Rookie difficulty?
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I’m not sure if it’s a bug or not but I been playing mlb the show on rookie mode for years as I’m not very good at the game but I enjoy playing franchise mode but this years rookie mode on casual is a lot more difficult. (I also use time hitting as I’m not good at PCI)First off I’m either flying out, striking out or DP, I legit can’t get any hits and finding it to be a struggle. Second off either I can’t get hits or the pitcher just throws balls a lot more frequently than before. The game is awesome but I think this bug if it is a bug needs to be addressed during the next update because it’s frustrating. I just want to enjoy the game without having to struggle. And yes I know I can lower my difficulty but I don’t want to win games 50-0.
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@Hostile-TSB said in Rookie difficulty?:
I’m not sure if it’s a bug or not but I been playing mlb the show on rookie mode for years as I’m not very good at the game but I enjoy playing franchise mode but this years rookie mode on casual is a lot more difficult. (I also use time hitting as I’m not good at PCI)First off I’m either flying out, striking out or DP, I legit can’t get any hits and finding it to be a struggle. Second off either I can’t get hits or the pitcher just throws balls a lot more frequently than before. The game is awesome but I think this bug if it is a bug needs to be addressed during the next update because it’s frustrating. I just want to enjoy the game without having to struggle. And yes I know I can lower my difficulty but I don’t want to win games 50-0.
It’s not just you. I don’t know if they’ve done this on purpose, but it’s not just you.
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They are looking into it. They replied to a post on here about it a few days ago
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CPU pitching on rookie is broken. The game is a [censored] mess. SDS should be ashamed.
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@K9_21owl did they? Ahh that would make sense did they say when they would be fixing it?
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They did and no
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@Hostile-TSB said in Rookie difficulty?:
@K9_21owl did they? Ahh that would make sense did they say when they would be fixing it?
Doesn't seem to be an easy fix, or they are waiting till other stuff is fixed and drop 1 big patch(more likely)
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unfortunately SDS is going the same direction as EA. Copy and paste game, add a couple new fluff features, and give the user a bug filled mess that's worse than last years model somehow.
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@Hostile-TSB_XBL First off, welcome to the forum. Second, my personal opinion is rookie has always sucked. Don’t ever play on anything lower than Veteran.
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Idk i dont work for sds
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@fubar2k7 said in Rookie difficulty?:
@Hostile-TSB First off, welcome to the forum. Second, my personal opinion is rookie has always sucked. Don’t ever play on anything lower than Veteran.
Veteran sucks too! The CPU pitching bug is active there as well.
SDS for the win! "Shout out" to whoever ensures that there are multiple killer bugs in the game!
"Shout out" to the Switch users, who should be suing SDS!
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@JestersDead13 said in Rookie difficulty?:
unfortunately SDS is going the same direction as EA. Copy and paste game, add a couple new fluff features, and give the user a bug filled mess that's worse than last years model somehow.
If this was a copy/paste game, then the game engine wouldn't be so screwed up. No, this isn't copy/paste.
I think one of the things that hurt them this year was the lack of a tech test...but then again, if they had done one, the number of buyers would have been much lower.
They told us how they tweaked the ball dynamics when it hit's the wall, but I think it may have affected how it hits the bat too.
There are just too many things different this year, than in years past - no, this game is not copy/paste.
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Just think, all your bad luck means good luck for others. I want to say thank you for that.
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The bug effects all difficulty levels
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I Dont understand what the bug is? So they cpu throws more balls on rookie? Then don't swing. Simple as that.
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@LuvMyXBOX said in Rookie difficulty?:
I Dont understand what the bug is? So they cpu throws more balls on rookie? Then don't swing. Simple as that.
I’m drawing so many walks and eventually getting some nice 3-0 pitches to drive for 2 or 3 run homeruns. Patience is a virtue. Veteran has some wildness but not as bad as the moments for the NLP was.
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I think the issue is efficiency in gaining PxP and XP. I’d argue that on a per game basis, the wild pitching is increasing PxP and XP. However, each game now seems to take twice as long. The efficiency is thus lowered because you aren’t gaining twice as much PxP/XP. Does that make sense what I’m saying (I can’t tell if I’m wording it correctly).
It’s certainly a bug, but not a bug that isn’t manageable. Honestly, I’ve kind of enjoyed having to be patient.
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@LuvMyXBOX said in Rookie difficulty?:
I Dont understand what the bug is? So they cpu throws more balls on rookie? Then don't swing. Simple as that.
The bug is actually simple to explain:
99.9% of CPU pitches have a very late release, causing them to be more erratic.
Particularly sliders/slurves go all over the placeEvery once in a great while, for whatever reason, a pitch will show up as perfect but I suspect its a second bug as 1 of the two times I saw it happen was on a slider that was 'juuuust a bit outside'
Its more impactful the lower the difficulty rank is. By the time you get to All Star the balls/strikes start to feel more like a baseball balance. Youll get the occasional four pitch walk, but you certainly cant put the controller down and walk away. Too many 0-2 plunkings though
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@LuvMyXBOX said in Rookie difficulty?:
I Dont understand what the bug is? So they cpu throws more balls on rookie? Then don't swing. Simple as that.
Read the actual strategy guide in-game. Rookie hitting is supposed to see MORE strikes, not fewer.
Plus hardly any are middle-middle. Rookie hitting should not be 8 balls every 10 pitches with the 2 strikes on the black/edges.
No one's saying it's difficult. But -- and I KNOW THIS IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND, SO KEEP UP...
PEOPLE DON'T PLAY ON ROOKIE TO WORK COUNTS AND NOT SWING.
Is that not clear? Do you not understand?
THE GAME SHOULD WORK. At all levels, regardless of how YOU like to play.
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Glad I found this. I was fine until this morning and suddenly if I don’t hit a homerun, I don’t get a hit. Perfect/perfect that stays in play results in an out roughly 80% of the time and I get almost nothing through the infield when on the ground. It feels unplayable atm
