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@xElRojo44x_MLBTS said in Hitting Card Question:

@MUSTARDxTIGER__PSN said in Hitting Card Question:

I remember there being a feature where you could setup defenses for particular players. It might still be around but I can't find it. Great feature, if anyone knows where to find that it would be greatly appreciated.

This is what I believe BxnnyMxn_ was referring to. ...In game, choose the defense positioning option (under Manager Decisions or something like that). There you can set up your defensive positioning for each player. You can see the hitter's tendency there also.

Going to try that now, thanks!

I remember there being a feature where you could setup defenses for particular players. It might still be around but I can't find it. Great feature, if anyone knows where to find that it would be greatly appreciated.

Honest question, this game struggles on so many levels, does the elevation actually affect the ball? I get moving the fences in, but if they figured out a way for this to happen, why can't they fix the other problems?

I would get rid of the vault altogether. If you don't make it your yourself, you can't use it.

@TPB-Violet-9_XBL said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

@virusts_XBL said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

I could care less where my opponent is. We are essentially going to have the same connection to each other whether it’s great bad. I can maybe count on one hand where o thought connection was an issue when I played a game

That’s really not how it works the game speed will default to the lowest connection. I have a sneaky suspicion many of the people who don’t notice lag are probably on sub par internet here. A good connection will play catch up to a bad connection not the other way around it’s peer 2 peer connections.

This is truth. I have 85 down and 10 up, not the best but decent. I see this and it's probably somebody on wifi down at 25, up at 1-2.

@TPB-Violet-9_XBL said in Why am I being matched with people in Mexico and the West coast if I live in Boston:

It really doesn’t work especially when the timing windows for each game is drastically different the online component really is a bad product. The fact the games are all homerun dependent shows how little work they’ve done on MLB 23.

The desynch on pitches coming in is probably my biggest grip with how the online plays they need to figure out a better system then trying to guess where the micro stutter is on each pitch is when it comes in. Some people are much better at this then others, but it’s extremely hard to relearn how to play a totally different game after 100s of hours of offline where you can crush the cpu 15-0 on All Star but barely make contact online. All Star + is an excuse to mask the sub par multiplayer because All Star+ is different from game to game.

People aren’t bad at the game the online is bad. I would rather lose 20-18 then struggle to hit a ball because the game is functionally broken during many multiplayer games. The game plays better on slower connections as other posters have pointed out and that’s a massive issue plaguing the game right now.

Well said. I am currently only playing online rated with the settings all-star pitching and vet hitting. I feel the game plays good online with these settings. Would I prefer the game work right? Of course, but I love baseball and will make due with what they give us. Game plays great offline.

And that would be back to why they need a universal setting for ranked.

Anyone who is playing on rookie is susceptible to being beat on rookie, no? Is playing rookie the same cheese as playing on legend because a player knows most cannot play on that setting. The online lag for this game is atrocious(not every game but some). Maybe they need some sort of latency bar as most modern games are adopting.

IDC about leaderboards but I am interested in good games. I tried to play on all star and hof but if your opponent has any kind of issues with internet it sux. I also have the patience to search within certain parameters and not have to worry about what other guys settings are. I know the games I play are a fun mix of high scoring and low scoring games(win or lose) and I am having fun. Key here is the having fun part. If at anytime a video game is not fun, then it's time to do something else.

@Air_Michael__PSN said in Everything Online Rated 2023:

@MUSTARDxTIGER__PSN said in Everything Online Rated 2023:

Another question, who do you use as a fifth starter. The only ones viable right now to me are Matt Waldron and Grayson Rodriguez. Interested if you use others and thanks for any insights.

I don’t even care about the settings right now I’m just so confused on how they decide the ratings points for wins and losses. I won 40+ straight games and jumped up from 80’s to 30’s but 2 losses can drop you 40 spots in one shot is a joke and makes zero sense.

Basically you get nothing for winnings games but penalized by death for losses.

