I thought of this because someone mentioned that the extreme showdown might teach people how to hit better on hof difficulty. And I thought "teach you how to hit cpu pitching sure...but probably completely mess you up for human pitching"

Human pitching is just all meta and more meta....and learning how to deal with the meta. Its annoying to me that online and offline feel like two different things.

IMO. The best offline BASEBALL experience in MLBTS 26 Is vs Stock Rosters in a 9 inni g game vs their # 1 pitcher.

As well on GOAT difficulty.

I feel when I use a team rated around 85/90 with no additional boosts or Captains the game plays tight.

This morning v Pitt and Skenes i amounted onky 7 hits and rarely saw two strikes middle in in any at bat.

I used meter pitching w Roku Sasaki eating up the 1st 4 inni gs in a PEN game.

Meter is too accurate and produces too few mistakes by me.

The best combo is clearly classic pitching where my % of balls vs strikes is higher.

I ended w 7 hits to CPU’s 1

I walked 4 to their 3

I struck out 17 times to the CPU 13.

I am back to classic pitching for a better well rounded morning of 9 inning baseball.

My two cents…

@Thongypu_PSN said:

@rubicante23_PSN said:

@Onix_Savage22_PSN it made me feel a little better that even Gomes struggled with it a bit on his stream. But, its great for stubs if you wanna grind hard (I dont, but just sayin)

I'm like 0-5 and it's funny because normally I destroy Degrom but man this version dots everything, barely walks you and I can't sit back because I see his fastball too well and go too early and then strikeout on the stupid high change up that's so unrealistic but kills me every effing time lol

I like that they released offline content that's kind of challenging and rewarding though.

Showdowns are usually harder than anything else, CPU defense and pitching becomes S tier there.

@rubicante23_PSN said:

@Onix_Savage22_PSN it made me feel a little better that even Gomes struggled with it a bit on his stream. But, its great for stubs if you wanna grind hard (I dont, but just sayin)

I'm like 0-5 and it's funny because normally I destroy Degrom but man this version dots everything, barely walks you and I can't sit back because I see his fastball too well and go too early and then strikeout on the stupid high change up that's so unrealistic but kills me every effing time lol

I like that they released offline content that's kind of challenging and rewarding though.

@rubicante23_PSN said:

@Teak2112_MLBTS yeah, I just hate this division in all sports games where....

Offline modes = "easy mode for geezers" or "mindless grinding mode"

Online modes = "hard mode for serious players"

Why cant offline be legit challenging in the same way as online...and why cant online be good for the opposite play?

Im in the vast minority - most young broheims want nothing to do with offline. They wanna hop in their online lobbies all day err'day with their twitchster buds. But online blows, man.

My issue is that people that prefer higher difficulties tend to gatekeep or get entitled about deserving better rewards. "I did something harder so I deserve more than you." If you enjoy pushing yourself, that should be your reward (I feel harder should be faster but not necessarily better for getting rewards personally). SDS has done this right at times with optional extreme moments. PxP scaling is also well done this year.

Personally, I get my difficulty fixes elsewhere. The Show is my laid back, chill game. But even I wish the CPU could recognize that every at bat starts with a fastball up and in and start teeing off.

Offline modes = "easy mode for geezers" or "mindless grinding mode"

Online modes = "hard mode for serious players"

Why cant offline be legit challenging in the same way as online...and why cant online be good for the opposite play?

Im in the vast minority - most young broheims want nothing to do with offline. They wanna hop in their online lobbies all day err'day with their twitchster buds. But online blows, man.

In particular the CPU throws tons of circle changes just below the zone (yet almost never actually in the zone low) and will throw circle/sinkers on the black/just outside the black away. You definitely cant just go up there and hack like you used to be able to.

And there are times where they throw a bunch over the plate but its also very common to go an entire 3 inning game without a single pitch touching the middle. Cutters and splitters are the biggest culprits of wandering over the plate, as well as curves.

They really need to make the CPU not as braindead hitting.

...and I certainly wouldn't use the Human setting to play the showdown...id use the easier one, to make stubs quicker (or to make stubs at all, since the human setting would be very tough)