Finished my WS run tonight and then went back to BR. The game plays so much better on HOF right now. You can actually strike out regularly on HOF. BR is a homerun derby and RNG fest as it stands. It's one of the most competitive modes with the biggest rewards. Put it on HOF.

CS level game. Battled back to tie it up 8-8 after being behind 8-0. Liner/popup to right field. Mike Trout and his gold fielding don't pick up the ball. It gets down for an extra base hit. He drives in that run to go up 9-8 and I lose. I'm now 33-5 in ranked this year so I'm not bad at the game. I don't mind losing if the other player is the one to beat me and not the game, but losing like that is so frustrating.

@Chuck_Dizzle29 said in Fielding issues are running the integrity of this game.:

Outfielders still not locking onto balls. Fielders running full speed at balls to the enter into a give up and stumble animation. Get your act together man, this just isn't fun.

The outfield is bad.

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Look, it's fine... it's even good, okay?

@MrGamebred said in BR Should Be On HOF:

I love this game on HOF. All-Star always has and always will be a joke.

HOF is almost perfect right now. I think they tweaked pitch speeds in one of the patches again because it's just about perfect. You can get blown away by a high fastball, but only if your opponent sets it up. The pci being smaller is so much better. Sure, you might strikeout more but when you do hit it well you're more likely to get rewarded. It's just so much better. They still have the fielding bugs and what not but HOF solves a lot of issues.

@YinzWins said in Give me a break:

On my 10-0 game this happens first ab of the game i get the [censored] red throwing bug bc i wanted to make sure my guy was throwing to 1st base and he scores 4 in the first all with 2 outs. Of course i low 3-4. https://youtu.be/9bfjpzK8XaM

P.S. it’s not Gallos fault he hasn’t made a single error at second base in the 25-30 games he’s been here

Stinks but I feel less bad for you because you play Gallo at 2nd and haven't been penalized with an error for 25-30 games.

Major League stadiums are terrible. I really wish SDS would address this. Have the seats empty or poorly rendered. That would be better than messing up the gameplay.

I had a guy message me the other day and criticize me after he exhausted his pause time and I took the win. It was in BR and it was tied. I messaged him back and said, whatever. How long do you expect me to wait for you.

Here's another question. Why is Lux rated lower than most of the affinity FS cards? He's like, the 2nd best prospect.

They should have done the opposite... turned all sinkers into 2-seamers and tweaked hitting from there. It's dumb when I don't want to use a pitcher without a sinker because that pitch is such an outlier.

@RangerDanger2934 said in I Want My Win!:

Similar thing happened to me. Was winning in the 5th inning and my opponent let the timer run out. Then got a notice that the game was forfeited. Reported the game to SDS. Frustrating!!

I couldn't report it because it didn't even show up in my game history.

I just won 6-5 in 12 innings in RS. At the end of the game, the post game screen said we tied 6-6 and then it popped up and said the game ended due to a friendly quit. What the heck!!!

@ryansitko11 said in The Biggest Problem With This Game:

@MathMan5072 said in The Biggest Problem With This Game:

@ryansitko11 said in The Biggest Problem With This Game:

@MathMan5072 said in The Biggest Problem With This Game:

@ryansitko11 said in The Biggest Problem With This Game:

This is exactly why I have no problem with faster pitch speeds. It needs to be fast enough to the point where fastballs aren't super easy to hit. Otherwise we'll have another Slow Pitch Softball 18

Are you on a monitor?

Yes. I know I have an advantage playing on a monitor, but the equipment you use is important for any game. You need a monitor to be successful at shooter games too. You need a good PC and wired connection for most PC games. I know there is a divide in the community when it comes to this but there's just no way around it.

And for what its worth, I think pitch speeds are fine right now. I can react to a fastball easily if I'm sitting on it, but if I'm looking off speed and a 100 mph heater comes instead, I'm gonna be late on it

And to be clear, I’m not docking you or the OP for having a monitor. If I had the space in my house, I would have one. But, the original post is about how fastballs are useless and too slow. You made a comment about the divide, but that divide is only for less than 10 percent of the player base. Now, on this forum, that percent is much higher, because these are players that are competitive and love this game.

I’m just trying to say that fastballs are useful against 90 percent of the player base, even On all star difficult. As the good players level up in ranked, so do the pitch speeds. They might be useless against good players on monitors as you work your way up. But, they are probably useful if you make it to legend difficulty in rs.

