I finally figured out to succeed in this game
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@Jeviduty said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@ComebackLogic said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
This years game was hard to play for long periods of time for me, not an issue I’ve experienced in years past. After three or four games at the most, I’m done, win or lose. After a game, I don’t want to jump right into another and grind my way up the rankings, because the game isn’t really all that captivating. The cards feel pretty generic to me, so there’s little interest in mixing up the team composition as in years past, just fill up with any juiced cards, they’ve all got well over 100 power and contact, the name and card art is pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things and swing away until the game decides it’s your turn to score. All the best games I play are against total noobs or terrible hitters, we usually end up having a relatively low scoring, closely contested game. When you have two skilled players facing off, the game is an absolute shitfest of non stop home runs and early swings being excessively rewarded. Pitching is completely broken and randomly rewards good input with a hanging meatball, while you can miss your release horrifically and wind up dotting a strike on the corner. It’s a stupid game that makes little sense and a major factor in all of this is that what’s happening in game fails to correlate with user input frequently.
That said, you're getting MLB 21? Lol
Unsure. I keep checking back here for any news, hoping to see something that might relate to an overhaul in the gameplay, but nothing as yet. The problem is, I’ve only really played MLB the Show, with an occasional nostalgic foray back to GTA to look at my car collection, for the last year or two. If I quit MLB the Show, I probably quit gaming altogether.
That said, I’m 40 next year and maybe it’s more a sign that I’m just outgrowing gaming. Nothing else really appeals to me, I don’t like shooters, I don’t mind racing/driving games and I can appreciate a decent story based adventure game, but generally I find that games are a lot more shallow these days. Pretty visuals, but no depth, or full of bugs and glitches that need to be patched repeatedly, with varying degrees of success.
I’d love nothing more than to buy a PS5 and enjoy playing MLB ‘21 with vastly improved sound and graphics and more balanced, realistic gameplay than we’ve seen this year. I can’t guarantee that will be the case though, I didn’t like this years game very much at all, personally. It’s a tough call, I’ve barely touched my PS4 for a couple of months now, it’s just gathering dust and when I do turn it on and load up baseball, I usually turn it off again without playing a game. Meh.
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@Scarletgospel said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
Don't play. Been the best week of the games cycle for me.
yeah im on a 8 or 9 game W run in RS right now - godspeed to WS this season pal and happy holidays
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@ComebackLogic said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@Jeviduty said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@ComebackLogic said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
This years game was hard to play for long periods of time for me, not an issue I’ve experienced in years past. After three or four games at the most, I’m done, win or lose. After a game, I don’t want to jump right into another and grind my way up the rankings, because the game isn’t really all that captivating. The cards feel pretty generic to me, so there’s little interest in mixing up the team composition as in years past, just fill up with any juiced cards, they’ve all got well over 100 power and contact, the name and card art is pretty irrelevant in the grand scheme of things and swing away until the game decides it’s your turn to score. All the best games I play are against total noobs or terrible hitters, we usually end up having a relatively low scoring, closely contested game. When you have two skilled players facing off, the game is an absolute shitfest of non stop home runs and early swings being excessively rewarded. Pitching is completely broken and randomly rewards good input with a hanging meatball, while you can miss your release horrifically and wind up dotting a strike on the corner. It’s a stupid game that makes little sense and a major factor in all of this is that what’s happening in game fails to correlate with user input frequently.
That said, you're getting MLB 21? Lol
Unsure. I keep checking back here for any news, hoping to see something that might relate to an overhaul in the gameplay, but nothing as yet. The problem is, I’ve only really played MLB the Show, with an occasional nostalgic foray back to GTA to look at my car collection, for the last year or two. If I quit MLB the Show, I probably quit gaming altogether.
That said, I’m 40 next year and maybe it’s more a sign that I’m just outgrowing gaming. Nothing else really appeals to me, I don’t like shooters, I don’t mind racing/driving games and I can appreciate a decent story based adventure game, but generally I find that games are a lot more shallow these days. Pretty visuals, but no depth, or full of bugs and glitches that need to be patched repeatedly, with varying degrees of success.
