Pickoff CHEESE Garbage
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Sorry, but pickoffs to 2nd base are completely BROKEN.
SLOW runners on 2nd base are easily stealing third ON PICKOFFS!
By the time my pitcher has thrown the ball to second and the SS/2B catches it, the slow runner is SLIDING INTO 3rd base!! When my SS/2B catches the ball and PIVOTS to throw it, the runner is standing on 3rd base with hands on his hips!!!
In NO WAY is this even CLOSE to resembling reality. It happened to me THREE times one one game today --- after the third time, I just quit (it was tied, 2-2, in the 7th or 8th inning).
This kind of GARBAGE completely takes the joy out of the game.
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If they doing that to you and taking big leads then step off with L1 then Choose where you throw.
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Roger that.
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I use one of the strike zone cameras when I pitch to see the runner at 2B, set the SS to "hold at 2nd", and when the other player takes the extra step, I throw to the SS at 2B. That usually works!
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General observation regarding any kind of fielding vs any kind of baserunning is that fielding is hampered by a variety of slow animations but baserunning is very quick. Totally generalizing of course, but it does seem to work this way. I'm finding it rare to get a quick release on throws and even routine ground ball plays are close because of double pumps and other animation features like unnecessary leg kicks. I'm using button accuracy -- took the training wheels off this year.
Speaking of animations, if the 2B is covering second, the pickoff throw results in a weird animation pretty much every time where the ball is caught on the wrong side of the bag and there's no chance for a tag, even when the runner's lead is too big and they're diving back late. If the SS is covering, we get the quick tag animation and the runner is usually out.
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im curious how do you choose to have ss cover 2nd?
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@mdafurball_PSN said in Pickoff CHEESE Garbage:
im curious how do you choose to have ss cover 2nd?
Pause menu...Manager...Defensive Position...Defensive Position>>>SS...Depth>>>Cover 2B
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This is definitely a broken aspect of the game. One problem with stepping off is that it generally will not let you run at the runner and often if you throw to a bag after stepping off they have time to get to the other bag. Otherwise you might prevent prevent them from getting the bag, but getting the out is a different story.
I have recently been noticing how bad rundowns are because it takes the throwing meter so long to load and then to get in the green. If you are running someone back to a bag, you have to start your throw very early, which is unnatural for that kind of play.
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@MLB_Baseball_Fan said in Pickoff CHEESE Garbage:
Sorry, but pickoffs to 2nd base are completely BROKEN.
SLOW runners on 2nd base are easily stealing third ON PICKOFFS!
By the time my pitcher has thrown the ball to second and the SS/2B catches it, the slow runner is SLIDING INTO 3rd base!! When my SS/2B catches the ball and PIVOTS to throw it, the runner is standing on 3rd base with hands on his hips!!!
In NO WAY is this even CLOSE to resembling reality. It happened to me THREE times one one game today --- after the third time, I just quit (it was tied, 2-2, in the 7th or 8th inning).
This kind of GARBAGE completely takes the joy out of the game.
just step off.
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Yeah it still sucks SDS your fielder gets locked in an animation while the runner gets to stop pivot turn around with fluidity and control.
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People who complain about it are the cheesers who get caught by peope all the time. This complain is a prime example
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@dart_wuffy_PSN said in Pickoff CHEESE Garbage:
People who complain about it are the cheesers who get caught by peope all the time. This complain is a prime example
You're a cheat and a bozo.
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Your the type of person who holds at 2nd with 2 outs and then complains about realism
