Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?
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The easy solution is to play on the higher rated players difficulty instead of the lower
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@maurice91932 said in Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?:
The problem with the way it is now is that everything changes with the difficulty level.
Pitch speeds change.
Timing windows change.
PCI sizes change.
RNG changes (meaning poor PCI placement and/or timing results in fewer hits as you climb).
Pitchers’ ability to locate changes.
The only thing that doesn’t change are the controls. Lol
Why does everything have to change? Can’t a couple of those things remain the same, at least?
So it’s like playing three different games. I agree that it is annoying. And I absolutely hate playing AS, but I don’t know what the solution is.
I just know that when I get my [censored] kicked on HoF or above, I give credit to my opponent. When I play AS, I don’t give myself or opponent any credit at all. It’s a crapshoot.
I totally agree with this
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I was thinking about this...correct me if I’m wrong, but every other sports game keeps the difficulty for competitive play the same throughout the course of the “season”. The only thing that changes is the quality of the player as you progress. If you’re playing madden weekend league they’re not nerfing teams to accommodate a lower ranked team. In 2K when you’re playing my team they don’t adjust the timing window for the shot meter. Why does MLB feel the need to have several difficulty levels throughout ranked seasons? Seems like an antiquated system to me.
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@mrwonderful95 said in Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?:
I was thinking about this...correct me if I’m wrong, but every other sports game keeps the difficulty for competitive play the same throughout the course of the “season”. The only thing that changes is the quality of the player as you progress. If you’re playing madden weekend league they’re not nerfing teams to accommodate a lower ranked team. In 2K when you’re playing my team they don’t adjust the timing window for the shot meter. Why does MLB feel the need to have several difficulty levels throughout ranked seasons? Seems like an antiquated system to me.
You can't really compare though, Madden or 2k doesn't have anything akin to pitch speeds where you have to react to something like that. (Note that I'm not saying there is no reaction skills in those games, merely that pitch speeds and reacting to shooting a basketball are two very different things that cannot be compared) Shooting a basketball would be more aptly compared to the throwing meter when throwing to a base.
No matter what pitch speed SDS's picks as a universal speed, it will make a large group angry. I doubt you'd be very pleased if they picked HOF speeds for it no? Even though that would solve the issue of having "several difficulties" by making it solely that.
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Maybe they should have 3 different seasons with all star having the lowest rewards and legend having the best rewards
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@NBerry5 said in Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?:
Maybe they should have 3 different seasons with all star having the lowest rewards and legend having the best rewards
SDS won't sacrifice wait times to that extent, it would split the user base to much
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I'm 40 and I think if it was always on HOF, dudes in their 40s would be capable of adapting and getting as good as they are in AS. I think RS should stay how it is, that is part of the climb. Struggling through your first couple HOF games and trying to hang in there so your brain can adapt. I wouldn't change RS. I wouldnt want to have two RS. What would making WS in "B" rank season mean anyway?
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Good thread.
I think if the game played better H2H on all star, this would be less of an issue. Going back and forth would be less of a pain if the gameplay were consistent on whatever difficulty you’d happen to be playing.
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Id rather the difficulty change be this.
1 standard speed among AS/HoF but a significant PCI size adjustment between the two. Reduce the HoF PCI by 60% of what the AS PCI is. Legend can add in a new pitch speed with the same HoF PCI size.
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@Ikasnu said in Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?:
Id rather the difficulty change be this.
1 standard speed among AS/HoF but a significant PCI size adjustment between the two. Reduce the HoF PCI by 60% of what the AS PCI is. Legend can add in a new pitch speed with the same HoF PCI size.
I’d like to be able to test that out. I like the idea of consistent pitch speeds across AS and HOF.
What do top level players think about there only being a pitch speed bump after 900? I assume that’s where Legend kicks in?
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@halfbutt said in Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?:
@Ikasnu said in Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?:
Id rather the difficulty change be this.
