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You’ve been playing the game for weeks now. You tell us.

I think it’s a coincidence. SDS isn’t going to make subtle changes like that and not say anything in a mode where they try to do the bare minimum in.

I could tell it was a lot harder in the 1st inning program. I barely finished it which has never even been a concern before with a 1st inning program. That’s when I play the game the most out of the year.

They are definitely a lot more stingy with XP chunks in programs and conquests. This is to direct people to play online or buy the bosses. There’s no other explanation for them making it more difficult.

They wouldn’t add stadiums. They’d just recycle the same minor league stadiums as AAA and AA. They already have the logos in the game for High-A. They’d really need to add another toggle, hitting R3, to get to single A and get a playable schedule, adjustable lineups, and uniforms. They’d also have to expand the rosters by 26 players.

I don’t see them adding low A. But adding high A shouldn’t be that crazy. It would just take time and since it’s not DD related, I doubt it happens anytime soon.

Just adjust the strike frequency slider to however you want the game to play. I personally don’t want to hit .400 from AA on up. There are multiple different sliders you can adjust.

If even a blind man wouldn’t have taken the bat of his shoulder, why did it take you til the 3rd straight one to realize?

@Rhyno1986_XBL

Some people want more realistic stats and outcomes. Just because it’s an offline mode doesn’t mean it has to be an arcade mode.

Having cleanup hitters bunting and guys getting thrown out by 20 feet trying advance on throws they have no business running on, is just bad baseball.

They should at least give us an option to turn off the forced/unrealistic plays they are purposely implemented.

I’ve complained a lot about the ridiculous forced OF assists in this game but it seems like that’s just how they want the game to be played. They really want their baseball sim having OFers with 3-4 OF assists a game.

I’ve went to button accuracy (I think that’s what it is… where all you do is press the base with no meter) so I have no impact on how accurate my throws are. It helps more with the inflated assists. It also make me value increasing my throwing accuracy rating.

But it sucks for plays that you’re not even really involved in. Like your teammates will even get thrown out by 20 feet trying to advance bases at times. It’s ridiculous.

For stealing, this has been bad for years. For one it’s WAY too easy to steal. Especially when player locked. This year there have been complaints all over online about the steals in this game but again, they seem pretty content on this being how the game plays.

When you adjust difficulties, one of the biggest changes is pitch speeds. So your timing is all messed up from switching back and forth. I’d just stick to Legend and drop the pitch speed sliders down a tick and try that.

Never understood why we can’t edit these and same goes for only have a select amount of secondary positions to choose from. You’re SOL if you have an OFer that can also play SS. Or you have to move him to SS to give him all the OF secondaries. But then that’s going to change how the CPU handles their roster.

I don’t necessarily need a 150 man roster but a fully playable High-A minor league level is probably #1 on my list and it’s way overdue. Would add a massive amount of immersion to both Franchise and RTTS. Would’ve much rather had that added than college baseball in an MLB game.

So since you don’t want to follow the rules of a strike, what do you think the rule should be?

@CapnBob78_PSN using team options isn’t what he’s asking for. Using Team Color 3 is basically just choosing to wear white at home, gray away. A lot of players will wear different colors at home or away, like wearing a white sleeve with their gray roads but then a primary color at home with their whites.

It all depends where you’re going to see the games at. My nearest stadium is Dodgers stadium. Every game is expensive, regardless how good the seats are. Like $60 for nose bleeds against bottom barrel teams. That’s absurd in my opinion.

Now if I drive an hour further to Angels Stadium, I can get tickets for $12. But is it worth driving an hour further with gas prices, time, and now I’m only seeing Mike Trout at an Angels game, where I could be seeing the NL All-Star team at a Dodgers game.

So it really depends.

I miss living in Denver where I could get rooftop or rockpile tickets for $5-$10 and traffic/parking wasn’t even a thing compared to what I’d have deal with going to a Dodgers or Angels game.

So yeah, it really just depends what stadium you’re going to.

For sure. I actually go in an edit the rosters/contracts prior to starting my RTTS so much that the CPU can’t really mess it up when it comes to re-signing players. Then I basically just have to make sure they aren’t making any free agent signings that don’t make any sense.

@Precisionist99_XBL

This is one change I love. Strikes being called correctly.

@That70s_Gamer_PSN

[censored] I forgot about them adding this. I’m going to keep an eye on this in my tests. Now
Km wondering if this is why they have their rotation orders so weird all the time.

@StinkyMcPooter_XBL

That’s definitely not how it’s working. For example, one lineup has their leadoff hitter with 57 contact and 52 power if you go into his player card and look at his overall contact and power averages. That’s 4th worst in the starting lineup. He’s not the fastest, highest overall, best discipline, or vision. There’s really no reason for him to be batting leadoff at all.

The only trend I can really figure out is they put their best hitter in either the 2 or 3 hole.

Anything outside of the 2 or 3 hole, I have no clue. And I’ve been messing around with this for days.

The CPU also doesn’t seem to care whatsoever about how good a players fielding is when determining where to play them.

I personally like the slow progression but I only play as a regular position player. Being a 2-way I’m sure it’s too slow.

But that’s besides the point.. the system isn’t working as it should. The multipliers aren’t working and it’s been over a month with no significant patches to this mode. They shouldn’t have even put these things in place if they weren’t going to patch them if they didn’t work properly.

Check the vault. A lot of guys make them. I’ve made the one for the Yard Goats and Isoptopes