Moments are not fun when they aren't easily defeated.
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@t00muchham_xbl said in Moments are not fun when they aren't easily defeated.:
I love moments, and have actually been pretty happy with some of the rewards we earn. The logic, at times, is incredibly frustrating. I do not have a problem with tough challenges; 8 bases in 1 games, 2 XBH, 15 bases in x games etc. etc. -- but the logic is irritating. Needing to get a certain amount of hits and getting walked, needing to it home runs but your are going against Yu Darvish, who only throws ball.
The most frustrating experience I faced was the Dante Bichette -- 1 XBH 1 steal. I hit a homer run -- nailed the XBH. I then hit a single, I want to steal, but the batter is in a 3-2 count... they are swinging to protect, the AB ends with a walk. Hit another single, the batter is in an 0-2 count with 2 out -- the guy strikes out. W T F!?!?
This one is wrecking me. Can't steal when locked to save my life.
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I can't stand moments, but most of them aren't that bad this year. Multi game moments can screw off however.
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@thereverseflash_xbl said in Moments are not fun when they aren't easily defeated.:
@t00muchham_xbl said in Moments are not fun when they aren't easily defeated.:
I love moments, and have actually been pretty happy with some of the rewards we earn. The logic, at times, is incredibly frustrating. I do not have a problem with tough challenges; 8 bases in 1 games, 2 XBH, 15 bases in x games etc. etc. -- but the logic is irritating. Needing to get a certain amount of hits and getting walked, needing to it home runs but your are going against Yu Darvish, who only throws ball.
The most frustrating experience I faced was the Dante Bichette -- 1 XBH 1 steal. I hit a homer run -- nailed the XBH. I then hit a single, I want to steal, but the batter is in a 3-2 count... they are swinging to protect, the AB ends with a walk. Hit another single, the batter is in an 0-2 count with 2 out -- the guy strikes out. W T F!?!?
This one is wrecking me. Can't steal when locked to save my life.
My trick:
- Take your lead off right when they get into the stretch.
- From there, watch the pitchers back hip, it will tell you everything.
- As soon as that back hip rocks back, I'm gone.
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@paneledcoyote86_xbl said in Moments are not fun when they aren't easily defeated.:
Agreed, if you fail say 5 times then you should be given the reward for persistence. Nobody gains from being so frustrated you turn off the game
I don’t want them to just give it to me, and I usually do them fairly quickly…but I hate when I need hits and I only get like 30% strikes or when they introduce the randomness of needing a HR and two more hits after that.
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@bolen148382_xbl said in Moments are not fun when they aren't easily defeated.:
Some of the moments are ok but when you need 3 xbh or like with the evolution Kemp one of them is like what 16 hits in 4 games (might be 10 can’t remember) I mean that seems easy and it should be but Matt kemp can’t hit a lick let alone a ducking baseball
That was brutal. Kemp swings such a noodle. The McGriff one sucked too.
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@mikerfofc_psn said in Moments are not fun when they aren't easily defeated.:
I like the moments and I do get frustrated with them, but I’ve also completed almost all of them in 6 weeks of 21 compared to 20 where I wanted to break controllers constantly and gave up on all the player programs that were hitters.
I like that you get the topps now packs that guarantee diamonds. I wasn’t grinding out the moments in 19 to get one pack that gave me a gold.
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@t00muchham_xbl said in Moments are not fun when they aren't easily defeated.:
I love moments, and have actually been pretty happy with some of the rewards we earn. The logic, at times, is incredibly frustrating. I do not have a problem with tough challenges; 8 bases in 1 games, 2 XBH, 15 bases in x games etc. etc. -- but the logic is irritating. Needing to get a certain amount of hits and getting walked, needing to it home runs but your are going against Yu Darvish, who only throws ball.
The most frustrating experience I faced was the Dante Bichette -- 1 XBH 1 steal. I hit a homer run -- nailed the XBH. I then hit a single, I want to steal, but the batter is in a 3-2 count... they are swinging to protect, the AB ends with a walk. Hit another single, the batter is in an 0-2 count with 2 out -- the guy strikes out. W T F!?!?
