The elephant in the room
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@yankblan said in The elephant in the room:
Random pitch outcome is not a big issue, happens in real life a lot. It’s just easier to hit in a video game. Otherwise walks would be a rarity if pitchers could locate all the time
He speaks!
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@halfbutt said in The elephant in the room:
I’m seeing lots of excited posts about new content, players in the game this year, new modes, new rewards, etc.
I’m not seeing much talk about the gameplay issues that we’ve spent much of the last year discussing on here.
You know the topics: incessant foul balls, line outs, random pitch outcomes, fielding issues with elite defenders.
I too am excited about Juan Pierre and Mickey Mantle, but has there been much said in the streams regarding any of these known gameplay issues?
I’m going to back pedal a bit on what I said earlier; switched from pulse to meter, and there is definitely a big difference. You have less touch on the ball with pulse, which I miss, but there’s a lot less mistakes being made. Meter is easy to have the guy just lay it in there.
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@halfbutt said in The elephant in the room:
I’m seeing lots of excited posts about new content, players in the game this year, new modes, new rewards, etc.
I’m not seeing much talk about the gameplay issues that we’ve spent much of the last year discussing on here.
You know the topics: incessant foul balls, line outs, random pitch outcomes, fielding issues with elite defenders.
I too am excited about Juan Pierre and Mickey Mantle, but has there been much said in the streams regarding any of these known gameplay issues?
I can’t really comment specifically because we agreed not to. But I will say I think if you didn’t play the beta you will be more content then in games past with these issues. Might you expect some line outs? Maybe some locations missed based on confidence and pitcher attributes? Sure. But I don’t think it will be game breaking like in games past.
Foul balls were my biggest issue of 19. I think this is something that was addressed to the best of their ability.. this game is really mostly going to come down to player skill. There will be times ppl get on base and even score and maybe it was a series of bad hits but again i dont think it’s an ISSUE like in games past. It’s things you’ll be able to come back from based on your skill.
I personally was never too annoyed by the lineouts alone it was the combo of perfect inputs by one team getting botched and bad inputs by the other getting rewarded. That’s gone. The game is way better. Pitching is back. I think ppl can have confidence this will be a balanced game.
My concern is still the lower difficulties because I only played on HOF but we shall see.
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Yeah, the combination of lineouts with pitcher confidence was what really gets me. If you let someone like Madbum get cozy, it can really impact the game.
I did play the beta so I guess I can’t really comment further.
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I just want to see realism, nothing more, nothing less.
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The elephant is that feeling that the game keeps the score close for the sake of keeping the obviously inferior player hopeful that they can win. Will the opponent who pops out and whiffs all game long get hit by a pitch by your 99 closer and then advance to second on a passed ball in the final inning of seemingly every game this year?
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Or the olé hard grounder at third...
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Not much to talk about until the game comes out and we can see what's what.
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@skepple15 said in The elephant in the room:
A perfect input pitch should never hit the heart of the plate and be a hanger, sorry. Anyone arguing for that needs to check themselves.
Check yourself before you wreck yourself
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Even though it is frustrating at times, I don't have any qualms about not being able to hit my spot, even on perfect pitches. Should a perfect pitch be very close to where I set the location? Absolutely. Should a perfect pitch move towards the center of the plate or hang? Absolutely not. But the control portion of the pitcher's stats should really coincide with user input. If I have bad timing with a wild pitcher that is understandable. If I have perfect timing with Maddux, it should be pretty much on spot.
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