How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion)
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I use timing and will continue to use timing, it's easier for me than zone, no one will ever make me switch to zone and I'm pretty sure that SDS won't remove timing or directional considering people use whatever they feel comfortable with
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@sbchamps17_NSW, you should stick with it as long as you like it. I loved it for years, and I still think timing with analog is the best approximation of a swing on a controller. I just wasn't able to sustain a trip into the 700s long enough to enjoy it, and going to the dark side was the only way for me to hang around those ratings.
I found a way I like, with just semi-transparent dots and no stupid ellipses or whatever those things are, and while I no longer enjoy the variety of hits I saw while using Timing, I find that I can enjoy using different players... I felt somewhat limited by not being able to use certain players when using Timing; some cards just seemed to get nothing but bad placement assists, and Zone really removes that foregone conclusion-type of disappointment when some of your favorites just don't work, even when you're timing is fairly consistent. So, some silver linings...
Enjoy Timing in RS. You absolutely should be allowed to, and certainly don't need the permission of those who are offended by and against things that in absolutely no way could possibly harm them or change their life in any meaningful way.
You'll also get pretty realistic baseball results.
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@TeakAUS_PSN said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):
@sbchamps17_NSW said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):
How do you even know that someone is using timing or directional? Show me proof then we'll talk until then let people use what they want
batting averages under .200 with tons of guys with stats like 20 HR 23 RBI is pretty clear sign of directional. But why wouldnt you want to play those guys?
that is not true. I have lots of cards with that stats and I use Zone (which is proof that you can compete with those kind of stats, but nothing more
)The results we are getting are related to how the game is set up. The game prefers power and this power translates better in specific parks (The disgraceful Shield Wooks leading the pack) in relation to the guy who is facing him. So it does not matter if the power is capped when H/9 is capped too …
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DD is fantasy baseball, if you want a more realistic baseball try online rated . I think sds should do more to incentiveise online rated like offering rewards and xp .
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@jaychvz_XBL, I played nothing but Online Rated for years, before playing DD. The whole point of switching was to play a type of fantasy baseball with all-time and what-if players, but there is nothing inherent in that that suggests arcade baseball; there is nothing more rooted in real world statistics than fantasy baseball.
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@The_Joneser_PSN said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):
@jaychvz_XBL, I played nothing but Online Rated for years, before playing DD. The whole point of switching was to play a type of fantasy baseball with all-time and what-if players, but there is nothing inherent in that that suggests arcade baseball; there is nothing more rooted in real world statistics than fantasy baseball.
But as soon as you put a controller into somebody's hands then it becomes more of an arcade baseball game.
You give me and the best players in the world the same 80 overall gold card and their stats will dwarf mine meaning that the player skill with the controller dictates the outcome more that the stats or the attributes.
Granted, it is still "Fantasy Baseball" based on the fact that you can mix players of different eras and put them on the same squad but I would argue that it is still arcade.
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All of yall worried about the stadiums people play at. The first thing that should be fixed is the god awful servers. then we can worry about who plays where. Also add a ping requirement to ranked.
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@MeatSceptre1776_XBL said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):
All of yall worried about the stadiums people play at. The first thing that should be fixed is the god awful servers. then we can worry about who plays where. Also add a ping requirement to ranked.
So they should fix the game by making online unavailable to countries outside of the US. brilliant!
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@TeakAUS_PSN yes it’s brilliant. The game not functioning because you get matched with someone in a different country is a problem.
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@MeatSceptre1776_XBL said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):
@TeakAUS_PSN yes it’s brilliant. The game not functioning because you get matched with someone in a different country is a problem.
MLB The Show, and baseball itself, is an international game.
They'll never disregard players outside of the US.
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@Capt-Clutch-2K24_PSN I didn’t say disregard them. I said make a ping requirement so I can play the game without lag or freezing.
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@MeatSceptre1776_XBL said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):
@Capt-Clutch-2K24_PSN I didn’t say disregard them. I said make a ping requirement so I can play the game without lag or freezing.
I get the point that this could be adressed. But I do not see shield woods not as a problem/cause … If you have good connections on both ends, shield woods will still be awful and needs to be adressed. You can do two separate things the same time
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@Dolenz64_XBL said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):
But as soon as you put a controller into somebody's hands then it becomes more of an arcade baseball game.
Why? This is not an axiom, and there is no reason why a video game cannot strive a little harder to reflect the real thing. Again, there will always be exaggeration of the most exciting aspects, but that does not mean it has to be off-the-rails arcade style to exist. That a video game allows those with a controller in their hands to approximate what real world elite athletes do is already dipping into the unbelievable... the point, for many, is that they want to experience control of what they see from the seats of their hometown stands.
There's NBA and there's NBA Jam. This game is starting to lean into the latter, and I wish it wouldn't.
You give me and the best players in the world the same 80 overall gold card and their stats will dwarf mine meaning that the player skill with the controller dictates the outcome more that the stats or the attributes.
Of course. And they should perform better than you or I with those cards. But the best players in the world are going to skew everything with their prowess... demanding more precision in placement to generate HRs will do little to slow them down, but the thing is that you will not be playing the best players in the world. They will be somewhere in the far reaches of World Series on Legend, playing each other, and we will be somewhere further down the totem pole, preferably hitting HRs with about 10% of our total hits because making it more difficult to hit HRs would absolutely affect most of us.
My whole point is that we, the un-elite (which is most of us), should not be so prolific in our HR generation. Making this easy for most makes it laughable in the hands of those who are actually really good.
Granted, it is still "Fantasy Baseball" based on the fact that you can mix players of different eras and put them on the same squad but I would argue that it is still arcade.
Again, I'm not arguing with you that it plays more like arcade style. I just would prefer it not to. You don't seem to mind that it does, and that's fine... but that it does doesn't mean it must.
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@Capt-Clutch-2K24_PSN Yeah that's just play vs friends and someone creates The Yetis it was an easy exploit in 16 to get max stubs and we did exploit that until 17 came out
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@MeatSceptre1776_XBL said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):
@Capt-Clutch-2K24_PSN I didn’t say disregard them. I said make a ping requirement so I can play the game without lag or freezing.
Technically you didn't. But what you're saying is that anyone with a bad ping would be considered 'out of country'.
They'll never go to Ping based matches.
What they need is dedicated servers.
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@TeakAUS_PSN said in How to Save MLB The Show (In My Opinion):
H2H mode super serious/elitist where you must play a certain way
H2H has exclusive cardspick one.
I hate that this is accurate.
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Low key, SDS should add an option where you can challenge somebody in your Ranked division to a Ranked game (obviously has the same effects on your record and rating that a normal ranked game did.
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Anybody remember the best right handed first baseman in the game: Jimmie Foxx? Explain yourself, SDS. Actually nevermind, you'll end up bringing back sets and seasons for the "inconvenience."
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@Capt-Clutch-2K24_PSN They are definitely not going to dedicated servers. As much as we all would like that it’s too expensive. Having a ping requirement makes it easier and cheaper. Why should the rest of the player base be punished because of someone playing in a country with a low enough player count to warrant expanding the search that much? It detracts from the game.
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@Capt-Clutch-2K24_PSN Also bad ping could mean someone down the street with terrible internet. Not just people playing from long distances.
