MLB The Show Survey....Serious Things Being Discussed

[countryboy]

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Must have gone to my junk folder. Do you remember what day?

Have no idea.

[ChaseB]

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Did a lengthy post on this in the newsletter last week that's now on the front page as well. Thanks again to Armor for posting this.

[jcblayze]

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Not having custom draft classes in this day and age is just lazy. The other games have had this feature for almost a decade now.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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Not having custom draft classes in this day and age is just lazy. The other games have had this feature for almost a decade now.

More about priorities than any laziness. I hope to see the draft move up on the priority list soon. Not just with a custom draft class but far far more important, double or even triple the amount of rounds. I can't even get invested in the draft, at seven rounds. I build my teams thru free agency. The draft, set it on auto scout and forget it. But if they ever get a larger draft combined with four full minor league teams per MLB team, I would be in hog heaven.

[MiracleMet718]

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More about priorities than any laziness. I hope to see the draft move up on the priority list soon. Not just with a custom draft class but far far more important, double or even triple the amount of rounds. I can't even get invested in the draft, at seven rounds. I build my teams thru free agency. The draft, set it on auto scout and forget it. But if they ever get a larger draft combined with four full minor league teams per MLB team, I would be in hog heaven.

Also the MLB Draft is miles behind the popularity of the NBA/NFL draft. Would be a cool add but can you even name more than 5 of the top 30 picks?

I know more about the Top 100 than I do about who was drafted in what round.

[Ghost Of The Year]

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Also the MLB Draft is miles behind the popularity of the NBA/NFL draft. Would be a cool add but can you even name more than 5 of the top 30 picks?

I know more about the Top 100 than I do about who was drafted in what round.

Yeah I love the NFL and NBA draft but even tho baseball is my favorite sport, the IRL MLB draft does very little for my interest. And that's because 99% of NBA and NFL draftees have a chance at playing in the NBA or NFL. MLB draftees, not so much. I'm much more interested in the drafted players once the get in the minors and start putting some distance between themselves regarding player development. When they're in high school or college, the fact they use metal bats is just a total turnoff for me.

[mrCPUgeek]

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Did a lengthy post on this in the newsletter last week that's now on the front page as well. Thanks again to Armor for posting this.

Excellent work as always.


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[GlennN]

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While I agree with many of the items on the list, far and away the biggest priority for me is having a Steam/PC version. I stopped buying consoles with PS4, so my gaming is just PC and Steam Deck. I would love to have a better baseball option than Super Mega Baseball or emulating older games.

[tessl]

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Also the MLB Draft is miles behind the popularity of the NBA/NFL draft. Would be a cool add but can you even name more than 5 of the top 30 picks?

I know more about the Top 100 than I do about who was drafted in what round.

That's because it takes longer to develop the skills need to play at the MLB level. Doesn't change the fact that the draft needs the previously needed improvements. That's why between the amateur draft and international signings each franchise brings in 50 or 60 new players every year. Vast majority will not make it.

It's not about popular. It's about making franchise closer to what happens in MLB.

[MiracleMet718]

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That's because it takes longer to develop the skills need to play at the MLB level. Doesn't change the fact that the draft needs the previously needed improvements. That's why between the amateur draft and international signings each franchise brings in 50 or 60 new players every year. Vast majority will not make it.

It's not about popular. It's about making franchise closer to what happens in MLB.

I was answering about custom draft class, not the draft itself.

[bcruise]

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Got my survey done...

I feel like my position in this community is somewhat unique as I'm more interested in the on-the-field element of Franchise than the front office (I have OOTP for that, primarily), but some of the stuff like winter meetings and the trade deadline could be engaging even to me if done right. I feel like what they did with offseason free agency this year was a good template - while it is simplified it just feels a lot more engaging to have to hone in on a few specific targets - and know that the CPU teams have to do the same. I believe that's what they meant to "gamify" it, and I do think the FA system they came up with is a step in the right direction (though having the old contract system during the reg. season is just strange ).

And of course, I'm pro-anything that makes the in-game league more accurate to the current MLB/CBA, like international signings, expanded rosters, etc..

Even tossed in a bone for the Y2Y save folks here, even though I personally feel like that might have stagnated franchise development for a certain period of time (or at least contributed to it).

I'm not sure if the survey expires on the 4th or if that's just the deadline for getting a pack reward (big whoop), but in case it is a hard deadline anyone else who got the survey might want to get it filled out soon.

