Online play that is very uneven.
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I’m a 300-400 level player. I suck. I play offline for the most part unless there is nothing else to do.
So now that there is nothing offline going on, I’m playing online to grind innings for cards. Why do I keep playing guys in the 600-900+ range?!? It’s not even fair. I’m getting mercy ruled constantly. Why do they keep airing us. Takes all the fun out of it.
I get that I have to get better and playing them can help but it’s painful to play. Just isn’t even fun and how can I grind innings, if I can get past 4? Then they talk [censored] the whole time the cunts.
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@Thelibero said in Online play that is very uneven.:
I’m a 300-400 level player. I suck. I play offline for the most part unless there is nothing else to do.
So now that there is nothing offline going on, I’m playing online to grind innings for cards. Why do I keep playing guys in the 600-900+ range?!? It’s not even fair. I’m getting mercy ruled constantly. Why do they keep airing us. Takes all the fun out of it.
I get that I have to get better and playing them can help but it’s painful to play. Just isn’t even fun and how can I grind innings, if I can get past 4? Then they talk [censored] the whole time the cunts.
I’ve heard it mentioned on this forum that due to it being kinda later on in the game cycle that many of the people who are left playing out there aren’t the newcomers but rather the players that have a lot more experience. That might be why you keep getting matched up like that but I’m not certain as I don’t fool with online play at all.
I’ve also heard it mentioned that there’s a way to disable the in game communication feature although I’m certainly not the one to instruct you as to how to go about it lol but if it were me that would be the very first thing I would try and do so you could at least alleviate one negative aspect of the experience.
I read one fella on here recently say that he physically sets his controller on the table in front of him unti his opponent gets two strikes on him. This might seem counterproductive at first glance since the odds of striking out go way up when you have two strikes but his point was that many times players out there will walk you over and over again rather than throw you a strike. Might be worth a try to see if that method works. If anything it’ll help you to pick up on the players pitching technique as most people are creatures of habit and will revert to muscle memory when doing repetitive tasks ie one sequence vs righties and one vs lefties so that very well may work and sounded like it worked well for this particular gamer. Good luck to you -
@Thelibero
You should be able to set your slider when finding a match so you will get matched up with people in your skill range.
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@virusrev How do you do that? I think I’ve seen it done once before.
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@Thelibero
It only works in ranked. But when the slider starts going to the right, press the left d-pad to stop or return it to the start.Br or events is a crapshoot.
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@virusrev I’m not exactly sure what you mean. When does a slider go to the right?
I saw someone once out of no where change the pitching to veteran or whatever. I was actually able to hit the ball! But I have not seen it again. I remember it happened while we were waiting for something.
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@Thelibero
When searching for a RS H2H opponent, the matchmaking slider will move to the right. The further to the right it goes, the less even the match could be.Therefore, do not let the matchmaking slider get too far to the right. Maybe count to 4-5 seconds, and if you do not get a match, back out then try again.
The match difficulty will be based on the higher ranked participiant. Therefore, review the official Handbook, and under the Ranked Seasons section, note the difficulty values for each RS division. To avoid higher pitch speeds, back out of the matchmaking process before the matchmaking slider gets to 700. At least then, you will know that your match will be at All-Star pitch speeds, at most.
Note that 200-699 is All-Star gameplay format, while 199 and below is Veteran. Veteran pitch speeds are really slow and I doubt you will find many opponents to play against on that level.
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@xElRojo44x thanks so much. I appreciate that.
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As mentioned above, you can just hold the left analog stick to the left and the matchmaking will stay within the range shown. Ideally, you can just play vs opponents in your same 3-400 range.
Of course that is no guarantee that you’ll escape the “uneven gameplay”. Unfortunately, many of the most annoying opponents seem to be in this range.
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I saw some one change the level of pitching while waiting for something to load. They lowered the difficulty. Is that some kind of cheat? Is there a way to do that?
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That was probably a game vs a friend, or in a league, assuming there are still leagues in 23.
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@halfbutt Nah man. It was a ranked game. I don’t have friends that play and never played in a league.
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Well, the only mode I know of in DD where you can select difficulty and stuff is the “play vs friends”.
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️ how is this type of intelligence able to breathe and hold a controller at the same time 
just messing with you kid. I’m a 4-700 player and I feel your pain but practice and even a 700 player can be competitive. I’m mostly on the losing end myself. I have a 700 wins 800 lose record but I still have a blast in the game. I play on switch so I’m sure if I wasn’t poor and had a ps5 I’d probably make World Series with all the practice I do. -
How are you able to play on switch,I do but can't catch up to the pitches online
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@halfbutt my guess is that the person was cheating some how.
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I play on a tv most of the time an use a pro controller that I have the system read as wired. That helps with fastballs anyway
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BxnnyMxn is correct. The sliders don't affect anything at that time of year. I am playing an older version, and online I get 1% newbs using this version to practice for the current year so they can protect their stats, 2% of guys like me (approx 400-500), 40% cheesers, who are trying to get you to quit so they can unfairly reach a level they would never reach on a new game, which is really sad, because they will get a banner that nobody cares about and a pack of cards.
The majority of my games are against legit 1000 level goons and it's already over by the end of the first. I keep telling myself to keep grinding for my programs, but it can be maddening at times when you are just trying to get your guys leveled up, and you end up mostly getting matched against guys where the game is just you helping them pad their stats.
FYI turn off communication. All you are going to get is trash talk. It's one minor victory you can get.
