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@DeleteyourTTVBTW_MLBTS said in HOF difficulty & 1-Run game pattern...:

Years ago I was terrible for a couple weeks as well.

I bet you're always the coolest guy at the sausage party, and that everyone swoons at your prowess at sports video games. I'm sure everyone reading your response is appropriately envious (and completely willing to overlook how you use an account that hides your surely stellar performance while bagging on others').

I do find it amusing that instead of admitting you misinterpreted the context and that this thread wasn't even about HOF online, you instead choose to double-down on your sad little flex, and try to slide by without anyone noticing your inability to comprehend the discussion. I'll point out, again, that the point wasn't "I'm still absolutely crushing" but the fact that the velocity is down by design, for everyone, and not an "issue" to be fixed just because your sad little egos can't bear to lose the shine that comes from video game home runs.

But that type of sissy talk isn't for you. I know that. You're an animal. You just keep being impressive... crack another White Claw because the parents are out of town, tell the boys how you'd be even more spectacular if they didn't nerf your offense, and revel in the immeasurable fame that comes with playing MLB The Show online at HOF and above.

I've been an A's fan since 1979, and I'm actually happy for them to finally have taken real steps toward a new, permanent home. They've been looking for a new stadium, formally, since 2005 (and dipping a toe in those waters much earlier). If the city of Oakland and surrounding municipalities wanted to do something, they've had plenty of time. Instead, they delayed, denied, and pointed fingers while taking no substantive action.

And John Fisher is an a**hole and terrible owner.

Both things are true.

@A_PerfectGame_PSN said in HOF difficulty & 1-Run game pattern...:

@The_Joneser_PSN

How about guys with 80 plus power against bronze pitchers?

Might need a few more variables, here...

The hitting is nerfed. Everything is situational. If a player strikes out and swings at everything the game gives that player late weak hits. It happens all the time. Exit velocity is depending on what’s happening how much you are up by. The inning. Have you played diamond quest? You see all the perks? Those perks should have a major impact on the game and they don’t. If this game does not want you to win. You won’t. It gives you opportunities and windows and making up for that if you miss that opportunity is impossible. No matter how good you are.

I see, now... you're one of those. Never mind.

@borderpatrollin_XBL said in HOF difficulty & 1-Run game pattern...:

@The_Joneser_PSN bro you are trying to sound smart...

My apologies, Dr. Lexus. I'll rephrase:

Why come you not understand how power attributes work now lol?

@DeleteyourTTVBTW_MLBTS, in your checking of receipts, you may have neglected to consider that the original poster plays offline. I saw someone start a thread about their experience with HOF, actually did see that they play offline, so I thought I'd share my experience because just about every game I play against the CPU is played on HOF. I didn't tell him to get better and that if he did, he'd expect better results; I said that cards with ratings lower than 75 or thereabouts don't regularly produce exit velocities like he seems to be expecting. By design. And I'm saying that I think that's a good thing and that I like it.

I'm not bagging on the OP's skill, and some of my post was pretty clearly in response to the one right above mine, but had you actually looked at your receipts you could see that he's still getting perfect/perfects between 96-112. With these lower rated cards at this stage of the game, he's probably (and I'm speculating) seeing exit velocities largely in the 80s and 90s on good contact that isn't a perfect/perfect, and in the 70s on okays, or late or early. But what he's not seeing is perfect/perfects in the 70s and low 80s. That would be an "issue." The velocities associated with non perfect/perfects catch up as we see increases in power creep, and they'll soon enough probably all become home runs, too, and then the exit velocity issue will be "fixed." By becoming laughably unrealistic.

And funny that you refer to someone as "too scared to even load up online" when you post behind an account that doesn't provide the very receipts you use to put on your airs.

@borderpatrollin_XBL, first off, as far as I know, MLB HOFers didn't have a PCI. They played the game in real life.

In this game, their representations have power ratings, and if those ratings are under, say, 75, then they are not going to hit the ball with exit velocities exceeding 100mph every time they the hit the ball with the barrel of the bat (also consider that there are different paths to the ball and different trajectories to pitches, that the barrel is round, and that not all barreled balls react in the same way).

What you're doing is grossly simplifying a complex action, governed by the interaction of many attributes playing off of one another (and attributes that are low, comparatively, to what they will be toward the end of the game).

I'm sorry you don't understand why everything doesn't behave in the manner you think it should.

Also consider that some of the most phenomenal physical talents to ever play the game were as dumb as bricks. Sometimes those who are good at a thing don't understand it as well as others who are not.

@BLAISEBLAISE_PSN said in Swings:

nah, all of my cards are doing it, lucky for you if your defense is playing appropriately. don't try to dismiss other people's issues because you haven't had to deal with this [censored]. it's playing so bad right now. I've played this game a lot, it goes through spurts of being horrible. currently is in one, at least on my end. timing is off. it just isn't playing correctly and I can feel it. it makes me not want to play. it's so bad.

