Smith worked great for me at 6.9. I tried him once at 6.10 (when Smith was still only at d9) and I couldn't get more than 4 pitches over the middle of the plate before being curved to death. So I gave up, went back through and beat it with Meadows…
I can’t decide if it would really be worthwhile to spend the time and LXP necessary to cycle cap Ozzie. I already have Cabrera at 450 at SS, and I just don’t particularly like the blowout/RISP combo of skills. Can’t decide if it want to just cycle a…
@blueprints We were talking about the blowout skill in general, not this particular Ozzie card. I agree he would not be a WOH finisher regardless, but mostly because he starts with the RISP still off, and I personally believe it will stay off regar…
My personal belief: if the batter doesn't change, the triggering of skills on/off doesn't change. I have zero hard data to backup this belief, just anecdotal success with guys whose skills started on vs. guys with skills that start off (such as dou…
Because in pretty much every other game mode, you will blow the other team out (including CvC once you get past the first time through the lineup), which means the skill is almost always active in every other game mode.
And if you ascribe to the th…
With the utter trash boxes they released this weekend, I haven’t even cleared the 500 gold mark of the original fan rewards. So I have no idea what is at the 50,000 mark. But I’m willing to bet it’s a 450 legend with okay skills that isn’t any bette…
My goodness the weekend boxes are complete trash. Why do they refuse to include at least one guy with great skills? It makes it really easy for me to avoid buying boxes or field pass when there literally isn't a single player in the boxes that I h…
Been through twice today, with autoplay through round 7 of each level. Generally do the same for HOF on Mondays, though I sometimes manually play 5.7 depending on the level of difficulty that week.
Keep in mind that guys like Jimenez (OB and Late) work really well against lefties or righties. For those last few rounds of Level 5, worry more about having 2 skills active at the start than about matching up L v. R or R v. L.
Run through it at least once to see how you stack up. If it seems doable, go for the cycle cap. The good news is you don't have to commit any PXP until after you have an idea of how difficult it would be to cycle 10+ times.
Here is my chart. Please note that the L/R I list is for the batter's hand, not the pitcher's hand (it's easier filling out my lineup, since I have my bats broken down by L and R). As for situations (e.g., "1-2, 0"), the first two numbers are the …
Last month Alvarez was my white whale, but I finally snagged him on what seemed like my 100th box. This month, Meadows was the first bat I landed (but not until after pulling 3 different pitchers about 5 times each).
I definitely agree on either capping fully or not bothering. I guess the question was more whether I should go to the effort of trying to farm the LXP I would need to be able to cap him, particularly given that he's a righty rather than a lefty. M…
This is exactly right. Here's an example: Max 450 Rizzuto will have something like 224 hit and 200 power at S.10. If you assume both skills are at 12, that means without video/live boost, he is somewhere in the range of 278 hit and 248 power when …
@MoenPDC My club is close to leveling for 20 EVO (need 14k gloves). I’m about to post to global to get EVO hunters to fill it out. If you’re online, PM me in game (same user name) and you can jump in before I post to global. That way you can get a f…
I take POTM starters to D5 myself, especially when I pull them early in my monthly POTM splurge. That way, when I pull them over and over again while chasing the POTM bats, they level themselves to D10
Also, if you wait until you go diamond to chase Meadows by buying more POTM boxes, I'm willing to bet you will pull the pitchers at least once anyway, saving you the gold and evo.
Agreed. I'm almost certainly not bothering to level anyone I pull from the boxes, so one less box makes no difference for me. But the 30% discount is great.
@MoenPDC First, I would say to keep grinding at POTM boxes until you get Meadows. He would be huge for you. That said, you may be better off waiting until you go diamond for that, because then any re-pulls of guys you already have (particularly Ji…
I went ahead and leveled Freeman because even if he stays at 435 (which I doubt), he would be a major upgrade from my previous 1B. Anything advancement I get from him will be gravy. I didn't bother to cap anyone else, mostly because their skills a…