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The warning track outs with good PCI placement and timing is bringing back memories of 18. Unless they fix this issue, this game will go down on par with 18 if not worse.

This game has every issue the previous ones had

18 and 19 were auto outs on good hits.

20 was the perfect pitch down the middle.

21 was non PCI cheese.

They haven’t improved on any of these issues and instead gave us a game with all of them in one. Why aren’t we supposed to blame the game when we do everything right but nothing happens? Can anyone explain that to me cause this game makes no sense.

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There’s absolutely no excuse for the first one, though some will try.

6 years playing online, thousands upon thousands of games, earned every thing possible (WS/12-0) multiple times….and there’s still times I want to pull my hair out in frustration with the way this game tries it’s hardest to keep your opponent relevant during the game.

Simulation to a point is fine, but when that simulation has more control than the player….it’s gone too far. You have to play your opponent and the Sim/RNG at the same time.

Game rewards bad hits on par with good hits. 3 or 4 bloops a game would be understandable but it’s much more than that at this point. Too many warning tracks on good hits…period.

The ability to foul off pitches is crazy this year.

Fielders slowing down/giving up on chasing down dribbling base hits. They literally slow down and let the ball go by.

Pitches go wherever they want.

Non PCI hits are back with a vengeance.

Pitches intended for below the zone are a death sentence.

Outfielders act confused and start glitching out sometimes when under a fly ball.

Timing is nothing but a crutch/cheese.

The feeling that you can’t play through a game without having to battle the Sim/RNG along with your opponent. Was hoping for a more PvP experience without the game itself trying to influence outcomes. I don’t want to win/lose on flukey stuff and this years game is full of it.

Better graphics would have been nice too. At least a noticeable difference.

Outer PCI needs to go before we see this problem go away. Outer PCI is nothing but a safety net that gives you more chances during an AB.

@easy_duhz_it__mlbts said in Today's 120hz change for a dummy:

Instead of flooding the forum with the now 5th post about the same thing, you probably could have just posted this in one of the other ones. Just saying.

You should apply to be the mod since you care deeply about what/how things should go on here.

Grinding out the 350 innings would have more incentive…and fun…if the rewards along the way were better. If they want us to play online then the online rewards need to be worth it except for just the cards at the end. The gameplay is already miserable enough….getting a few standard packs or a few hundred stubs doesn’t make it any more tolerable.

Why should RNG be a factor determining wins/loss? This is a competitive online game, not a slot machine at the casino.

@raylewissb47_psn said in Through 30 RS games:

@dj-sparky-2k22_psn said in Through 30 RS games:

@RayLewisSB47_PSN @Rabid55Wolverine

But then we won't be able to hear how his next 30 games went.

And you know it's pretty bad when I call someone out for complaining to much.

It just makes you wonder if they are just miserable in general. I know if I hated doing something, I would stop doing it. I most definitely wouldn’t keep buying it. SDS is reading the OP’s posts and laughing as they count their money every year.

Do you have anything constructive to say about the points I brought up? You and others patrol this site daily and offer nothing but inappropriate comments.

If your games are anything like mine, bad hits are the ones getting rewarded the most while good hits are bringing back memories of 18 and 19. It’s completely backwards…you do everything right and you fail…you do everything wrong and
you bloop your opponent to death or vice versa.

All kidding aside, this needs to be addressed. I truly feel like they dumbed down hitting to a new level. Bloop hits happen in baseball but this game is simply rewarding them too often.

Also, fielders are glitching out at times acting confused and it’s hard to control them. This has lead to more batters getting on base than I can count.

Not sure if you guys are working on anything but please try some adjustments to hitting before this game goes down as worse than 18 and pre HR/9 nerf in 19.

I don’t mind losing when my opponent did things right more often than me but currently doing the wrong things more often is winning games. It’s backwards.

Let me guess, you were banned for being harsh towards the game….all the while the mod allows the same handful of members to defend the game by hijacking threads with nothing but inappropriate comments/insults.

If your going to defend the gameplay…defend the non communication we’ve received. So typical…run your mouths when someone talks bad about your precious RNG help you win game, but you coward down when a video is posted or an important topic like the 120 thing comes up.

Also, if you like the gameplay…how come your not asking for more of it? Let’s see more fly outs, trash hits, floating pitches, errors, increase the RNG even more…like, since that’s what your defending, why aren’t you asking for more?????? Isn’t that LOGIC!!!!?????????????

Don’t blame you for not wanting to play DD. From the gameplay to content it hasn’t been fun.

If you started this game post 17…you don’t know what good gameplay is. Of course your going to defend the game because it’s all you know…you don’t know how good it actually was and can be again. Also, the game didn’t hold your hand the way it does now and it’s become nothing but participation trophy gameplay because SDS doesn’t want you to quit playing.

And by the way….I see players defend this game all day long, every day….yet I don’t see them say why they enjoy the online gameplay. Unless you like garbage hits, magnet pitches, good input that gets you nothing until the game decides it….and the game helping you win because you can’t do it on your own.

tHATs BasEBaLl

Nothing really big and new this year, gameplay wise. Graphics look the same, slight adjustments to pitching, same old hitting.

Only thing that could make it new and exciting is what they do with offline modes and any revamp to RS. Not optimistic though.

I’ve said it many times….too much RNG and Simulation. Like you said, it comes down to who got the lucky numbers.

I’ve just accepted it and try to have fun. I would like to see a more rewarding hitting system one of these days though. Who cares if someone puts up “football scores” during a game. If they can do it because of skill….then allow them to do it.

Better than constant line outs or weak fly balls on good contact. I’ll take a HR derby every game instead of what we’ve had in the past.

This year is a wash for me, I was optimistic like every year but 5 years in a row since 17 and the gameplay is getting more and more for the casuals. I get it, it’s the largest player base and games sales are a priority along with retaining players. With that being said I feel like they’re about to lose or have lost players due to the style of gameplay the last few years. I’m just one consumer but these will be my selling points for next year.

Hitting - Brand new design, long story short. The RNG type swing away and hope for good luck has got to go. There needs to be a rhyme or reason to hitting. It’s completely confusing at this point. Hiding feedback isn’t a fix, it’s a lazy way of calming complaints. I would at minimum start with removing the outer PCI…it’s nothing more than a crutch to stay alive during an AB.

Graphics - Self explanatory. I want to visually see a new game. It’s looked identical since 19 to me.

Custom hitting views online - Self explanatory.

Matching opponents using same interface - I don’t care about the debate that playing a directional hitter is an easy win. It comes down to, I want to know my opponent has to do what I have to do while playing and not using a handicap. Let us see our opponents setup pre match and an accept/decline option.

Revert to 99 as the attributes cap -

CPU - Enough with the Bronze fielding SportsCenter top 10 plays EVERY. SINGLE. GAME. It gives your game a noticeable feeling of being scripted.

You played Little Billy, he’s tough to beat this year.