[tessl]

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Got my survey done...

I feel like my position in this community is somewhat unique as I'm more interested in the on-the-field element of Franchise than the front office (I have OOTP for that, primarily), but some of the stuff like winter meetings and the trade deadline could be engaging even to me if done right. I feel like what they did with offseason free agency this year was a good template - while it is simplified it just feels a lot more engaging to have to hone in on a few specific targets - and know that the CPU teams have to do the same. I believe that's what they meant to "gamify" it, and I do think the FA system they came up with is a step in the right direction (though having the old contract system during the reg. season is just strange ).

And of course, I'm pro-anything that makes the in-game league more accurate to the current MLB/CBA, like international signings, expanded rosters, etc..

Even tossed in a bone for the Y2Y save folks here, even though I personally feel like that might have stagnated franchise development for a certain period of time (or at least contributed to it).

I'm not sure if the survey expires on the 4th or if that's just the deadline for getting a pack reward (big whoop), but in case it is a hard deadline anyone else who got the survey might want to get it filled out soon.

What stagnated franchise was expansion to multiple platforms, the fact there are no microtransactions in franchise and the developer implementing some very poor ideas like critical situations, morale and the new draft which is worse than the old draft.

y2y at least was correctly programmed and allowed people to continue the franchise.

[countryboy]

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Got my survey done...

I feel like my position in this community is somewhat unique as I'm more interested in the on-the-field element of Franchise than the front office (I have OOTP for that, primarily), but some of the stuff like winter meetings and the trade deadline could be engaging even to me if done right. I feel like what they did with offseason free agency this year was a good template - while it is simplified it just feels a lot more engaging to have to hone in on a few specific targets - and know that the CPU teams have to do the same. I believe that's what they meant to "gamify" it, and I do think the FA system they came up with is a step in the right direction (though having the old contract system during the reg. season is just strange ).

And of course, I'm pro-anything that makes the in-game league more accurate to the current MLB/CBA, like international signings, expanded rosters, etc..

Even tossed in a bone for the Y2Y save folks here, even though I personally feel like that might have stagnated franchise development for a certain period of time (or at least contributed to it).

I'm not sure if the survey expires on the 4th or if that's just the deadline for getting a pack reward (big whoop), but in case it is a hard deadline anyone else who got the survey might want to get it filled out soon.

Y2Y saves absolutely was a culprit in the stagnant development of franchise over the 6 years of having the feature. There's a reason why we didn't see the improvements/rebuilds (draft, free agency, etc) during its 6-year existence, like we have in the 5 years since it was removed.

My biggest want has been, and very much will be for the return of Y2Y saves, but if the trade off is to leave it out while we flesh out franchise mode with some of the other things mentioned in the survey and atop many of franchise player's wishlists, then I'm happy to wait on its return.

[Madden08PCgmr]

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Y2Y saves absolutely a culprit in the stagnant of franchise over the 6 years of having the feature. There's a reason why we didn't see the improvements/rebuilds (draft, free agency, etc) during its 6-year existence, like we have in the 5 years since it was removed.

My biggest want has been, and very much will be for the return of Y2Y saves, but if the trade off is to leave it out while we flesh out franchise mode with some of the other things mentioned in the survey and atop many of franchise player's wishlists, then I'm happy to wait on its return.

I personally don't see a valid reason why roster files wouldn't port, with the exception of versions where player ratings were added.

That doesn't help the Y2Y franchise guys, but at least all the great retro rosters wouldn't have to be rebuilt over and over and over again. And the CAPs could be preserved (for the pathetic content thieves)

[.. and once again I arrive at the point where I mention I would pay unholy sums of $$$ for a robust external roster editor]

[tessl]

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I personally don't see a valid reason why roster files wouldn't port, with the exception of versions where player ratings were added.

That doesn't help the Y2Y franchise guys, but at least all the great retro rosters wouldn't have to be rebuilt over and over and over again. And the CAPs could be preserved (for the pathetic content thieves)

[.. and once again I arrive at the point where I mention I would pay unholy sums of $$$ for a robust external roster editor]

Retro rosters? Y2Y saves for default SDS rosters. Not complicated.

It wouldn't be so bad if the content they added since was good but it hasn't been. They replaced a functioning part of the game with poor content.