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MLB The Show 17 Designer, Lance Leahy has just posted some more details for Diamond Dynasty mode. Check out the video here, along with more details at PlayStation.Blog and post your thoughts!

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For anyone who grew up collecting baseball cards (I did!) or dreamed of managing a Major League Baseball team (I wish!), you may want to spend a little more time in Diamond Dynasty this year. And even if you didn’t collect baseball cards as a kid, Diamond Dynasty still provides a variety of great experiences for gamers, especially those who love strategy.

In addition to talking about the awesome new things we have for Diamond Dynasty this year, we’ve also put together a Diamond Dynasty guide below to help jumpstart newcomers to the game mode.

Building the Perfect Team
At its core, Diamond Dynasty is all about building the best 25-man team possible. With more than 2,000 players to choose from, you’ll have the opportunity to select players from the pages of baseball history — from legendary greats like Jackie Robinson to the brightest stars of the modern era like Ken Griffey Jr. — to answer some of baseball’s greatest questions…

Would a fly-ball ever drop in the gap with an outfield consisting of Billy Hamilton, Kenny Lofton, and Kevin Kiermaier?

What if Ichiro’s rookie year was in 1997, and Ken Griffey Jr and Ichiro were united?

What if Mike Schmidt came three decades later and formed an infield with Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, and Ryan Howard?

Now, to answer these questions, you’ll need to find and collect these players. And, fortunately for you, Diamond Dynasty offers an incredible wealth of options and features that will satisfy your building and collecting needs:
  • Items — including players — are rewarded to you just for playing games in MLB The Show.
  • Items and players do not have contracts; if you find an item, it’s yours to keep and utilize as you see fit.
  • Weekly Missions and Programs reward you with items when you complete specific challenges.
  • The Community Marketplace allows you to play stockbroker, as you can buy and sell items in this completely dynamic, player-driven economy.
  • Our pack offerings in game and in our various editions allow you to acquire items at your own pace.
  • Our in-game currency, Stubs, is rewarded to you throughout your gameplay experience.
Playing With Your Team
It’s time to take that team from your dreams and turn it into a reality. Diamond Dynasty provides a multitude of different modes and play experiences that will keep you engaged as you continue to build, collect, and evolve your team. Here are the primary ways to play in Diamond Dynasty:
  • Ranked Seasons: Compete against other players online in head-to-head (PlayStation Plus required to play online) action as you attempt to climb the ranked leaderboard in order to acquire unique rewards. We’ll be running new seasons every few weeks, so you’ll have a fresh new challenge and a new set of rewards to strive for.
  • Events: Events enter Diamond Dynasty in MLB The Show 17 and challenge you to build a team based on themed Event rules. Speedsters, sluggers, and switch hitters will have their moments to shine in these rotating, time-limited Events. Be strategic with your lineup decisions, field your best team, and take on opponents to earn Event rewards based on your hot streaks and overall win totals.
  • Conquest: Assert your team’s dominance across North America as you attempt to conquer each MLB team in this single-player, strategy-focused, experience.
  • Battle Royale: Battle Royale is the most challenging and competitive game mode Diamond Dynasty has ever seen. In this player-versus-player experience, you’ll be challenged to draft a team and outlast opponents in a double-elimination tournament to acquire unique rewards.
  • And Much More: Play casual, unranked, games against other players online, play with your friends in custom challenges, play against any of the 30 MLB teams, or play against another players’ Diamond Dynasty teams controlled by the CPU.
Keeping it Fresh
Stay tuned for updates from MLB The Show, as we’ll have a steady stream of additional content dropping throughout the year. Diamond Dynasty will see the addition of new players (legends, flashbacks, and more), daily attribute updates for current-day MLB players, new Missions and Programs, updated rewards in many of our modes (Ranked Seasons, Battle Royale, Events, Conquest), and promotional packs and store items.

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Member Comments
# 1 tnixen @ 02/14/17 10:44 AM
This is just awesome the info just keeps coming!!!
 
# 2 Archie56 @ 02/14/17 10:56 AM
Holy crap that looked awesome!

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# 3 HustlinOwl @ 02/14/17 11:11 AM
DD Draft pack, need info cant wait for stream!!!
 
# 4 Bochdew @ 02/14/17 11:56 AM
Loads of info

Screens look a lot slicker and I like the look of that line-up screen showing all the cards rather than just player names.
All cards hold a value again with missions and the added events.

Looking even more forward to the stream now.
 
# 5 Dolenz @ 02/14/17 12:27 PM
I really hope there is enough to keep us offline players coming back. I want the fun of creating my team but need some goals to keep me going. I really enjoyed Conquest last year but after finishing it (twice I think) there was very little reason to play through it again.


The other offline modes look like just random games, or playing just for the sake of playing. I hope that at least if I choose these modes that I get the credit for missions and such.


Otherwise I will just gravitate back towards RTTS again.
 
# 6 BigOscar @ 02/14/17 01:23 PM
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I really hope there is enough to keep us offline players coming back. I want the fun of creating my team but need some goals to keep me going. I really enjoyed Conquest last year but after finishing it (twice I think) there was very little reason to play through it again.


The other offline modes look like just random games, or playing just for the sake of playing. I hope that at least if I choose these modes that I get the credit for missions and such.


Otherwise I will just gravitate back towards RTTS again.
Sadly, it looks like they haven't done anything at all for offline gamers in DD. Gutted tbh as I really like the mode but there just isn't enough content there if you don't want to play online. Hopefully they've concentrated their offline efforts in the other modes like Franchise and RTTS.

First negative I've seen about 17 so far, as everything about the gameplay looks fantastic.
 
