MLB The Show 16 Video - More Battle Royale & Conquest Mode Details

[HypoLuxa13]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dolenz

Even though I will never probably win a BR (shoot I may not play more than once or twice) I hope that the unique cards that can only be won in BR as awards are not sellable on the market. When they say that Nolan Ryan can only be acquired in Battle Royale I hope that means that we won't see a flood of his cards on the Market, which would negate one of the incentives to play BR.

Holy crud, I agree with a Cardinals fan on something...

Or, if they ARE sell-able on the Market, maybe make them a unique one-off. Meaning, once you've won that card, you can't win it again. So those users who do nothing but play BR all day and all night don't keep accumulating unique legends/prime cards.

[OneTonneBaby]

Why do people care about cards? genuine question.

[Dolenz]

Quote: Originally Posted by OneTonneBaby

Why do people care about cards? genuine question.

Well, the obvious answer is that if you are interested in playing Diamond Dynasty or the new Conquest mode then the cards are how you build your team. As a Cardinal fan if I want Adam Wainwright in my rotation I have to have the Adam Wainwright card.


Many if not most of the captains missions and general missions are based around fielding DD teams that meet certain requirements, which means you need to have the player cards to meet those requirements.


Finally some people just like the collecting aspect of the cards. They are kind of like achievements in that regard. Personally I have never tried to earn all of the achievements in the game as they do not matter to me, but others enjoy the added challenge.


Cards are less important to RTTS (you only use Equipment cards in that mode) and Franchise players (where you use sponsorship cards) so I can see many of those players not caring as much about player cards.

[jm2054]

I assume those cards will be unsellable Ryan and Arod just like the collection legends last year.
I'm going grind hard for that Arod

[MrOldboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dolenz

Even though I will never probably win a BR (shoot I may not play more than once or twice) I hope that the unique cards that can only be won in BR as awards are not sellable on the market. When they say that Nolan Ryan can only be acquired in Battle Royale I hope that means that we won't see a flood of his cards on the Market, which would negate one of the incentives to play BR.

Yes, but it would allow those who don't want to play online or who can't compete online to get those cards. I don't like exclusive cards since it means you have to be good enough to have a lopsided W-L record in BR to get any of them. There are a lot of people who simply will never get those cards if they are exclusive and non-sellable.

Plus I would want to recoup my buy in fee and be able to sell the lesser cards I earn and if I win 20 games in a row I feel I should be able to sell the reward for stubs. What if earn two Ryan's? I cannot sell one of them?

[LeftyShortstop]

Quote: Originally Posted by MrOldboy

Yes, but it would allow those who don't want to play online or who can't compete online to get those cards. I don't like exclusive cards since it means you have to be good enough to have a lopsided W-L record in BR to get any of them. There are a lot of people who simply will never get those cards if they are exclusive and non-sellable. Plus I would want to recoup my buy in fee and be able to sell the lesser cards I earn and if I win 20 games in a row I feel I should be able to sell the reward for stubs. What if earn two Ryan's? I cannot sell one of them?

The players who aren't BR exclusive (ARod, Nolan Ryan, etc.) will be sellable because people would end up with tons of terrible unsellable cards which makes no sense. I am not sure what happens with 2 Ryans but I think the cards should be sellable because it would be hard to pay for such a good card anyway.

[Dolenz]

Quote: Originally Posted by LeftyShortstop

The players who aren't BR exclusive (ARod, Nolan Ryan, etc.) will be sellable because people would end up with tons of terrible unsellable cards which makes no sense. I am not sure what happens with 2 Ryans but I think the cards should be sellable because it would be hard to pay for such a good card anyway.

Somebody needs to remember to ask the question about the BR exclusive award cards being sellable during tomorrows twitch stream.


I would ask but I always miss the first 45 minutes of the stream due to work.

[TexasDBack]

My guess is that the card in that scenario is unique (you can only earn it 1 time) and bound to you (not able to be sold). This is usually the case in games that do rewards like that. Again, this is just a guess and hopefully someone can confirm tomorrow.