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@mightytapir_PSN said in This is the most pay to win the show has ever been:

@go4stros25_PSN said in This is the most pay to win the show has ever been:

Yes, they are giving out good diamonds for free, but the ones you can get for free are 92s and 97s or a flawed 99. If you hope to remain competitive online at the higher ranks their will be a new 99 card you will need for another 80k stubs.

Add to all this that these cards will expire!!! At which point they get to dangle a new season collection and a bunch of new 99s in everyone face.

This years game is absolute garbage. The gamplay is fun, and I love baseball, but this feels like a money grab.

The free 97s aren’t good enough. How about the free 99s? This is why we can’t have nice things.

That said, I don’t like this version of this game either. But that’s because it’s too easy to get good players. I KNOW - unpopular opinion.

Being mad that good players are too easy to get is craaaaazy

Same thing happening to me here.

Same thing happening to me. Just randomly getting the Lost connection error and I get the loss but my opp gets the W. My fiber internet is fine.

@GradektheBard said in Pinpoint is fine. Don’t listen to streamers whining:

I have heard so many complaints about pinpoint watching streams today and most of these complaints are completely unjustified. A perfect pinpoint release is by design supposed to be in the par (perfect accuracy REGION), not the center of par (it is a region after all) as that would make par irrelevant (it might as well just be a dot at that point). Last year pinpoint was overpowered because perfect inputs almost always went to center par and thus made control a meaningless stat for people good with pinpoint. The changes this year (which appear to more equally distribute perfect pitches throughout the par) are a huge improvement in gameplay and eliminated a crutch that many apparently were reliant on.

Please don’t make par irrelevant for pinpoint by making perfects always go to center again, it makes pitching completely unrealistic.

I agree. Dudes want the ball in the same spot everytime but:

1. That is not realistic from a baseball perspective
2. It takes away the whole concept of PAR

Don't change a thing with pinpoint pitching. Remember how much of a pain it was in MLB 21? Is that what people want again?

Its about time!!!

Lance Lynn is hell on HOF/Legend if you know how to tunnel his fastball/cutter correctly. Good luck man.

Yeah i really dont have much desire to play on Legend. Hoping the next Event is decent to play online

...what?

I've noticed this as well. Even Edward is going 8 innings deep with his low stamina rating before truly being affected.

@c_lawson3_psn said in Just started again from 20:

Same [censored] as last year, my record in WS clinching games was much worse than my record in WS

It could be that you are playing tougher comp on Legend or allowing the pressure of the WS clinching game to affect your performance. Probably a combination of both.

It terms of timing, yes a monitor does help a good bit. But it won't win you games if you're not patience and methodical in your approach.

Slumps happen for sure. I usually go in batting practice until i can find my rhythm again before playing online

Game is in a really good spot. Patience and methodical gameplay is rewarded over hyper-aggressiveness. Strategy is a big factor in winning. The only thing i'd want changed is the effectiveness of that darn sinker. High sinkers are too effective in game and they wouldn't be IRL

Trust me, compared to Legend, HOF actually feels really fair. You can at least see a 102mph fastball. On Legend you have to swing as soon as the pitch leaves his hands. It's absurd.

What gives a larger boosts to pitcher confidence...throwing strikes in the zone or throwing out of zone pitches for missed swings? Do they differ at all in terms of confidence boost?

Another tip that i don't think a lot of people do is after about the first 3-4 innings, go in Pitcher Analysis and look at where your opponent is throwing relative to the zone. You can also see what he throws most as his 1st pitch, when ahead in the count, when behind in the count etc to help with your pitch anticipation. It's a very underrated tool.

I try to get games in before 10pm EST. From my experience that's when most of the sweats are on

@earths-flat_xbl said in The tricks, the gimmicks, the friendly quit requests:

If you finish with a .600 winning percentage in this years game the University of Alaska will offer you a full scholarship.

Is this year's game that much harder than previous years? It's my first year playing

@convies_xbl said in Easiest Pitchers to Hit Against:

Everyone seems to struggle with Edward but I CRUSH him. At least 6 runs through 3 innings every time. Now Cliff Lee on the other hand....

Cabrera and deGrom give me massive headaches. Lance Lynn also toasted me the first time i played against him. The guy threw a freaking perfect game with Lynn...

While looking at the ball leaving the pitcher's hand, you can usually tell if its gonna end up outside of the strike zone based on the angle it takes. Getting lots of reps is the only way to get good at this. One drill that has helped me is going in batting practice and just tracking the ball with my PCI without swinging. After a while you pick up on the angles of strikes vs balls.