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@T_H_O_R_Storm said in All in agreement here?:

I’m curious about how many bug reports/bad feedback they got during the first 3 days to warrant such a drastic change in the gameplay.

I doubt it was bug reports that made them change hitting. It was the top players batting .500. The hitting was changed to quick though and didn’t take into account that everyone was playing on all star and really good players against bad or newer players. Hitting felt good and took months to get it there, only to be changed with minimal testing and good/okay center pci swings are the norm now.

Every time I play someone with any lag this year I can’t catch up to a 95 mph fastball. Why are pitch speeds so different game to game even facing the same exact pitchers ? It doesn’t matter if I’m home team or away. I’ve never had this happen in any year before 20 and it’s so bad I’m not wanting to play online anymore.

Pitching is broken is why the era is so high for anyone that plays above 800. I use analog and can be perfect on my release and aim, the ball will then end up in the middle of the zone, or even in the zone. The black isn’t given this year. I can make perfect pitches and they’re called a ball. Outer pci is broke, I can foul off pitches nowhere near my pci, it’s a way to bail out people that are swinging at bad pitches. Then check swings need to be toned way down. I can check swing on pitches all game even when I’m fooled horribly.

Next year they need a set amount of time for anybody to pause the game. I have seen multiple opponents be able get 15-20 minutes of pause time in a 9 inning game, it’s excessive.

Until they spend the money to get server hosted games it isn’t going to change.At a minimum we need ping information at the matchmaking screen, that way you can determine if you want to suffer through a bad game.

Runners not advancing on hits is a major problem in moments. Why we can’t have control of the base runners is beyond me.

SDS has to fix searches next year for getting into a ranked game. Home hunters are bad for the game. Anytime they’re not home they just close out and keep searching. Ping based matchmaking has to be implemented next year. They need to make every stadium play the same, I can win or lose a game depending on the stadium and time of day that’s chosen. Weather, sun in my batting view, and rain need to be eliminated.

My list of major problems that need addressing for next gen.
1: we need dedicated servers, why this game is still on peer to peer baffles me.
2: Check swings on pitches your opponent is halfway into the next batters box, very rarely called strikes and happen way to often.
3: Outer pci needs to be a eliminated completely, very early/very late foul balls until your opponent makes some kind of contact.
4: We need 100% control over our pitchers again, if I do everything 100% right it shouldn’t end up hanging or in the middle of the plate. I’d also like to see any pitch on the black called a strike, right now it’s a guessing game and inconsistent.
5: ping based matchmaking, this is by far the worst game online to play when you play a person far away, or one that has bad internet.
I can keep going but those are my major wants for next year.

I’m hitting and giving up more homeruns and hard hit balls on pitches out of the zone. Not even by a small number. Something has to be done about this. Yes I understand you can hit balls out of the zone in real life, but this isn’t real life it’s a game. I can dead center hit or pitch a ball and it go no where or be a pop up. When I look for pitches out of the zone because they’re hit harder and have a very high exit velo it’s broken.
It’s the same as completely missing the target in a br but being rewarded with a highest damage hit. If I throw the ball in the zone with 2 strikes it’s a foul ball, but get your opponent to chase out of the zone with good contact and it’s destroyed

It’s not on my end, I have a monitor and win 4/5 games online. I can play on HOF/legend without lag and never have a problem catching up to any pitch. It’s 100% in the coding or opponents internet when it happens. Just trying to get others opinions on which it is.

If your goals 800 keep playing and have fun. If you have the time you can make WS with a .500 record if you play enough. Best advice is make every at bat matter, and follow the ball with the pci on every pitch even the balls way out of the zone. Being patient and hitting the hanging and bad pitches and laying off the really good pitches.

Two ways to make WS. One be good at the game and win most of your games and make it easily. Two play a lot, you can make WS with a losing record on the season with a win streak, or a .500 record But play 80-100 games or more. If making WS is your goal keep playing and gain the online playing experience and get better every season. Also keep your search bar small or to the left so you’re gaining the most points for a win and not playing down to far.

Everything feels the same to me. With exception of the ps5 controller, which is awesome it really fits my hands a lot better then the ps4/ scuff vantage controller. I doubt we notice any differences until 21 or play games that were designed for the ps5.

I’d guarantee 102 is tops again this year. Jordan Hicks can hit 105 and that’s been for years, yet we still have 102 as top speed.

There is no freeze off glitch. Freeze offs happen because sds is using a client based server and it’s outdated and not reliable. Freeze offs happen and you can quit and play your next game or wait it out and don’t play the game. You can’t cause a free off though.

If it’s anything like years past it won’t get fixed all year. It’s frustrating one of my favorite game modes is unplayable because of this bug.

I still believe speeds were raised as well. The feedback isn’t making sense right now, most every swing is good okay no matter where I’m the pci the ball is. My online batting average has dropped from .340 to .270.

Something has to be done soon, the games no fun to play in its current state. Fielding is miserable, timing windows messed up, I can turn sliders all the way up in practice and hit fine but be late in all star certain games. Good/okay I’m centered up pci but early okay’s are hit for more home runs.

It’s all the sliders for ranked online play that are out of whack. Playing in or watching custom leagues the game plays so much better. They have the user input sliders for pitching control to low, the pitch speeds are to high compared to offline, ( I could care less what speed they have it but at least have them match), exit velocities to low on good contact. The games been a copy paste for 5 years with minimal improvements.

I know all the post about the gameplay issues are deserved and posted daily. It’s 2020 and we still don’t have a minimum ping to play.Playing online against someone with horrible internet has to be worse then all the problems put together.