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I play virtually all my games on All Star difficulty in Ranked Seasons and am hitting around .225 online, which I know is really bad. I've watched tons of hitting tips videos and nothing seems to work for me. I try to look for the "bump" at the release point to determine if it's an offspeed pitch, but a fastball released just a little high looks the same to me, so I'm either late on the fastball or early on offspeed. I feel like I have to swing early to catch up with the fastball, so I'm often swinging at pitches out of the zone. I try batting practice with the sliders turned up, but I just flail for however long I take batting practice and don't notice any improvement, so it feels pointless. I play on a 55" Samsung TV in game mode, and for a variety of reasons a monitor isn't really an option, so I'm wondering if not having a monitor is the majority of my problem, or if there could be other factors at work. Does having a monitor make pitch speeds look slower? I have the original (pre-Pro) PS4; does having a Pro make a difference? My internet is Comcast with a WiFi connection and averages about 25Mbps when tested on the PS4; is that good? Bad? Irrelevant? I've read that connection quality can impact pitch speeds pretty dramatically; is this true, and how much of a factor is it compared to the difference a monitor makes? Do any of the TV settings apart from game mode (which HDMI input you use, HDR setting on or off, 1080 vs 720) matter?
I'm also probably at the upper end of the age spectrum for people playing this game (I'm 48) and my eyesight isn't perfect. I'm just wondering why I'm so bad at hitting and if it's one issue or a combination of things, and if there's anything I'm missing or if it's possible to just not be very good and not able to improve.
Thanks!
@over50beatdown said in Why can't I hit?:
I'm 55, no monitor, haven't gotten past All-Star in ranked seasons. You can do this! I say be patient, even if it means taking strikes, especially inside ones. Practice on "Steal phase" of conquest, because nothing is really lost on the outcome. Practice, not swinging and recognizing the breaks. I'm still VERY vulnerable on sliders that come straight and below the zone.
I actually made it to Championship Series a few years ago, but this year I think I've maybe gotten to the mid-750s once before collapsing and falling back. This season I can't get out of Pennant Race, which led to a lot of frustration and this post. I'm also trying to learn analog pitching (used to use pulse, but the randomness started to bother me), so maybe I'm trying to do too many things at once, not sure. Thanks for the tips. I can actually hit pretty well in Conquest games, even on Legend, but online is a completely different experience. I'm wondering if it's connection related, as I played two games this morning, and on one I couldn't react to the fastball no matter what I did, got three hits total and lost 5-0, add the other game I seemed to be able to react to pitches (certainly not perfect, but better) and my timing was better and I won 7-3. I think the frustration comes from not really knowing if I had a better approach in the second game, or just a weaker opponent/better internet connection/more favorable RNG. Maybe that's just the nature of the game for the majority of us who can't put the PCI on the ball consistently.
I was sure your answer to "Hey, I know what would make me feel better" was going to be "a donut."
One of his cards a few years ago had catcher as his primary. It wasn't a very good card overall, but he was fast for a catcher and I had him on my bench as a potential pinch runner for whoever my regular catcher was. So if he gets a signature card I'd think a catcher secondary would be a possibility.
@bonion said in Why can't I hit?:
You say you play on a Samsung game mode right? I do too. However I renamed my hdmi input to PC which I find a little more precise then game mode although the graphics take a hit
I think I read about that somewhere and tried it but didn't notice much of a difference. Will have to try it again
Paper rock scissors. Guess your OP pitch and location and lay off everything else. On x/2 counts cover 1/2 the plate and don’t mind striking out looking. IMO striking out looking is better then chasing balls
I will have to try to rededicate myself to this approach, which is more or less what I was trying to do before I went down the hitting tips rabbit hole lol. I just don't think I have the hand-eye coordination to emulate the streamers' approach.
@vagimon said in Why can't I hit?:
Is that at 1080p? I wouldn’t recommend playing on 4k. The frame rate gets pretty choppy.
Yeah, 1080p. I have the regular PS4 that doesn't support 4K.
