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  • Jeffrey Smith
    MVP
    • Apr 2014
    • 1925

    #46
    Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

    Originally posted by MetsFan16
    As someone who dabbles into DD as well as maintaining legit time spent in Franchise and RTTS, these additions dont seem to add much other than more grinding and missions.

    I’d rather have more ways to play, such as Offline Battle Royale, CPU Seasons, Offline “Moments” To recreate historic or this season’s epic games. Add more ways to play. Ranked Seasons, Battle Royale are great modes, Events are whatever nothing special. But let’s further the Offline aspect for those who hate online cheese and faulty servers.

    Also I’m really hoping less missions are Online only. I know a lot of people struggled to get Griffey because of the Online Only Missions. Even if you have to make the offline missions more difficult and time consuming than the Online Ones. At least it’s still attainable through offline play.

    One thing that I’m really hoping to see but am no way expecting this, less card variations.

    I don’t get the fascination of having 4 types of cards of the same player. Why do I need a Rookie, Breakout, All Star, Hardware, Postseason and Impact Veteran version or Dante Bichette or Willie Stargell.

    They all play relatively the same except the hardware is better than rookie obviously.

    The rest play fairly the same aside from slight upgrades in certain attributes. I will never understand why people think this is a good idea.

    The only cards you need is a Rookie and “Prime” (Whichever is better, Hardware/Postseason/All Star version) and there HAS to be a mission to get from Rookie to the Prime version. Otherwise what’s the point of even having the rookie card in the game.

    All of these variations of the same player dilute the market and make high quality cards even more rare than they were in years past and make it stupid expensive in the Market.

    Someone above me mentioned the souvenirs even furthering the dilution of the packs/market. And it will.

    Unless I see something that is really eye popping and really gets my attention, I was already planning on scaling back my DD time but I’d really take a step back from it and focus on Franchise and RTTS more.


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    Agreed, I'd love an offline battle Royale. I have no interest in the online aspect of this game but enjoy collecting the cards. Wish DD had more to offer offline players than conquest and team epics.

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    • SilverBullet1929
      MVP
      • Feb 2012
      • 1924

      #47
      Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

      Originally posted by Jon Arbuckle
      Will that allow you to pre-load? Just got Gamer's Club with The Show in mind and being able to pre-load plus have a physical copy would be awesome.
      I'm pretty sure pre loading for a physical copy is impossible. You need the disc to be able to load the game.

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      • SilverBullet1929
        MVP
        • Feb 2012
        • 1924

        #48
        Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

        This feels like a stupid question but I'm doubtful so I feel like I need to ask it. Packs are only useful for DD right? If I'm someone who never plays DD, I have zero use for packs right? Or am I missing something about packs that I don't see?

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        • Yari
          Rookie
          • May 2013
          • 83

          #49
          Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

          Originally posted by SilverBullet1929
          This feels like a stupid question but I'm doubtful so I feel like I need to ask it. Packs are only useful for DD right? If I'm someone who never plays DD, I have zero use for packs right? Or am I missing something about packs that I don't see?
          You can get rituals, equipment, and sponsors from packs which the first two can be used in RTTS (Road to the Show) and the sponsors can be used in Franchise mode. The player cards and stadiums that you can also get from packs are specific to Diamond Dynasty mode.

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          • bcruise
            Hall Of Fame
            • Mar 2004
            • 23274

            #50
            Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

            Originally posted by SilverBullet1929
            This feels like a stupid question but I'm doubtful so I feel like I need to ask it. Packs are only useful for DD right? If I'm someone who never plays DD, I have zero use for packs right? Or am I missing something about packs that I don't see?
            Assuming things stay as they were in '17 regarding packs, the equipment you pull out of them can be used by your RTTS player, to give them stat boosts. And I believe sponsorships can be used in Franchise. Both are completely optional, and both modes can be played just fine without them.

            With the qualifier again of "if things stay as they are" you don't need to play DD to get packs/items. They drop as random rewards after games in any mode if you play while connected to the internet, plus there are daily bonus items just for starting up the game too.