Small sample size but I think the rating jumps you are experiencing are based off the user rating and the user rating of the opponent.

Rank is directly tied to user rating. User rating determines where you start your pvp search. If you are letting that bar go bigger and bigger, the more chance you have of playing a lower rated user and losing a lot of rating/rank if you lose to them. You are high up the leaderboard so there are is limited opportunity to get a higher rated user and gain extra rank off said user. Most of your matchups are against lower rated user and the longer you let it search, the more rank you will lose depending how low ranked the other guy is.

The way to battle this is stop your search bar within a range that you are comfortable with. This guarantees that the other user will be within range to gain rank or lose the least amount as possible if you lose. The rating gain on 40 wins against lower ranked players can be cancelled out by one loss against a lower ranked player. Limit the lower ranked players you are seeing and you will not get set back as far.

This also make sense why a lower rated user using a better team is searching higher than their user rating and you lose more because of their lower rating.

1. Elly 3B Milestone
2. Ripken SS D Boost Capn
3. Mantle CF Incognito
4. Eddie Rosario LF May Awards
5. Buck O'Neil 1B JK
6. Jackson Holliday DH FS
7. Marcus Semien 2B AS
8. Babe Ruth RF OT
9. Will Smith C AS

Full boost from Ripken and guys I hit good with.

Other boosters that are viable for DD are Randy Tall Kings, 90s Pedro, Gausman Gold, Kopech FS

@InstaGator23_XBL said in Team Theme Teams:

Was wondering if anyone had any tier list on theme teams. I am running a season 3 eligible braves theme team, the pitching is very limited. Was wondering if any other theme pitching is out there, and tried?

TIA

Braves boost has: 1. Tom glavine capn 2. Smoltz Kaiju 3. Silver Strider 4. Spahn Kaiju 5. The Professor
Also could use Maximus, Elder AS, Morton LS

Bullpen is thin but I see Jimenez LS, Minter LS, Chavez LS, Iglesias LS, Martin BO, Smith-Shawver TN. That gives you full boost and 2 spots for The Missile and whatever righty you want. You are not going to use your whole bullpen hopefully.

The DD Ranked isn't really built for this kind of gameplay. You will be forced to use lesser pitchers against all 99 hitters. If just playing comp, this is a dominant rotation.

I also like playing with my Dbacks or Padres but I find the Online rated mode outside of DD to be much more fun for this.

@theBlindRhino said in How do you get 95 Cal Ripken jr:

This is why I buy cards even when I don't want to use them. I must have picked him up and locked him in a long while ago.

I was doing this with all captains to try them out. Didn't expect that kind of price increase though.

I like Smith better because I hit better with his swing. Think it's a personal decision and would take trying out both.

@romeischillin said in Anyone else taking a break?:

@MUSTARDxTIGER__PSN said in Anyone else taking a break?:

@romeischillin said in Anyone else taking a break?:

@arvcpa_MLBTS said in Anyone else taking a break?:

Ugh. I think I'm going to take a few weeks off. I've finished 5 of the 6 divisions for TA3, I'm 3/4 through the current BR reward path, and finished the RS path (using all TA3 players).

And... I'm... burned out. I feel like Forest Gump after he ran across America 3 times... "I'm kinda tired... I think I'll go home now".

I've come to look at this year's edition as "work". I gave SDS the benefit of the doubt with the whole "set" thing, but I'm absolutely dreading going through sets 4, 5 and 6.

So, I'll take a break. I'll be back for sure, but I'm just not enjoying the game as much as I should.

Let me know where your heads are at this point in the cycle. Thanks!

I don't ever take breaks but there are days where I simply don't play the game or will do something real quick in the game and then I'll end up streaming a show or something and just have no interest in trying to grind MLB or any of the other games that I've neglected since I started playing MLB... then something new will be added to the game (like Extreme Program tomorrow) and I'll binge play the game like I'm sure I will this weekend with the exception of going to my brother for the fight on Saturday and then I'll probably start playing it again on Sunday until NXT comes on with The Great American Bash.

