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MLB The Show 16 Thoughts: Diamond Dynasty

04:44 PM - February 22, 2016 by RaychelSnr

Diamond Dynasty is a mode that began as just another Ultimate Team clone, using card collecting as a way to extend and monetize traditional gameplay. However, during the past few iterations, the mode has blazed a new trail by incorporating unique and interesting features. It's almost as if Diamond Dynasty is in a constant state of evolution; this year looks to be the biggest set of changes yet.

Here are some of my quick reactions while watching the most recent Twitch stream...

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# 21 HustlinOwl @ 02/23/16 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by volsfan39


	Just not my mode..I hope they put as much time and effort in franchise mode this year as they have the gimmick modes...

gimmick lmao yea ok

# 22 Speedy @ 02/23/16 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by volsfan39


	Just not my mode..I hope they put as much time and effort in franchise mode this year as they have the gimmick modes...

This is like fantasy baseball but playable as a video game.

I love the concept...I didn't play it last year but I think I'll get into it this year now that a lot of loopholes/cheese stuff has been addressed.

# 23 baseballsim @ 02/23/16 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianU


	Someone asked Nick from SDS that question on twitter and he said "@MLBtheShow_Tips We forgot! You now challenge the CPU with the user's team and tendencies directly thru the DD leaderboard list" I was worried too but this sounds awesome. Even better than last year. I wonder if you can literally challenge ANY team? that is so hype, I love the feature and how it uses tendencies. Hype 2 the max. I also saw in the videos on the Play menu there is a Play vs CPU option which I think is something separate. Perhaps you can play versus real MLB teams with your DD team as well?

Yeah I saw that tweet too and was a bit puzzled because it sounded just like what Extra Innings is now. It allows you play against any team listed on the Leaderboard - which is basically any team. You can also play against MLB teams now. Perhaps they renamed Extra Innings to one of those other two new modes and added an extra twist or something. We'll see.

# 24 baseballsim @ 02/23/16 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by LeftyShortstop


	I am pretty sure you can challenge any MLB team in '15. I think it is a great feature because it eliminates the lag from online games (like extra innings).

I've never played an EI game but I don't think Extra Innings would generate lag because you are challenging other DD teams (using the owner's tendencies) that are CPU controlled.

# 25 MrOldboy @ 02/23/16 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by baseballsim


	Yeah I saw that tweet too and was a bit puzzled because it sounded just like what Extra Innings is now. It allows you play against any team listed on the Leaderboard - which is basically any team. You can also play against MLB teams now. Perhaps they renamed Extra Innings to one of those other two new modes and added an extra twist or something. We'll see.

This is what I thought as well about last year. I remember challenging a team off the leaderboard. Maybe nick meant that you have to challenge through the leaderboard now and you don't get the 4 random teams? I guess we'll see.

# 26 Sam The Man @ 02/29/16 03:41 AM

I will honestly say that I will give that a try once I get this game, I'm starting to like these modes more because online playing is pretty boring.

# 27 jb12780 @ 02/29/16 09:02 AM

Excited for it. It's like virtual baseball card collecting plus the fact you can play games with your friends.

# 28 FindingTim @ 02/29/16 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Speedy


	This is like fantasy baseball but playable as a video game. I love the concept...I didn't play it last year but I think I'll get into it this year now that a lot of loopholes/cheese stuff has been addressed.

I've put in ≈ 150 games or so in Diamond Dynasty (Yosemite Frogs!) and I rarely encounter "cheese". Sure, everyone and their mom has Dee Gordon leading off and will try to bunt you to death, but just pound him up and in and he pops out the majority of the time.

My biggest gripe is that every pitcher has Greg Maddux control. That includes my pitchers. 70% of my staff shouldn't have sub 2.00 ERA's... but they do. Because with difficult set to Pro, Jaime Garcia's become Tom Glavine's and Jacob deGrom's become Walter Johnson's. Pitching is way too precise, and that's the closest the game comes to "cheese" imo.

# 29 TattooedEvil @ 03/03/16 10:52 PM

I've asked Ramone about 3 times on twitter and nothing so can anyone answer if QC made it to DD this year?

# 30 MrOldboy @ 03/04/16 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by thomas2345


	Yes but only with play with friends feature. Not in DD matchups.

