Difficulty Levels and realistic stats
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First off, let me say that I'm an old dude who doesn't have the reflexes that I used to. I recently bought a PS5 and MLB the Show which is the first console/game that I've had in 12+ years.
I've been playing All-Star level, and win my fair share of games due to pitching, but my batting averages are horrible....I average about 5 hits a game. . I transitioned hitting to Veteran last week, and now it's too easy and I'm getting 15+ hits per game.
Has anyone else encountered a situation where one level is too hard, but the next one down is too easy, and if so how did you fix it?
I'm playing zone hitting, and haven't touched any sliders.
My win/loss percentage is pretty realistic, I just want to have fun while generating somewhat realistic stats.
Thoughts...Suggestions?
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Try setting the hitting difficulty to dynamic. It increments the difficulty up or down depending on how you’re performing. But it will increment on a wider scale.
Think of it on a scale of 1-100 where for example if you’re at hall of fame level (1) and you’re crushing the ball it will increment you by x over y number of hits until you get to 100 and then it will jump you up to legend. On the flip side. If you underperform it will decrement down until you hit all-star.
This should help give you a better balance between one level and another. If Veteran is too easy but all star is too much setting it to dynamic should let you hover somewhere between the two.
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@FrostedCrumb_MLBTS said in Difficulty Levels and realistic stats:
First off, let me say that I'm an old dude who doesn't have the reflexes that I used to. I recently bought a PS5 and MLB the Show which is the first console/game that I've had in 12+ years.
I've been playing All-Star level, and win my fair share of games due to pitching, but my batting averages are horrible....I average about 5 hits a game. . I transitioned hitting to Veteran last week, and now it's too easy and I'm getting 15+ hits per game.
Has anyone else encountered a situation where one level is too hard, but the next one down is too easy, and if so how did you fix it?
I'm playing zone hitting, and haven't touched any sliders.
My win/loss percentage is pretty realistic, I just want to have fun while generating somewhat realistic stats.
Thoughts...Suggestions?
I'm an old dude too...like retired old (not like these guys here in their 40s who say they're old). My hitting is horrendous. Setting your difficulty to Dynamic is a good idea because it will go between All-Star and Veteran, or you could just leave it on AS and have patience.
I've been playing MLBTS regularly since '16 and off and on with my kids since around '08. Until 20, I played at the beginner level and only franchise. Since then I've been playing DD and working on getting better. This is the first year I have used Zone. In the beginning, I was even worse than I am now, but I am substantially better because I just kept at it.
Another thing you can try is to use Directional hitting. This will help you get your timing down. I will occasionally switch back to Directional when I'm having a difficult time with a pitcher and when I get the timing down, I switch back to Zone.
The most important part is to have fun and do it the way you feel more comfortable. There are a lot of people on here that say you can't play unless you do this or that, but SDS gives all these different levels because everyone is different.
Have fun!
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Retirement age is overrated Bleeder but I wouldn't mind being 35 years younger LOL. Frosty keep grinding....you'll get it and like said have fun.
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@TEXAS10PT_PSN said in Difficulty Levels and realistic stats:
Retirement age is overrated Bleeder but I wouldn't mind being 35 years younger LOL. Frosty keep grinding....you'll get it and like said have fun.
Lol…I know you’re older, you just don’t want to retire yet. I highly recommend it! If we have a choice of going back in time, I’d like to go back 10 more years than you chose
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. I will definitely try setting the difficulty at Dynamic and see if that helps me settle into a sweet spot. If that doesn't work, I'll keep grinding it out on All-Star and try to improve. The game is just so much fun. I'm winning a realistic number of games, and hitting my fair share of home runs, but the .220 team average and double-digit strikeouts per game make for horrible stats.
For the record, I'm not at retirement age yet, but I'm closer to 60 than I am to 40.
Thanks again
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When you are using Dynamic.
Try going to your sliders once you reach Veteran +.Than move your dynamic hitting slider to the left.
Basically shutting it off.
Play 20 franchise games there and check ur averages then.
That might become your sweer spot.