Catcher Calling the Pitch
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It dosnt, high school is the same as majors. there is no way to make called pitches more accurate even with sliders. The most success ive had with consistent strikes is setting up in the opposing batters box as low as it can go and even then it will throw it right down the middle alot. To be fair thou i made a post about it a while ago in the 2025 forums and it is actually a little better than it was then. They may be working on this one a little bit at a time but the problem is when you hit the guys that throw 100 + mph fast balls that go from one side of the screen to the other, the controller cant keep up with that speed and you get the missed catch. If you notice when you control the catcher they never have wild pitches or pitches in the dirt like they do with impact plays. It just feels like its an unfinished game mode thats been in for a year now.
I actually dont even think the cpu has even tried to bunt a single time or even popped up to the catcher while controlling the pitches. The more i compare it to impact plays the more im hopping its a unfinished game mode that they will work on.
Also notice when you do it with quick count on when its your turn to bat the quick count ticks on you too? =p
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Do any of you that play as a catcher have the problem I’m having/?
I have just started and in year 2 of college WS. Whenever someone steals second I have absolutely 0 chance of throwing them out. They are already sliding when I catch the ball. I have dumped a ton of tokens into pop time and arm strength. But what good are my stats if they are already 2 feet from the base?
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Ok I am about ready to just delete my catcher save this is frustrating. The AI runners take off before the pitcher even moves. I just had a guy in game 2 of CWS steal 2nd, he was sliding before I even received the ball. He had a speed of 51 stealing of 41. Absolutely terrible.
Someone please tell me this gets better
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Stealing is broke this year. It’s way too easy to steal.
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I guess I’m just going to delete this save. My catcher hits well but with a 78 pop and 76 throw I have absolutely no chance to throw out a base stealer. RUINS ALL IMMERSION!
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I think its bc of a combination of the pitcher never slide stepping and cpu runner speed being inconsistent. The game dosnt give you an option of making the CPU pitcher slide stepping. On impact plays its only going to do one of two things with a runner on first either bunt or steal and 99 times out of 100 its steal and I forgot if you can even call a pitch out or not during impact. Second cpu running has always been messed up, even playing an outfielder a bounce off the wall vrs a runner with 30 speed gets triples at times and that does not make sense.
I think the AI is just dated, the catcher RTTS is incomplete, and like a list of 5 + other things. The game needs to take a year off and dissect its root code. Of coarse that will never happen =p
Just compare impact plays to full at bat catching, half the stuff dosnt happen at full at bat bc I think the AI Pre-determines what is going to happen during impact and it cannot do it vrs Full game. Catcher I feel and think is too complex for its current AI, wich is sad.
I mean it be great to if you could signal for your pitcher to throw over if you feel the runners lead is too big, they always have a massive lead when they are going to steal.
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I haven’t tried calling for a pitcher to throw over. I know on mt 1,2,3,SS I can hold right trigger and select a base to throw to.
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i dont think you can on RTTS as catcher, im sorry if you miss understood i was more added that comment for the devs
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I put my RTTS catcher on the sideline, I’ll probably end up just deleting him. Because we all know RTTS bugs NEVER get fixed.
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At the pace they are going with catcher, will prolly be around 2029 or 30 release. I dont think they are bugs i think its just bad AI and its a root code problem tbh. I played both full game and impact and I can see the diff in how the game thinks ect, features in one and not the other like pitch outs ect. Plays that happen in one and not the other. All wild pitches are missed catches in full game with nothing but bounces off of you and no in the dirts with extreme poor pitching aim where you have to target the other batter box, and there are actual wild pitches and blocked in impact. with 500 other things i can make a list of. Its just a unfinished mess that they will claim to slowly fix, its a shame could be fun. Catcher is just too much for their current code with how the game thinks each at bat.
But it is indeed garbage =p
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and the sad part is, they can bandied this problem by putting a catcher pitching slider in the game. would make it tolerable for the next 5 years while they fix one thing at a time.
