Official MLB 18 : Road to the Show Thread

[BigOscar]

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Just started my RTTS career as a 3rd baseman and have been picked by the all conquering Padres. I've gone for the Wizard as I figure I can at least switch later and gain power to go with my speed.

First impressions are that it's going to take a very, very long time to get even average. Things don't seem to improve much at all and your starting ratings are awful. Some ratings in particular look like they'll just never go up (batting clutch, apparently going 1 for 3 with RISP has caused my rating to go down).

I like the idea in principle, but it seems poorly executed and far too results driven. Well hit balls should be rewarded every time, regardless of whether they fall in or pick out a fielder, whereas downgrades should just be far more infrequent

[taterskin]

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It's only been 2 weeks yet I feel like I have no reason to play RTTS anymore.

After my second gear of AAA ball where my stats were through the roof I am stuck in AAA because the player ahead of me is rated in 89. My player is rated an 80 I hit over .350 and had 135 REI yet I did not even get an invite to spring training. I don't know where to go with this and I'm not creating another character only to have this happen again. I personally played over 200 games and I feel it's been wasted.

I think partly that Sony somehow I forgot that this is a game and it supposed to be fun. I appreciate the simulation aspect of it but let's be fair... return to the show is a fantasy mode where we get to play out our fantasy of becoming a major leaguer. Being stuck in the minors is just not fun.

For those wondering I am a short stop playing for the Detroit Tigers. I was drafted by the Seattle Mariners but for some reason after an amazing year one where I hit close to .390 they traded me to the Tigers. My archetype is mr. reliable.

One more thing... To add insult to injury a lesser player on the AAA Squad was promoted to The Bigs and I was not. That hurts.

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This was my issue from the start with what they did with this mode. The "realistic" experience thing has been taken to the extreme side of things. There are some out there I'm sure that love it.... but a huge part of the RTTS population plays the game so they can be a superstar in the majors. Many people don't have the time nor the patience to sit around and grind out 300 games in the minors so that you can have a "realistic" experience. I've got a buddy that went straight from AA to the majors only to spend 2 full seasons now in a pinch hit role. That's worse than being in the majors because you CAN'T really work on your attributes. He's stuck with no visible way out of it right now other than to keep "grinding". There are a ton of people that want to play for their favorite team.... but that's not an option either. That's ridiculous and there was NO reason to take it out of the game.
Those that wanted to play for their favorite team could...and those a little more die hard could just roll with whatever the draft handed them. Why take it out?? My personal opinion is there was not a huge amount of things wrong with the mode. I like the archetypes and most of the changes.... but I feel for some of the folks that are stuck in this ridiculous "realistic", "grinding" career.

[taterskin]

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On a positive note....lol... I imported a player I created right at the showcase from 2017. I had about 40K stubs to build him up as much as possible and got drafted by the San Diego Padres. For those that think that the current setup with archetypes prevents you from ever being a superstar, 5 tool player - the good news is you're wrong. If you build your player up and max out the archetype caps and strategically equip him with the equipment that boosts the attributes.... he becomes an absolute beast. My player is at or close to all the hitting and fielding caps and I have mostly gold equipment equipped and is almost unrealistically good. I've had to bump my difficulty from Hall of Fame to legend because I was smashing balls out and all over the ballpark with the circle, contact swing. Let me give some advice for some people that have complained about the way the ball physics seems to be (I was one of em) working this year. When you get your player built up in the higher attribute ranges.... I HIGHLY recommend using the circle swing. There are some absolutely fabulous rips down the line, in the gap, HR's, etc. I am currently using nothing but the circle swing with this player the majority of the time because these types of hits/drives are more fun than watching the majority of the HR's with the X swing. My player is also making web gem fielding plays, stealing bases (given green light by manager), etc. Point of all this is to let those know that don't know or think otherwise that in no way does the archetypes prevent you from becoming a MONSTER.

[taterskin]

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This is my favorite defensive play of the year so far but I've made several. Many don't like the fielding side of it but I love it.... play every play.

https://youtu.be/rsWH4n-YLms

[ingey1968]

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This is my favorite defensive play of the year so far but I've made several. Many don't like the fielding side of it but I love it.... play every play.

https://youtu.be/rsWH4n-YLms

Thats awesome. thats the one thing i can never time right.

