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@painpa_psn said in Pitching Clutch has the weirdest AI for progression:
recording outs with risp(that a run dont score) is the only thing ive seen that gives +clutch.
I agree that’s all I’ve seen too. Which is hardly the only instance of pitching clutch. But it is what it is.
@buddyhightower_xbl said in Changed my pitcher entirely: now I throw nothing but slop and love it!:
@seanstephans_psn said in Changed my pitcher entirely: now I throw nothing but slop and love it!:
but I now use two Diamond control perks and two Diamond break perks
Where the hell did you get the diamond break perks? I have been unlocking and grinding out archetypes left and right. I have diamond professor and diamond billy the kid.
I feel the same way, tried to be a high vel, high control guy and I give up too many HR when I screw up. I too want to use diamond break perks but don't have them. Maybe I should just buy them with stubs???
Just buy them. It’s easier that way.
Just buy them.
Starting pitcher opened the season 3 - 0. Two shutouts. One run allowed in the third game, bottom of the ninth, after throwing over 100 pitches. 48 K’s, no walks, and 15 hits over 26.2 innings.
Lo and behold, his “clutch” decreased because…Sony doesn’t know how to program “clutch.”
As the title implies, I revamped my pitcher. I have The Professor Diamond with 4 Diamond perks. I was trying to be a control/velocity pitcher before with fastballs in the mid-90s, while able to hit the corners with enough consistency to get swings-and-misses. I noticed two issues that I just didn’t care for: I gave up more long balls than I like because, well, throwing fastballs that missed over the plate; and my strikeouts were dependent on the size of the zone the variable umpire was calling for a particular game.
I am still a Diamond Professor, but I now use two Diamond control perks and two Diamond break perks. It’s just more fun for me to pitch this way. I never throw the ball above the belt. Everything is low, slow, and lots of movement. I don’t throw any straight pitches, nor do I have a traditional fastball in my repertoire. My pitches are a Splitter, Circle-Change, Sinker, Palmball, and Slurve. My fastest pitch is 86 MPH and my slowest is 79 MPH.
I’m only 9 games into this save, so I’m still at AA. I play on All Star, with classic pitching, and the pitch trail faded. I know I’m just an old guy who would get smoked by most of the folks here but I’m having fun playing RTTS again. Probably will do something similar with my fielder save.
Yes. Been that way for years. It’s like the AB resets for the hitter at the plate when you steal a bag. Frustrating.
You have to hold L2 and Triangle in stealing situations before the pitch is thrown. I’ve covered 2nd on a steal doing this.
For me, it’s the Padres. In 31 games against the Friars, I am hitting .183. I have 5 K’s in 71 ABs, with 13 hits, 9 walks and 5 HRs. I’m destroying everyone else. But the Padres destroy my soul.
Yup. You’re on track.
I’m in 2021 on both saves. I built up my batter to Diamond “The Dewey” archetype with four Diamond perks and restarted to start an RTTS save with him at 99 OVR. I wanted to be able to have a player get as many seasons as possible in MLB without having to grind several seasons in the minors.
I built up my pitcher to Silver “Filthy Painter” archetype with two Diamond perks (I own two more Diamond perks). I got the Gold “The Professor” archetype about 8 games into the season for the pitcher. It allowed me to add a third Diamond perk. Since he’s at Gold with three Diamond perks, he is now a 91. I have 51 of the bases earned towards the Diamond “The Professor” archetype pitcher.
My advice is to build up each separately so you can focus on getting the points for each. After you have created a Diamond archetype for each, then start a new save.
Ah. I get it now. Thanks for the clarification.
I’m a 99 OVR Fielder. I’m a 91 OVR Pitcher. I have played several saves and started over.
I literally have 9 games with 15 or more K’s. One with 20–coincidentally the only game my manager let me pitch a complete game, or into the ninth. In 86 innings I have over 180 K’s and have had one single bad inning (2 walks and 2 hits). Allowed one HR and 3 runs this season on 25 hits and a handful of walks. Just grinding to get through the AS Break to be promoted to AAA.
I have a 5-pitch pitcher. You have to build up your repertoire through adding pitches in the training. My pitches are 4SFB, Circle Change, 12-6 Curve, Cut FB, 2SFB, in that order.
Nothing you can do. It’s cooked into the AI logic that as a young pitcher they are locking you into a pitch count or inning count. It’s frustrating because I should have 9 complete games with 8 shutouts at this point in this particular save file.
I love The Show. I’m 43 and been playing this series for years. I always make a RTTS fielder AND pitcher, but shake my head at the two-way experiment. I don’t want a two-way player, but that’s just me. I am old, after all.
Okay, that was the background info. My RTTS fielder is maxed out Diamond level with four Diamond perks. That save file is fun. The same can’t be said for the pitcher save file thus far. I am Gold level, currently own four Diamond perks (can only use three so far) and absurdly mowing down AA hitters to the point where the only entertainment value I derive is to try and beat absurd stats because the game won’t promote me until after the AA All-Star break.
Newsflash: a 91 OVR pitcher in AA with 142 K’s in 66.2 innings, and 1 run against on the season would have been promoted to The Show by now IRL. I know the game has its AI logic to go through but it’s mindlessly boring knowing I can and will get 15 or more K’s each outing.
Hmm. I assume so but haven’t ever tried it.
I have about the same results. Three to five games of a slump then I’ll go 8 - 10 over the next two games.
The slumps are freaking ridiculous. Contact is 123, Power is 103, Vision is 115.
0 - 20 last four games. I know it happens. It seems to happen a lot. Only two K’s. The rest are Atem-balls.
If you are playing on PS, hold L2 and Triangle. It auto-runs you to the base.
It’s a weird issue, for sure. You also have to keep in mind that you are probably your team’s best batter. So taking that bat out of the middle of the lineup means a bench player took your spot. It shouldn’t result in the 1-run losses we keep seeing. But at least there is some truth to the idea that removing the best bat would bring down the offense.