Did they mention how the rewards will differ between rated and friends games? I hope they balanced them out of I see a lot of exploiting happening with the play with friends feature. If you can use quick counts and you can also do the captain missions you can get tickets pretty quickly compared to people who play rated.

# 31 MrOldboy @ 03/04/16 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by thomas2345


	Ramone said you can get Tickets from play with friends, but its probably very little per game. Im sure they thought of the exploiting aspect with the friends feature. Im not sure you can actually do the Captains Missions with Friends that would make no sense. You cant get stubs or cards i know that.

Yeah it's just the captains missions and tickets I'm worried about. I'd have to guess that some good stuff will show up in the captain store to get people to use it so people will exploit the game if they can. You can't buy tickets so a lot of people will be looking for ways to gain tickets somehow.

Does anyone know if they explained if everyone will get random stuff in captain store or is it the same for everyone? Since they want people to diversify their teams it might be weird if say everyone goes for the top card in Donadson's store every week/day. We'll end up with similar cards/teams, especially if there are a lot of unique items there. Makes sense to keep them the same for fairness sake, but I hope it's hard to get that stuff so that everyone doesn't get the same cards from the captain stores.

# 32 MrOldboy @ 03/04/16 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by thomas2345


	Yes everyone will have the same stuff in the captain missions. But the only way to get these is to rank up to that level. The cap level for each captain is 30 so its total 300 thats gonna take a while.

That's fine, but everyone will obviously go for he best cards available. So if a legend shows up everyone will buy that legend in the captain store. I'd rather everyone gets a more random assorted meant of cards so teams you gave end up being more diverse.

# 33 HustlinOwl @ 03/04/16 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MrOldboy


	That's fine, but everyone will obviously go for he best cards available. So if a legend shows up everyone will buy that legend in the captain store. I'd rather everyone gets a more random assorted meant of cards so teams you gave end up being more diverse.

I thought they said it was random?

# 34 Dolenz @ 03/04/16 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MrOldboy


	That's fine, but everyone will obviously go for he best cards available. So if a legend shows up everyone will buy that legend in the captain store. I'd rather everyone gets a more random assorted meant of cards so teams you gave end up being more diverse.

It won't be that easy as I am guessing the best players will only be available once you have leveled up your captain high enough. Leveling captains won't be quick (I hope). You wont see a legend card in the captains store that requires you to be level 20 or higher and be able to quickly level that captain up.

The one I just looked up in the diamond dynasty video showed Jeff Bagwell available in the captains store but you have to have the captain at level 20 and the offer of the card expired in under 2 days. Not enough time to level that captain.

I am guessing that it will take an obnoxious amount of playing to get all captains to max level.

# 35 MrOldboy @ 03/04/16 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dolenz


	It won't be that easy as I am guessing the best players will only be available once you have leveled up your captain high enough. Leveling captains won't be quick (I hope). You wont see a legend card in the captains store that requires you to be level 20 or higher and be able to quickly level that captain up. The one I just looked up in the diamond dynasty video showed Jeff Bagwell available in the captains store but you have to have the captain at level 20 and the offer of the card expired in under 2 days. Not enough time to level that captain. I am guessing that it will take an obnoxious amount of playing to get all captains to max level.

I hope so. I remember hitting level 20 pretty early last year. Hopefully it'll be harder. I hit the 30 level cap very early on since I played a lot of DD the first few weeks. On the stream it looked like they went from level 5 to 6 pretty easily after one game played with quick counts.

Either way I am seeing ways where teams will look similar like MLB 15 DD which inevitably will happen. I just hope it takes longer this year for that to happen.

For the captains stores I would prefer a little randomness. For example

Level 5: One random silver equipment card
Level 20: One random legend with overall rating between 85-89
Level 50: One random prime card

I'd have it only give a card not in your collection as well.

# 36 desi1751 @ 03/07/16 01:48 PM

never played DD before just wondering are there brackets or divisons to determine the level of team that u would play? if not how is it determined?

# 37 Dolenz @ 03/07/16 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by desi1751


	never played DD before just wondering are there brackets or divisons to determine the level of team that u would play? if not how is it determined?

You earn ranking number based on your wins and losses and it tries to match you up with similar rankings.

# 38 desi1751 @ 03/07/16 03:07 PM

Ight thanks man

# 39 Glenn33 @ 03/10/16 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by thomas2345


	Yes but only with play with friends feature. Not in DD matchups.

What about OFFLINE DD matchups?

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