Hitting is not fun
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Not hitting related but the anount of diving insane catches are off the charts ridiculous and CPU outfielders running down balls as far as the bullpen mound at the polo grounds is laughable. Anything to prevent Stat grinding.
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Look, I get it. I get that not every game should be or needs to be a monster blowout. And I've always been the first believer that not every P/P should be a guaranteed hit, let alone homer. But my god...hitting right now is, less than fulfilling. There's a lot times where the result just isn't matching the contact, in batted ball velo OR (and this one irritates me) direction of the batted ball not even remotely matching the angle at which the contact was made...that in particular doesn't do much combat the "scripted" crowd.
You add the fact that pitchers either miss by a foot or dot so close to the point where you're taking and your eye works against you
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I think the biggest issue for me is the inconsistency (or maybe consistency) of the RNG. I mostly play franchise on player lock and the guy I'm locked on will rake like crazy for a couple of months and then the RNG switch gets flipped and you're in for a month of miserably frustrating performances and it feels like there is literally nothing you can do input wise to get out of it. The pitching difficulty seems to bump up to GOAT level and even when you do get the PCI and timing right, every ball is hit right to a fielder. It feels entirely scripted at that point.
Can they not spread the RNG out a little? Mix in some bad games with good ones, or tough ABs with the meatball pitch ABs? The game is too streaky in both hot and cold directions and it kills the enjoyment of the game. Nobody wants to play 25 games in a row where it feels like their input is meaningless and they are just along for the ride. I also don't want the gift hits that are given when I'm in a hot streak. I don't want to hit a homer on a pitch I clearly missed and I want to feel like there is something I can do to get out of a cold streak instead of just feeling like I have to wait it out until the RNG switch gets flipped again. Make the player's input relevant.
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Guys, I am the dumbest of the dumbests...
When I got the game, I red a lot here and there. Learn a bit about the concept of Sliders (the game setting, not the type of throw :))
I think it was Saturday, I move most of the Silders on the left, to give me a chance to learn at my rythm. Not the extrme left, but just a bit or two.
Yesterday night, I was still strugling and decide, dejected, to adjust the Sliders again to give me a small fighting chance. What did I discover? My changes from Saturday have not been saved! I was playing with the game by default settings!
I then move the human hitting Sliders a bit to the left. Did not touch anything about pitchers because I am already quite good (I am a former catcher and a former pitchers coach, so I know one thing or two about location and pitch choice).
And what do you know! I had my best hitting game of my short career! I even hit two homers in the same game. And I won against the mighty Cairo Cats! (how can they have so many 99 Players in their line-up???)
I also made more money than ever (wich is still not much, believe me), even though the game is less rewarding since I moved the Sliders.
Guys!?! There might be hope for me!!
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@pacadie09_MLBTS bad news buddy; sliders don’t work in DD.
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@yankblan_PSN So it was all a placebo effect...
Man, this game is really messing with me!
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@MrNintendo_MLBTS If you connect with it, it is a 450 plus HR easy. It is just a shock in velo after their #5 Sanzetella, and 2nd reliever who throws a high 80s slider every pitch. I just question that if you have 99 velo and outlier, should you really be a common? He would be a sneaky play in events though.
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@mubby_33_PSN @mubby_33_PSN well, if his pitches have no break and his FB has no break or ride, MLB hitters will tee off even if it’s 100mph.
He has 27 IP in MLB, has an ok 9k/9IP globally and over 4BB/9 innings this year. The lack of IP and average numbers explain why he’s common, with a good chance to go bronze if he ups his K/9 and throws more innings by the next update or the one after that (late June).
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@LetsGoTribe_MLBTS The reason rookie hitting is much less successful in Mini Seasons is you are generally playing teams that have ratings as high or higher than your own while in conquest you are facing live series teams.
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@Ledfoot_19_PSN And ground rule doubles because apparently SDS thinks a baseball is a superball.
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@MoeBuug68_XBL said in Hitting is not fun:
agreed with everything you said. Grinding this year is a big problem and slow. They nerf the hell out of mini seasons. Pitching is a mess you either getting dotting to death or walk to death. Hitting is randomly as hell to. Rookie plays like all star, veteran plays like rookie, hall of fame plays like all star, legend play like Goat, and Goat plays like legend this is all offline playing. And cpu can go from hitting like a toddler and the next minute plays like a top 10 player with eyes of an eagle.THIS!!! This this this! Especially that last sentence! The CPU is never consistent even though I select the same difficulty every time!