# 7 underdog13 @ 02/14/17 01:33 PM
Some really cool and original additions

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# 8 skrody @ 02/14/17 01:39 PM
still only 2 fonts (looks like) for DD create-a-team, i wonder why that is.
 
# 9 xCULLO @ 02/14/17 01:47 PM
Rich Hill's pitching animation > every other pitching animation ever made
 
# 10 MetsFan16 @ 02/14/17 02:23 PM
I'm curious to know how Seasons work. If they are weekly, who is to say one guy won't win every week? Are there still different divisions for those elite players not hogging all of the rewards.

I am not on their level skill wise and would hate it if I can't get my hands on at least one season reward just because they aren't separated.

I would have preferred to see some more Offline modes. Either offline BR or a replayable Conquest, but it doesn't look like it. Oh well.

Now I really have to decide if I want Digital Deluxe package or just MVP.
 
# 11 thekingofKC @ 02/14/17 02:28 PM
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I'm curious to know how Seasons work. If they are weekly, who is to say one guy won't win every week? Are there still different divisions for those elite players not hogging all of the rewards.
So this is how I believe seasons work - during a specific time-frame awards will be announced for all players that finish the season in each division. Say there are 10 divisions. each division spread out between 1 and 999. As you win games your rating goes up, if you lose it goes down. At the end of the season, whichever division you end up in dictates which reward you get. Theoretically EVERYONE gets a reward, but the higher you finish in the season the better your reward is.
 
# 12 nusie @ 02/14/17 02:30 PM
Pretty much the same crap as last year. I played Conquest and got super bored with it, and I hate playing online against people, pretty much because its a waste of time once you get paired with a cheeser or someone with a crappy connection. Passing over once again and will be placing all my cards for sale in the marketplace.
 
# 13 thekingofKC @ 02/14/17 02:35 PM
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Passing over once again and will be placing all my cards for sale in the marketplace.
Hey thanks for adding to the inventory in the market
 
# 14 Caulfield @ 02/14/17 02:35 PM
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Pretty much the same crap as last year. I played Conquest and got super bored with it, and I hate playing online against people, pretty much because its a waste of time once you get paired with a cheeser or someone with a crappy connection. Passing over once again and will be placing all my cards for sale in the marketplace.
Yeh, as much as I love baseball, there is just no way I could buy the Show for just Conquest or DD or Online Play.
Franchise/Season is what cinches my purchase every year. All the rest is just gravy, even RTTS.
 
# 15 nusie @ 02/14/17 02:41 PM
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Hey thanks for adding to the inventory in the market
Hey, don't mention it! lol

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Originally Posted by Caulfield
Yeh, as much as I love baseball, there is just no way I could buy the Show for just Conquest or DD or Online Play.
Franchise/Season is what cinches my purchase every year. All the rest is just gravy, even RTTS.
Yup. I'm a huge Franchise guy, and I'll even make my own Online Franchises with just me so that I can use old rosters and align the divisions how they were. Still boggles my mind we can't do that in offline mode.
 
# 16 Mauer4MVP @ 02/14/17 02:42 PM
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Yeh, as much as I love baseball, there is just no way I could buy the Show for just Conquest or DD or Online Play.
Franchise/Season is what cinches my purchase every year. All the rest is just gravy, even RTTS.
Yeah I kind of get bored with RTTS type modes quickly. I like to build a team more than actually playing the game.

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# 17 MetsFan16 @ 02/14/17 04:13 PM
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So this is how I believe seasons work - during a specific time-frame awards will be announced for all players that finish the season in each division. Say there are 10 divisions. each division spread out between 1 and 999. As you win games your rating goes up, if you lose it goes down. At the end of the season, whichever division you end up in dictates which reward you get. Theoretically EVERYONE gets a reward, but the higher you finish in the season the better your reward is.


Thank you for that explanation. That eases my mind haha I was worried it would be a "if you come in first place you get this reward" but that is rather intriguing. I was opposed to online play, but this could be a fun way to play each week.


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# 18 Dolenz @ 02/14/17 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by nusie
Pretty much the same crap as last year. I played Conquest and got super bored with it, and I hate playing online against people, pretty much because its a waste of time once you get paired with a cheeser or someone with a crappy connection. Passing over once again and will be placing all my cards for sale in the marketplace.
Well, I am not ready to get out the pitchforks quite yet. Until last year, with the addition of Conquest there was no reason at all to bother with Diamond Dynasty if you wanted to play offline.


We should get more info tomorrow so I am willing to hold back judgment until after then.
 
# 19 Dolenz @ 02/14/17 04:34 PM
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My main issue with DD are micro transactions. Hard for me to grind and invest time in a mode where people will just use real money to buy packs and get better cards. The whole card collecting idea is wonderful, but sports games today just use this mode to make more profits!
Well, it is obvious that Diamond Dynasty is there to keep the money rolling in.


But, you could give me a team with nothing but 99 rated cards and I could get stomped by a better player with a full team of 75 rated cards, so just buying your team is not the road to winning or even doing well.
 
# 20 BigOscar @ 02/14/17 04:51 PM
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Of course not, but collecting is not just about winning/losing, but also about collecting higher rated cards just for novelty purposes. When you see people with stacked cards, you just wonder if they just lucked out by spending money to earn them.
No point worrying about what other people have. There will always be people who have spent far more time on the game than you as well as people who've spent real money, it's not important.

The Show is actually the fairest of all these games with micro transactions imo, as you really don't need to spend any money at all to have a great team. The easily attained rewards give you excellent players, along with free players every game and the daily attribute changes are so large that even silver players have higher stats than expensive flahsbacks on days when they are in form. Anyone can build a very competitive team without any difficulty or real time required.
 

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