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Exit velos are nerfed, did SDS communicate any changes to gameplay?

I love this franchise and have been playing it for the last 15 years. I truly want this game to succeed, but I also have to be honest. After migrating away from this game to try other sports games (College Football 25, NBA2K, and PGA2K to name a few), this may be a hot take, but I feel like MLBTS's gameplay is by far the worst. My reasoning is solely related to inconsistent outputs. For example in NBA2K, your ability to make a shot Is predicted on several factors like shot release timing and how good the shot itself is contested. If you don't green based on those factors, the ball doesn't go in the basket. There's just too many scenarios in MLBTS where bad timing and 11 and 12 pci placements, generate results that are too good.

In my last game, I hit 17 balls over 100 miles per hour versus my opponent who hit 5 and still lost by multiple runs. I realize RNG is part of the game, but can SDS tighten the screws a bit?

the I'm playing vs my opponent and game feeling is more apparent than ever this year

nothing is more frustrating that putting the pci on the ball while getting good exit velos and losing to someone that consistently has lower pci ratings and exit velos

Can SDS define random?

I've played enough games to see that outcome aint random like flipping a coin or rolling dice, so can SDS please explain the RNG engine?

I've had it go both ways, games where I've won by 7-8 runs and didn't play well and others where I've gone 1 for 5 on perfect perfects and lost to someone 150 points lower than me. We need to go back to the 2013 days when user input was king. At least make another game mode where RNG is marginal

and it was the best decision I've made in a while. since coming back I've played around 20 games in ranked seasons and have had at least 3 freeze-offs and 4 disconnects. I'm wired in and 1/3 of my games aren't even finished. This game is trash...

I've lost three out of four games due to disconnects. I'm wired in and everything else in my home stays connected to the network. Does anyone else have these issues?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQv1R4oHbM4

At this point, I'm more than content playing Madden, 2k, etc. on my other consoles for weeks. I'm out hitting him 16-3 at this point and there's simply no way they deserve to win this game

@Dolenz_PSN said in SDS - Nothing like proving your own incompetence:

@CDNMoneyMaker93_XBL said in SDS - Nothing like proving your own incompetence:

SDS stated that they won't add wins or xp and will investigate the situation which makes perfect sense.

This.

There is no way to know, even if the game is in a freeze off if it was random or whether someone caused it. So they aren't going to take sides.

They said that they would investigate the user and take action if needed. I assume that means going through their history and seeing if it is pattern. And as mentioned, even if they take action and ban the user then they will never tell you that the action was taken.

Also, I looked at your history and I don't see any 7-1 wins or losses so what was the outcome? Are you still in a freeze off.

Correct, we're on hour 24

@Redd666ish_PSN said in SDS - Nothing like proving your own incompetence:

If you quit and lose the game what’s the big deal anyways do you pay your rent or put food in your mouth with your RS ranking?

So, just keep rewarding the people that do this? Why even have a point system at that rate?

https://imgur.com/DO1aHjJ

@Mike__Honcho_361 said in SDS - Nothing like proving your own incompetence:

I’m calling BS on this, not because I don’t believe you’re in a freeze-off with someone who should quit, but because you say that SDS responded right away.

I one up your bs

@theBlindRhino said in SDS - Nothing like proving your own incompetence:

He could have come back and won if the game hadn't frozen though. How long are you going to wait it out?

Lol, are you the person I'm currently playing???

So, I'm currently in a game with a player who's been undertaking some suspicious activity which led me to believe he was trying to intentionally freeze the game. In addition to this, they've also paused the game no less than 20 times. Eventually, while in the top of the 9th with two outs, the game went into a freeze-off (I'm winning 7-1).

I quickly reported the incident to SDS and have some recorded videos. SDS's response was that they won't do anything to influence the outcome of the game. Ironically, not doing anything will influence the outcome of the game

Out of the horse's mouth: Endure the freeze-off, don't enjoy the main purpose of how we designed our game, and on top of that - we won't even look into a player that has likely done this before and will do likely do it again.

@mrwonderful95 said in This is hilarious. You boys should watch it:

https://twitter.com/digitalchampyt/status/1562115217634611202?s=21&t=9ieqUmNAjGBETHyNtk0kOA

Hoping this works. Never sent a link through the forums but if it does work, check it out regarding the state of the game

This is amazing, thanks for sharing...

IMO, MLB 22 is currently the worst major sports video game on the market.

I'd put both NBA 2k22 and Madden 23 above it. The basic gameplay in both is much cleaner.

When I first started playing MLBTS around 10 years ago, it was hands down my favorite video game. The decline of this franchise over the last few years has really hurt my soul. Fingers-crossed next year gets better...

All of us deserve better gameplay than what we've gotten over the past few years. I don't know what else would motivate them to do an overhaul...

Showzone is saying that the Cutch collection is 9,000,000 stubs. What's the fastest way to get there no money spent? lol