Get rid of Pitcher Confidence
-
This is ruining the game, esoecially online. It either drives the unnecessary comebacks or neuters good hitting inputs. There is no rational explanation that warrants the pitcher having a "confidence" rating that can affect the hit results. Pitchers don't will poor contact because they were "confident" in the pitch.
It hurts the game both ways and it's apparent when it takes over. I hate being on either side of it. Getting away with poor pitches on my end because my confidence is high. My favorite is the bloops I give up on great pitch inputs to [censored] timing that lower the confidence. Rest assured a hanger is coming if you aren't able to mound visit or make a change. There's just no reason to manipulate the gameplay for something that just doesn't make sense.
Individual pitch confidence makes perfect sense. That is realistic for baseball. Some days a pitcher has everything working, some days he doesn't. Having those individual pitch confidence meters and producing a positive/negative effect is a great idea.
If I decide to throw an up and in fastball and get a perfect input, but my opponent squares it up with good timing, let it get smoked. I'll know not to go back there. Vice versa if I throw a low and away slider out of the zone, my opponent swings very early and can't even get the inner PCI on it, let him swing and miss.
-
What y’all crying about today
-
I can see confidence used just to extend energy because confident pitchers may give more to each pitch, but confidence definitely shouldn't affect contact. SDS is wrong on many things, this being one of them.
-
You don’t think a pitcher might lose his confidence in real life, thus affecting his performance in said game?
-
@hustlinowl_psn said in Get rid of Pitcher Confidence:
What y’all crying about today
This wack @$s post you keep coping and pasting every day. That's what we cryin' bout.
-
@aam34_psn said in Get rid of Pitcher Confidence:
@hustlinowl_psn said in Get rid of Pitcher Confidence:
What y’all crying about today
This wack @$s post you keep coping and pasting every day. That's what we cryin' bout.
I apologize that you’re so sensitive
-
@dewrock_psn said in Get rid of Pitcher Confidence:
You don’t think a pitcher might lose his confidence in real life, thus affecting his performance in said game?
Does whether a pitcher have confidence affect what happens when the ball meets the bat? That's what pitcher confidence does in the game. If it's high it can reduce exit velocity and lower solid contact chance. It works the other way as well.
Confidence can surely affect how well a pitcher can locate a pitch or how effective it is. That is what the individual pitch confidence meters are for.
To suggest that if a pitcher is confident, he can make the ball not be hit as well, makes no sense.
-
@chuck_dizzle29 said in Get rid of Pitcher Confidence:
@dewrock_psn said in Get rid of Pitcher Confidence:
You don’t think a pitcher might lose his confidence in real life, thus affecting his performance in said game?
Does whether a pitcher have confidence affect what happens when the ball meets the bat? That's what pitcher confidence does in the game. If it's high it can reduce exit velocity and lower solid contact chance. It works the other way as well.
Confidence can surely affect how well a pitcher can locate a pitch or how effective it is. That is what the individual pitch confidence meters are for.
To suggest that if a pitcher is confident, he can make the ball not be hit as well, makes no sense.
Facts
-
@dewrock_psn said in Get rid of Pitcher Confidence:
You don’t think a pitcher might lose his confidence in real life, thus affecting his performance in said game?
yeah, but in this case the user is the pitcher, not the actually character model.....cofidence shouldn't affect hit results period, it should only affect "command" of certain pitches. If a pitcher in real life, high confidence or not, gets a ball ripped, his confidence has zero affect of the outcome of the batters swing......in this game, it does. That may have something to do with some of the good swings and "PP" not going for hits at times.
-
*Nathan Evoldi has entered the chat
-
Make it an intimidation stat, and give one to batters as well.
-
@chuck_dizzle29 said in Get rid of Pitcher Confidence:
@dewrock_psn said in Get rid of Pitcher Confidence:
You don’t think a pitcher might lose his confidence in real life, thus affecting his performance in said game?
Does whether a pitcher have confidence affect what happens when the ball meets the bat? That's what pitcher confidence does in the game. If it's high it can reduce exit velocity and lower solid contact chance. It works the other way as well.
Confidence can surely affect how well a pitcher can locate a pitch or how effective it is. That is what the individual pitch confidence meters are for.
To suggest that if a pitcher is confident, he can make the ball not be hit as well, makes no sense.
As a former pitcher I approve this message
-
@rebsfan_psn said in Get rid of Pitcher Confidence:
*Nathan Evoldi has entered the chat
And leaves the chat after getting his perineum expanded...
-
A admin locked this topic on
