@papababoo721_psn said in Holy shi*! 120 HZ:
Wait so is that why my game is flashing lights and I am extremely early on every thing in mini season? It just started like two days ago.
It’s because of the reduced lag time mentioned above. Your timing is early because the input of your buttons is much more immediate. Turning of 120hz settings in your system menu will revert you to your previous lag time 
This would be cool
It also happened to me. It seems to be related to the 120hz from the latest patch. When I turned this to off in video settings in the PS5 video and screen settings (not in game settings), it resolved the issue and went back to “normal”. However, although the graphics look worse with the new patch, seeing the ball out of the pitcher’s hand is easier and reaction time is improved. For the time being I am allowing the crappy graphics for a better OPS. This is not how it should be 
Like the suggestions! I would only add one thing: TRAINING POINTS!! The archetype system is ok, but with training you points you can create ANY archetype you could possibly imagine. Give us back some control over the type of player we want to be!
Training points over Archetype system
For sure!! In earlier editions of the game I would put points towards my player and cap myself around the “just good enough for majors, too good for the minors” realm. I would also list my secondary position as INF. This generally gave me a career as a utility infield bench player. I would get around 300 ABs a year and play all four infield positions. Sometimes only used as a pinch hitter or pinch runner. Sometimes as a defensive replacement. Kept the game interesting not knowing what your role would be from game to game. Seasons would fly by as you were involved in maybe 40% of the games. You could easily finish an entire career by the next year’s edition.
Can you imagine SDS ever creating the Utility Bench Player archetype?!
I would love it if they did!
Yes, keep it simple SDS! Every yearly edition of RTTS just gets flatter and flatter. Keep the super awesome graphics and simple control systems. Lose the extraneous fat and go back to earn some points, spend some points. Control over your player is what made the early editions so fun!
Yes, training points all the way! Why bother with the limited archetype system when with training points you can create any type of player that has EVER existed (or even not existed yet )
Is this only on next gen consoles?
I’m interested in compiling a compelling list of improvements for RTTS in ‘22. I’ve read so many long descriptions for improvements and I agree with most. For this thread I was hoping to give single sentence suggestions. Here’s mine:
The ability to create secondary positions for position players in character editing (not two-way secondary positions).
Good question! How I imagine it (but it will never be this way) is a combination of RTTS and Player Lock. When you would start a career you would choose between creating a ballplayer or choosing an existing ballplayer. Creating a ballplayer would go as RTTS goes. Choosing an existing ballplayer would leave you at the mercy of the automated player progression. “A”rated ballplayers progress (automatically) faster than “B” rated (so on and so forth). The only difference from Player Lock would really to be able to play any chosen ballplayer with the more fluid home screens of RTTS.
Fringe players, career minor leaguers, rising superstars, going for that 3000th strikeout, etc. The possibilities are endless for the way to play!
I love the idea of assuming a player’s career in RTTS! I have been dreaming on this for years. I know you can player lock in Franchise Mode but it is tedious and feels unrewarding.
I’m particularly interested in the idea of assuming the career of a fringe player and just trying to survive Sounds more challenging and fun than hitting .330/580/.675 every season. That gets boring...
I just had the complete opposite happen! I was a very mediocre AAA first baseman. 71 OVR. I was hitting around .280 with 2 HR in about 40 games (I play on Legend difficulty). I then hit 2 HRs in one game raising my stat line to .296/4 HR. After the game I am promoted to the bigs as the starting first baseman! Now the poor Reds fans have no hope for the future
Some kind of logic system, any kind of logic system would be appreciated!
Oh man, the trade logic in every iteration of MLB The Show has been hilarious!!! It’s almost as if trades happen because something, anything needs to happen. For this reason I have always turned the trade slider to 1. (I have been altering sliders in ‘21 and using a work around to keep Archetype progression working. I can confirm that altering sliders only affects XP, not Archetype progression.) However, this is off topic.
Yeah, salaries are kind of pointless in this game. I have done one thing in the past to make the salary meaningful in at least one way. Take long term contracts at 30k/yr. This will allow your team to spend it on better complementary players. I know, it’s immersion breaking, but much of the game is these days...
@fish1479_xbl said in RTTS Progression Work Around:
I followed the steps in this video and haven't had an issue since.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENZ4dlc-TK4&t=542s&ab_channel=TwinGamingTV
I can confirm that following this video works for continued Archetype progression!
Welcome Mr. Xbox! I’ve always enjoyed playing infield positions in RTTS. The mechanics and playability feel more natural to me than the outfield positions. SS, 2B, and 1B see the most fielding opportunities. If you want to hit more and field less (at the expense of fielding gains), 3B is the best option.
I like that the two way player is an option. Personally I have no interest in being a pitcher. My hope is that it can become a choice in future updates.
Enjoy the game! Even with all of its current problems, it is still one of my favorite games out there.
It is a small detail, but I would like to see the ability to choose “secondary positions” return in player creation. If they insist on keeping the two-way player permanent, that’s fine. But if secondary positions could read SP, INF (for example), I would be thrilled! I fear my self chosen approach to playing as a utility bench player will no longer be an option. Stupid, I know.
Boy, this game is pretty busted in its current state. Yet, I’m already playing rtts way more than I did in ‘19 or ‘20. The last few installments have felt pretty stale to me. I would get all excited to see what new and/or exciting features would be added and...well, nothing really new and/or exciting was added.
All further comments are for my experience. I am in no way suggesting that my experience should be the benchmark for game design.
What’s making me play more right now is the sheer difficulty of progressing my player. It is slow and downright tedious. (My role progression points are currently functioning properly). But doesn’t it seem like the real life progression of a ballplayer would be slow and tedious? Actions in game with their corresponding bonuses seem meaningful for the first time in awhile. Penalties for failing are much more severe. Strikeouts are killing my Plate Discipline rating!
The new perk system is flawed but it is new. Sure, it’s just a variation on the Archetype system but they are giving us a little more control of how we want to shape our player. It is still limited but I much prefer this to the cookie cutter Archetypes in previous iterations of MLB The Show. The choices for secondary perks are tricky because of the trade offs of losing certain ability points. I kind of like mulling over what I’m willing to give up for just a bit more Contact ability.
Now I understand I may be in a minority of players who want the “road to the show” to be long and difficult. I totally understand the desire to come out of the gates as the greatest player to ever step between the lines. For this reason I always wished there was a progression difficulty level. This will never happen because of rtts being linked to DD now.
These are just some of my thoughts. If things eventually get fixed I believe I will enjoy this rtts much more than the last few. Anyone else have similar thoughts about the potential for the new systems? Or, I’m totally fine with being called an idiot haha!
Love it, all of it. I would be thrilled to have any of these additions! I think there is a real possibility we could see at least a few of them by MLB The Show ‘35