Getting picked off (especially at 2nd base)
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Hi,
I play a fast "small ball" archetype and on multiple instances, I have been picked off by the pitcher without having a real chance to react. This happened every time with me NOT leading off more but during the "normal" animation when my player moves away from the base and I have actually NO control over the player (and I can't see the covering fielder) It's a bit annoying losing a good scoring position because the game makes a move when I have no chance to react - has that happened to others, too?
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All the time its ridiculous
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@ChuckB08 said in Getting picked off (especially at 2nd base):
Hi,
I play a fast "small ball" archetype and on multiple instances, I have been picked off by the pitcher without having a real chance to react. This happened every time with me NOT leading off more but during the "normal" animation when my player moves away from the base and I have actually NO control over the player (and I can't see the covering fielder) It's a bit annoying losing a good scoring position because the game makes a move when I have no chance to react - has that happened to others, too?
I'm a "Small Ball" player, too. I'll say that I see it "sometimes". There are plenty of times when the pickoff move starts in slo-mo, and others where there's no lag and I almost always get picked off.
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@jhack9 said in Getting picked off (especially at 2nd base):
Tip that might help.. lower the pickoff slider. The cpu is OP when it comes to pickoffs, so much so they know if your even thinking of maybe touching the lead button.
The pickoffs slider doesn't work. Has not worked for three years.
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- Always push Left analog joystick to the left, then your player will head-first slide back to 2nd base automatically whenever being picked off. (This applies to every base runner as well)
- This method allows you to take an aggressive lead and return to your base safely 100%.
- But Aggressive lead + lean toward next base is highly possible to get picked off. Try to speculate pitcher's timing to get a good jump. It's so much fun if you can get ahead of pitcher several steps before he starts his leg kick.
https://youtu.be/8Y-z_2SMsVI
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I've found stealing/lead offs vs the CPU almost impossible at times.
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@Arlest14 said in Getting picked off (especially at 2nd base):
- Always push Left analog joystick to the left, then your player will head-first slide back to 2nd base automatically whenever being picked off. (This applies to every base runner as well)
- This method allows you to take an aggressive lead and return to your base safely 100%.
- But Aggressive lead + lean toward next base is highly possible to get picked off. Try to speculate pitcher's timing to get a good jump. It's so much fun if you can get ahead of pitcher several steps before he starts his leg kick.
https://youtu.be/8Y-z_2SMsVI
Agreed, but also be careful if you attempt to steal and they pick you off. Even though you got back safely, you told him to go so he will get up and start running UNLESS you hold down on the joystick.
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@Arlest14 said in Getting picked off (especially at 2nd base):
- Always push Left analog joystick to the left, then your player will head-first slide back to 2nd base automatically whenever being picked off. (This applies to every base runner as well)
- This method allows you to take an aggressive lead and return to your base safely 100%.
- But Aggressive lead + lean toward next base is highly possible to get picked off. Try to speculate pitcher's timing to get a good jump. It's so much fun if you can get ahead of pitcher several steps before he starts his leg kick.
https://youtu.be/8Y-z_2SMsVI
I do this every time I get on base, and that fast pickoff move, (the one with no warning), still gets me out 99% of the time.
It's ridiculously OPed.That said, I don't foresee anything changing.
The major issues that seem to be RTTS only (infield shifts not shifting SS, base-running issues, ridiculous CPU base-running choices, the fact that a small ball player will almost always be moved to bat cleanup)never get fixed, even after years.
IT doesn't make sense. Supposedly this is the most played mode in this game, but the most infuriating issues never seem to get touched, and they flat out cost games.
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I submitted a bug report on this today. The problem is that, very often, the slow-motion "showtime" effect doesn't trigger when the pitcher tries to pick you off, resulting in him picking you off in real-time, which is almost impossible to avoid. Even when the slow-mo does trigger, it is considerably faster than in previous versions of the game. As FYI, it doesn't matter what your player's achetype is, I'm seeing this with all of mine. Hell, for that matter, I'm seeing it with my national league pitchers too.
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