Hardcore Ranked Seasons?
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I play a video game to manipulate the results. So when I square up a baseball and a guy doesn't have to move for an out, that's [censored].
The hitting results are randomly generated by the game based off of baseball stats. It's not based off of what you actually did with your swing.
I am looking for a game mode that is strictly based off of user-based skill.
All this "that's baseball" and "sometimes this happens" is for the birds because we are not playing a 162-game season against someone we are playing one time to see who is better.
Sure all of these excuses work when playing the computer in a 162 game season, but when you are just going online head-to-head against one personpersonit, it should be your skill versus there's. NOT what the game randomly decides is okay this game
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Well of course the game somewhat randomly decides outcomes out batted balls. Thing is, if you square up more balls consistently than your opponent, you should normally have far better results. So that’s essentially user skill benefiting.
They kinda have no choice to keep stats somewhat realistic. Fact is, it’s alot easier to square a ball in a game than in real life. Nobody wants to see guys with lineups of players all hitting above .750
That’s how the very best of the best players are able to overcome the randomness by have much better swings (user input) than the majority of the player base. You look at their teams and average between .350-.400
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I would love to see lineups of guys hitting above .750 then I know I would be playing a true simulator. Also remember I am suggesting an entire different game mode for this...
Playing on Hall of Fame the PCI is pretty small and the pitching is pretty fast. You could shrink the PCI even more and make the pitching more sensitive.
I understand what you are saying, and that's why I am asking for hardcore ranked seasons so it won't penalize the everyday casual player.
Plus we would see more of the best players playing one another, instead of seeing them beat up on some fool who doesn't understand and the hitting mechanics and quirks of the game
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@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
I would love to see lineups of guys hitting above .750 then I know I would be playing a true simulator. Also remember I am suggesting an entire different game mode for this...
Playing on Hall of Fame the PCI is pretty small and the pitching is pretty fast. You could shrink the PCI even more and make the pitching more sensitive.
I understand what you are saying, and that's why I am asking for hardcore ranked seasons so it won't penalize the everyday casual player.
Plus we would see more of the best players playing one another, instead of seeing them beat up on some fool who doesn't understand and the hitting mechanics and quirks of the game
May I ask where you are sitting in RS? I’m just curious. You must be up there?
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I keep getting to 780 and then losing, right now I'm at 725.
I destroyed my record this year with rage quits because of the hitting. Once I see the writing on the wall, I just leave the game to save my sanity. Getting 40 wins for the rewards pushed me to quit eaiser too
The game is fine, the content is great. I would just like to see a new game mode for people that want to play competitively
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@hikes83_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
I would love to see lineups of guys hitting above .750 then I know I would be playing a true simulator. Also remember I am suggesting an entire different game mode for this...
Playing on Hall of Fame the PCI is pretty small and the pitching is pretty fast. You could shrink the PCI even more and make the pitching more sensitive.
I understand what you are saying, and that's why I am asking for hardcore ranked seasons so it won't penalize the everyday casual player.
Plus we would see more of the best players playing one another, instead of seeing them beat up on some fool who doesn't understand and the hitting mechanics and quirks of the game
May I ask where you are sitting in RS? I’m just curious. You must be up there?
Why do you ask tho?
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@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@hikes83_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
I would love to see lineups of guys hitting above .750 then I know I would be playing a true simulator. Also remember I am suggesting an entire different game mode for this...
Playing on Hall of Fame the PCI is pretty small and the pitching is pretty fast. You could shrink the PCI even more and make the pitching more sensitive.
I understand what you are saying, and that's why I am asking for hardcore ranked seasons so it won't penalize the everyday casual player.
Plus we would see more of the best players playing one another, instead of seeing them beat up on some fool who doesn't understand and the hitting mechanics and quirks of the game
May I ask where you are sitting in RS? I’m just curious. You must be up there?
Why do you ask tho?