@rAtbAby407 said in Why can't I hit?:
I’m 40 and about 20 games over .500 in RS. I made WS in a couple of years ago, then didn’t buy the game again until now because that grind wore me out in DD. The highest I’ve been this year is 750. I play on a monitor, use Kontrol Freaks, and can’t hit very well. I attribute this to switching my ISP from Spectrum to ATT. I’m at 12mbps tops with them. I think connection makes a huge difference. Sometimes I have games where I can react and everything feels like it should. Other games that FB is a complete blur and I can’t time it no matter what and I end up quitting because it isn’t fun.
I’m 40 and about 20 games over .500 in RS. I made WS in a couple of years ago, then didn’t buy the game again until now because that grind wore me out in DD.
The highest I’ve been this year is 750. I play on a monitor, use Kontrol Freaks, and can’t hit very well.
I attribute this to switching my ISP from Spectrum to ATT. I’m at 12mbps tops with them.
I think connection makes a huge difference. Sometimes I have games where I can react and everything feels like it should.
Other games that FB is a complete blur and I can’t time it no matter what and I end up quitting because it isn’t fun.
Plus the connection is a combination of your internet (which you have some control over) and your opponent's (which you don't). I've read some comments on here about SDS needing to implement ping-based matchmaking; I don't really know enough about the technology to know how much of a solution that would be, but pitch speeds fluctuating pretty dramatically from game to game is... Not great.
@ironeyes_cody_psn said in For God's sake why can't we get a Jose Cardenal card?:
This guy had the best 'fro of his generation.
Oscar Gamble would like a word.
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I finally played a game on HOF. Struck out 25 times in a nine inning game. And I WON. I'm afraid to try again now that I'm in the 700s and guaranteed to play on HOF again lol I've never really been able to hit in this game, but I'm usually good enough to play at least a few on HOF and it's just nuts this year.
Hippity Hopp is pretty good.
Oh, I'm glad they added real uniforms too, I just hope you always have the option to make custom uniforms. I actually enjoy messing with my uniforms almost as much as playing the game. Yes, probably because I suck lol.
Now that they have real uniforms in the game I fear it's just a matter of time before they phase out the uniform creator. Which sucks, because I love the uniform creator, but I can't imagine a logo vault full of b00bs and d0ngs is worth the hassle for SDS.
I don't think lincecum even knows this game exists so it would be hard for them to ever get his rights.
I don't think rights to use players in the game work this way.
Sony/SDS has a deal with the MLBPA to use current players and the MLB Players Alumni Association to use former players. They don't have to make a separate deal with every player in the game; they have rights to every player whose licensing is handled by these two organizations. So even if Tim Lincecum doesn't know the game exists, as long as he hasn't specifically opted out of allowing the Alumni Association to handle his licensing rights Sony/SDS should be able to put him in the game.
Which is a long way of saying that the new legend could be him, but it could be a lot of people.
It's the West Team Affinity conquest map for me. There are four Angels hexagons that give me the unhandled server exception error when I try to attack them. It's a shame because I've already defeated all the strongholds. Hopefully SDS can fix this so that folks don't have to start maps over.
@John3221 said in Why can't I hit?:
Anyone know the input lag on ASUS vg249q monitor can't find it anywhere. Thanks guys.
I can't find information on that model specifically, but on https://displaylag.com/display-database/ it looks like all the ASUS monitors they tested that were manufactured in the last few years have input lag ranging from 9ms to 12ms.. Interestingly, the best TVs aren't far behind at all (my specific model was tested at 12ms), so I'm starting to think maybe most of the benefit of a monitor is due to something else, maybe the smaller screen or some other aspect of the display that isn't related to input lag. Also interestingly, it seems like some of the value of the high end monitors has to do with their higher and variable refresh rates, but the PS4 is capped at 60Hz so you're not seeing any of those benefits.
I've been playing since the game was on PS3, first one I bought had Ryan Howard on the cover, so I don't have the excuse that it's all new to me, unfortunately. The only pitches I hit well are mistakes down the middle, and you generally don't see many of those. And one of my issues with waiting for my pitch is that, if I actually get the pitch I'm waiting for, I get excited and swing too early and pull it foul more often than not. But I enjoy the game enough to keep at it, so I guess that's something.