MLB The Show 21 Patch 17 Available Today - Patch Notes

[CBoller1331]

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Got to be honest, I have kind of just rolled my eyes every time some one brought up the schedule bug in the previous update threads, but after just starting a 4 game set in LA and having to play 4 day games, I definitely understand the frustration. Having that for 81 games would suck

Like others have said though it seems like they are unable to fix the big without rendering existing franchises unplayable, which IMO would be far worse.

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[metovics8]

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I know they won't but if they can acknowledge that they won't be able to fix it for this year that would be great

As a Dodgers fan, I've been waiting to start my franchise just in case they fix it and it would only apply to new franchises so some acknowledgement would go a long way

Or if they can somehow patch the option to select game time like in exhibition mode without affecting what the franchise schedule says for start time...

We already have the option to change weather with each game in franchise so here's hoping they can add time too

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[Funkycorm]

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The schedules are on a 5 year loop. Have been for a while now. I sim years into the future so I can confirm this. What this means:

Same schedule for 2021, 2026, 2031.

2022, 2027 are the same.

2023, 2028 etc are the same.

This means that the schedule bug is only in years 1, 6, 11, 16, etc.

Fixing it is potentially franchise breaking and while immersion breaking, would cause problems for more than it would fix. I think they are smart not to fix it knowing it would break more than fix. And this is coming from someone who has lost faith in SDS.

[KingOfLanglade]

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Wouldn’t doubt they add a time option similar to what we can do with weather for 22’

[Falcon999]

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In Play Now you can play in those stadiums at 11am,1pm, 4pm, 7pm still ?

Why not just letting us select a starting time in franchise mode ?

[bryanm1982]

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I am glad they fixed the dynamic difficulty glitch.

I am surprised they didn’t just add the option for start time after each game. Make it default to the schedule so if you don’t want to change it you don’t have to touch it. That seems like that would have been the easiest option. But probably too late in the game for that

It was probably more frustrating cause it happened to be probably the more popular teams. Dodgers, Red Sox, Gaints, and Angels? If it was the Orioles people wouldn’t care as much. Or even the Rays lol.

[thedude]

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Any new equipment?

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[baseballguy99]

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I'm playing on simulation.

I read it to be that the PCI change was universal and the pinpoint accuracy pitching mechanic was tuned for Competitive and Legend.

Still kinda confused lol

So I play legend pinpoint simulation, does that mean pitching will be harder for me?

[Blzer]

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As been stated before, there was a similar issue with the Cubs game times in a previous version and when SDS fixed the issue, it caused existing franchises to become corrupt therefore causing people to lose franchises they were deep into.

My guess would be that this is a similar situation where the fix would cause a corruption of existing franchise, so while its extremely frustrating and annoying, the better option is to leave as be, and fix for '22.

Or it could be they cannot figure out how to fix it since its such an obscure bug in that it effects only 4 teams and only at a certain portion of the schedule, and isn't existent in year 2, or year 3 from my experience.

It would be nice if they came out and said that.

It's not game-breaking for me, but it is franchise-breaking in that I wouldn't ever play a franchise with that team that had that issue.

It is also a huge QA frustration that the game came out with this bug.

[baconbits11]

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I'd be satisfied with an explanation for the schedule bug and why they broke their promise that night games in created stadium was being implemented in a future patch. A little transparency and a sorry heres why goes a long way.

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[CBoller1331]

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I'd be satisfied with an explanation for the schedule bug and why they broke their promise that night games in created stadium was being implemented in a future patch. A little transparency and a sorry heres why goes a long way.

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I could be wrong, but I don't think they promised night games in created stadiums in a future patch. I think they were pretty vague about hoping to add it in the future....which at the time I took to mean next year at the earliest.

[JoshC1977]

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I'd be satisfied with an explanation for the schedule bug and why they broke their promise that night games in created stadium was being implemented in a future patch. A little transparency and a sorry heres why goes a long way.

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While I never 'expect' a company to have incredibly open communication with their customers, I do think it is good form to do so (particularly for more service-driven products like video games).

SDS communication this cycle has been pretty darn bad; which honestly makes me yearn for the pre-COVID "live stream" days SDS had (even those that were DD content reveals often contained other little 'nuggets' of information). My gut feeling is that we're seeing a tightening of what information is released and it is coming from higher-up the food chain than SDS (e.g. Sony). Pre-recorded vids offer just as much opportunity to throw in other info as live streams; they just haven't done so (so this isn't a "well, we can't do it live because of the pandemic" thing). [Let me be clear: I have ZERO inside information....this is strictly my "Read" of the changes in communication dynamics over the last 18-24 months.]

Saying things like "something is broken and we can't fix it" or "we can't follow-through on that patch update" is construed as casting a negative light on the company - something that can impact stock prices and so on (even though it is a customer-driven approach to be transparent with them). Some companies keep a very tight reign on ANYTHING that could be construed as negative (unless they are regulatorily obligated to report it); others are a bit more open (as EA has been more recently with Madden and even those were carefully crafted communications to the public).

Would I like for them to be more open? Sure. But I definitely understand how corporate can bog-down that transparency.

[baconbits11]

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I could be wrong, but I don't think they promised night games in created stadiums in a future patch. I think they were pretty vague about hoping to add it in the future....which at the time I took to mean next year at the earliest.

https://theshow.com/faq/ "promise" not said true but they've been "working" on it a long while....

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[countryboy]

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Played a few games and honestly don't feel a difference with the PCI coverage. It may be there, but I don't notice it.

I play default Legend, Zone hitting with PCI off.

[kingmason13]

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Any new equipment?

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Yeah new adidas cleats


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