This is the patch that will turn people away
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Maybe I don't play as much as most of you but I haven't really seen a difference.
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@raesone_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
@nash_524_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
@raesone_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
@letsgotopr_xbl said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
It’s way better. I only threw a handful of “perfects” the entire game. I wasn’t cheesed to death by contact swing, and if you don’t know how to pitch sequence, you’re gonna get touched up. This is the way it should be.
I'm referring to the fact that last year the game was horrible due to pitching being so random. Good releases could go down the middle. And now they fixed that issue, and yes pinpoint was very accurate. But if you can hit, you can hit those pitches on the black too. Has nothing to do with sequencing and everything to do with the ability to hit. And now they go I'm reverse to make it more random, because the average hitters cried hard. Again.
How is pitching more random? They just tightened up the thresholds to get perfect or good input. It didn’t increase the perfect radius from what I can see so far. That’s not adding randomness but rather adding skill imo
Just play man you'll see what I mean. A bit off makes pitches sail and go down the middle, very much like last year and even the year before to a certain extent. Missing a perfect is now punished heavier and having a "good" release doesn't mean anything, it can be a meatball if the game decides to do so. Again, just play a few games and you'll see.
Good. That's what happens when I miss my meter slightly. PP should be slightly better than others because it is a bit more difficult, but it was so much better than meter it was ridiculous. Now it levels the playing field a bit.
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That Ohtani HR in Seattle was a contact swing, so change it back 🤪
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They have avoided doing big gameplay patches this year, which I think is good. Prior years they tinkered with way too many settings, and constantly had to overcompensate to correct something with many new patches. This year they just let the game play. Now they drop a patch like this, I fear them trying to “correct” contact swing can possibly break hitting as some have mentioned nerfed exit velos.
Just makes me nervous when they do this type of patch as historically when they try to “fix” a certain aspect of gameplay, the patch will break a different aspect. Then they have to correct, and it leads to never ending Patching for the rest of the cycle
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Give the patch at least a week. R2 was a must, and so was contact swing. Game still is Russian roulette with timing windows.
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@beanball0571_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
Give the patch at least a week. R2 was a must, and so was contact swing. Game still is Russian roulette with timing windows.
Agreed. And I will give it time, naturally. Just noticed these things and I don't like it and it worries me a little bit. Especially because of the notorious track record when it comes to patches. But again, I'd love to be wrong.
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Bottom line: pp needed to be more difficult.
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@doobiebross66-72 said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
@raesone_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
@letsgotopr_xbl said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
I think you are exaggerating the consequences of slightly missing a pitch.
Have you played last year? Because it was most definitely a thing and it was common knowledge. I played a few games this morning where the same thing happened. I don't need your approval or validation for my experiences, so you can think whatever you want. You can also disagree with me, that's perfectly fine. All I'm doing is predicting how this community will react in a week from now based on my own experiences.
Which is totally fine to voice that prediction...but you come across as your opinion being the end all be all, like only you are right and no one else’s opinion matters.
Nothing personal lol just an observation. I do believe you bring value to the forum with your knowledge of the game etc.
Never said anything remotely close to that. I just shared my experiences.
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Patch seems great in theory. We’ll see.
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It’s pretty obvious who is sad contact swing is gone….they just won’t come out and say it lmao.
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Didn't take long for someone to start crying
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@raesone_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
Sorry for being negative, but these devs have a terrible track record when it comes to patches and "fixes". I've played some games this morning and the pitching is indeed nerfed and more random and also the exit velocities are weird. Again. Like every other year they bring a big gameplay patch. I'll give it a week before everyone is complaining.
I give it an hour before people start complaining.
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@codywolfgang_xbl said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
It’s pretty obvious who is sad contact swing is gone….they just won’t come out and say it lmao.
Reading through some of these posts this morning, and I couldn't agree more my friend.
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@go4stros25_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
@codywolfgang_xbl said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
It’s pretty obvious who is sad contact swing is gone….they just won’t come out and say it lmao.
Reading through some of these posts this morning, and I couldn't agree more my friend.
Let me clarify that I'm not one of them, I'm happy it got fixed. My complaints about exit velo were about normal swings, not contact swings.
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@raesone_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
@go4stros25_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
@codywolfgang_xbl said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
It’s pretty obvious who is sad contact swing is gone….they just won’t come out and say it lmao.
Reading through some of these posts this morning, and I couldn't agree more my friend.
Let me clarify that I'm not one of them, I'm happy it got fixed. My complaints about exit velo were about normal swings, not contact swings.
I know you aren't. I've read alot of you post in the past. You are a very level headed and reasonable person. Also, you seem good at the game. Guys like you will be fine.
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This was my fear with fixing contact swing. I knew it would be difficult for them to nerf it without nerfing hitting in general.
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@raesone_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
@beanball0571_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
Give the patch at least a week. R2 was a must, and so was contact swing. Game still is Russian roulette with timing windows.
Agreed. And I will give it time, naturally. Just noticed these things and I don't like it and it worries me a little bit. Especially because of the notorious track record when it comes to patches. But again, I'd love to be wrong.
Oh I know that SDS doesn’t have a great track record. It’s a sad thing because this is their game and you’d think they could get it right
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TBH, and I'm not referring to you or this thread, but more people complaining wouldn't really prove anything in my eyes. Even when SDS doesn't touch gameplay, someone who isn't doing well that day will throw out a thread saying "They nerfed X"!
I haven't played since the patch, so I can't comment on the game yet.
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@codywolfgang_xbl said in This is the patch that will turn people away:
It’s pretty obvious who is sad contact swing is gone….they just won’t come out and say it lmao.
Fine. I'll say it. I'm a little sad. I was using it as a crutch in certain situations. But, I'm certainly not sad to see it go.
That said... in the Moonshot event, I did hit a 2-strike contact swing bomb with Schwarber.
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Looking forward to testing this out today. I have like a 2.2 era or something this season and am really good with pinpoint. The only issue I could see is if you throw a meatball about every time you miss. I highly doubt that would be the case. I would be surprised if I noticed anything on my end since I don't use contact swing either.
