Directional hitters are Cancer
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@mickdrenalen_psn said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
Just dot corners and throw outside the zone. Easy peezy. I laugh when I see a directional hitter. Probably just a little kid
you wouldnt even know. thats what is laughable
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Pure analog is actually better than directional if you ask me.
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@daydrinker88_xbl said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
@ikasnu_psn said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
Hahaha OP lost to a directional hitter.
Just for your information, I’ve been playing MLB the show since ‘08 on the PS2 when it was Road to the Show. This is the first year for me of MLB playing on a Xbox, and without you asking my play history your comment is pure unintelligent.
But he has likes and you don't
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@daydrinker88_xbl said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
@ikasnu_psn said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
Hahaha OP lost to a directional hitter.
Just for your information, I’ve been playing MLB the show since ‘08 on the PS2 when it was Road to the Show. This is the first year for me of MLB playing on a Xbox, and without you asking my play history your comment is pure unintelligent.
Assuming someone is a Directional hitter because certain pitches throw by you, that you don't think could be hit with Zone, is making your own unintelligent comment.
Some people can hit ANYTHING and some people can't.
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@bearsfan217_xbl said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
Man i might change to directional
Not worth it...is not what people think it is
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@nflman2033_psn said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
To this day, I will never understand this complaint. If using Directional is so easy and gives people an advantage, why aren't more people using it? If it's so easy why do I hit worse with it?
Exactly
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@codywolfgang_xbl said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
@daydrinker88_xbl said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m finding directional hitters to be ruining this game with their no skill, just hitting the hit button play. I pride myself on good pitching, yet people are hitting sliders and curves Breaking out of the zone like they are meatballs down the middle. Sure there are some good players that have skill yes, but I’m getting blown out every game now and no one can tell me that everyone got that good over the past week. It’s a setting that needs to be removed and makes this game not enjoyable at all. Directional hitters are cancer for this game and with the developers adding more and more diamond players to DD it’s only going to get worse. So to the developers, please remove directional hitting either in the next update or in the next game because it’s ruining your game. [link text](link url)
Do some people directional hit and contact swing lol? Sounds like a deadly combo this year.
Nope it's not
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@daydrinker88_xbl said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
@ikasnu_psn said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
Hahaha OP lost to a directional hitter.
Just for your information, I’ve been playing MLB the show since ‘08 on the PS2 when it was Road to the Show. This is the first year for me of MLB playing on a Xbox, and without you asking my play history your comment is pure unintelligent.
Bruh if you’ve been playing this game that long and still suck against directional hitters, that’s on you.
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@daydrinker88_xbl said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
@ikasnu_psn said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
Hahaha OP lost to a directional hitter.
Just for your information, I’ve been playing MLB the show since ‘08 on the PS2 when it was Road to the Show. This is the first year for me of MLB playing on a Xbox, and without you asking my play history your comment is pure unintelligent.
Cool? That doesn't mean jack [censored], I've played since 09 when Denard span had his funky hands forward stance. Directional is purely an attribute based RNG machine whos values only increase/decrease with timing.
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@ikasnu_psn said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
Hahaha OP lost to a directional hitter.
hahaha WHAT A GIANT LOSER
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Daydrinker88.....there couldn't be any correlation with your username and..no that's just crazy
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As a directional user who has cancer, just thought I'd throw out a special FU to the OP.
And enough with your no-skill nonsense; it's timing and choosing the right swing type, leaving placement to attribute-based chance, while zone is timing and placement, leaving swing type to attribute-based chance. I like it because it feels more like baseball to me, and it produces more realistic results. More opportunity to screw the pooch in zone, but those who know what they're doing are rewarded much more heavily (which leads me to think you got your a** handed to you by a better zone player).
