MLB The Show 17 Twitch Stream - Franchise Mode, HDR Confirmed (Archive Available)

[Jon Arbuckle]

All this talk of putting the Astros back where they belong (trade 'em for the Snakes) brings to mind that while expansion and relocation might not be on the horizon, could realignment and/or a reworking of the postseason be a possibility at some point? I'd love to be able to experiment with switching back to two divisions per league complete with no IL play to muck up schedules. An option to ditch the DH (or implement it in both leagues ) would be welcome as well.

[TheBleedingRed21]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jon Arbuckle

An option to ditch the DH (or implement it in both leagues ) would be welcome as well.

You can already do this unless I'm misunderstanding what you are asking.

[Jon Arbuckle]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheBleedingRed21

You can already do this unless I'm misunderstanding what you are asking.

Really? I've mostly been doing RTTS for a few years, had no idea franchise allowed you to toggle the DH off/on league wide. I don't mean for a single game btw but across the board. Do they change the player awards and everything?

And is it possible to do it league-wide in RTTS as well? I hate the game's rhythm when my NL pitcher plays IL games and doesn't get his at bats in. I generally like to keep things realistic but a season with no DH in the AL would be a nice change of pace at the very least.

Edit: Just checked and I see it's an option front and center on the Franchise screen, something I probably haven't looked at for 2 years or so. lol I might try dipping my toes in this year to check out quick manage. Thanks for pointing this out, Red.


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[yankeesgiants]

Quote: Originally Posted by knich

I agree with you about 2017 stats influencing franchise in 2025. I am not an expert on 2k so not sure how IE is implemented. But I don't think there were complaints in that regard about IE. IE is just one aspect of it. 2k franchise play provides mounds of on screen data that is not, I don't think, tied to IE. For instance, if you have a rookie player, for which there is no IE data, after the rookie has 10 at bats, the OSD will start to give statistical data on that player. So if it is not IE per se, then the engine that generates the statistical data should be revealed in OSD much much more frequently. It is done beautifully in 2k without the broadcasters even discussing it.

IE really isn't as comprehensive as it sounds . IE basically serves two purposes within DD:


1. It makes people diversify lineups IF and only IF they are using live cards. IE doesn't effect flashback or legend cards. Even with live cards, the effects can be window dressing. If Trout has a 1 star matchup, he is easily still the best live card centerfielder. Also, the only time you are using full live card lineups are when you are doing team command missions.


2. Marketplace aka virtual currency. Card values are largely determined by OVR tier (common, bronze, silver, gold, diamond). IE can shift cards for a day between tiers. So a bronze card that usually sells for 74 stubs could suddenly start selling for hundreds of stubs with a max 5 star matchup. If you have duplicates of those cards you can sell those for larger then normal profit.

[tessl]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jon Arbuckle

The quirk supposedly gives you a bigger PCI during games at the time of day it applies to so your PCI during other games will be relatively smaller by default. There's no need to penalize the games the quirk doesn't apply to for balance purposes. You just leave it at is and the player will remain relatively weaker during that time of day. Now if someone truly is two different players depending on whether they're playing during the day or night (ie great at night/terrible during the day or vice versa), then you'd you need both a positive and a negative quirk to reflect that. I don't think they've implemented negative quirks though. Someone else in the thread asked about that being a necessary addition for something like Lester's pickoff move for example.

There are no negative quirks as such but a guy with day player will get a slight increase in day game and a slight decrease at night. Same with road warrior and home body. Probably also with fastball vs breaking pitch.

A lot of the time they will be balancing each other but when they stack will be when the player gets a significant boost or decline. A player with home body, day player, dead red getting a fastball in a day game at home will get a boost. Same guy in a night game at home - those cancel each other out and he only gets the boost or decline for fastball or breaking pitch which will be insignificant.

[Caulfield]

One good thing for me is I dont get more than 2 sometimes 3 seasons into my franchise before I carry over to the next years version of the Show, at which time then is when I get my fresh sched with new interleague opponents. Its less than ideal but it beats playing 25/30 years with the same sched.

[BDKiiing]

I'm just here for non-roster invites.

[rh123]

Can we expect more realistic occurrences of injuries? You have to jack the slider pretty high to get them at all when playing the games, but then that makes them way overblown when you sim.