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@charterbus_psn said in Wouldn't 'guess pitch' add more strategy to the competitive game?:

I find this funny because the only professional baseball player I know thinks it’s actually a very important piece of the puzzle to hitting and should be in the game.

When you hit a HR in the MLB, you don’t get to guess wrong, you need to guess the pitch, the location, and put a great swing on it. If you don’t, you aren’t hitting a HR.

The problem is it tells you exactly where the pitch is going when it should just add a small amount of exit velo and hit chance. It’s realistic but not in the way it’s designed.

This game itself is far from baseball. You don’t get to know exactly what degree of launch angle you missed by during an at bat, or the amount of milliseconds behind or ahead you were….. yet if they take that away and became more realistic people would complain.

People want the easy game not the realistic one even if they pretend the opposite.

But you can already guess the pitch. If you think you've figured out the pitchers tendencies or patterns, just put the PCI where you think the next pitch is going and, like you said, "put a great swing on it". There's no need for a separate system.

If you're thinking the game better than your opponent, then you're going to put more outcome in your favor. That is if there is no comeback code 😉

And plenty of MLBers can sit fastball and adjust to off speed.

@baboon-fangs_xbl said in Certain batter swings slower to inside pitches?:

Is it just me or does it seem that way? Is there any measurable for this or am I being fooled by the particular stance or swing animation?

Pretty good video I thought on frames per second.

https://youtu.be/gsE1kTr51Pw

I haven't seen any hilarious logos yet, but I've seen some hideous uniforms. I'm talking about neon blue on hot pink. Just how can someone play with their uniforms looking like that XD

At 45, my stick drifts more than I'd like

@lookattherhino said in How awful is the shortened delivery animation?:

Which pitcher? And If you’re having trouble with the animation then I’d switch from zone to directional to get the timing of the release down, then when you’re comfortable, switch back to zone.

I believe OP is referring to pitchers he’s facing. For example, Jansen/Riviera. They don’t force the pitcher to come set so when you’re facing them, the pitch comes out half way through their wind up. It’s been this way for years and nothing other than adding in balks will correct the issue. Just need to be ready for it.