Was just curious since you are asking for a more competitive mode where good players don’t “beat up on noobs”. I assumed you were 900+ that’s all
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I usually am but this year I haven't had the patience to play through the nonsense.
I see you have a World Series tag, and I would totally play you right now if you want.. just so you can see I should be in the 900s
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@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
I usually am but this year I haven't had the patience to play through the nonsense.
I see you have a World Series tag, and I would totally play you right now if you want.. just so you can see I should be in the 900s
I believe you. And I get by with my pitching more than I do hitting. I’m not bad (around .320 I think) but my pitching is better
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If you’re playing on HoF and losing to scrubs usually on AS, that means you should beat them since the higher ranking determines the difficulty, or you’re losing to players in your weight class or above.
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@yankblan_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
If you’re playing on HoF and losing to scrubs usually on AS, that means you should beat them since the higher ranking determines the difficulty, or you’re losing to players in your weight class or above.
I don't understand? It seems to me tha5 when I play guys that are still on the all-star setting, they end up with a huge PCI and mine is small(gigity). I see this as a way of balancing the game, that's why I am asking for a different game mode to not to penalize the casual players
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@hikes83_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
I usually am but this year I haven't had the patience to play through the nonsense.
I see you have a World Series tag, and I would totally play you right now if you want.. just so you can see I should be in the 900s
I believe you. And I get by with my pitching more than I do hitting. I’m not bad (around .320 I think) but my pitching is better
Those are great numbers bro. I only have 4 guys on my team that hold a .340 average for more than 100AB.
I can promise you that I am not a better hitter with different players.. I have the same reaction time and my fingers move the same
Also want to point out that I collected the entire live series, so my team is loaded with studs.
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@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@hikes83_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
I usually am but this year I haven't had the patience to play through the nonsense.
I see you have a World Series tag, and I would totally play you right now if you want.. just so you can see I should be in the 900s
I believe you. And I get by with my pitching more than I do hitting. I’m not bad (around .320 I think) but my pitching is better
Those are great numbers bro. I only have 4 guys on my team that hold a .340 average for more than 100AB.
I can promise you that I am not a better hitter with different players.. I have the same reaction time and my fingers move the same
Also want to point out that I collected the entire live series, so my team is loaded with studs.
See I only have one guy that’s below .300 right now and that’s Finley for some odd reason. Posada and Goodrum are still hitting over .400
Oh I wouldn’t put much emphasis on opponents feedback. That was broken years ago and I wouldn’t be surprised if it still is. Especially the PCI size. I’ve seen streamers play on Legend and it still shows PCIs being the size of the strike zone on opponent feedback. Even if they were contact swinging, there is now way that’s accurate.
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That's very good to know, thanks for the info because I had no idea.
I can't get Finley to hit above .275 so it's the card. My Soriano is hitting .203 while my live series Jose Ramirez leads the team at .330 [minimum 100ab]
I just got Trout, Ortiz and Chipper so I don't have enough ABs with them to see anything yet.
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@hikes83_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@hikes83_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
I usually am but this year I haven't had the patience to play through the nonsense.
I see you have a World Series tag, and I would totally play you right now if you want.. just so you can see I should be in the 900s
I believe you. And I get by with my pitching more than I do hitting. I’m not bad (around .320 I think) but my pitching is better
Those are great numbers bro. I only have 4 guys on my team that hold a .340 average for more than 100AB.
I can promise you that I am not a better hitter with different players.. I have the same reaction time and my fingers move the same
Also want to point out that I collected the entire live series, so my team is loaded with studs.
See I only have one guy that’s below .300 right now and that’s Finley for some odd reason. Posada and Goodrum are still hitting over .400
Oh I wouldn’t put much emphasis on opponents feedback. That was broken years ago and I wouldn’t be surprised if it still is. Especially the PCI size. I’ve seen streamers play on Legend and it still shows PCIs being the size of the strike zone on opponent feedback. Even if they were contact swinging, there is now way that’s accurate.
