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My rtts guy got an injury in the first season and missed the second half of a season due to this. I figured it wasn't too insane because my durability was in the 50s or 60s so it kinda made sense. To avoid this I saved up points and got my durability into the 90s and with equipment it had to be over 100. Played the next full season and near the end of the year got a message for a torn groin and placed on 60 day IL. This was obvious BS and I just dash boarded. Played through the next season with the same high durability stat and right after the all star break got another 60day IL message. Anyone else have to deal with this nonsense?

@dap1234567890 said in Will my 22' rtts carry over to 2023?:

No......

im sad...

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@bloopnablast_34_psn said in This is why I hate zone hitting:

Straight up serious question.. how can you tell it was zone? I’ve always wondered how people can tell. Does it not move at all when it’s directional? I guess I just figured it moved for whatever type of hitting and if someone didn’t move their pci I just took it as they were center swinging..

I can usually tell when I see a guy consistently getting very hard contact or perfect-perfects on pitches in the corners or outside the zone. This almost never happens with directional or analogue.

I get talked down to for using pure analogue meanwhile zone players can hit home runs like this:https://imgur.com/a/cLa8Bkq

Meanwhile the only way I can get a hit is if I time things perfectly and even then it's more likely to be weak contact. And I'm ok with this but don't lecture me about how zone players are the epitome of all skill when your pci placement is just as random as my cpu doing it but you get hard hits for not even landing it.

Lots of teleporting pitches this year

Just nasty. Not expecting anything special to come to the game because of this but it's still pretty cool to see. Boss Burners strikes again

Don't want draw any pity but I have a disability that prevents me from using zone hitting. I've tried and it just can't work at all. I still enjoy this game online though and when I'm up against another non zone player the games are always close and exciting. But when I play zone players I have no chance and I usually just quit as soon as I realize they're using zone because I know I'm going to lose. This isn't directing any hate at zone players at all. i have massive respect for them for mastering a mechanic that no doubt takes a lot of skill and practice. I see both sides tend to hate playing against each other. Zone players don't like playing against users who play with what they see as an inferior setting that takes less skill. And non zone players dislike playing against someone who they have a massive disadvantage against.

So basically it seems to make sense to create different pools for zone vs non zone players. Have people choose their desired mode before queueing for a match and have it locked and be unable to change in-game.

@lischynski_psn said in ya know hitting might be a bit easier:

Then I don't want hitting to be easier.

Fair enough. Maybe if it was user based then and not rng based? I cry a little inside whenever I push the button down a nanometer and my guy either completely swings or gets called a swing

I like to play with pure analogue and just use the flick option. Does stride add any benefit or is it just a visual thing?

If check swing actually worked

I don't use zone because I'm don't want to have to snort crack before I play. I'm a casual player in garbage ranks and zone is so bad that there are zone players in my low tier games. I've never had this issue in previous games. I want to play and have fun. I enjoy when the game makes sense. I don't want to play people who always hit pitches that bounce off the plate into the stratosphere. No hate on people who use zone. Popular saying is don't hate the player hate the game...well in this case the devs. Get these dudes out of my games please. Only reason they're in my games is because zone is supposedly messed up this year form what I've heard. Fix this already for everyone's sanity.

I'm practicing using zone but for some reason they put it on the left stick. Can I put it on the right stick? I think it will feel more natural to aim that way since I'm right handed.

This sums up my experience so far lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4dqYpshAIg&ab_channel=YoungRippa59Entertainment

PCI placement and timing is useless. It's all rng now. If timing is in green and in the middle of my pci then you should get a hard hit. Nothing but random pop ups and perfect-perfects making it to warning track.

How come the only way I can get hits is with perfect-perfect and even then I usually get out but my opponent can be late/early with ball at edge of the pci and they hit bombs?

@the_joneser_psn said in What's better: Pure Analogue or Directional:

@kevin-ate-nine said in What's better: Pure Analogue or Directional:

Don't mention zone. My brain isn't wired for it and I want to have fun. I use both and I have moments where I feel each is better or worse so idk If they're the same or not.

They're definitely not the same, but so long as you are more concerned about enjoying yourself and not about making World Series and living in the 900s and above, just do what feels most like baseball to you (I like the analog stick mimicking a swing).

That said, I'm enjoying analog more than directional; I used directional exclusively last year for about 300 RS games, and this year I played roughly the first 100 with directional and the last 100 with analog. Here's what I've found:

• Using directional, if your timing is good, you will destroy mistake pitches left over the middle so long as you put some loft in your swing, but you will struggle mightily with pitches up and on the corners (I didn't notice as much of a detrimental effect with low corners, but the high ones will do you in if someone gets savvy to you using directional). You can hit pitches high and on the corners with analog, so long as you angle your stick input.
• I've found directional to be more subject to random chance, as you have no control over placement. With analog, you can at least move your swing to the inside, middle, or outside (though placement height is completely decided for you). I'm still a lousy hitter, but I get more hits using analog (though I hit more homeruns using directional). You leave a lot to Vision either way, but it feels, to me, like there's a bit more control with analog.
• ln my experience, there is a greater variety of hit types with analog compared to directional; I've noticed a lot more ground balls to the holes, and line drives that actually drop. But, I'm also someone who hits about .300 with a few guys with most in the .220 to .240 range currently (.200 to .240 was more the norm for me with directional, with everyone).

Biggest thing, though, is having a good time. I'm with you that I'm not wired for zone... I also think having a reticle in a baseball game is pretty dumb and feels nothing like baseball, but it's clearly the best path to real success in this game (and I'm clearly an outlier in feeling that way). It just depends on what you're after... I'm about 30 games over .500 in a little over 200 RS games this year, and I spend most of my time in the high 600s and low 700s. I maxed out at 824 (and then I dropped 8 straight). I may not make World Series, but I have a good time, and that's why I play these games anyway.

Thanks for the info. I kinda notice the same thing. I've been getting a lot of opponents with 99 Jacob deGrom lately and feel the only chance I have of winning is waiting for a mistake fastball down the middle and timing it right. For that directional has felt better. But against pretty much anyone else that's not super human analogue feels better for getting more consistent hard contact on pitches around the zone. I'm at like 600 rn and I'm feeling like I'm about to max out. I'm encountering more zone players who have an edge against me. Luckily It turns out I'm pretty good at pitching with analogue and I can somewhat reduce the runs those guys can get. I've already gotten a few angry messages from guys who complain about me not using zone

At the end of the day I just want to have a nice balance of having casual fun while making some attempt to win games. Zone makes the game feel so unbaseball like imo. If other people enjoy It that's fine. I actually already do about as good on zone as I do with directional or analogue. So If I practiced more I probably could get a lot better with it. But that setting makes the game feel so goofy to me and I enjoy the baseball simulation version of this game over the arcady cartoon nonsense.

Don't mention zone. My brain isn't wired for it and I want to have fun. I use both and I have moments where I feel each is better or worse so idk If they're the same or not.

I'm working on my pitching archetype in DD but I only have fastball, changeup and slider. I'd like to maybe add a sinker instead. I assume I'll get to add more pitches later on.

In past game i used analogue instead of buttons because I feel I was able to check swings more successfully with it. I never tested it but it was just something I always felt. So far this year I feel it's a much bigger advantage. I think the lower threshold for the analogue makes checking your swing easier. I just use flick because stride is too hard. It took a long time to get used to but I don't think about it much anymore.