Dunkin' French Cruller or a Boston Cream please. If you're in jersey down by Tom's river, check out Uncle Dood's Donuts.
If your created player isn't named Uncle Dood you're missing an opportunity.
Dunkin' French Cruller or a Boston Cream please. If you're in jersey down by Tom's river, check out Uncle Dood's Donuts.
If your created player isn't named Uncle Dood you're missing an opportunity.
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
@bonion said in Why can't I hit?:
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.
Thanks!
@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.
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.