Is it better to suck at the game? Well it certainly hasn't resulted in anything positive for me. I am easily among the worst online, and I routinely get matched up against guys that are 200 games over .500 with lineups full of guys with .400 avg 80 HR and get stuck facing Ryan or Degrom every single time.

Then when I get those rare moments where I get a lead either my opponent instantly quits, or the AI decides "darkblue rally stinks, so we will start gifting this other guy hits so he wins." I will then start having pitches despite perfect release point start going all over the place, resulting in a couple of gift walks, forcing me to go further into the zone and sure enough, BAM! Towering, no doubt 400 foot bomb for the other guy.

Nope was horrible with wired too. They'll give us all a free Mario Mendoza to make up for it.

As of today there are only 151 players hitting above .200 that qualify for the 2022 MLB batting championship and only 106 that are above .240. Mr. Mendoza may not seem so horrible by today's standards, although I completely get and appreciate the sarcasm in your post.

I suspect they wanted you to put it here so it will be easier for SDS to ignore them.

@ladyswampfox_xbl said in Attn SDS: Inability To Tag Out Runners Is A Major Problem:

I'm sick and tired of the first baseman not being at the bag to get the runner on a 9-3 putout. It was deliberately programmed by SDS so that I can't get Molina out 9-3. It isn't a baseball simulation if they can't let you do what players do in real life. Really pisses me off.

I have had many times where my RF has a great arm and could have thrown out a single digit speed batter at first, but the first baseman is standing in the field nowhere near the base. It's frustrating to say the least.

I remember when he came up with the Cubs, had a great post season and was deemed the next Babe Ruth. Since that time he's been your typical "close eyes, swing real hard" player like 99% of MLB. Before the year is over he will be like everyone else. .200 average 30-40 homers and a million whiffs.

@styxxx80_xbl said in Gary Sheffield:

Is it me or does Gary look angry and mean with every movement he makes in the game? From the way he waggles the bat, his warm swings. Heck even the way he throws the ball looks angry?

Anyone else look super angry while playing?

Sorry to break it to you, but he was much like Bruce Banner. He was ALWAYS angry.

@Disturbed_S_O_B said in Hitting Works as Intended:

That made me laugh so hard when they said game is working as intended lol they are full of it now your overall record doesn't even show what a joke

Or more accurately they are basically telling their customers "shut up and keep paying"

So glad I didn't buy the new game.

Spot on. Unfortunately in this point of "video game sports", online competitive mode is slowly vanishing so that everyone playing can get participation medals.. Hopefully one day another company makes an MLB game to force SDS to shake it up

As one of the worst hitters online I most certainly do NOT want a participation medal. I don't mind taking my lumps, and I have taken plenty so far, but I wouldn't mind a better matchup system. When I am at about game 25 online and my opponents on Sunday:

First game player was about 300-100
Second game player was sporting a world series flawless banner

There is no way I have any chance of even competing, let alone win these games. For those saying "well you can work on improving things" that's great, but when you know you are going to get destroyed before the first pitch it takes any hope of fun out of it. Again, I don't mind losing, but they should be able to avoid blatant mismatches like this.

I started as a completely offline player. I didn't know that you needed to play online modes to unlock certain cards. For me personally I get too frustrated online because I still struggle with hitting so I limit myself to 1 or 2 online games a day max. If I am upset because I am struggling it takes all the fun out of it. I can and have had fun while losing, but I just am not good enough to compete yet.

I am grinding what I need to offline as much as possible. I would recommend based on my own experiences that you pick something regardless of online or offline status and do that first. Perhaps do something different from time to time to avoid boredom or frustration.

@bearsfan217_xbl said in There needs to be stadium restrictions for Ranked Seasons.:

@genopolanco_psn said in There needs to be stadium restrictions for Ranked Seasons.:

I hate matching up with someone in a stadium with tiny dimensions, basically no OF wall, and max elevation. How is this allowed in a “competitive” game mode? Makes me miss playing on my PS4.

Yea i do wish SDS would get rid player created stadiums for online play. Lately online is nothing but toxic folks... ridiculous stadiums, CAPs with in appropriate names, team names and logos.. i report them in game but i doubt anything gets done

I don't bother reporting, because they will never take action, yet someone buys stubs outside the game, they can't lifetime ban these people fast enough. Personally, I don't have a problem with them being banned for going around the system, but I have seen more than enough of the logo/name issues that should warrant some severe punishment, but that doesn't cost SDS any money, so they just let it go.

Regarding the created stadiums, I am on the PS4 so I haven't seen any thankfully.

Once again, despite being one of the worst online players alive, and only having played about 50 games I routinely get matched up against guys sporting GOAT, World Series, Bling, and multiple times against World Series flawless.

There is absolutely no enjoyment in these "experiences". It seems like SDS picks the players they like and will routinely give them super easy wins by allowing them to play scrubs like myself, and also ensuring weak players like myself are virtually guaranteed the extremely humiliating loss.

My most recent spanking came at the hands of another flawless player with over 150 wins over .500. The only "hit" I had was a broken bat pop up that went right to the pitcher for a super easy out. Every single pitch other than that was an extremely humiliating swing and miss.

SDS matchups are appallingly bad, so I can only assume by their own words that it works as intended. So, I can continue to expect many, many horrible matchups that do zero for my experience, but tons of fun for the opponent. This is like taking the bad news bears, minus Kelly and Amanda and having them face the Dodgers.

I suspect they wanted you to put it here so it will be easier for SDS to ignore them.

@kwikpoppa_PSN said in Which do you think is worse?:

SDS for not acknowloging the problem and making an effort to recognize any solution

Without a doubt. If they would address the issue and actually punish these clowns they would quickly go away and online play would be improved.

@tomivory23_PSN said in Which do you think is worse?:

The company that allows it. People are only going to do what their allowed to.

Good point. I should have had that on the list. I think that's what bothers me the most. If SDS would stop rewarding freezers/cheesers this would all go away.

Freezers
Bunt cheesers
Steal cheesers

I hope this doesn't blow up, but I really wonder what the community thinks.

While I did once get a jump to rob someone of a homer once, I no longer can do any jumping. It literally sends my player wherever they want him to go so long as it benefits my opponent. I have given up on that as an option.

I have one last major career milestone coming up in RTTS. I want to see what they say. Once they do that commentary will be down to zero.

I want to use an existing MLB uniform as a template for my DD team. It's almost perfect as is, I would just change the colors to match my current team. I have tried a couple times and haven't figured it out. Any suggestions welcome.

I have encountered this a couple times lately and was curious how that was done. I cannot choose a starter to put in the bullpen and am not sure I would want to. More curious at this point.

Or when you hit a mammoth no doubt homer, and they spend the next two at bats talking about it, only to hear when that batter comes to the plate next time about how he lucked out on a fence scraper.