Community Forum

The hitting engine is absolutely terrible. It’s an embarrassment and the development team should be ashamed. I can’t stand getting good pci placement and timing and it feel like I hit the ball with a pool noodle. Pitching is just as bad cause anything on the edges or off the plate, I’ll get a couple of players that mash those.

@lucas8181_mlbts said in Please somebody defend this BS!:

@gundamhufflepuff_psn said in Please somebody defend this BS!:

SDS can lie all they want, but there is definitely a comeback mechanic. I was up in a BR game 7-2 with this dude hitting nothing all game then magically scores 5 runs in the bottom of the third off of BS hits then winds up winning cause I can’t be perfect every [censored] inning. Game is an absolute joke. Pitching, fielding, hitting. It’s all a pile of [censored].

In general, when I fail, I find it's easier to blame magical and mythical imaginary people. Then, I don't have to take responsibility for my actions, or attempt to improve.

Glad to see you take the same path. F self accountability, totally over rated.

It’s amazing to me how blinded you are to the truth. Continue being the good little sheep that you are. People like you are part of the problem. You can’t justify that BS, so it must just be the player’s fault right. The irony of telling a player to take accountability when SDS takes ZERO themselves

@codywolfgang_xbl said in SDS Ruined Pinpoint Pitching:

@doobiebross66-72 said in SDS Ruined Pinpoint Pitching:

@aaronjw76_psn said in SDS Ruined Pinpoint Pitching:

Can you show me your complaints last year about non-perfect inputs (all 3 of them) resulting in perfect dots?

We all know you got perfect results from less than perfect inputs so if you didn't complain last year then don't complain this year.

I doubt I complained about PPP last year because the results of your input were actually consistent…

I praised PPP last year because it actually made pitching a more viable skill to lean on

This year? They obviously nerfed how accurate you can be with it even with highly rated control pitchers

Have no idea what point you’re trying to make

I don’t think you can really use the word skill to describe using PPP.

In my opinion you are wrong on this a little. It still goes in the right spot 9/10 times. If you are facing a great hitter, just like in real life you have to aim a little further from the zone to make sure it doesn’t leak back over the plate.

I enjoy hitting, not making circle gestures with my right stick. I welcome this change personally. Hopefully they can find a balance one day. If you want to see skill in pitching force everyone to use meter.

Doesn’t matter if it’s 9/10 times. In a 3 inning BR game, that one time can make or break a run. Perfect input with a pitch outside the zone should never be near the zone 10/10 times.

@daddydingerz_psn said in Is online gameplay really that awful?:

I’ve been playing The Show for years and I’m not usually one to complain, but online gameplay feels more inconsistent than ever to me. Overall the game has just been yucky so far.

Have y’all liked online gameplay so far or are y’all having similar experiences?

Yes. It is that awful. I’m tired of losing to idiots who get lucky hits.

The biggest issue is the outer PCI. That was purely put in so crappy players could overcome the odds. Now it’s become an annoyance. Of course, they’ll never admit their game engine is bad. They’ll just keep putting their heads in the sand and just find ways to blame the people that complain along with their sheep army.

SDS can lie all they want, but there is definitely a comeback mechanic. I was up in a BR game 7-2 with this dude hitting nothing all game then magically scores 5 runs in the bottom of the third off of BS hits then winds up winning cause I can’t be perfect every [censored] inning. Game is an absolute joke. Pitching, fielding, hitting. It’s all a pile of [censored].

@doobiebross66-72 said in Online Hitting Can't be Fixed:

@mrwonderful95 said in Online Hitting Can't be Fixed:

I have to imagine it’s a P2P issue with timing windows. I’ve played some MTO on HOF and the game plays beautifully. Online the timing is definitely different.

It’s 100% a P2P issue

I’ve harped on this last year: this is a game that milliseconds can decide the difference between a good hit or an out

WHY does SDS not invest in dedicated servers or at minimum, improve what we’re working with today.

The quality of H2H play is highly dictated by the quality of your connection with some random person somewhere in the country

How [censored] asinine is that?! This game H2H still has 0 consistency game to game.

One game, pitches look normal, swing timing makes sense and H2H play is actually good

The next? Nothing makes sense, you’re suddenly late on slower fastballs, exit velocities make 0 sense, and you’re left wondering wtf happened

Until SDS invests into dedicated servers, H2H play will be inconsistent at best.

I need to remember this next year. I guarantee 23 will not be any better

Didn’t you know? According to the sheep in another thread. All these problems are YOUR fault and you need to take accountability for them. Never mind the fact that SDS has taken zero accountability themselves and instead just lie and make excuses.

It’s called RNG and is designed to give a player an opportunity to hit if the game feels they haven’t gotten much success. Player input sometimes matter. The game has to keep crappy players from quitting which would cause them to lose revenue.

@theonlyyetti_psn said in RS server disconnect:

This game is frustrating. Playing a ranked game up 2-0 top 3. Server disconnect u get a loss. Loose like 50 points in ranked wtf. Has to stop happening.

Just had that happen to me. Up 2-0 in the 4th and BOOM I’ve been disconnected from the servers and given the loss. What an absolute joke.