1 standard speed among AS/HoF but a significant PCI size adjustment between the two. Reduce the HoF PCI by 60% of what the AS PCI is. Legend can add in a new pitch speed with the same HoF PCI size.
I’d like to be able to test that out. I like the idea of consistent pitch speeds across AS and HOF.
What do top level players think about there only being a pitch speed bump after 900? I assume that’s where Legend kicks in?
Yes, I think the top players would prefer Legend speeds all day, they hate to play each other on HOF difficulty
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I mean, it makes sense. There’s those guys, and then there’s the rest of us mortals.
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What if once you hit 700, you unlock an all star play mode where stats, wins, and losses count, but you dont progress toward ws. It could have rewards at different win totals like events. So if you dont want to mess with HOF, you can play this mode once you reach 700 rating. You would also still have the option of staying in ranked and advancing toward WS. Your pitchers stamina would be unique in each mode, so you couldn't pitch your top starters in ranked and use your bottom of the rotation in all star mode. You'd still have to use your entire rotation in ranked seasons
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I mean is it a big problem as it is? I just wish when I was at 700 what difficulty I'll be playing on.
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@shuker23 said in Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?:
I mean is it a big problem as it is? I just wish when I was at 700 what difficulty I'll be playing on.
My issue is the constant back n forth speed changes. Its brutal.
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They need to start HOF at 600, take out directional from online, leave analog and zone. But they won’t do that because 90 percent of the players are allstar warriors. 10 percent of the players make it to HOF. Now out of that 10 percent only 3 percent get to legend. So SDS caters to the casual player, not the guys who like HOF and faster speeds and smaller pci’s
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@mrwonderful95 said in Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?:
Just a thought- if there was HOF WS, all star WS and Veteran WS, with rewards being commensurate with each difficulty, wouldn’t that satisfy the player base? One would argue that tiered difficulty plays to the elites. It’s almost impossible for someone of my age group to compete on HOF. I’m sure some have but I’m also sure many struggle simply due to the physical limitations that come with getting older. Let’s be real, baseball in 2021 is not a young mans sport. Many guys my age play the game.
HOF is hard, however many people on HOF have a gaming monitor, play with an ethernet cable, and use a kontrol freek. I dont use a gaming monitor but I always wonder how much of a difference it truly does make. I heard it helps tremendously.
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@COOP_STOMP416 said in Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?:
@mrwonderful95 said in Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?:
Just a thought- if there was HOF WS, all star WS and Veteran WS, with rewards being commensurate with each difficulty, wouldn’t that satisfy the player base? One would argue that tiered difficulty plays to the elites. It’s almost impossible for someone of my age group to compete on HOF. I’m sure some have but I’m also sure many struggle simply due to the physical limitations that come with getting older. Let’s be real, baseball in 2021 is not a young mans sport. Many guys my age play the game.
HOF is hard, however many people on HOF have a gaming monitor, play with an ethernet cable, and use a kontrol freek. I dont use a gaming monitor but I always wonder how much of a difference it truly does make. I heard it helps tremendously.
Playing on a monitor really does make a huge difference. It's night and day.
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@halfbutt said in Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?:
@Ikasnu said in Do we really need multiple difficulty levels throughout ranked season?:
Id rather the difficulty change be this.
1 standard speed among AS/HoF but a significant PCI size adjustment between the two. Reduce the HoF PCI by 60% of what the AS PCI is. Legend can add in a new pitch speed with the same HoF PCI size.
I’d like to be able to test that out. I like the idea of consistent pitch speeds across AS and HOF.
What do top level players think about there only being a pitch speed bump after 900? I assume that’s where Legend kicks in?
I personally think if there was a consistent pitch speed across AS and HOF it would have to set to the HOF speed otherwise pitching would get shelled.
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Pre monitor my RS record was around 500. Switched to a gaming monitor this season and am 10-2 and made Division Series. HUGE difference.