I’d love nothing more than to buy a PS5 and enjoy playing MLB ‘21 with vastly improved sound and graphics and more balanced, realistic gameplay than we’ve seen this year. I can’t guarantee that will be the case though, I didn’t like this years game very much at all, personally. It’s a tough call, I’ve barely touched my PS4 for a couple of months now, it’s just gathering dust and when I do turn it on and load up baseball, I usually turn it off again without playing a game. Meh.
Gotcha. I'm pretty disheartened with this game so I feel you 100%. I've played 5 total RS games since 1st week of November so that should say everything. I'll listen/watch whatever rollout/features they announce for '21 before even considering purchasing but will not hold my breath.
I implore you not to give up gaming though, it's not a bad hobby and much cheaper than having a car hobby (which is the equivalent of throwing thousands into a barrel of fire...not proud of this lol). If you're into racing games Gran Turismo Sport 17 still had some very nice DLC w/ car sets worth using & it's beautiful...F1 is stunning as well but they have the PCI vs Directional debate in those forums too...Directional being using a normal controller and PCI being using a steering wheel as controller. In any case, you have so many more games to fire up that PS4 for.
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Oh.. this again.. crazy how majority of players batting averages, slugging percentages and OPS's have gone up from this year compared to last yet this game rewards people less than every other game that's ever existed...
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@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
Home hunt until you play at Shippett
Swing at anything
Wait for the RNG to bail you out with a hanger
Let the stadium carry a routine fly ball out of the park
Repeat for nine innings.
Don’t worry about pitching or knowing anything about baseball strategy, or even about being good. just make contact and the game and stadium will take care of the rest. That is the meta this year.
Literally got beat this way by a guy with a WS banner last night. Except he attempted to bunt single with mantle a couple of times.
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@wingo18 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
Home hunt until you play at Shippett
Swing at anything
Wait for the RNG to bail you out with a hanger
Let the stadium carry a routine fly ball out of the park
Repeat for nine innings.
Don’t worry about pitching or knowing anything about baseball strategy, or even about being good. just make contact and the game and stadium will take care of the rest. That is the meta this year.
Literally got beat this way by a guy with a WS banner last night. Except he attempted to bunt single with mantle a couple of times.
As someone who bunts their fair amount, I don’t know why anyone would bunt or play small ball in that park, especially with Mantle. Guess it proves the point about baseball strategy.
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Honestly, if ur losing to guys that swing at everything, that’s on you not the game. Patient hitters are sm harder to beat
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@mitchhammond24 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
Honestly, if ur losing to guys that swing at everything, that’s on you not the game. Patient hitters are sm harder to beat
How is it on me if my perfect input change up in the dirt hangs right across the middle? Or how is it on me when my opponent hits a ball a foot out of the strike zone with a forty degree launch angle over the fence for a a home run? That’s not on me, that’s on the physics engine.
Hitting is way overpowered in certain parks. Mitch, you’re a good hitter. Admitting that hitting and Shippett is op doesn’t take away from your skill. There’s definitely an issue. Otherwise we wouldn’t see so many top players with extremely high ERAs and double digit home run games. It’s not all “on me”
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@Exotic_Combs said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
I understand man. I’d love to see more hit types rather than 8 runs off 8 solo bombs. They should make hitting harder by reducing pci size but actually rewarding you when you hit it rather than being early and missing the pci and giving you a homer. I’d love to be able to play in Cincinnati in a competitive game but due to average internet and the problems stated above with mlb parks, I can’t really do that
I agree in the variety point. I know that players must get mad at me because they'll get 8 hits off me in a 3 inning event game, while I go 3 for 12 with 3 bombs. I would be ok with more singles and doubles... If I could only hit...
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Burn Shippett to the ground
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@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@mitchhammond24 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
Honestly, if ur losing to guys that swing at everything, that’s on you not the game. Patient hitters are sm harder to beat
How is it on me if my perfect input change up in the dirt hangs right across the middle? Or how is it on me when my opponent hits a ball a foot out of the strike zone with a forty degree launch angle over the fence for a a home run? That’s not on me, that’s on the physics engine.
Hitting is way overpowered in certain parks. Mitch, you’re a good hitter. Admitting that hitting and Shippett is op doesn’t take away from your skill. There’s definitely an issue. Otherwise we wouldn’t see so many top players with extremely high ERAs and double digit home run games. It’s not all “on me”
Obv it’s not all on you, bs happens, but if ur unable to overcome it and beat someone that swings at everything, imagine facing a patient hitter that literally doesn’t chase anything.
