Suggestions to cut down the frustration experienced in Moments
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Don't think I'm saying anything that hasn't been posted here before, but I spent a few hours the last couple of days grinding moments and need to vent some frustrations and make some suggestions. I imagine some of this would apply to Showdown as well.
Fielding Animations - I get that in real baseball home runs get robbed and players make diving catches, but maybe cut down on how often those animations take away a perfect/perfect hit. Just go with one where I hit it right to a guy. Really rubs salt in the wound when you do everything right and get robbed multiple times in the span of a few minutes via plays that would be nominated for an ESPY.
Getting hit by pitch in a player locked hitting moment - Just plain shouldn't happen.
Difficulty - I don't doubt that the listed difficulty is accurate in terms of PCI size and pitch speed, but the outcomes after the swing are pretty clearly less rewarding to the hitter than in other modes. Some clarity on this would be nice.
That animation where your player runs all the way back to the dugout after a popup and you can't skip it - little thing but man it makes me so mad when I'm struggling with a moment and just want to get to my next attempt.
Overall I actually like moments but sometimes they make me want to launch my controller into orbit.
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I also enjoy moments but I agree with all of this, these things are even more annoying when you are well into a multi game moment.
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Honestly, I do not know how anyone can enjoy doing the same Moment over and over for an hour. That is why I hate Moments. I do not mind the easy ones, but ones like 8 TB or 3 XBH (even 2 XBH when the player is not that good) drive me nuts.
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@vipersneak_mlbts said in Suggestions to cut down the frustration experienced in Moments:
Honestly, I do not know how anyone can enjoy doing the same Moment over and over for an hour. That is why I hate Moments. I do not mind the easy ones, but ones like 8 TB or 3 XBH (even 2 XBH when the player is not that good) drive me nuts.
Oh yeah this reminds me of another one. CPU baserunners - they need to be more aggressive during total base moments. If I had a nickel for every time I've missed one of those by one base because a pitcher with his fancy running jacket stopped at second on a gapper...
Well I'd probably have like fifty cents but it sure feels like more when I'm in the moment.
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Less moments in general would help. There are so many of them, every program is built on them. Eventually you burn out and the frustration these issues bring just intensifies.
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I think Sliders and AI boosts in Moments are there to make the game more 'challenging.'
That way we can't run roughshod over the CPU and make the game a joke, as in being too easy. -
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WHY DOES MAKE ME HAVE AT-BATS AS A PITCHER IN A PITCHING BASED MOMENT... IN AN AMERICAN LEAGUE MATCHUP????
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@vipersneak_mlbts said in Suggestions to cut down the frustration experienced in Moments:
Honestly, I do not know how anyone can enjoy doing the same Moment over and over for an hour. That is why I hate Moments. I do not mind the easy ones, but ones like 8 TB or 3 XBH (even 2 XBH when the player is not that good) drive me nuts.
I avoid all of the topps now unless I REALLY need stubs
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@beardowngoblue said in Suggestions to cut down the frustration experienced in Moments:
Don't think I'm saying anything that hasn't been posted here before, but I spent a few hours the last couple of days grinding moments and need to vent some frustrations and make some suggestions. I imagine some of this would apply to Showdown as well.
Fielding Animations - I get that in real baseball home runs get robbed and players make diving catches, but maybe cut down on how often those animations take away a perfect/perfect hit. Just go with one where I hit it right to a guy. Really rubs salt in the wound when you do everything right and get robbed multiple times in the span of a few minutes via plays that would be nominated for an ESPY.
Agree. The AI fielders become real tryhards in Moments, while they field casually in every other mode.
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Power swing and take pitches is my advice. It completely changed how I look at moments.
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@beardowngoblue said in Suggestions to cut down the frustration experienced in Moments:
Difficulty - I don't doubt that the listed difficulty is accurate in terms of PCI size and pitch speed, but the outcomes after the swing are pretty clearly less rewarding to the hitter than in other modes. Some clarity on this would be nice.
Good point. It's as if they blow-up the PCI size to reflect rookie or whatever, but still have it in HoF mode relative to outcomes. Don't know that we'll ever get clarity on this though.
You've got great points, but most of what you mentioned is the "smoke and mirrors" intentionally (not accidentally) coded into this game to make it "exciting" while also dictating outcomes and the resulting animation they queue up to paint on your screen to support the outcome without a lot of emphasis on controller input.
I just don't see them fixing an intended design.
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I only ask for multiple game moments to be able to skip to next game like RTTS implemented 3-4 years ago
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If you get hit by a pitch in a hitting moment, you should automatically succeed, end of story.
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@tekkendolphin_psn said in Suggestions to cut down the frustration experienced in Moments:
WHY DOES MAKE ME HAVE AT-BATS AS A PITCHER IN A PITCHING BASED MOMENT... IN AN AMERICAN LEAGUE MATCHUP????
WHY ARE YOU USING ALL CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@dap1234567890 said in Suggestions to cut down the frustration experienced in Moments:
@tekkendolphin_psn said in Suggestions to cut down the frustration experienced in Moments:
WHY DOES MAKE ME HAVE AT-BATS AS A PITCHER IN A PITCHING BASED MOMENT... IN AN AMERICAN LEAGUE MATCHUP????
WHY ARE YOU USING ALL CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY ARE YOU ASKING RHETORICAL QUESTIONS!!!!!!!!!!
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@tekkendolphin_psn said in Suggestions to cut down the frustration experienced in Moments:
WHY DOES MAKE ME HAVE AT-BATS AS A PITCHER IN A PITCHING BASED MOMENT... IN AN AMERICAN LEAGUE MATCHUP????
I'll never understand that... but likely because SDS is lazy at their job
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You know I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority here, but I really love moments. I don't care much for the dailies that require my CAP player. I don't maintain one.
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Yeah so this all definitely applies to Showdown. Just tried Ryan and if that’s really Veteran as it exists in other vs. cpu modes I’ll eat my hat. I hope there’s not a must-have player hidden behind extreme showdown this year I have no interest in playing that mode ever again. Never not infuriating.
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@beardowngoblue said in Suggestions to cut down the frustration experienced in Moments:
Yeah so this all definitely applies to Showdown. Just tried Ryan and if that’s really Veteran I’ll eat my hat. I hope there’s not a must-have player hidden behind extreme showdown this year I have no interest in playing that mode ever again. Never not infuriating.
Yeah, I like the idea of it but I'm just not good enough to complete one.
