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Seriously it’s a hell of a challenge to see the ball but guess it makes it different

Sorry you lost a game today

Don’t play on rookie then, please don’t ruin other modes because some of you like to play on rookie and just mash hr’s and then brag you are undefeated

Has anyone else had this issue where sometimes your outfield will just stop and run in the other direction?

I’ve had this happen multiple times, usually when both the left/right fielder and centerfielder are going for the ball and my user controled left/right fielder will just stop and run the other direction.

Nothing I can do can stop it. Am I the only one who has had this happening? If it’s a big it’s pretty game breaking.

Side note I’m not talking about the hesitation which has been in the game the last few years, I literally mean the fielder will be moving one direction on his way to catch the ball then stop and run the other way no matter which way you have the joystick pointed. Like there is a force field near the ball

There is a little side road you need to do challenges for

Hitting is purely about pitch selection now. No longer will a perfect perfect on a sinker on the outside corner lead to a home run, as per really baseball likely a hard out. Similar to balls outside the strike zone.

If you are not patient and wait for mistake pitch and swing at everything you will struggle with hitting in this game. People used to hitting home runs swinging at balls in the dirt because they were perfect perfect will need to get better at pitch selection and learn to take walks.

I was there this changed everything once I got selective

you must have field training aids on new prior to the patch it was the old now it’s the new

That full team is a beast especially when you get the full collection and add captain bonuses

This is annoying but it’s likely tied into a players fielding rating and if they are at their primary position.

While annoying when it happens it’s a good add cause players fielding ratings actually matter.

Though it would be nice to see the ai abide by the same rules when playing mini seasons or offline on hof and above. The fielding rating seems to have no effect on them as they are able to get to everything. Which is why the game seems so hr or bust now.

In this years version of the game you need to be very selective on your pitches.

If the ball is out of the zone or on the black you will not make good contact. This game more then others I’ve walked a ton with this approach and started making much better contact.

If you get a perfect perfect on a pitch on any of the corners the result won’t be what you want. You have a better shot at getting hits late or early but right down the middle. Which is more realistic then in the past.

Just be very selective prior to having 2 strikes only swing at balls you know you can crush. It helps but also doesn’t negate the super outfielders the ai has on higher levels

As some who uses timing hitting, not online I don’t play competitive all you have to do is throw off speed pitches low and to the corner and we can’t hit it

Had a scenario in mini seasons where Derek Jeter led off a game with a hr. The next game did so as well and said it was his first hr.

Anyone else having an issue with Mini Season not collecting stats right?

Noticed this in franchise as well but this directly effects rewards

@SotaNice-_PSN said in PCI size: XS:

@jrballbag_PSN said in PCI size: XS:

This actually makes a ton of sense, and explains a lot.

For us casual players who don’t use zone hitting we can not hit any breaking balls unless it’s right down the middle. Matter of fact put this to a test and any breaking pitch not down the middle only makes contact 2 out of 8 times on hof or higher.

That’s just not acceptable, doesn’t need to be a hit but shouldn’t be striking out on this.

As a player who plays offline diamond dynasty, not competitively, this makes me start to shy away from the mode towards fantasy.

Which probably isn’t the best thing for sds as I’m a player who enjoy collecting cards, has a fairly decent job and doesn’t mind spending money to do so since I don’t have time to grind.

Since the patch it seems also that not only did the pitching switch effect user pitching but also ai pitching. So now the ai doesn’t make many mistake pitches and can nail the corner which is an unhittable pitch for us casual players.

Playing a mini season with a team of a record of 12-3 on hall of fame but 90% of the wins are extra innings with a sac fly is just no longer rewarding enough to play

i get the casual player argument, but no, they have catered to the casual player enough, team building simplified, not pay to win, etc. The ranked program basically hands out free stubs, making directional even a tad better would be bad for the game.

I doubt directional is crushing it. Just throw them a bunch of sliders/off speed pitches low and they won’t be able to make contact.

If you are a casual player but trying to play ranked seasons you are no longer a casual player but competitive so if they made it mandatory to use pci that’s fine with me.

But for someone like myself who plays offline my fun has no effect on people trying to climb the ranked season ladder it’s in their interest to fix that portion of the game.

The game was fine pre patch, all i ask to fix the pci so that my mini season games on hof and no longer 1-0 no hit wins with the winning team getting a sac fly in extras

This actually makes a ton of sense, and explains a lot.

For us casual players who don’t use zone hitting we can not hit any breaking balls unless it’s right down the middle. Matter of fact put this to a test and any breaking pitch not down the middle only makes contact 2 out of 8 times on hof or higher.

That’s just not acceptable, doesn’t need to be a hit but shouldn’t be striking out on this.

As a player who plays offline diamond dynasty, not competitively, this makes me start to shy away from the mode towards fantasy.

Which probably isn’t the best thing for sds as I’m a player who enjoy collecting cards, has a fairly decent job and doesn’t mind spending money to do so since I don’t have time to grind.

Since the patch it seems also that not only did the pitching switch effect user pitching but also ai pitching. So now the ai doesn’t make many mistake pitches and can nail the corner which is an unhittable pitch for us casual players.

Playing a mini season with a team of a record of 12-3 on hall of fame but 90% of the wins are extra innings with a sac fly is just no longer rewarding enough to play

Chapman, man had the stats to deserve a card upgrade but definitely didn’t based on his three year average. Makes it look more like a hot month.

With that said definitely deserving of a lightning card

I’d imagine we all have these moments in games and you know as soon is it happens that game is a loser. Probably mostly when playing ai. Let’s have a keep it light and fun conversation with a good laugh.

Playing mini seasons on HOF in extra innings man 2nd and 3rd 1 out hit two consecutive pop ups on well timed swings on pitches down the middle to end it.

Next inning get the 1st two batters out, third batter hits a pop up to infield my pitcher runs to first take over the 2nd baseman miles away and batter safe at first. Of course next pitch is walk off hr.

Can only laugh!!! But felt the game was a loser after the two pop ups half inning before

What’s your typical, “this is a loser” scenario?

Ok thanks I do have photos

I just had a minor leaguer batting .248 he went 2 for 5 the next game and was batting .208

This is kind of game breaking for a mode dependent on stats.

Anyone have this issue or know of a fix?

Interestingly I switched from buttons to analog flick hitting and I’m now back to hitting like I was pre patch.

It might be a case where all normal swing are registering as aggressive swings with buttons. It would explain the swings and misses on good timed swings, it would explain the hr or nothing game this game became, would explain the strange pop outs like every swing is an aggressive swing.

Try using analog flick see if it helps

After the patch if you play someone using directional or timing hitting all you have to do is pitch them sinkers or off speed pitches low and away.

They won’t be able to hit it, litterally even with good timing 6 out of 8 times they will make no contact. If you play on HOF or up that is