Where spot in the batting order do you hit Goodrum?
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@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@yankblan_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
If you’re playing on HoF and losing to scrubs usually on AS, that means you should beat them since the higher ranking determines the difficulty, or you’re losing to players in your weight class or above.
I don't understand? It seems to me tha5 when I play guys that are still on the all-star setting, they end up with a huge PCI and mine is small(gigity). I see this as a way of balancing the game, that's why I am asking for a different game mode to not to penalize the casual players
This is the first year that difficulty advantage goes to the higher rank. The player under 700 has the smaller PCI and higher pitch speeds like you do. And yes, like the other guy lower said, feedback is iffy. Yours is usually correct, but the opponent is approximate from what I can tell from my experience; of course, can’t speak to other’s
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@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@hikes83_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@hikes83_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
I usually am but this year I haven't had the patience to play through the nonsense.
I see you have a World Series tag, and I would totally play you right now if you want.. just so you can see I should be in the 900s
I believe you. And I get by with my pitching more than I do hitting. I’m not bad (around .320 I think) but my pitching is better
Those are great numbers bro. I only have 4 guys on my team that hold a .340 average for more than 100AB.
I can promise you that I am not a better hitter with different players.. I have the same reaction time and my fingers move the same
Also want to point out that I collected the entire live series, so my team is loaded with studs.
See I only have one guy that’s below .300 right now and that’s Finley for some odd reason. Posada and Goodrum are still hitting over .400
Oh I wouldn’t put much emphasis on opponents feedback. That was broken years ago and I wouldn’t be surprised if it still is. Especially the PCI size. I’ve seen streamers play on Legend and it still shows PCIs being the size of the strike zone on opponent feedback. Even if they were contact swinging, there is now way that’s accurate.
Where spot in the batting order do you hit Goodrum?
8th lol. Benched Soriano. Couldn’t do it
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Okay you're most likely correct but we are deflecting off of the original point of the post, asking if we should have a hardcore ranked seasons. Where it's based on user generated outcomes, not a baseball simulated outcome.
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@hikes83_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@hikes83_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@hikes83_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
@ericg819_psn said in Hardcore Ranked Seasons?:
I usually am but this year I haven't had the patience to play through the nonsense.
I see you have a World Series tag, and I would totally play you right now if you want.. just so you can see I should be in the 900s
I believe you. And I get by with my pitching more than I do hitting. I’m not bad (around .320 I think) but my pitching is better
Those are great numbers bro. I only have 4 guys on my team that hold a .340 average for more than 100AB.
I can promise you that I am not a better hitter with different players.. I have the same reaction time and my fingers move the same
Also want to point out that I collected the entire live series, so my team is loaded with studs.
See I only have one guy that’s below .300 right now and that’s Finley for some odd reason. Posada and Goodrum are still hitting over .400
Oh I wouldn’t put much emphasis on opponents feedback. That was broken years ago and I wouldn’t be surprised if it still is. Especially the PCI size. I’ve seen streamers play on Legend and it still shows PCIs being the size of the strike zone on opponent feedback. Even if they were contact swinging, there is now way that’s accurate.
Where spot in the batting order do you hit Goodrum?
8th lol. Benched Soriano. Couldn’t do it
Yeah he's riding the pine for me too. You know what that shows right? Having the same results with the same cards (Finley, Soriano) it shows that the game holds back results regardless of user input.
You could square any pitch up with Finley, but wont matter cause that card cant hit above .290 in online play over a 162 game stretch.
It's a well thought out concept and you are right its a great way to keep the stats realistic. The better players foul balls off, they have no business making contact with in order to stay in an at-bat
That being said, i think the foul balls could be tuned to have more swing-and-misses, with maybe some of them being switched for the hard-hit outs you see from the good contact...
Don't you feel like there are plenty of other opportunities per AB to justify an out, rather than the well timed swings?
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I just want to give an update that I have been using Circle(contact) to swing and I haven't lost since the switch