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@kylejaros88_psn said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
@daydrinker88_xbl said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m finding directional hitters to be ruining this game with their no skill, just hitting the hit button play. I pride myself on good pitching, yet people are hitting sliders and curves Breaking out of the zone like they are meatballs down the middle. Sure there are some good players that have skill yes, but I’m getting blown out every game now and no one can tell me that everyone got that good over the past week. It’s a setting that needs to be removed and makes this game not enjoyable at all. Directional hitters are cancer for this game and with the developers adding more and more diamond players to DD it’s only going to get worse. So to the developers, please remove directional hitting either in the next update or in the next game because it’s ruining your game. [link text](link url)
my favorite is when people pretend to know what their opponent is using....
After a swing you can see the PCI placement if they’re using zone or it’ll be empty and then you’ll know they’re using directional
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@ikasnu_psn said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
Hahaha OP lost to a directional hitter.
Yeah let's all point and laugh
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Look at my career stats back in 17 on my profile. I hit around the Mendoza line using directional. Since switching to zone, I’ve batted .300+ in RS including being a WS player. (Not sure why my 19 and 20 stats aren’t shown)
When I used directional I peaked at CS.
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Bottom line is SDS has it in their game, and it helps with HR Moments.
Don't forget you don't hit a real baseball with a cursor or pci, so there. -
Here’s the problem. If they pick an mlb stadium and pitch well enough they can win games because they won’t suffer the consequences of mlb stadium lag.
And you can tell if they are a directional hitter because they can’t hit certain pitches but can foul them off. Their ability to hit the most unhittable pitches that zone users struggle with doesn’t match up with why they miss some very easy floaters and meatballs. They tend to be poorly disciplined with their players averages below 280 but yet they have a ton of bombs. That’s usually all they hit.
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I don't see a problem with guys that use directional. They are learning the timing of pitches and that is about it. Directional is all RNG based anyways. The CPU AI decides where your PCI placement is depending on your timing of the swing.
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@the_fools_sip_psn said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
Here’s the problem. If they pick an mlb stadium and pitch well enough they can win games because they won’t suffer the consequences of mlb stadium lag.
Huh? Lag is lag, and directional players are not immune. It affects timing, and both zone and directional players control that aspect of the offensive game.
And you can tell if they are a directional hitter because they can’t hit certain pitches but can foul them off. Their ability to hit the most unhittable pitches that zone users struggle with doesn’t match up with why they miss some very easy floaters and meatballs. They tend to be poorly disciplined with their players averages below 280 but yet they have a ton of bombs. That’s usually all they hit.
Curious as to what "unhittable pitches" we can hit that zone players can't, though it's true that most of the high, hard stuff we're lucky to foul off with most players, but high average, high vision cards can do well with the right swing type and good timing. Not sure what you mean with reference to the floaters and meatballs... you can kill mistakes with directional.
As to being undisciplined, that again has nothing to do with the interface (I walk at a decent clip). Averages tend to be lower because results are more in line with real hitting, and don't give you BS results like pulling down and away sliders for no doubt bombs (this [censored] happens because the AI decides what your swing path and bat angle are at contact, and it's ridiculously favorable - directional players have to match that to pitch location). Power hitters have lower averages because they're pulling and swinging for launch angles, whereas contact players top .300 pretty easily while not trying to put a charge into everything.
But it all comes down to preference and the type of game you like; directional is high floor, low ceiling, with simulation like results.
Zone is low floor, high ceiling, with arcade style results for those who can put their little cross-hair on the ball. -
@daydrinker88_xbl said in Directional hitters are Cancer:
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m finding directional hitters to be ruining this game with their no skill, just hitting the hit button play. I pride myself on good pitching, yet people are hitting sliders and curves Breaking out of the zone like they are meatballs down the middle. Sure there are some good players that have skill yes, but I’m getting blown out every game now and no one can tell me that everyone got that good over the past week. It’s a setting that needs to be removed and makes this game not enjoyable at all. Directional hitters are cancer for this game and with the developers adding more and more diamond players to DD it’s only going to get worse. So to the developers, please remove directional hitting either in the next update or in the next game because it’s ruining your game. [link text](link url)
Lol, because you know that your opponent is using that hitting interface. Please tell us what tipped you off.
