Went back and played a game of 19
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Good-Okay is the new “lineout” never had “good-okay” in perfectly squares up balls in 19
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Hitting is good enough right now but the fielding and baserunning are extremely frustrating and it’s taking the joy out of the game for most. That and the way hits are recorded as errors and vice versa plus the announcers saying the wrong thing at times, just makes for an overall sloppy experience. I love this game, I just hope they tighten it up a bit
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Posted about this once already this year. This game feels rewarding for the most part besides pitching. I will play a ton of games this year. Already at 100 event wins. Want the 20 pack and then I'm done. Maybe another prospect shot but I need to get back to grinding WS currently 756. Just not excited about the WS WS rewards. With a 99 kluber on the board already give me a half decent diamond to combat him. Just my opinion. Also lag is the only thing I see in game that I have never seen like that in a show before. I cant swing at pitches sometimes or attempt to throw a strike on the mound because of meter jumping, even unforced errors in the field
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Remember last year when frickin Ichiro was the unstoppable card? Bloop hit after bloop hit and speed cheese. 20 is so much better from my end.
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Just played a couple event games in 19 on HoF. Still felt a thousand times better than this game. I dont know what to say.
I understand what the really good players like about it. I dont know what the answer is honestly.
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@maskedgrappler said in Went back and played a game of 19:
Just played a couple event games in 19 on HoF. Still felt a thousand times better than this game. I dont know what to say.
I understand what the really good players like about it. I dont know what the answer is honestly.
Why don’t you focus on getting better inputs and playing the game to improve and have fun?
When I first started playing I was bad at this game. Instead of giving up, I tried to learn from every AB I had to understand my strengths and weaknesses, and to form a plan at the plate to make me successful.
I’ll be honest, I’ve never been able to hit an inside FB (except for MLB 18: slow pitch softball edition).
In MLB 17, 19, and now 20, I still can’t hit inside FBs. Do you know what I did about that? I stopped swinging at them and I’ve been extremely successful even with my slow bat and reflexes just because I formed a plan at the plate rather than complain that FBs are too fast. I adapted, rather than complaining to SDS to adapt the game for me.
I’ve seen this board have the same names complaining for 4 straight years. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.
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@frizbgirl22 said in Went back and played a game of 19:
@maskedgrappler said in Went back and played a game of 19:
Just played a couple event games in 19 on HoF. Still felt a thousand times better than this game. I dont know what to say.
I understand what the really good players like about it. I dont know what the answer is honestly.
Why don’t you focus on getting better inputs and playing the game to improve and have fun?
When I first started playing I was bad at this game. Instead of giving up, I tried to learn from every AB I had to understand my strengths and weaknesses, and to form a plan at the plate to make me successful.
I’ll be honest, I’ve never been able to hit an inside FB (except for MLB 18: slow pitch softball edition).
In MLB 17, 19, and now 20, I still can’t hit inside FBs. Do you know what I did about that? I stopped swinging at them and I’ve been extremely successful even with my slow bat and reflexes just because I formed a plan at the plate rather than complain that FBs are too fast. I adapted, rather than complaining to SDS to adapt the game for me.
I’ve seen this board have the same names complaining for 4 straight years. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.
Hey Nash, thanks for sharing the way to beat you hahaha. I look forward to our next game (friendly or in ranked/event) Haha! We’re due for another one since all of our games are really enjoyable.
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@frizbgirl22 said in Went back and played a game of 19:
@maskedgrappler said in Went back and played a game of 19:
Just played a couple event games in 19 on HoF. Still felt a thousand times better than this game. I dont know what to say.
I understand what the really good players like about it. I dont know what the answer is honestly.
Why don’t you focus on getting better inputs and playing the game to improve and have fun?
When I first started playing I was bad at this game. Instead of giving up, I tried to learn from every AB I had to understand my strengths and weaknesses, and to form a plan at the plate to make me successful.
I’ll be honest, I’ve never been able to hit an inside FB (except for MLB 18: slow pitch softball edition).
In MLB 17, 19, and now 20, I still can’t hit inside FBs. Do you know what I did about that? I stopped swinging at them and I’ve been extremely successful even with my slow bat and reflexes just because I formed a plan at the plate rather than complain that FBs are too fast. I adapted, rather than complaining to SDS to adapt the game for me.
I’ve seen this board have the same names complaining for 4 straight years. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.
The same guys always complaining...
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I’m having a blast this year. Love the smaller PCI and I feel like good placement is getting rewarded more. One issue though would be with too many good-oks ending in weak contact with near perfect PCI placement. Showdown is awesome for building a no money spent team. 100% agree 20 is better than 19 right now.
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@graymendes said in Went back and played a game of 19:
Remember last year when frickin Ichiro was the unstoppable card? Bloop hit after bloop hit and speed cheese. 20 is so much better from my end.
People want to go back to being able to bloop their opponent to death, not me, no thank you.
