Observations, Not Complaints
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Against the CPU, in Conquest, on Rookie/Veteran...
Power is nerfed. Warning track shots with 115 power perfect-perfect shots. Several.
CPU pitchers throw down the middle a lot less than last year.
Lots of perfect-perfect lineouts. Lots of them.
Too early to whine too much, but sheesh.
Also, love the changes made to Mini Seasons and RTTS.
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if nerfed means lowering the power def yes.
last few games balls I hit easily go out.
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Nerfed both power and contact. Makes scoring above 1 or 2 runs in a 3 inning game near impossible, regardless of team strength or opponent difficulty. You have about enough time to react to an 89mph slider in this game, as you did a 95mph fastball in the last game.
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This is by far the most realistic hitting has been in quite a while. I can actually have fun with contact hitters.
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@ItsAmeMario64_MLBTS said in Observations, Not Complaints:
This is by far the most realistic hitting has been in quite a while. I can actually have fun with contact hitters.
That's a good point. I'll have to use some to see how it plays out.
BUT...perfect-perfect with Judge should not land in front of the warning track on oppo shots, lol.
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I love the hitting this year. The last few years playing the computer, all my games were homerun fest.
This year, bloops and gappers are falling in more than previous seasons. Gives it a more real feel to offense. -
@ItsAmeMario64_MLBTS said in Observations, Not Complaints:
This is by far the most realistic hitting has been in quite a while. I can actually have fun with contact hitters.
Agree completely, however there are a bit too many perfect-perfect line outs for sure!!! Not sure how that can be fixed but I don't think I ever remember seeing this many, it's just ridiculous.
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@ItsAmeMario64_MLBTS said in Observations, Not Complaints:
This is by far the most realistic hitting has been in quite a while. I can actually have fun with contact hitters.
I had a great time in the TA conquest maps with Dee Gordon. Singles and doubles all over the place.
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@ItsAmeMario64_MLBTS said in Observations, Not Complaints:
This is by far the most realistic hitting has been in quite a while. I can actually have fun with contact hitters.
That doesn't take away the fact that perfect/perfect flyballs to oppo field sometimes won't leave the park with power hitters, like OP said. If only people pointed this out during the tech test, so that they could make adjustments. Oh wait..... yeah I did. Like 10 times.
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I am getting much better with this hitting engine despite the tiny timing windows. For the record I am hitting many more PP than prior games but as has been said there are many line outs and balls dying at the wall than I can remember before. I have been playing the majority of Conquest on AS and if you can hit with the new engine it will only make you better. I refuse to play any game on rookie lol
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Good to know it's not just me. Like I put in the title, observations, not complaints. Don't know how I feel about it yet.
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@SuntLacrimae50_MLBTS said in Observations, Not Complaints:
Good to know it's not just me. Like I put in the title, observations, not complaints. Don't know how I feel about it yet.
Why are you so worried about making sure people know you're not complaining? If you have a valid complaint you should be able to speak freely. Who cares if people label you a certain way?
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Because I tried speaking about this in another thread and it turned into an echo chamber of how much I sucked at the game. People have a hard time sticking to observations only
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@raesONE-_PSN said in Observations, Not Complaints:
@SuntLacrimae50_MLBTS said in Observations, Not Complaints:
Good to know it's not just me. Like I put in the title, observations, not complaints. Don't know how I feel about it yet.
Why are you so worried about making sure people know you're not complaining? If you have a valid complaint you should be able to speak freely. Who cares if people label you a certain way?
Hey there - curious to see if you've played yet and what your thoughts are. I label you as "someone I trust to give a well-thought-out assessment".
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@arvcpa_MLBTS said in Observations, Not Complaints:
@raesONE-_PSN said in Observations, Not Complaints:
@SuntLacrimae50_MLBTS said in Observations, Not Complaints:
Good to know it's not just me. Like I put in the title, observations, not complaints. Don't know how I feel about it yet.
Why are you so worried about making sure people know you're not complaining? If you have a valid complaint you should be able to speak freely. Who cares if people label you a certain way?
Hey there - curious to see if you've played yet and what your thoughts are. I label you as "someone I trust to give a well-thought-out assessment".
