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@gmoney-1234_psn said in Postseason batting issues:

Anybody experiencing a huge drop off in good contact or timing issues in postseason. I had zero issues all season, got 112 wins with the mariners on all star difficulty. And am now in alcs scraping by getting maybe 1-2 hits per game. Every ball off the bat no matter the location or swing timing is like a soft shallow fly ball or a weak ground ball. I got a 95+ fastball middle plate, belt high to Eugenio Suarez and it was almost perfect timing, pop out to shallow left center.

Wondering if it’s just me because this is uncanny how weak these bats got out of the blue. I’ve even dropped difficulty to veteran for a game and noticed no difference in contact. Timing for off-speed pitches seems there is no “good” swing timing even though when I look at replays my barrel is almost parallel with the front edge of the plate when I make contact.

It could be just a small sample size or it could be that you’re going against higher rates pitchers. Most moments in MTO are late in the game against relievers (usually non closers). So, you’re contact is worse because of the other pitchers ratings.

Also, I hope you know you can’t go back up in MTO. So, you have to finish and get veteran rewards.

@cdnmoneymaker93_mlbts said in Switch version is a win:

@mathman5072_mlbts said in Switch version is a win:

Are there any specific settings you use or do you do lower difficulties on switch than you usually do, because I am having a really hard time picking up the ball on switch.

My settings are pretty much the same as if O was on my Xbox. I normally play on Vet offline but will dabble in all star. Full disclosure it took me a good few hours to get hitting down but now I'm in a pretty good grove.

Okay. Thanks. I could usually get by in hall of fame and cruise on all star. But, all star has been hard. I’ll just drop down to vet and see how it goes. I’m really just trying to relax and play instead of taking it so seriously this year. So, maybe that’s a good thing. It just messes with my ego I guess. Ha.

@chuckclc_psn said in Rangers:

So much for that 7-0 lead.

I can’t imagine what the atmosphere is like in that stadium tonight.

Every year I keep track of my MTOs here for my own personal records, but also in case others are interested. This is probably my favorite mode of this game. So, I always start the year by winning the World Series with the dodgers. I’m playing exclusively on switch and there has definitely been a learning curve, but anyway, if anyone is interest here you go.

Overall
I started on all star, but really struggled adjusting to the switch. On ps4 in the past I would cruise through all star and had to work on HOF. Once I switched to veteran, it was too easy and I would just try to finish as all games as fast as possible. If I had started on veteran I might have been able to shave 30-44 minutes off the total.

I did not make any trades and did not call any players up. I was just trying to finish quickly.

I had 3 hitter player locks and 2 pitcher player locks trying to complete a perfect game. About half of the events I was placed involved playing 2 or more full innings.

In the playoffs I had a one run lead 3 times, a one run deficit twice, and the remainders were tied. 3 games started in the 7th, and the remainder started in the 6th.

My team record was 130-32. 6 players had 30 or more home runs. And 4 pitchers had 20+ wins. It was a very good year. A summary is below:

Dodgers on Veteran
Overall
Total Time: 540 minutes (9 hours)
Total XP (including from in game): approximately 100k
Regular season events win-loss: 24-3
Postseason win-loss: 11-1

First Half
Total Time: 234 minutes (4 hours)
XP awarded at gate: 14k max
Events win-loss: 14-2

Second Half
Total Time: 113 minutes (2 hours)
XP awarded at gate: 14k max
Events win-loss: 10-1

Postseason
Total Time: 193 minutes (3 hours)
XP Awarded total: 50,500
Win-Loss: 11-1

Royals
I did dynamic difficulty. I had never done that before. It took a while to get my ranking up, because it started at beginner. I ended the World Series at all star hitting and legend pitching.

The only trade was for Liam Hendricks. And I didn’t call anyone up from AAA.

I had 3 hitter player locks and 3 pitcher player locks trying to complete a no hitter. About half of the events I was placed involved playing 2 or more full innings.

In the playoffs I had a one run lead 5 times, a one run deficit 4 times, 1 game up 2, 1 game down 2, and the remainders were tied. 3 games started in the 7th, game 5 of the alds started in the fifth, and the remainder started in the 6th.

My team record was 120-42.

Royals on dynamic
Overall
Total Time: 602 minutes (10 hours)
Total XP (including from in game): approximately 91k
Regular season events win-loss: 26-2
Postseason win-loss: 11-4

First Half
Total Time: 170 minutes (3 hours)
XP awarded at gate: 10k max
Events win-loss: 15-2

Second Half
Total Time: 103 minutes (2 hours)
XP awarded at gate: 10k max
Events win-loss: 11-0

Postseason
Total Time: 329 minutes (5.5 hours)
XP Awarded total: 31k
Win-Loss: 11-1