MLB 14 The Show Road to the Show Developer Blog

[MrOldboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Clarke99

2x Boost is an awesome idea, while its not getting many peoples attention I bet once the game drops or next winter it gets talked about plenty. A nice addicting new feature that will make people want to use and gain their "stubs" - Brilliance! Also as mentioned before, if you choose to go to school it would be cool if they at least acknowledged what school you choose, Im a big UNC fan, it would be pretty cool to hear them say Joe Random out of North Carolina, or during his time in Chapel Hill he elevated his game etc... However in saying that I know there could be legal licence issues Catching looks a lot more immersive

There is also a 4x boost looking so if you can earn stubs quickly enough you can really speed up the process.

The college thing might not be that easy or worth it for such a small non-gameplay aspect of the game.

[TGov]

Dont know if this has been asked but...
If you choose to go back to school, do you also re-do the Amateur Showcase???

[MantiMania]

Are all of these upgrades to Road to the Show available for the offline/non-connected version of the mode as well?

Also, has any tweaks been made to the progression that makes the mode more grindy to incentivize microtransaction purchases (ala NBA 2K14?)

[aguero90]

Yes. You don't have to play online to get these features.

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by MantiMania

Also, has any tweaks been made to the progression that makes the mode more grindy to incentivize microtransaction purchases (ala NBA 2K14?)

That's a bit of a leading question, but they did mention it costs more training points now to improve ratings that are already very high. However, they also said that was done so that players would actually have a more realistic decline late in the career:

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The Training Screen has been enhanced this year to make it more user-friendly and informative. You no longer have to guess how many points it will take to level-up an attribute, as the screen will tell you exactly how many points it will cost to upgrade to the level you have set the bar to. You can also train multiple attributes at one time and keep track of how much progress you have made with each attribute in that current year. From a logic standpoint, the cost of training has changed too, so now it is really expensive to level-up when you start getting attributes in the 80’s and 90’s. This makes it harder to become unrealistically good and expensive to maintain such high attributes when they start regressing.

I'm sure opinions are going to vary on that (they always do), but it seems fair to me.

[BrianU]

This sounds really impressive. I think I will give RTTS a shot for the first time this year. Can anyone tell me if you are allowed to use custom rosters with RTTS? Not a big deal if not but I think I would prefer playing against fictional players over the actual MLB if I was to create a new guy.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA

90% of all the games played in MLB 13 were played in RTTS.

Quote: Originally Posted by Russell_SCEA

We track user activity from being connected online.

To clarify, offline games are not tracked? 90% of all the games played in MLB 13 online were played in RTTS? Does RTTS have an online mode?

[TGov]

The upgraded catcher RTTS makes me want to be a catcher now. Sounds awesome, I just hope the loading screens load quickly so we can stay immersed in the game.

Also are those new training modes available outside of RTTS???