I appreciate you, and no I have not played yet and will not for a good while. I was very disappointed with the tech test and for once I really felt like I could no longer in good conscience pay money for something that I believe to be way below par. I might pick it up later when it's discounted, even though it pains me because I do really love baseball and love what this game used to be (or can become).
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I have seen a lot of these balls that just don't carry, I'm also smashing a bunch of homers at the same time, lot of other hits that used to be outs are dropping, the track power hits are annoying but I ll take it with all the greatness that hitting is right now.
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@raesONE-_PSN said in Observations, Not Complaints:
@SuntLacrimae50_MLBTS said in Observations, Not Complaints:
Good to know it's not just me. Like I put in the title, observations, not complaints. Don't know how I feel about it yet.
Why are you so worried about making sure people know you're not complaining? If you have a valid complaint you should be able to speak freely. Who cares if people label you a certain way?
I couldn't care less about what people think, generally. I'm 48 and teach high school, so I have practice at that...But it's true that posting anything critical usually leads to some type of immature flame war. Just trying to set the tone, that's all. Don't read so much into things.
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@SuntLacrimae50_MLBTS said in Observations, Not Complaints:
@raesONE-_PSN said in Observations, Not Complaints:
@SuntLacrimae50_MLBTS said in Observations, Not Complaints:
Good to know it's not just me. Like I put in the title, observations, not complaints. Don't know how I feel about it yet.
Why are you so worried about making sure people know you're not complaining? If you have a valid complaint you should be able to speak freely. Who cares if people label you a certain way?
I couldn't care less about what people think, generally. I'm 48 and teach high school, so I have practice at that...But it's true that posting anything critical usually leads to some type of immature flame war. Just trying to set the tone, that's all. Don't read so much into things.
Fair enough - I'll just say this tho; if someone is enticed to resort to immature flaming over a critical opinion and/or constructive feedback, I fear setting the tone isn't gonna do much.
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this game is much harder this year. all aspects, hitting fielding pitching. maybe i just need to get use to it. i am frustrated w/ hitting right now as someone said it's 'nerfed' but I welcome the challenge. it is more realistic but i dont know if that will translate to more fun in the long run. will wait and see.
I am only doing the WBC program moments right now. So those first round moments have been a real pain. in past games, i would have got thru those easy, but some of these I have to do like 20 times just to get thru. I think one reason is ratings seem to matter this year. These lower rated players should not have an easy time hitting hrs. I do feel like when I was doing the semi and final moments in WBC, the players were rated better and I was having more success.
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W’s:
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Hitting is the best it’s been in the 4 years I’ve played The Show
️ It finally feels like input matters. Love the hit variety and I haven’t noticed many, if any off PCI HR’s. -
Content: I Think they nailed the concept of offering a choose your own adventure for content, I can totally see the pros and cons of going for big collections as well as purchasing set one cards now, there will certainly be a variety of cards being used!
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Servers: I haven’t been disconnected at all. Knock on wood.
L’s:
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too many Perfect / Perfect outs. I don’t need or want a home run or hit every single time, but the amount of liners directly into an infielders glove as well as the maximum power perfect fly out to the warning track simply happen too often, if they could reduce the amount of perfect perfect outs by about 10 to 15% then I think hitting would be as close to perfect as we could ask for
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iOS app not being updated…seriously!!??
Nitpicking / Annoying tweaks I would love:
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I think they should really increase the amount of wild cards to one pitcher and one hitter slot, having both wildcard slots would soften the blow of so many cards from set one dropping off in July. Honestly, I would even be fine with two hitting and two pitching wildcard slots but I know that is pushing it!
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The set 1 collection rewards (Ruth, Jones and Martinez) should be core cards. If we’re collecting 150+ cards and or locking in a bunch of stubs those cards should be usable all year! Personally, I would be focusing all my stubs on the set one collection if I knew I could keep Babe Ruth and Pedro Martinez for the whole year.
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we should be able to repeat show down at least three times for team affinity. Call me a lazy old complainer, but I do not have the patience to do multiple mini seasons for the vouchers, we should have the option to complete showdown a couple more times per division if we have the skill to do so.
Overall the game is a BLAST so far. So much to do and I haven’t even done the Negro league stuff or ballplayer grind.
Grade: A-
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