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@Hoofartid said in Pitch speeds and swing timing:

@raesONE said in Pitch speeds and swing timing:

Yes, unfortunately it's all latency related. And since we don't have a ping indicator in our line up screen, it's impossible to know how the game will play until you're actually playing. There's also no difference in being the home/away team which many people still seem to think is a significant difference. It's really not. Not much to do about it other than just ride it out.

I'm also pretty sure the game is dropping frames, causing the pitch to teleport. I think it's part of the reason sinkers look so fast. The break is so exaggerated that a dropped frame here and there causing the ball to teleport both vertically and horizontally.

'18 also had an issue with this, causing breaking balls to seem just as fast as fastballs.

I've had this more since the last patch, than previously. There are times when the ball coming in on a pitch kinda hiccups and warps.

@CrazyPlayer540 said in Update 1.11 Discussion:

In about 35 games post-patch online(12 in Ranked Seasons and the rest events), here is my take on what I've noticed.

• Perfect-Perfect is no longer a .800 success rate like was talked about in the developer streams. I tracked for five games through ranked, and my perfect-perfects were 5-10. (Last night I lost a game where my opponent hit an HR on P-P, but my P-P with Chipper Jones off of Patrick Corbin was warning track power).

• Good/Okay is so much more common, with no real understanding of why it is rewarded. I've seen 4 HRs on Good/Okay below 90 mph exit velocity. Yet, Good/Good and Squared up balls are dying consistently in the outfield.

• Pitching is extremely frustrating. 0-2 count, put the ball (changeup, curveball, etc.)in the dirt hoping for opponent to chase and two things happen... a) they are very early but still somehow make contact for a foul ball. b) you get proper pitching release, and the game decides you didn't want in the dirt, so it hovers up to clip the bottom of the zone, and it's ripped for a hit, HR, or out. It's just frustrating when it feels like the game is deciding for you.

• I'm not a programmer by any means. However, I'm confused about how the game played so well at launch, and now here we are. I feel like the only thing that needed to be buffed from the get-go was pitching. But instead, you tuned down hitting, which has completely changed the meta of the game. At the beginning, you could get strikeouts, you felt rewarded for your PCI placement, and you were okay with a little randomness with pitching. Now, it's like we're trying to play catch-up with these patches when the only thing needing to be touched was the pitch accuracy slider.

• Fielders are still not locking onto the ball near the wall, causing random triples/doubles when the ball is only a foot above their head. The homerun banner yet isn't fixed. Eighty-five-speed guys just jog down the first baseline on an infield grounder, and the 45-speed guys make it a closer play on the same groundball.

agree with all of this. Especially point #4. Hitting was great before that patch, they just needed to buff pitching, give more strikes on the black.

@gatormike4id said in This year we get 30+ Pepe Alazars:

@abbyspapa said in This year we get 30+ Pepe Alazars:

I hope we are fortunate enough to get more fantasy cards for our foosball. We should be grateful in these unprecedented times. If you have TP right now, you are already a king among peasants.

I have plenty of tp, however it is John Wayne tp: rough, tough and won't take shitt off anybody. Where do i go to complain about that?

as much as you complain I'm sure you'll figure it out soon enough.

@BalsamicArrow88 said in Honest thread good & bad:

We all know the game is not in very good shape so here’s my opinion on the issues.

Hitting- Not as bad as everyone is saying. You just have to learn to time it up better especially if using a tv and not a monitor (I’m using a tv) my biggest issue is the lack of base hits. After playing quite a bit online I’ve noticed that it’s either a home run, strike out or a lazy fly ball.

Pitching- I think pitching is totally fine, no pitcher ever can locate their pitches exactly where they want 100% of the time.

Fielding- wow is fielding awful, fly balls bouncing off my players head, taking their time getting the ball where it needs to go and my biggest issue is the relay throws. Absolutely no sense of urgency on relay throws. Guy on second tagging to go to 3rd my OF should not throw the ball in like he just fielded a routine grounder.

At the end of the day we just have to be optimistic that SDS will take care of these issues the best they can.

so how is a guy who is hitting .217 think hitting is fine? you also think pitching is fine....so any argument with you is probably pointless.

@eatyum said in Honest thread good & bad:

@JDSCATPACK29 said in Honest thread good & bad:

@eatyum said in Honest thread good & bad:

@BalsamicArrow88 said in Honest thread good & bad:

@JDSCATPACK29 well I think hitting is fine because in my opinion it is. Just because I’m trash at hitting don’t mean it’s in bad shape. That’s on me.

Don't let him talk you down because of your average.
Honestly to me, that showcases more honesty. You aren't blaming the game for your .217 average.

there's nothing fine about hitting. the hitting was fine upon release. the first patch screwed the hitting up.

The hitting wasn't fine on release. But keep repeating that myth. People already complain about home run derbies now. If day one hitting was still here, that would be complaint would be magnified. You could look at a ball funny and it left.

Hitting isn't perfect, but it's far from bad.

spoken like somebody who gets rewarded on poor PCI and swing timing more than they should.