I would buy a monitor because it would make fastballs look slower, but then I can’t then say I don’t like slow fastballs. I know that’s not what you’re saying, but that is how these threads are interpreted by guys like me. This game is not a pc game. So, in my opinion, it shouldn’t HAVE to be played on a pc monitor to enjoy it. If fastballs were amped up, enjoyability would drop for a large chunk of the player

I think that fastballs can be useful even for monitor players. You just have to know when to mix it in to keep your opponent off balance. The main thing is that sinkers are so much faster that there isn't a need to throw a 4 seamer for many pitchers

Sure, you can "mix them in" but in real baseball it is the primary pitch that everything else is based on for most pitchers. The biggest tell for me is, what is the pitch I like to hit the most? It's one of two things: hanging slider or fastball.

@ThaSultanOfSwag said in The Biggest Problem With This Game:

@coastereight said in The Biggest Problem With This Game:

Is that the 4 seam fastball is the worst pitch in the game.

It disrupts all realism in choosing pitchers and in pitching strategy.

Sinkers appear to move faster than fastballs. Some have argued about spin rate making it seem that way, but the spin on a 4 seamer should be faster than any other pitch.

I don't know if it's spin, timing windows, or what, but...

Make 4 seamers great again.

Very few major leaguers throw a 'straight; 4-seam fastball. Maybe kershaw and buehler and guys who throw over the top but Gerrit cole throws a 98 mph running fastball. They honestly should add that pitch in the game or just rename the sinker as a running fastball because I think 1-2 MLB starters actually throw sinkers and those historic pitchers were NOT throwing 95 mph sinkers as those are physically impossible haha. They were realistically probably 86 mph sinkers that were really fastballs that had late dip because they couldnt break 90

I've argued that the 4 seamer should move so I'm happy to see you say that. There are a few guys that throw sinkers that hard. Jordan Hicks throws a sinker over 100. That said, I agree with you, four seamers should move and I think that would make the game much better. It's really too bad when guys like Cole are just not good in the game.

@MathMan5072 said in The Biggest Problem With This Game:

@coastereight said in The Biggest Problem With This Game:

Is that the 4 seam fastball is the worst pitch in the game.

It disrupts all realism in choosing pitchers and in pitching strategy.

Sinkers appear to move faster than fastballs. Some have argued about spin rate making it seem that way, but the spin on a 4 seamer should be faster than any other pitch.

I don't know if it's spin, timing windows, or what, but...

Make 4 seamers great again.

Do you play on a monitor? If not, good for you. I play on a tv and you might be able to shut me out if you can spot fastballs all game. 90 percent of my opponents are the same way. It’s only when I see a World Series banner that I know I really have to be smart with my fastballs.

Yeah, I'm on a monitor and I'm a WS and 12-0 player. I sparingly use four seamers. I think four seamers are the easiest pitch to hit.

@maskedgrappler said in Just try it for one year:

@windmillsfordayz said in Just try it for one year:

@maskedgrappler said in Just try it for one year:

You'd have 8000 people playing the game.

As opposed to what now because everyone I talk to says the game is boring and unrewarding. In the 22 team league im in we have gone through like 30 guys already and its not even half way though the season. That just speaks volumes to the fact the game isnt worth anyones time and no one wants to play it

If people are getting mercy ruled every game they aren't going to play. Something like 8% of the online player base plays on HoF difficulty. They can't exclusively design the game for those people.

This is before we even get started on card attributes needing to matter.

I'm not saying the game is perfect. They need to make hitting more rewarding. But making it purely skill based would be a bad idea, especially going to new platforms.

Yeah, I think this is basically what you are saying but I would be more okay with lesser players getting randomly rewarded if my perfect perfects weren't lineouts somewhat consitently.

Is that the 4 seam fastball is the worst pitch in the game.

It disrupts all realism in choosing pitchers and in pitching strategy.

Sinkers appear to move faster than fastballs. Some have argued about spin rate making it seem that way, but the spin on a 4 seamer should be faster than any other pitch.

I don't know if it's spin, timing windows, or what, but...

Make 4 seamers great again.

I'm not sure if I'm alone, but it's frustrating the sinker is so much better than every other pitch. Chapman throws 102 and I still use his sinker more than his fastball. How does this get fixed? Add slight movement to 4sfbs? Even if they don't scientifically rise, batters say they look like they do so should they rise or have slight movement in the direction of the spin? That, coupled with sinkers losing movement when thrown high might help I think. Thoughts?

Oh nevermind, you get to pick from 3. One of mine was a "quit/disconnect" though. What caused that? Was it because I had an opponent quit? Seems not right.