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            • SilverBullet1929
              MVP
              • Feb 2012
              • 1924

              #51
              Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

              Cool thanks guys.

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              • Skyboxer
                Donny Baseball!
                • Jul 2002
                • 20302

                #52
                Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

                I never played a lot of games in DD but I still loved collecting the cards so I played enough to get points for new packs.
                I was more about collecting sets rather than have items to use in DD games/players.
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                • Jaybaybay618
                  Rookie
                  • Feb 2015
                  • 6

                  #53
                  Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

                  They need to give us the ability to edit our DD players' equipment. Every thread or comment section involving this game, no matter where it is, is filled with "X player switched to Adidas" or "Y player's batting gloves are wrong" Doing so would solve all of these problems. They hardly get anyone's equipment right and even when they do, there's no guarantee that their "team color 1, team color 2" configuration is gonna work with your team's colors. DD is all about customization and this would add a crucial layer to that.

                  If any devs read this and there's a technical or practical reason why this hasn't happened yet, please let me know.

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                  • EnigmaNemesis
                    Animal Liberation
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 12216

                    #54
                    Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

                    Originally posted by Skyboxer
                    I never played a lot of games in DD but I still loved collecting the cards so I played enough to get points for new packs.
                    I was more about collecting sets rather than have items to use in DD games/players.
                    Pretty much how I will approach it this year as well.
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                    • wisdom less13
                      Pro
                      • Jun 2005
                      • 992

                      #55
                      Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

                      I'm just here to collect. I play it in the beginning waiting for rosters. The bummer for me is there's so much parody with the teams. I just want to be able to do the missions offline. That way I won't be rubbing elbows with the doucher's out there...
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                      • Rob_NYY
                        Jedi Master
                        • Dec 2004
                        • 2495

                        #56
                        Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

                        Originally posted by SilverBullet1929
                        This feels like a stupid question but I'm doubtful so I feel like I need to ask it. Packs are only useful for DD right? If I'm someone who never plays DD, I have zero use for packs right? Or am I missing something about packs that I don't see?
                        Aside from what everyone else mentioned, you can also sell your cards for stubs. So if you don't play DD and you somehow get a Babe Ruth card, you can sell it for millions of stubs and use those to boost up your RTTS player or add to your budget in Franchise mode.

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                        • hyacinth1
                          MVP
                          • Aug 2003
                          • 1537

                          #57
                          Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

                          I did DD first time in 17. Only the vs cpu modes. Any information they added more VS CPU modes? Like Madden did a few years ago which brought new life for me to MUT.

                          I can't play DD online vs. All the other players teams are stacked and they take advantage it seems of the game. I understand it's fun for some, but I didnt enjoy online since it felt like I was always going to get beat because I didnt spend the money on a strong team.

                          So any info on increasing 'offline' DD vs CPU modes?

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                          • hyacinth1
                            MVP
                            • Aug 2003
                            • 1537

                            #58
                            Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

                            Can anyone tell me how to sign up for the preorder bonus stuff with Best Buy? If you preorder are you guaranteed all the extra packs, the legend card, and everything the end of the video mentioned? And get the game early?

                            Or do you have to buy the locker room or elite edition instead of the standard game?
                            Last edited by hyacinth1; 02-27-2018, 08:48 PM.

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                            • EnigmaNemesis
                              Animal Liberation
                              • Apr 2006
                              • 12216

                              #59
                              Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

                              Originally posted by hyacinth1
                              Can anyone tell me how to sign up for the preorder bonus stuff with Best Buy? If you preorder are you guaranteed all the extra packs, the legend card, and everything the end of the video mentioned? And get the game early?

                              Or do you have to buy the locker room or elite edition instead of the standard game?
                              It works on the regular edition as well. They will email you the code when the game ships.

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                              • JoshC1977
                                All Star
                                • Dec 2010
                                • 11564

                                #60
                                Re: MLB The Show 18 Video - Improvements to Diamond Dynasty

                                So...did they get rid of the use of the old retro card motif? It was so cool seeing a bunch of the old school Topps designs from when I collected as a kid. If they're gone, well, I don't know...it loses a bit of the charm for me.

                                Guess we'll know soon enough....
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