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@skepple15 said in Went back and played a game of 19:
Last night I went back and played a game of 19, 20 is soooo much better, fastballs in 20 seem faster, off speed pitches in 20 are slower, the pci changes are amazing in 20, heck even the strike zone in 20 is better, in 19 the zone is black and it’s actually quite distracting. You don’t have line outs galore in 20, if you can consistently square up the ball you’re going to get rewarded, you don’t have the ridiculous constant bloops that 19 has. The analog meter in 20 goes so much faster which is nice. 20 has issues with fielding and to a lesser extent pitching but overall 20 is a much better game.
i agree completely
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@skepple15 said in Went back and played a game of 19:
Last night I went back and played a game of 19, 20 is soooo much better, fastballs in 20 seem faster, off speed pitches in 20 are slower, the pci changes are amazing in 20, heck even the strike zone in 20 is better, in 19 the zone is black and it’s actually quite distracting. You don’t have line outs galore in 20, if you can consistently square up the ball you’re going to get rewarded, you don’t have the ridiculous constant bloops that 19 has. The analog meter in 20 goes so much faster which is nice. 20 has issues with fielding and to a lesser extent pitching but overall 20 is a much better game.
Here’s the thing with this game. Just now I lost 3-2 to my opponent that struck out 20 times. Hit only contact were 3 homers and all mistakes. 2 singles. I got 2 runs on 3 hits but I had 8 contacts that were outs. To me. In my opinion. This is not good gameplay. I’m constantly losing to these players that have 15-20 strike outs but get these mistakes that they crush. WHY my question is to you. Is the only contact this dude made all hits and my contact is outs? How is this decided? If I were more consistent maybe like you are I could win. However — that still should not be the case. If I’m out inputting my opponent by double or triple their inputs the decision to make one players outs and another’s all hits is absurd.
He literally had 20 strike outs. You can check the game log. The inputs he made were all good ok. And they were all rewarded. My inputs were good/squared, good good no perfects that weren’t hits. But still. This imo needs work.
I don’t find this to be one game. It happens a lot. My question is also this. How much better does one have to be in order to consistently win. Because I was clearly better then this dude. All he did was flail swing 20 strike outs. And then a ball would miss and he’d crush it.
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Btw I have A lot of games that I strike my opponent out 15-20 times and lose. And everyone of those games I out input my opponent by more then double.
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I will say also I would be fine with the input part if they eliminated mistakes. It’s basically a guaranteed homer for someone striking out that many times because they don’t see a ball.
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@A_PerfectGame said in Went back and played a game of 19:
Btw I have A lot of games that I strike my opponent out 15-20 times and lose. And everyone of those games I out input my opponent by more then double.
I get being annoyed at hangers, pitching needs work, A lot of work! but it's really annoying to me when I see people equate strikeouts with winning or losing.
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@eatyum said in Went back and played a game of 19:
@A_PerfectGame said in Went back and played a game of 19:
Btw I have A lot of games that I strike my opponent out 15-20 times and lose. And everyone of those games I out input my opponent by more then double.
I get being annoyed at hangers, pitching needs work, A lot of work! but it's really annoying to me when I see people equate strikeouts with winning or losing.
Just because your opponent strikes out 20 times doesn't mean you necessarily deserve a win everytime that happens.His only attempt at good inputs is down t 7 outs...
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@A_PerfectGame said in Went back and played a game of 19:
@eatyum said in Went back and played a game of 19:
@A_PerfectGame said in Went back and played a game of 19:
Btw I have A lot of games that I strike my opponent out 15-20 times and lose. And everyone of those games I out input my opponent by more then double.
I get being annoyed at hangers, pitching needs work, A lot of work! but it's really annoying to me when I see people equate strikeouts with winning or losing.
Just because your opponent strikes out 20 times doesn't mean you necessarily deserve a win everytime that happens.His only attempt at good inputs is down t 7 outs...
So? If you aren't hitting consistently, that means those attempts at good inputs might make the difference.
And yes, sometimes the game screws you and your inputs don't get rewarded, I'm not saying it doesn't happen.
But this game isn't called who can strikeout out the other person more. -
I'm just really down on the game right now. It feels hopeless. I'm going to take a break for a few days and hopefully it'll feel better when I come back. I'll just grind out Showdown for now.
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@Therealest_JB said in Went back and played a game of 19:
Hitting is good enough right now but the fielding and baserunning are extremely frustrating and it’s taking the joy out of the game for most. That and the way hits are recorded as errors and vice versa plus the announcers saying the wrong thing at times, just makes for an overall sloppy experience. I love this game, I just hope they tighten it up a bit
I'm with you. The assisted baserunnning and the amount of bobbled ground balls are the biggest things and bug the heck out of me. Outfield catches are the other thing. (Granted, I haven't had that thing where it just hits or goes through a fielder in position). Other than that, It's been fine when sticking to my preferred modes of play. Showdown is a different story, at least for me.
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The game plays well and agree with you that it plays better the 2019 by a longshot aside from the obvious fielding issues that will be fixed.
However, the timing window doesn’t make any sense to me. I’d like to see a frame by frame difference between a 92mph cutter and 92 mph sinker. There is no way it’s the same which makes my hitting experience at higher level frustrating.
