Re: What is your method for grinding innings?

[BigOscar]

Re: What is your method for grinding innings?

Life is too short for actual inning grinding imo, it's just no fun at all and I can't see the point. Instead I just only use players for teams I've not completed yet, then try and make the best possible team. If I decide to aim for a specific team or two then I'll try and get as many of their better players into a good team as possible, but I don't use any player who isn't good enough to use in any game mode on any difficulty.

At the moment I'm using a mainly Marlins team, with White Sox on the corner infield and catcher positions. It's a great team that is easily competitive in any game mode I want to play. (Gordon, Yellich, FB Hanley, Abreu, FB Pierzinski, Stanton, Ozuna, Frazier)

Obviously this tactic is a lot easier if you have a lot of the players like I do, otherwise it would be tough to get too many usable players from each team. I think I now only have a handful of teams left to do.

[Beatles]

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I dont get how some of you dont have playstation plus

Because it costs extra. It was optional last year. Online play is still free on PS3. I don't get how people will buy a $400 system, a $60 game, pay $40 a month or whatever for internet access and then pay extra to unlock content already on the disc you just bought for $60. Thankfully, Nintendo, PC and PS3 are still free to play online.

[srdclark]

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Because it costs extra. It was optional last year. Online play is still free on PS3. I don't get how people will buy a $400 system, a $60 game, pay $40 a month or whatever for internet access and then pay extra to unlock content already on the disc you just bought for $60. Thankfully, Nintendo, PC and PS3 are still free to play online.

If I can play devil's advocate here, Sony was lambasted for not providing online features that X-Box offered, such as party chat, and the infrastructure for a more consistent online experience. Those things do cost money and, whether or not I agree with them linking online play to Plus subscriptions with this generation, I can understand the decision to charge for the improved services, especially given the proportion of players with Plus memberships anyway.

Unfortunately, Plus has otherwise been a worse deal so far in this generation. Last gen, the free games provided were frequently older full releases that many gamers may have missed. This gen, it's mostly indie titles.

[Beatles]

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Other than party chat, has your experience really improved? It's still peer to peer. Why is it that PC remains free with all the features that Gold and PS+ gives you sans free games? Nintendo doesn't have too many online games but it also remains free without as many features sure but why not give the consumer the option like last gen? I knew that by making the move to PS4 The Show, I wouldn't get to play others online but I didn't know a cool mode like Battle Royale also required a membership. I am missing out on a feature on the game disc I bought for $60. That sucks. I know I know, people will tell me that PS+ is only $50 a year or whatever but multiply that by a couple of years and we are talking about hundreds on dollars to use a feature already included on the disc. Makes ZERO sense.

[ph33]

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Not all PC gaming is free online. Some games are subscription based. As for the others who would charge you to play PC games online?

I do agree that it sucks that we have to pay extra money for a mode that's already on the disc, but I got over that several, several years ago and I don't mean to sound condescending. It's just the way it is. It's the same way with 2k and if you want to play online.

And Nintendo's online is a total joke. If they dared to charge me a single dollar for it I'd jump off ship. I don't want to hear anything about them being legitimate at all.

[Beatles]

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I never stated that Nintendo's online was up to par but games like COD Black Ops 2 or Ghosts etc are the same game sans party chat or whatever and it's free. Mario Kart 8 has no voice chat during racing but it's free. Plenty of other experiences to be had for free. I mean, obviously, millions of people are okay with paying to access content that they already own so it's not like me not being a member is hurting Sony or M$. I just find it odd that something Sony did for free and PC continues to do for free etc is all of a sudden behind a paywall now.

[mikeq672]

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Because it costs extra. It was optional last year. Online play is still free on PS3. I don't get how people will buy a $400 system, a $60 game, pay $40 a month or whatever for internet access and then pay extra to unlock content already on the disc you just bought for $60. Thankfully, Nintendo, PC and PS3 are still free to play online.

Do you buy a cell phone and expect free cell service? Do you buy a tv and expect free cable? Do you buy a car and expect free gas? Just saying...

[Beatles]

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Huh? Did you own a PS3? Online gaming was free on it. If they had Battle Royale for the PS3 version, it would be free and online play is free on the PS3 version of MLB 16 The Show. No PS+ required. Not sure what you are getting at. Sony is charging you for what they used to give you for free. You are obviously fine with paying extra to access content you already own. More power to you. The bottom line is Sony and M$ are charging you for services that PC, Nintendo and even PS3, Vita give you for free minus the free games. It should be an OPTION like last gen. Forcing us to all of a sudden pay to play online is dirty pool.