No joke. I think YU threw me 10 straight balls on a moment once. I had him at like 8 strokes in 24 pitches.
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I agree with OP. The challenging part isn’t even the moment itself. It’s the constant bs that goes on all the time in them.
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OP has a good point (perhaps worded differently). It is pretty annoying that you can enter a moment, sit your controller down, and get walked 3 times in a 9 inning player lock. CPU pitchers treat every hitter like 2004 Bonds. It gets frustrating.
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@bolen148382_xbl said in Moments are not fun when they aren't easily defeated.:
Some of the moments are ok but when you need 3 xbh or like with the evolution Kemp one of them is like what 16 hits in 4 games (might be 10 can’t remember) I mean that seems easy and it should be but Matt kemp can’t hit a lick let alone a ducking baseball
It was 8 hits in 4 games lol.....
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wah wah wah wah wah
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YES THEY ARE! I JUST WANT MY FREE CARDS SHEEEET
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What’s frustrating to me isn’t failing, but that moments and especially showdown play differently than regular games on the same difficulty.
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lol, yep - on rookie level their outfielders are making diving catches and their pitchers are painting the corners. It's on ROOKIE, hello!
At the same time, I can't even seem to attempt a diving catch.I agree, the moments should be a cake walk and just for fun. They actually should be set to casual mode.
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@major_woody__psn said in Moments are not fun when they aren't easily defeated.:
I actually look forward to do moments.
They are a change of pace from playing
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I've said this before, for me, I will only do one about 3-5 times in a row and if I keep failing, I move on and come back to it later. If you do more than that, the frustration sets in and it feels even worse. I come back to it later and can't tell you how many times I finish it on the first try. The Thome TA2 one ... seriously, hit one HR ... couldn't do it. Did it 5 times, failed. Came back to it after doing others Moments, failed 5 more times. Came back to it the next day ... second pitch, gone. The 8 TB's for Arozarena Topps Now for this week, same thing. Couldn't do a thing on it. Came back to it a day later, two HR's in my first attempt. It seems like too many people just grind and grind and grind on one over and over. Move on and come back to it.
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The only moments I get annoyed at losing are pitch 8 innings without giving up a run type where I'll do 7 2/3 and then cpu hits a perfect perfect home run on a pitch a foot outside
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Moments as a concept i think are great - but their execution is insanely flawed imo
Its one of the few areas of this game that functionally punish you for play "good" baseball - in a three ball count you're better off swinging at a bad pitch and hoping to bloop a hit or be blessed by an RNGesus home run rather then taking the free base -
The issue is that the "moment" is kind of brushed to the side as a second thought. The moment is why we are here playing it, it should be pretty darn impossible to fail. It's not supposed to be a challenge, you are supposed to be witnessing a "moment" in baseball.
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@thereverseflash_xbl said in Moments are not fun when they aren't easily defeated.:
@t00muchham_xbl said in Moments are not fun when they aren't easily defeated.:
I love moments, and have actually been pretty happy with some of the rewards we earn. The logic, at times, is incredibly frustrating. I do not have a problem with tough challenges; 8 bases in 1 games, 2 XBH, 15 bases in x games etc. etc. -- but the logic is irritating. Needing to get a certain amount of hits and getting walked, needing to it home runs but your are going against Yu Darvish, who only throws ball.
The most frustrating experience I faced was the Dante Bichette -- 1 XBH 1 steal. I hit a homer run -- nailed the XBH. I then hit a single, I want to steal, but the batter is in a 3-2 count... they are swinging to protect, the AB ends with a walk. Hit another single, the batter is in an 0-2 count with 2 out -- the guy strikes out. W T F!?!?
This one is wrecking me. Can't steal when locked to save my life.
On player locked moments you watch the catcher. As soon as he shifts into position, you steal. Watch the catcher, not the pitcher.
