Not that I’m an expert but I usually put my pci at the bottom to start and sort of guess offspeed and react to a fastball. As far as reading it, I’d say focus on the early part of the ball flight. If you see some loop then probably breaking ball, if you see it slowing down, change up. If you wait until it comes into the zone to decide then you’re too late. A strategy I’ve heard is start the pci at the pitcher’s hand and just follow the path of the ball the whole way. I don’t do that anymore but I know some people do. Hope this helps.

I’m pretty sure the default is dynamic but I always change it. I like to play on legend because otherwise I feel like it’s not authentic. I feel like if there is a higher difficulty then my success doesn’t mean much. Legend is very tough though, so if you’re a beginner and you won’t find that fun, then I understand that, but you’ll get used to it soon probably. Personally I want that authentic career feel. A lot of people just want to make it to the MLB as soon as they can and then hit 100 HR once they get there. Rookie is great for that, but on legend, it really feels like an authentic career mode. FYI I usually do a starting pitcher, but have done hitters too.

@dodgerslakers1 @McGalamaad is his control good enough that’s my main concern

I really think people are out of touch with how hitting should be. Haven’t played yet with 1.11 but hitting pre patch was close to perfect. People are way overestimating how often good bat placement and good timing results in good contact. Many times irl that results in a fly out. I think people who play this game generally just want to hit the ball as far as they can. That’s just not baseball. I’d way rather play a 3-2 game than 14-13. Making hitting easier takes a lot of skill out of pitching. In a video game it’s way way easier to barrel a ball than it is irl, so I think that the game should compensate for that by making you really have to precisely square the ball up repeatedly to score runs. Otherwise it’s a home run derby, and we already have a mode for that. It’s way more fun to battle it out trying to create runs with hits and an occasional big home run, rather than rolling the dice to see who can have more balls leave the yard than get caught at the wall. IMO

Is anyone else frustrated with the amount of offense? I know there are people out there who just want to destroy the ball every time they swing, but that's what HRD and casual should be for. IMO its not fun to keep playing these 15-14 games. In my experience there are so many home runs hit on bad pci placement and/or bad timing. I'd love to see a patch for competitive play that brings offense down a little.

Pleeeeeease change it back!! 1.10 was soooooooo much better. IMO, best hitting has ever been to worst. I love this game, and I’m confident it’ll be fixed, but I really hope it’s soon because right now it feels like wii sports baseball. Line out, home run, home run, line out... just not baseball. I’m not pretending that I’m going to stop playing because The Show has been my favorite game for years, but I’m a pretty competitive player and it’s just comical the amount of offense right now.

I’m so happy about this patch because the hitting all year has been awesome, but the feedback was completely off, which made people think that’s contact was inconsistent, but it really wasn’t. Good ok pretty much encapsulated anything in fair territory, and it would look like you squared it up but you were actually really off on the timing. So happy to have this feature.

@allmustfall16 if that’s the case then sounds good. Obviously experiences are different. I feel like the higher up you are the more offense there is. I think great offense outweighs great pitching which is the opposite irl. The #1 player in the world right now has an ERA of about 6. Literally.

Agree here. I try to keep it realistic it’s more fun that way. I think SDS should make pitcher energy more important to prevent people from bringing in their ace out of the pen or starting them on 3 days rest.

@allmustfall16 i haven’t noticed a difference post patch tbh but hopefully not enough games yet to tell. Do you know if the patch applies to custom leagues as well because that’s where I’ve been playing most of my games since the patch.

I had the same problem, go in and re edit them and back out, and sell the jersey that’s equipped. Not sure if that’s what did it I don’t remember tbh but i just toyed around with it for a bit and it worked.

Yeah I have to disagree I love that it’s not a slugfest anymore

@Easy_Duhz_It_ said in Perfect-Perfect Flyouts:

@Ding-Dang_Donkey said in Perfect-Perfect Flyouts:

@Easy_Duhz_It_ said in Perfect-Perfect Flyouts:

@Ding-Dang_Donkey said in Perfect-Perfect Flyouts:

@Easy_Duhz_It_ said in Perfect-Perfect Flyouts:

Perfect/Perfect is perfect timing and perfect PCI placement....which is basically perfect contact.

It’s not tho, it just means perfect timing and contact that’s somewhere in your inner PCI

So you're saying that all the people who've posted in here over the years going crazy about perfect/perfect flyouts or linedrives are just stupid and have no reason to complain because the 2nd perfect just means that you were perfectly inside the inner PCI but not actually making good contact?

Ok....we can go with that.

Lol idk bro just reporting what I saw. Idk if it’s specific to this year or not.

what did you see and where did you see it?

In Ranked, Perfects that were clear fly balls off the bat staying in the yard, so I looked at the feedback and saw that the ball was at the very top of my inner PCI. Also notice they call it Perfect now not Perfect-Perfect anymore, I think it just refers to timing. Could be wrong.

@Easy_Duhz_It_ said in Perfect-Perfect Flyouts:

@Ding-Dang_Donkey said in Perfect-Perfect Flyouts:

@Easy_Duhz_It_ said in Perfect-Perfect Flyouts:

Perfect/Perfect is perfect timing and perfect PCI placement....which is basically perfect contact.

It’s not tho, it just means perfect timing and contact that’s somewhere in your inner PCI

So you're saying that all the people who've posted in here over the years going crazy about perfect/perfect flyouts or linedrives are just stupid and have no reason to complain because the 2nd perfect just means that you were perfectly inside the inner PCI but not actually making good contact?

Ok....we can go with that.

Lol idk bro just reporting what I saw. Idk if it’s specific to this year or not.

I had 2 games of RS that I got rating points for originally but then they went away, anyone else have the same?

@Easy_Duhz_It_ said in Perfect-Perfect Flyouts:

Perfect/Perfect is perfect timing and perfect PCI placement....which is basically perfect contact.

It’s not tho, it just means perfect timing and contact that’s somewhere in your inner PCI

Was confused by the number of Perfect-Perfect flyouts but then I realized something. I think perfect just refers to timing, not necessarily contact. Just thought I’d share my thoughts in case any of y’all were getting frustrated.

@MadHatter711748_XBL said in Pitcher Control:

@Ding-Dang_Donkey said in Pitcher Control:

Anyone else finding it really easy to throw dots? I guess it’s better than the alternative, but I would like a little bit of a challenge and not have every pitch for both teams be perfectly on the corner every time.

Are you playing offline? For some reason, I cannot locate at all using pin point in events or RS. Felt like I was a pretty decent pitcher last year…not elite, but I am getting shelled like never before in this game.

I was talking about online. In fairness I’ve been using guys with pretty good control, maybe it’s just that.

It feels to me like home runs are down from last year, which I like. But if you look at the stats and game logs of the top ranked players, almost every run comes on a home run. Personally I prefer to see home runs to be somewhat of a rarity and offense relying on getting guys on base. The game still feels like a home run derby where the winner is the one who just happens to get under it a couple more times. Am I the only one?

@X-FREEZE-OFF-X_PSN said in Cards too good?:

@Ding-Dang_Donkey said in Cards too good?:

@Easy_Duhz_It_ said in Cards too good?:

@Ding-Dang_Donkey said in Cards too good?:

Is there any incentive to get any cards lower than a 97?

Yes. Collections.

But what’s the incentive to do collections if the guys you get for them are the same ovr as the guys you can get for doing the WBC program for 2 hours?

Do you play Ranked? If so; you're incentive is that once Season/Set 3 drops, these cards won't be usable for Ranked.

Yeah a ton of ranked. That’s a good point in theory but by then I’m sure it will be a piece of cake to get 99s for nothing.