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The servers have been an issue, that is no secret. I’m not here to bash SDS for that (we all know they were unprepared). However, they need to extend the 1st inning program. A lot of us work 40+ plus a week, have a family/kids. We can’t sit down and grind for 8 hrs a day. So when we can play, and the servers are down, we have absolutely no chance of completing the program by the current end date. I don’t want stubs. I don’t want a refund. I just want to play the [censored] game!!

How nice of you to update us whether the servers are up or not. I feel so informed. Now I get why the servers have been down every day since release. I’m sorry I ever bashed SDS. /s

Well, the weekend is upon us. Lets not celebrate until we can go through a Friday and Saturday night without it crashing.

You might as well group SDS with EA at this point. A bunch of do-nothing clowns.

Stop buying stubs, stop giving them your money, and maybe they will feel pressured to give an explanation. Maybe they will have a sense of urgency to correct the issues. But as long as they money continues to roll in, why would they bother speaking to the community or fixing the issues? For me, I know I will think twice about purchasing next year’s game.

I know what you mean. I havent spent much time in RTTS, but I have been using my player in DD and I just got the silver Sparkplug archtype - and when I applied it, I went from a 2B to a left fielder. I don't think I fully understand the my ballplayer/RTTS thing yet. I'll just keep upgrading the archtypes and see what happens at the diamond level.

I'm also confused on why my RTTS guy has 73 CON in RTTS mode but when I take him to DD he's in the 90s with CON. I don't change equipment/archetypes in between modes.

@cbpm72_psn said in SDS please take a look at this R2 suggestion fix .:

@michearse_mlbts said in SDS please take a look at this R2 suggestion fix .:

@cmalz89_psn said in SDS please take a look at this R2 suggestion fix .:

As a pitcher......holding R2 only disrupts quick pitchers. By default, I usually take a second before starting my next pitch, and by the time I'm ready, the little icon has already disappeared. I don't think it should be allowed every pitch, but for now it is, so adapt. Keep in mind, I have played opponents who use it a lot and probably with bad intentions, but I have not played an opponent that I would say "abuses" it.

As a hitter......if you want to quick pitch to throw me off my best game, then I will hold R2 to throw you off yours. Exploiting each other's weaknesses.....sounds like competition to me. I use it for information 90% of the time....especially when there's a new pitcher. But I also use it to slow people down....never with the intent to mess up timing on an individual pitch.

Exactly. Glad someone gets it. It’s just like real baseball but it’s a video game and this is the best way they could figure out how to make both sides happy.

Except that R2 is being used as a weapon against... pitching. Which is a required element of gameplay. Using R2 in this weaponised context is optional and the pitcher has no equivalent because the pitcher has to pitch. The pitcher has to pitch and being f-ed with by a game feature that's being used in an unsportsmanlike way doesn't sound like 'exploiting each other's weaknesses' but more like the one-sided exploit it actually is.

Not sure where you guys are it in this debate....and forgive me for not reading the previous 50 posts on this thread.

I would consider the unrealistic quick pitching as an exploit against hitters. At least, for me it is. I am far from pro at this game, and I would like more than 0.4 seconds in-between pitches to get my thoughts and finger placement together. So, if I face a guy who likes to throw 5 pitches in 12 seconds. Then I will use what tool are at my disposal. I don't abuse R2 anymore than my opponent repeatedly balks. I can only call time once, if it even lets me at all (which is also unrealistic).

I understand both sides of the argument here, so I wont go back and forth with anyone. If you excel when quick pitching, then I understand your gripe.....but understand mine when you balk 30 times a game.

Just played who guy who HEAVILY R2’d me early on. He ended up getting a nice lead because of it. I adjusted my pitching style and started doing it back to him. Long story short, I won in extra innings. Dude has the nerve to message me saying I was being “petty” and “enjoy your suspension” as if he wasn’t spamming the f*** out of R2 with runners on base.

The entire game was BS. I’ve always been a fan of R2 for slowing down pace and for the information it gives, but if they can’t fix this sh*t, then they need to get rid of R2 all together. When you play someone who uses it as en exploit, it takes the enjoyment out of the game.