I play this game about as much as you do, and I doubt it's behaving differently for me.

Everyone is quick to point out that it's a video game when things they like are exaggerated (HRs, exit velos, etc.), but when things frustrate them, like poor reactions by their fielders and weak contact, those exaggerations become "broken" things. For people like me who enjoy playing defense, those things matter, and actually make the game more enjoyable because people who use hacks in the field to boost their offense should pay a price, defensively. If those poor reactions weren't exaggerated, you'd barely see them at all, and defense wouldn't matter.

I get that you're thinking they're grossly exaggerated, like I thought HRs were last year, and that's fine. But to my point, here's your defense, by position and reaction rating (give or take a few for parallels):

C-75, 1B-62, 2B-87, SS-82, 3B-76, LF-55, CF-75, RF-82

You should see inconsistency everywhere but your middle infielders and your right fielder, and even from them you should see occasional poor judgement at short and in right, with mostly yellow and blue reaction animations from 2B. You should expect butchery in LF, and generalized confusion at 1B.

I've played mostly with this:

C-71, 1B-75, 2B-80, SS-91, 3B-84, LF-84, CF-91, RF-79 (my outfield is also a lot faster)

I'm going to have a better defensive experience because I've built my team to avoid the experience you're having. You choose not to; that doesn't mean the game is broken.

My fielders have pretty good defensive ratings, and they react just fine. Good hitters who are bad at defense tend to be bad defensively… sometimes they come up with a good read, but more often they hesitate, step the wrong way, or even flat out drop it.

Many people opt for good hitters and sacrifice defense, and then wonder why their defense is inconsistent. That’s not random.

Also, you aren’t striking out on a perfect/perfect. Saying you are severely diminishes your credibility.

There’s nothing wrong with the exit velocity. We haven’t had a power creep for a while, and people aren’t used to it… not sure why people are expecting 100mph+ batted balls consistently from guys with power ratings 75 and below. They should be rare, now.

“Fixing” that will result in 150+ once the majority of cards are 90-110.

Remember that the average exit velocity in MLB is 89mph (which means lots of contact at far lesser velocities to make that average). This is the only time of year that the game will likely reflect that… let it be.

I play my Conquest, etc., on HOF, too. Sometimes I score 1, and sometimes I score 4 in an inning. It’s normal.

@GooseOnEm_MLBTS, Live Series Witt Jr. only has power ratings of 65/55... that seems about right. I think it might be fair to say that his power ratings are too low for a guy who averages low-nineties in exit velocity, but a 65/55 (not sure if facing a righty or lefty) isn't going to top 100 very often, even if timed well and barreled.

@yankblan_PSN, I think they're saving that for later content... but if you don't complete TA by the end of the MLB season, you will receive a punitive performance of Kier's hymn.

@Tirado314_PSN, I think you get a waffle party for 75%, and the egg bar for 100%. Coveted AF…

Billions.

@SakAttack87_PSN, ah... yeah, there's a lot being made of that.

On the torpedo bats, personally, I think it's much ado about nothing. It follows the rules to a "T," and though I'm not a Yankee fan, if they're smart enough to have someone develop a regulation bat that gives an advantage to guys who typically make contact at a point a bit outside the traditional barrel, then good for them.

@SakAttack87_PSN, I don't think anyone is saying he didn't perform excellently. But Soderstrom hit just as many home runs (plus a double to boot) against a far better pitching staff, and somehow ends up with less than 20% vs Chisholm's 63%?

That's the benefit of being a Yankee in anything that asks for fan voting, and that's what is being pointed out, here.

@jaychvz_XBL said in Slider claims:

Things that can happen to lose a big lead.
1, other player learns your tendencies and adjusts.
2, you lose focus .
3 pitcher gets tired .
4 other player finally starts to focus.
5 other player's older brother takes the controller.

6. Other player's initial stupor after partaking during the loading screen begins to wane and he starts lighting you up in the 6th.

Whether he gets the screw in this vote or not (I suspect he will), I hope we see Soderstrom get at least an 87 card drop in the April Spotlight Program...

@MarioMendoza935_XBL, but what if you had 9 Scott Hattebergs?

Interesting that it seems to affect people differently. It happens only in a very specific way for me:

I anchor against all RHPs Top-Left, and all LHPs Top-Right, and I set that outside of DD in the gameplay settings. Doing so causes mine to be reset only when there is a mid-inning pitching change, and then only for the settings pertaining to the substitute’s handedness (so a lefty coming in resets both my LHP presets to the middle, but leaves both my RHP settings at Top-Left).

Pitching changes to start an inning do not reset anything.

Slightly annoying, but I just quickly change my settings for the sub’s handedness each time there’s a mid-inning pitching change.

@rageincage007_XBL, I haven't tried this particular Max Kepler (New Threads, I'm assuming?), but last year, in filling out a Twins Captain boost, I played him and he was my most prolific home run hitter for quite some time, even though he was an 88 playing with and against high 90s. Not a lady, but loved him.