[taterskin]

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Thats awesome. thats the one thing i can never time right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsWH4n-YLms&list=PLJ4KK4Gey2IEZf2Y8sHVzhjB7YjfWja1B

Just a handful of plays I uploaded.... I 've made several layout catches that I didn't upload. I need to go into sharefactory and play around with them. Some I didn't upload to Youtube because you have to link the youtube account a hundred different times to get it to work sometimes. Same with HR's....have hit some bombs that are not on there. Defense can be alot of fun when you give it a chance. The shagging fly balls can get a little boring and repetitive but always living for the big play with the arm or glove.

[Robo COP]

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I've encountered a glitch with the shift on defense. The game is no longer prompting me to shift so I can't get over in time and every hit gets past me as I'm not in position. The only way I know the shift is on is because the 3B is standing right on top of me. I can only get like 5-10 feet over before they pitch the ball and I'm way out of position

This was my issue from the start with what they did with this mode. The "realistic" experience thing has been taken to the extreme side of things. There are some out there I'm sure that love it.... but a huge part of the RTTS population plays the game so they can be a superstar in the majors. Many people don't have the time nor the patience to sit around and grind out 300 games in the minors so that you can have a "realistic" experience. I've got a buddy that went straight from AA to the majors only to spend 2 full seasons now in a pinch hit role. That's worse than being in the majors because you CAN'T really work on your attributes. He's stuck with no visible way out of it right now other than to keep "grinding". There are a ton of people that want to play for their favorite team.... but that's not an option either. That's ridiculous and there was NO reason to take it out of the game.
Those that wanted to play for their favorite team could...and those a little more die hard could just roll with whatever the draft handed them. Why take it out?? My personal opinion is there was not a huge amount of things wrong with the mode. I like the archetypes and most of the changes.... but I feel for some of the folks that are stuck in this ridiculous "realistic", "grinding" career.

I agree with this. I remember hearing people say they needed to change up rtts and I never really understood it. The mode worked exactly as it needed to and imo is/was the best career mode of any of the sports titles because you could skip all the fluff. The only thing it didn't have was a story (and it still doesn't), and even then I think the story makes a lot of the other career modes worse because you're stuck playing out a story rather than making your own.

I would never choose my own team in the past, but I don't understand why they took that option away this year. Especially since they decide to go the super realistic route of having to serve your 6 MLB years before you ever get the choice. I got drafted by the Padres, and while I'm glad I was able to make it to the majors much quicker, I'm super nervous that I'm going to be stuck on a bad team for 6 years before I can ever leave (especially since the past 2 years I've ended up on the Indians and the Angels). I can't imagine how the guy who wanted to play for his favorite team feels when he tries to resim the draft 90 times and can't get drafted by them.

I also think the position changing should have been dealt with differently. Make the coaches/advisor/story tell you that being a late drafted guy proving to be a utility player could help you make it to the majors in your career. Then the game can play you at many different spots and fill the hole they need on the MLB roster rather than you be stuck behind 2 great 2Bs and SS when the 3B is terrible but you didn't put that as a secondary position.

Great clips btw. I was never able to rob HRs the year I played as an OF

[taterskin]

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There is also a glitch I've mentioned in a few threads with the LF. When you are prompted to play deep and attempt to walk back to the circle the player glitches back to where you started. Does the same thing when you are shifting over toward the line on some plays. It results in you being out of position on some plays you would have made. Infuriates me. Hasn't been addressed in any of the patches thus far. You can work around it in some cases by barely moving toward the desired position or by backing straight up and over like an "L".

The free agency thing has been around for years. Have to have 6 years time in service. I've been stuck on some losing teams a couple different times over the last 2 or 3 years. Made it tempting to sim through some weeks/months but always resist the temptation. I have also had bad teams build winners around me....so can go either way. Currently on Padres and we are in a battle with Dodgers for the division but the AI traded away our closer for players we didn't need at the break and don't know how that is going to go. I normally save the progress every 2 weeks of the season so that I can go back an undo some of the stupid moves the AI does. I also adjust the trade slider down a notch when on a team that I don't want alot of changes to happen with.

[taterskin]

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I've also been having issues with the sound cutting out in my headphones. I thought it was the headphones but they work fine with everything else.

[Tendonitis]

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Has anyone looked at the transaction section and seen teams trading the same players back and forth? It may not be just a RTTS issue, but that's all I play.