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They should give us the opportunity to back out of a game without penalty if it's being played at a ballpark we don't want to play at. I, like a lot of others, hate it when I see the game is being played at Shippet.
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@mitchhammond24 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@mitchhammond24 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
Honestly, if ur losing to guys that swing at everything, that’s on you not the game. Patient hitters are sm harder to beat
How is it on me if my perfect input change up in the dirt hangs right across the middle? Or how is it on me when my opponent hits a ball a foot out of the strike zone with a forty degree launch angle over the fence for a a home run? That’s not on me, that’s on the physics engine.
Hitting is way overpowered in certain parks. Mitch, you’re a good hitter. Admitting that hitting and Shippett is op doesn’t take away from your skill. There’s definitely an issue. Otherwise we wouldn’t see so many top players with extremely high ERAs and double digit home run games. It’s not all “on me”
Obv it’s not all on you, bs happens, but if ur unable to overcome it and beat someone that swings at everything, imagine facing a patient hitter that literally doesn’t chase anything.
mitch is exactly right here....
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@TheHungryHole said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@mitchhammond24 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@mitchhammond24 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
Honestly, if ur losing to guys that swing at everything, that’s on you not the game. Patient hitters are sm harder to beat
How is it on me if my perfect input change up in the dirt hangs right across the middle? Or how is it on me when my opponent hits a ball a foot out of the strike zone with a forty degree launch angle over the fence for a a home run? That’s not on me, that’s on the physics engine.
Hitting is way overpowered in certain parks. Mitch, you’re a good hitter. Admitting that hitting and Shippett is op doesn’t take away from your skill. There’s definitely an issue. Otherwise we wouldn’t see so many top players with extremely high ERAs and double digit home run games. It’s not all “on me”
Obv it’s not all on you, bs happens, but if ur unable to overcome it and beat someone that swings at everything, imagine facing a patient hitter that literally doesn’t chase anything.
mitch is exactly right here....
I disagree. Not all of us can put up 18 runs a game to overcome it and have to rely on pitching. Pitching is (supposed to be) half the game. When you take pitching out of the equation, as Shippett does, we have virtually no chance. Maybe it’s “on Me” that I’m not that good of a hitter, but it’s more on the stadium.
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@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@wingo18 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
Home hunt until you play at Shippett
Swing at anything
Wait for the RNG to bail you out with a hanger
Let the stadium carry a routine fly ball out of the park
Repeat for nine innings.
Don’t worry about pitching or knowing anything about baseball strategy, or even about being good. just make contact and the game and stadium will take care of the rest. That is the meta this year.
Literally got beat this way by a guy with a WS banner last night. Except he attempted to bunt single with mantle a couple of times.
As someone who bunts their fair amount, I don’t know why anyone would bunt or play small ball in that park, especially with Mantle. Guess it proves the point about baseball strategy.
First pitch of the game? Mantle in lead off? Just exploitation IMHO
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@wingo18 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@wingo18 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
Home hunt until you play at Shippett
Swing at anything
Wait for the RNG to bail you out with a hanger
Let the stadium carry a routine fly ball out of the park
Repeat for nine innings.
Don’t worry about pitching or knowing anything about baseball strategy, or even about being good. just make contact and the game and stadium will take care of the rest. That is the meta this year.
Literally got beat this way by a guy with a WS banner last night. Except he attempted to bunt single with mantle a couple of times.
As someone who bunts their fair amount, I don’t know why anyone would bunt or play small ball in that park, especially with Mantle. Guess it proves the point about baseball strategy.
First pitch of the game? Mantle in lead off? Just exploitation IMHO
That whole park is an exploit. It’s the directional hitting of stadiums.
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@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@TheHungryHole said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@mitchhammond24 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@mitchhammond24 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
Honestly, if ur losing to guys that swing at everything, that’s on you not the game. Patient hitters are sm harder to beat
How is it on me if my perfect input change up in the dirt hangs right across the middle? Or how is it on me when my opponent hits a ball a foot out of the strike zone with a forty degree launch angle over the fence for a a home run? That’s not on me, that’s on the physics engine.
