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@sti1489_psn said in Online Games Are Rarely Decided By Skill:

@aaronjw76_psn said in Online Games Are Rarely Decided By Skill:

@sti1489_psn said in Online Games Are Rarely Decided By Skill:

Yes BS will happen at times it always has but the reality is this years game is hands down the hardest one. Between pinpoint, check swings, pci size it can be brutal. I strike out so much nowadays it’s almost embarrassing. I usually can sneak out the W as I’m 66-20 this year but my god has it been a roller coaster. SDS really has a tall task on one hand the skill gap has never been wider but on the other i bet there have never been so many ppl struggling like this year. I really feel as if they decided to make what was legend last year this years hof.

I think PPP has widened the skill gap but not in a way that it should. 80% accuracy with perfect release still allows players to dot corners with ease which means you better be an elite hitter to compete. Average hitters that are patient or have a good eye get punished by average PPP pitchers more than average PPP pitchers get punished by good hitters.

That's a skill gap but not one the game should encourage Kk

Oh the got dam dots lol. On the flipside I am also dotting like never before but I agree PPP has been too easy I will say after the patch it’s been a bit harder but as soon as you have the motion down it’s easy to get green and blues. I know they wanted to answer for offspeed being bad last year and tbh I think PAR was the best addition since you can see where the ball is going to go. But it is what it is hopefully they make PPP harder

Hasn't par always been in the game, but this is just the first year they've actually showed it on all interfaces besides pulse?

@mopsqeezer_psn said in What is going on with hitting?:

It’s pretty simple. PPP ruined this game. And now that the H/9 and control on every pitcher is maxing out, it’s a nightmare.

The best thing SDS could do is disable PPP, and rework it for next year.

All the had to do was make analog and meter more accurate which they actually did do. Making PPP to me was an overcorrection and the game plays a lot worse at the higher levels because of it. I really wish it would get removed but the streamers love it, so it's likely here to stay

@yankeefan412_xbl said in What is going on with hitting?:

@qwesty16_psn said in What is going on with hitting?:

it's b/c of all the crazy pitchers in this game and pinpoint pitching where every pitch can be located perfectly

Bingo

On top of pinpoint making everything on the black, even when you do manage to square one up it often goes straight to someone. If you are gonna make good user input give fantastic results for pitching, hitting needs the same treatment.

@vipersneak_psn said in PINPOINT pitching ruined this game:

I have always argued against more user input and less randomness because I knew this would happen. When I can paint corners with a silver pitcher just as well as a diamond pitcher while using PPP then the cards do not matter any longer. They might as well give all pitchers the same "per nines" as they have become meaningless. It does save me stubs though.

Totally agree. I also find it funny how must of the community will go on and on about how perfect hits don’t need to always go out because sometimes the best hit balls are for outs and how “that’s just baseball”. Then some of the same people (not all) will turn around and say user input needs to matter the most for pitching, it’s baffling.