[Nulap]

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Has anyone looked at the transaction section and seen teams trading the same players back and forth? It may not be just a RTTS issue, but that's all I play.

Yeah the Marlins and Rockies traded the same 1b's back and forth every week for 2 months.

[JayCutlersCig]

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I think it’s safe to say that RTTS has some improvements but it’s arguably the best sports-career mode out there, to my knowledge. Seeing as this is the first Show I’ve had in six years, I can safely say that 18 has done enough to keep me around.


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[King Gro23]

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After some thought I think I'm going to just use franchise player lock as my rtts. I have to carry over saves and 2 new starts. I'm just not a big fan of the progression system and I don't have a lot of time to invest so I'd rather not slave the current Real World season in the minors when I could just do player lock and act like my story has already been completed

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[My993C2]

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There has definitely been a lot of confusion about how the new RTTS works. I now understand how the current CAPS versus the max CAPS work. My bad I guess, but part of my confusion came from the fact that I started a 2B RTTS player in MLB 17 as well as also started a Pitcher in MLB 17. I made sure that neither player was a super star in MLB 17 (both were still in AA both with plenty of room still to grow regarding their skills). But both of these players had MLB 17 training points assigned to them so they were both imported into MLB 18 with overalls in the high 60s versus mid 50s had I started fresh in MLB 18. My pitcher isn't capped on any of his skills right now. But I have realized that my 2B is capped in his fielding and his power skills and while he still has room to grow regarding his contact CAP, it's not a lot of room. So I desperately need a training session where I will be allowed to increase his CAP especially on his fielding but also his power skills and I am only in early May of the first year of AA, so I have to assume the game won't shut me out here. But clearly better communication could have been supplied as to exactly how this current CAP versus the max CAP system worked.

BTW I am still planning on playing full games with both of these players who happen to be on the same team where the general plan when the game does not sit or bench me to have the 2B play the first four games of a series and then the pitcher plays the 5th and I sim the fifth game for the 2B. This approach could still take me several real world years to get to the Show, but I am enjoying playing baseball and I am at least for now enjoying the journey. However with that said, I just created a new SS from scratch in MLB 18 and I am playing accelerated games with him. I won't be simming any of his games, and his main purpose is to use him kind of as a practice dummy. You know his plate appearances while real in his universe are more like batting practice for me as I attempt to become a more disciplined hitter and of course his fielding opportunities are good practice. Plus also I can use this player as kind of a scout so I know what to expect in the mode regarding progression as he will be passing the other two players very soon and will be able to play so many more games. Who knows, perhaps I may even turf the 2B and Pitcher and end up playing with just him. Time will tell. I prefer playing full games, to me it is more immersive. But there is a massive time commitment to playing full games versus accelerated ones.

Finally I believe it is around game #30 when you are expected to change positions for the first time and both the 2B and the Pitcher play on teams who have played 27 games. So this position swap is just around the corner. I removed the secondary position on the 2B (it was SS) hoping this will open up SS as the new position versus being sent to some other position I don't really want to play. But I know the Pitcher won't have much of a choice. His days of being a starter are numbered I guess. I will raise a stink, but not so much that I get benched. But raise a stink so that the organization knows I want to be restored to my original position ... if this helps in the game. Or is that it? Are my days of being a starter forever over in MLB 18? I know they weren't over in MLB 17. In MLB 17 I was sent to the bullpen for a few weeks, but then they restored me. But MLB 18 appears to be different at least from what I have seen from other people's experiences.

[JoseJoseph9119]

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Yeah the Marlins and Rockies traded the same 1b's back and forth every week for 2 months.

That’s hilarious.

I just made a Mr. Reliable 2b who has been absolutely hammering everything. I made his secondary position C/3b hoping that I would get moved there but instead they put me in LF. I bitched at the manager until I got moved back and I’ve been a dick to him in every conversation since. They played me in LF in the All Star Game too, which I thought was strange until I saw LF on my secondary position list too. I feel like I’m gonna end up traded or stuck in the minors out of spite which sucks because I’m on the Blue Jays and wanted to grow with Bichette and VG Jr. into the best young infield in baseball.

Has anyone been played at your secondary position or anyhwere besides your primary and whatever your manager switched you to? I would love to end up a superstar utility guy, like Ben Zobrist 2.0