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This has been an issue for a LONG time in RTTS.

Side note: When pitching have any of you had the four strike strike out? Or the strikeout on strike two while batting?

I am very confident that SDS receives significant payments from these companies to highlight their products in the game. So, if you are wondering why SDS doesn't remove them from the game, that's your answer.

First thing to consider is that RTTS is not a mode to play if you're really looking to hit a big contract that your current team won't offer you. Having tested it out to see what would happen, say your current teams offers something like $100 million over five years, and you decline for free agency. At least in MLB 23 what then happens is you get one offer from one team that won't be as rich. If you decline that you get another offer from another team that is lower than what the previous team offered!

You don't get the opportunity to consider multiple offers at the same time. It's one by one offers!

So, my advice is to only go free agency if you just want to play for another team. And even then, there is no way to ensure you get an offer from any one or even two teams you desire. In my case, a player who had just won league MVP, postseason MVP, and World Series MVP went from a truly below market deal with the team he did all that for, all the way down to lower and lower offers until his only option was a minor league deal valued at about $2 million for just one season!

Oh, and my player was only in his 15th season at the time!

You have to make your own fun in RTTS because it gets stale real fast otherwise. If you're expecting an engaging narrative or any surprises, RTTS isn't that kind of game mode. If you're willing to challenge yourself as a hitter and adjust the sliders and difficulty to see how hard you can make the game and still hit like .380, then it can be really fun. I only hit now in RTTS. No pitching, no defense, and no base running when my teammates are hitting. I think the hitting against the CPU pitching aspect of MLB The Show has consistently been the best PVE thing in sports video games for a while, so I maximize my enjoyment of RTTS by only engaging with the hitting.

Gonna say that much as IRL, The Show puts an emphasis more on 3 true outcome (HR / Walk / K) vs. small-ball tactics and fielding.

Though in '23 I played a fielding (speed) with power secondary in CF on beginner mode. Once my average skyrocketed to astronomical levels, the speed, boosted by diamond gear qualified me to be a leadoff hitter...

Also, swings from right and left sides for animations.

Absolutely nailed it with this post.

I feel SDS is running with an AI logic that makes the CPU try to do the opposite of what the general baseball-minded hitter is expecting; which in your example, the general baseball-minded would expect a pitch 3-2 pitch to be in the zone, so if it's throw out of the zone, they will strikeout.

The thing is, if your team is losing 8-1 and the pitcher grooves a pitch down the middle and you smash a 400ft bomb, SDS is worried that the community will say that's too predictable. If they configure it so there is higher chance for pop fly or flyout, they will be worried that the community will say that's unrealistic.

Catch 22, but yes I agree the logic needs a lot of work.

even if you could it wouldn't do any good. from drafted you are under team control until you accrue 6 years mlb service time, first 3 they can sign you the minimum,and even if you can ask for a trade they don't have to, you're theirs for 6 mlb seasons.(more if you spend a lot of time in the minors)

mine is the same. been that way for over a week now. i submitted a ticket to support and it hasn't gotten me anywhere. have not heard anything back from them since the 1st day about this or my mini seasons constantly disconnecting. good luck hope they get it fixed for you. if you have any luck let me know

Now the sliders stopped working on the Series X after the update last night. All my RTTS settings are maxed no matter what I do. I created a new player and still nothing changes.

I’ve been playing RTTS every year since 07, some the bugs have been around since then. The automatic roster changes make zero sense. I was put in The Show mid 24 to the Yankees and Aaron Judge is the only current position player on the team. There are 4 players in the lineup that are not even actual major league players.

@NoImDiirtyDann play on legend.

@chucky97___ said in No experience in RTTS programs:

@Sarge1387 said in No experience in RTTS programs:

@Jacky-Chan1 They monstrously nerfed XP gains across the board. It's really done nothing but hurt people who can't cap out more often than not. They also completely separated RTTS from DD, so that's likely what you're noticing

It's because people were creating rosters with all 0 overall players, then your rtts you'd play on beginner and you'd never get out. People would farm XP in RTTS.

My response to SDS (Not you, I wanna make that clear, much respect) would be: "So?" Who cares how people get the XP, as long as they weren't dDos-ing online or anything nefarious. Forcing people to play their game the way SDS wants them to is a really bad look. It just re-enforces the idea that they're not-so-subtly trying to funnel people to buying packs and stubs via the shop