Since you brought up a car, imagine Toyota and Nissan charge you for gas but Ford and Honda give it to you for free. Or you've always bought a Toyota Camry and always got the gas for free but all of a sudden, they will start charging you for gas now if you buy the new model when competitors give you the gas for free still.

[ph33]

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Online gaming was atrocious on PS3 and it had no life to it whatsoever. Same way is said for Nintendo. I don't even know why you're bringing up PC gaming online being free---you have to pay internet for that. You don't have to pay internet to play console games though.

I guess if you want to stand by your principles of "It used to be this way, should be this way forever" then more power to you. Party chat is actually a huge, huge deal.

[dta151]

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Online gaming was atrocious on PS3 and it had no life to it whatsoever. Same way is said for Nintendo. I don't even know why you're bringing up PC gaming online being free---you have to pay internet for that. You don't have to pay internet to play console games though.

I guess if you want to stand by your principles of "It used to be this way, should be this way forever" then more power to you. Party chat is actually a huge, huge deal.

Online for the ps3 was the same as it is for ps4. I had ps3 from the launch and have had ps4 since launch and did have plus until my membership ran out again last month. I didnt renew it this time cause the games they give you for free are crap to me, mostly indie games although nba2k was one of them last month since its done and the season is over. They should allow to play online battle royal or draft champions on madden without ps plus. You can play extra innings and conquest dd without plus and you need to be online to play those modes and same with madden ultimate team, solo challenges auction house buying cards buying packs ect you do not need plus but to play another human you need plus, also to play the cpu on draft champions you eve need ps plus which is stupid. Sony just realized they could get away with charging people now after giving it away free for years they built the user base for free and now that they have it start charging for what was free. They had to catch up to xbox live and would have never done it by charging for psn from the start so they made it free til they had enough members and the ps4 was established as the better system and was outselling xbox 1 which ps3 never did to xbox 360 so sony knew they could now charge and has as many users now as xbox live so either way if you have both systems its the same, you gotta pay. To start psn they lured players with the free psn to get them to come over from xbox and it worked, now they are cashing in. If the players would refuse to pay and sony saw a big dropoff in users and subscribers they might change it but they wont cause most people dont care about paying as you can see from most of the comments here

[ph33]

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PS3 and PS4 online are not anywhere close to the same but if yall really believe that then there's really nothing more to be discussed on this matter.

[Beatles]

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Online gaming was atrocious on PS3 and it had no life to it whatsoever. Same way is said for Nintendo. I don't even know why you're bringing up PC gaming online being free---you have to pay internet for that. You don't have to pay internet to play console games though.

I guess if you want to stand by your principles of "It used to be this way, should be this way forever" then more power to you. Party chat is actually a huge, huge deal.

Huh? You don't have to pay to have the internet if you play online with your PS4? You get the internet for free?

[ph33]

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Huh? You don't have to pay to have the internet if you play online with your PS4? You get the internet for free?

That's not what I said.

If you want to play PC games online you need the internet. You need to pay for that.
If you want to play PS4 games you don't need the internet. If you want to play PS4 games online, you need pay for the internet. So therefore, your notion of "Online PC Gaming is free and PS+ is too evil" is false.

I hope that was clear enough to understand for you without needing to twist my words.

[mikeq672]

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PS3 and PS4 online are not anywhere close to the same but if yall really believe that then there's really nothing more to be discussed on this matter.

This. Not even worth it if they think that. Its like 4 dollars per month, its well worth it.

Also, in what world did ps3 build a userbase for online play? Sony was severly beaten down by Microsoft because of their online play, and users cried out for a more immersive experience, even if it cost them a bit just like xbox live. If you dont wanna pay for online, thats cool, its your call, but lets not make up ridiculous facts.

[Beatles]

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You don't need the internet to play PC games. Not sure what you are typing about. That's not even the discussion here. The FACT is, PC, Nintendo, PS3 and Vita offer free online play while PS4 charges you for it. At least PS3 gives you the OPTION to get "free" games and discounts if you want them. You don't HAVE to pay to play online like Sony forces you to do on PS4.