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Nice post. But i think the problem is late recognition between sinker and breaking ball. Once you get to hof the decision has to be almost instant for the reaction time of a sinker and if its a breaking ball ure gunna look awful. Same vice versa if you read breaking ball then ure gunna be late everytime when seeing sinker. This problem doesnt happen with fb. And the way to fix is to have the ball leave the hand looking like a fb when a sinker is thrown.

@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone else struggling on hof diff this year compared to the last few iterations.:

@washednd_psn said in Anyone else struggling on hof diff this year compared to the last few iterations.:

As I've stated many times on this forum before, I was a pretty solid prospect who threw a heavy sinker/2-seam as my primary pitch.

Sinkers up in the zone flatten out and do not have the same action. To me that's the problem. There needs to be a penalty, imo, for throwing high sinkers whether it be the ball action becoming less significant and easier to hit or there needs to be a bonus which rewards less than perfect swings against those pitches.

Based on my way too much time invested I think there's already something like this built in for high off speed pitches because whenever I connect with off speed up in the zone I feel like the ball just explodes off the bat.

While true I will tell you what the main problem is with the sinker and has been for years. A sinker should leave the hand on the same plane as a fastball. It does not. It goes above the hand enough to resemble an curve, screw, etc. So when you are looking at the release and see it go above the hand you immediately think off speed and generally have trouble tracking and hitting it. If it came out of the hand like it should (a flaw that has been in the game for years), the sinker would be easier to see and hit.

Well said. Its just a flawed pitch. And i think someone else said that it should straighten out for high sinkers. If they put both of your ideas together i think that the problem would be resolved.

Yes the sinkers are very annoying, it should be easy to hit if its in strike zone and if u chase it should get weak contact. You cant throw fbs in this game to higher level guys. Ill throw one or two a game and it get smoked immediately. Kinda said that a fb is almost useless.

@d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in Anyone else struggling on hof diff this year compared to the last few iterations.:

@t-rox_09_mlbts said in Anyone else struggling on hof diff this year compared to the last few iterations.:

@mrmealticket18_mlbts said in Anyone else struggling on hof diff this year compared to the last few iterations.:

I have a no money spent team and im really struggling in ds and cs games. For the most part im competing but the pitch speeds seem to really be quite significant past all star. Wondering if anyone else is struggling. Ive used every camera view under the sun btw.

I stopped reading after you said you have a no money spent team. What does you spending money or not have to do with your skill tracking the ball?

Well, it has to be way easier hitting on HOF with Chipper, Soriano, Ortiz, Banks and Finley. I imagine that is what he is getting at. Big difference between those players and people that haven't done collections are running out there. Pitching is way better this year too which is also makes hitting tough. You aren't getting near the cookies that were served up last year. You can be very successful if you know how to pitch.

I played 4 HOF games today and 3 quit in the first inning. I only scored on one of those games and didn't even hit in one of them. The one I finished, strangely enough, the only person that hit for me was Solak who hit 2 HR's and basically won the game himself and he is like 46 vision.

Yes thank you thats exactly what i was getting at with no money spent.

Everyone seems to be using all sinker ball pitchers. The meta kinda sucks. Havent seen a fb thrown in like 7 games

I have a no money spent team and im really struggling in ds and cs games. For the most part im competing but the pitch speeds seem to really be quite significant past all star. Wondering if anyone else is struggling. Ive used every camera view under the sun btw.

Ure prob using pinpoint and u keep ure finger on the right stink after follow. Try and be aware of ure placement after pitch is thrown

Has anyone tried to relink their accounts after their account was restored. Im afraid to try after having to wait over a week to get my progress back.

It seems like that people are still having linking issues but wanted to know if anyone who has it fixed will still have the same issues

I got all my preorder and items back after about a week of waiting on my ps5. Has anyone tried to relink after getting their stuff back. Im afraid to try it.

Lost everything please help

same here