I honestly don't get how I can be so bad at Showdown
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If you are like me it is harder to hit on Veteran and Rookie than All Star and HoF because of pitch speeds. I cannot keep adjusting my timing. It takes a while. And the higher levels timing are much more realistic and easier to adjust to.
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@raesONE said in I honestly don't get how I can be so bad at Showdown:
It all balances out with the different difficulties. In 19 the ball would fly way better on Legend as opposed to All-Star, it was just harder to get good input. I assume the same concept applies here; getting good input on veteran is super easy but it doesn't guarantee any results whatsoever unless it's a perfect perfect.
Perfect perfect also don’t guarantee results. I’ve had a number of perfect perfect grounders which look identical to roll over ground [censored] to short or second, except for crack of the bat of course.
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@halfbutt said in I honestly don't get how I can be so bad at Showdown:
@raesONE said in I honestly don't get how I can be so bad at Showdown:
It all balances out with the different difficulties. In 19 the ball would fly way better on Legend as opposed to All-Star, it was just harder to get good input. I assume the same concept applies here; getting good input on veteran is super easy but it doesn't guarantee any results whatsoever unless it's a perfect perfect.
Perfect perfect also don’t guarantee results. I’ve had a number of perfect perfect grounders which look identical to roll over ground [censored] to short or second, except for crack of the bat of course.
True, it doesn't guarantee 100% results. I even flew out on perfect perfect flyballs with the wind blowing in. But you do get rewarded more often than not in my experience.
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I found that power swinging yielded better results for me in Showdown, especially on rook/veteran
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It feels like moments from last year how a lot of them felt kind of harder even though they shouldn’t have been. But I’ve learned the strategy and started winning them now.
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@NicholasHowardT5 said in I honestly don't get how I can be so bad at Showdown:
It feels like moments from last year how a lot of them felt kind of harder even though they shouldn’t have been. But I’ve learned the strategy and started winning them now.
What's the strategy?
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It’s gonna sound cliche but it’s true. Take, take til you get 2 strikes, gas the pitcher, every at bat I had atleast 4 pitches thrown to me and at the end kenley Jansen was gassed and i was able to hit him hard even with bronzes. Also sit to your strength I sat up and In and whenever one went in that spot i crushed it.
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@ImDFC said in I honestly don't get how I can be so bad at Showdown:
I cruise through Conquest on HOF, I get to the world series in MTO on Dynamic (largely HOF and HOF+), but then I do any Showdown and I can't get anything going. I just can't explain how my bat disappears in this mode, despite it being on Veteran
It doesnt take a genious to figure out why. This is why I dont touch DD. Garbage casual mode made for generation OCD or emptying your wallet. It's not baseball, it's a baseball card casino designed to manipulate children and gambling addicts.
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Yes, I agree, it feels harder than it should, its beyond frustrating
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It's the fear of losing that makes you play different. There is a stress factor because unlike moments and conquest you can restart or try again.
Showdown is fun for me. I can't tell you the last time I locked in on a game playing on veteran. I went down to two outs before hitting a walk off in the NL Central last mini showdown. I was fist pumping and letting Luis Castillo know what I really thought about him.
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@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in I honestly don't get how I can be so bad at Showdown:
It's the fear of losing that makes you play different. There is a stress factor because unlike moments and conquest you can restart or try again.
Showdown is fun for me. I can't tell you the last time I locked in on a game playing on veteran. I went down to two outs before hitting a walk off in the NL Central last mini showdown. I was fist pumping and letting Luis Castillo know what I really thought about him.
Not sure which part I like less. The fact you like Showdown or that you are bashing Castillo.
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Build your team accordingly to the pitcher. The first inning show down I went with left handed batters and switch hitters. I also played enough of the showdown to increase my total runs. I went into facing oswalt down 15-9 and beat it with 10 outs remaining
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@beanball0571 said in I honestly don't get how I can be so bad at Showdown:
Build your team accordingly to the pitcher. The first inning show down I went with left handed batters and switch hitters. I also played enough of the showdown to increase my total runs. I went into facing oswalt down 15-9 and beat it with 10 outs remaining
I tried that, but then had to face Kershaw in the middle, he beat me. Have to start over.
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My strategy: stack hitters as much as possible for last showdown.
The first showdown you should be able to get past without issue. Finish the next 3 challenges and get your team good enough to go right to final showdown.
It’s worked for me. I think I’ve completed 8 showdowns already
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@nflman2033 said in I honestly don't get how I can be so bad at Showdown:
@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in I honestly don't get how I can be so bad at Showdown:
It's the fear of losing that makes you play different. There is a stress factor because unlike moments and conquest you can restart or try again.
Showdown is fun for me. I can't tell you the last time I locked in on a game playing on veteran. I went down to two outs before hitting a walk off in the NL Central last mini showdown. I was fist pumping and letting Luis Castillo know what I really thought about him.
Not sure which part I like less. The fact you like Showdown or that you are bashing Castillo.
CASTILLO SUCKS!!!
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The Issue I have with showdown is that the program stars are tied to it and not moments. I think they should add moments into the program as well. I feel like the showdown is the storylines of this year. They had such a great idea for the story lines and I liked it but they made them way to hard in the beginning and the rewards were not worth it and then people stopped playing them. The cubs story line was a joke for a gold.
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@Boneman05 said in I honestly don't get how I can be so bad at Showdown:
The Issue I have with showdown is that the program stars are tied to it and not moments. I think they should add moments into the program as well. I feel like the showdown is the storylines of this year. They had such a great idea for the story lines and I liked it but they made them way to hard in the beginning and the rewards were not worth it and then people stopped playing them. The cubs story line was a joke for a gold.
I hate playing online H2H, I dont even have PS plus. But showdown is so horrible that I think I will have to start playing RS just to get through the innings programs so I dont have to play Showdown.
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No matter how bad you think you are at it, I’m confident that I’m much worse. I was able to beat moments extreme in ‘19, and I’m not even close to touching these bosses. Makes me want to give up on this game only four days in
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@Hikes83 said in I honestly don't get how I can be so bad at Showdown:
I found that power swinging yielded better results for me in Showdown, especially on rook/veteran
I agree. I've started to exclusively power swing in showdown moments. Especially with the boppers.
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It's just like the [censored] SDS pulled with Moments last year(and probably this year who knows yet), the difficulty may say 1 thing but the hidden sliders are heavily adjusted to make it harder.
I wouldn't have a problem if a moment said HOF and it was actually that, but don't tell me it's Rookie and have it be completely different from every other game mode you play on Rookie.