Hitting is way overpowered in certain parks. Mitch, you’re a good hitter. Admitting that hitting and Shippett is op doesn’t take away from your skill. There’s definitely an issue. Otherwise we wouldn’t see so many top players with extremely high ERAs and double digit home run games. It’s not all “on me”
Obv it’s not all on you, bs happens, but if ur unable to overcome it and beat someone that swings at everything, imagine facing a patient hitter that literally doesn’t chase anything.
mitch is exactly right here....
I disagree. Not all of us can put up 18 runs a game to overcome it and have to rely on pitching. Pitching is (supposed to be) half the game. When you take pitching out of the equation, as Shippett does, we have virtually no chance. Maybe it’s “on Me” that I’m not that good of a hitter, but it’s more on the stadium.
Shippett is def a hitters park. Probably the best hitter’s park in the game- right there with laughing mountain id say, except with a much better batter’s eye. All I’m saying is that hitters that swing at everything are not good and are easy to get out, even for me, a notoriously bad pitcher. So if ur losing to those guys, it’s more on you than on the game imo. Easy to blame the game tho for poor performance I get that.
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@mitchhammond24 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@TheHungryHole said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@mitchhammond24 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
@mitchhammond24 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
Honestly, if ur losing to guys that swing at everything, that’s on you not the game. Patient hitters are sm harder to beat
How is it on me if my perfect input change up in the dirt hangs right across the middle? Or how is it on me when my opponent hits a ball a foot out of the strike zone with a forty degree launch angle over the fence for a a home run? That’s not on me, that’s on the physics engine.
Hitting is way overpowered in certain parks. Mitch, you’re a good hitter. Admitting that hitting and Shippett is op doesn’t take away from your skill. There’s definitely an issue. Otherwise we wouldn’t see so many top players with extremely high ERAs and double digit home run games. It’s not all “on me”
Obv it’s not all on you, bs happens, but if ur unable to overcome it and beat someone that swings at everything, imagine facing a patient hitter that literally doesn’t chase anything.
mitch is exactly right here....
I disagree. Not all of us can put up 18 runs a game to overcome it and have to rely on pitching. Pitching is (supposed to be) half the game. When you take pitching out of the equation, as Shippett does, we have virtually no chance. Maybe it’s “on Me” that I’m not that good of a hitter, but it’s more on the stadium.
Shippett is def a hitters park. Probably the best hitter’s park in the game- right there with laughing mountain id say, except with a much better batter’s eye. All I’m saying is that hitters that swing at everything are not good and are easy to get out, even for me, a notoriously bad pitcher. So if ur losing to those guys, it’s more on you than on the game imo. Easy to blame the game tho for poor performance I get that.
Easy to not think there is an issue with the game when your performance is being aided by a glitchy stadium and you are succeeding in the current environment. I get that. With all due respect, you can beat those guys because you can out hit and win 18-17. I have a career ERA of 3.50 even with how hitting friendly the game has become. I have to rely on pitching. When an opponent swing at everything, strikes out 20 times, but wins because he hits 8 solo homeruns, 6 of those on pitches way out of the strike zone or RNG hangers because of the thin air and short fences at Shippett, I think I can blame the game. In almost any other park, this isn’t really much of a factor because the luck factor might give my opponent one or two runs a game, but in Shippett it is a hell of a lot more. When a stadium allows double digit home runs on a regular basis, I think I can blame the game. Not all of us can survive with an 8.00 plus ERA
Remember how frustrated you were with the hitting in the past few years? How your squared up perfect perfects weren’t rewarded? How you just lined out how hit an pit to the track on a meatball down the middle. Well this year, a pitch in the dirt gets dug out for a bomb or a perfect input change magically hangs for a bomb. Pitching input needs to matter too, and this year it’s out turn to complain, especially in that stadium. I think we can blame the game to some extent.
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@ComebackLogic said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
That said, I’m 40 next year and maybe it’s more a sign that I’m just outgrowing gaming.
You take that back! I'll be 57 next year, and I will buy MLB again. And again. I'll never outgrow it. I've been playing games since Space Invaders. Back in my day, you had to go to a bowling alley and pay a quarter to play a game. Come to think of it, I stunk at that too.
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@MarinerMatt01 said in I finally figured out to succeed in this game:
When an opponent swing at everything, strikes out 20 times, but wins because he hits 8 solo homeruns
You've uncovered my entire strategy... now I'll have to learn how to hit for real.