My guy, I am stoked for the UFC and NXT. My boy bet $200 on Tony Ferguson at +380. This should be a fun one!

Yeah I have a couple of bets in tonight in MLB that will hopefully hit if my brain worked today on some MoneyLine winners and picking the right guys to get 2+ bases so if one or both hit I might put something on Spence/Crawford fight, just need to figure out who knows more about that fight between my brother and cousin who have a bet between themselves on the fight... but yeah between these PPVs/PLEs and Extreme Program I shouldn't have a dull moment this weekend.

My top picks today Scherzer over 5.5 SO, Justin Turner over 1.5 h+r+rbi, Twins ML. UFC I'm probably just betting Blachowicz at even money to beat Pereira. Good luck on your best and enjoy your weekend bud.

Another question, who do you use as a fifth starter. The only ones viable right now to me are Matt Waldron and Grayson Rodriguez. Interested if you use others and thanks for any insights.

@romeischillin said in Anyone else taking a break?:

@arvcpa_MLBTS said in Anyone else taking a break?:

Ugh. I think I'm going to take a few weeks off. I've finished 5 of the 6 divisions for TA3, I'm 3/4 through the current BR reward path, and finished the RS path (using all TA3 players).

And... I'm... burned out. I feel like Forest Gump after he ran across America 3 times... "I'm kinda tired... I think I'll go home now".

I've come to look at this year's edition as "work". I gave SDS the benefit of the doubt with the whole "set" thing, but I'm absolutely dreading going through sets 4, 5 and 6.

So, I'll take a break. I'll be back for sure, but I'm just not enjoying the game as much as I should.

Let me know where your heads are at this point in the cycle. Thanks!

I don't ever take breaks but there are days where I simply don't play the game or will do something real quick in the game and then I'll end up streaming a show or something and just have no interest in trying to grind MLB or any of the other games that I've neglected since I started playing MLB... then something new will be added to the game (like Extreme Program tomorrow) and I'll binge play the game like I'm sure I will this weekend with the exception of going to my brother for the fight on Saturday and then I'll probably start playing it again on Sunday until NXT comes on with The Great American Bash.

My guy, I am stoked for the UFC and NXT. My boy bet $200 on Tony Ferguson at +380. This should be a fun one!

@Air_Michael__PSN said in Everything Online Rated 2023:

Another 6 game win streak gets me from 91 to 79 then 2 losses drops me allllll the way back to 120 lol it’s seriously so comical how [censored] their rating system is. How does it take 6 wins to jump 12 spots but 2 losses and you drop 41?!

I see that now, they def need one setting for everyone to play on for ranked(rated). IDC what it is but it should be same across board for everyone. Why have exhibition mode and then have ranked(rated) be the same?

Interested to see if they make anymore moves before deadline, they said they are buyers. They need a SP for sure. I like detmers, canning can go to the bullpen or be dealt. Not an Angels fan btw, just baseball in general. If they make another big move I might put a sprinkle on them to win ws at 100-1.

@theBlindRhino said in Tried no pci..:

@bruno4132_PSN said in Tried no pci..:

How do you free anchor it? What buttons?

It is a setting not a button. It works the same as regular anchor. Move your PCI and then press down on L3 ( I think). Go to hitter settings and it is one of the options.

I tried anchor earlier in the year but found it threw off the way I move my pci naturally. I like the idea of the fade out as I use outer no fade. I used no pci years ago before I took a break and did good that way. Appreciate reading y'all's thoughts on this stuff.

@HustlinOwl_MLBTS said in Everything Online Rated 2023:

@MUSTARDxTIGER__PSN said in Everything Online Rated 2023:

Good morning fellas. Quick question, in online rated, can you set the teams lineup beforehand anywhere? Still loving this mode.

Unfortunately no

I hear ya, that would be a great feature for next year.

Good morning fellas. Quick question, in online rated, can you set the teams lineup beforehand anywhere? Still loving this mode.