend way more time losing than winning because I don't quit. But if you go up 2 in the first some people think that's some kind of insurmountable deficit.

[Nodima]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

That Reddit thread didn't even cover all of it; you have to complete all the collect 25 missions, exchange 45,000 points worth of center fielders (equivalent of 225 commons), win 30 ranked games, win 50 BR games, win 50 event challenges, get 150 putouts with Center Fielders, and some other things that I'm tired of pausing and rewinding that Twitch stream over and over to discover the particulars of.

On the one hand, it's a let down as a huge Griffey fan that it'll take so much damn work to get his Prime card and I'm not sure I have the skill to pull off some of the more talent-based tasks, but I'm really going to try. I'll likely be more than satisfied with the Breakout Griffey, though, and after a cold, cold winter of NBA 2K MyTeam it's extremely exciting to see just how many ways the SDS team is trying to incentivize you for simply playing the game. The one disappointment for me so far is that it seems they're no longer transparent about just how many stubs / XP you'll get per statistic. The Griffey program clearly states you'll be reward for completing the incremental challenges but there doesn't appear to be any graphic or box that lets you know how much. It's a minor thing, but if you still have to dig through menus to find your completed tasks rather than just open a window displaying everything you can redeem it'll make for a real headache when you have several eggs in your basket at once.

I have a feeling card drops and exchanges are going to be way, way more plentiful than they were last year as well. Seems like there are just so many opportunities to earn stubs, XP, buy packs, get pack drops, and open up missions for gold and diamond players.

[Nodima]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

Most Mission stats cannot be tallied in "Unranked" or "Play With Friends" game types unless specifically from those categories.

There's going to be a major uptick in desperate, all caps PSN messages with "PLZ LETS WORK TOGETHER" in the subject header once a good number of Breakout Griffeys are out there in the wild, haha.

[Spokker]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

50 BR games? Haha damn. I hate BR. At least there's no buy in this year. That's what I heard anyway.

With a full time job and a kid, I'm going to go ahead and write off that program.

[garyjr33]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

Hopefully not a sign of things to come as far as those long missions go. If they all involve playing online a lot then that would be hugely disappointing

true story

[mlblover15]

Re: So, the Griffey Program Looks Impossible

I was watching a youtube video game news video about the company that made for honor... they said that this game would take over 450 hours of gameplay to be able to platinum all of it.

guys they stated in the very first twitch feed that this game was going to keep you grinding for MONTHS... be happy for that... most games nowadays are putting out games that take the average gamer what... less than a day to finish... come on.. be glad they made these missions "near to impossible.."

if I was a grinder in this game which I am most certainly NOT... LOL... I would be grateful to them for making all this content for me to hunt and capture and trophy...

so on behalf of the grinders of this game... or any game... that gladly will accept every challenge with pride and passion... i say thank you to SDS... you did them a great favor...