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Hi guys!

I am in a massive slump atm. I would say i am usually quite good hitter but this week something has changed. My BA has been on most players between .300-.500 but now it feels i can't hit anything. RS games i get MAX 6 hits and BR games MAX 3. This is something insane. The PCI feels it's never on point even though i hit like last week. I am way too late on fastballs and way too early on offspeed. I can't even remember when i have last hit HR. Super frustating. Nothing is working atm. Should i go play against CPU on All-star and get the timing back or what should i do. Now i feel like i am running into a brick wall every game.

My gosh. Do anyone know if i leave now will the statistics from that game still count? I needed one K with Gagne and got it. If i leave is that mission done or do i have to grind it again?

How long do i have to wait? I played 2 games of BR and both became a freeze off battle. Ridiculous. First game i left immediately but now i have waited for 2hrs and it's still frozen. I have literally looked two hours of Didi Gregorius doing nothing. When is this over?

@hikes83_psn said in BR matchmaking broken:

That’s not how BR works. You matchup vs guys with a similar runs as yours. Nothing to do at all with RS record

I know that's how it supposed to work but really isn't. I have messaged couple of dudes who has just slaughtered me and they have been atleast 8-0 streaks.

I swear BR's matchamking is so broken. Everytime when i start a run the first 3-4 games goes really easy. i am almost everytime 3-0 or 4-0. UNTIL. Always at that point i get someone with a record of 61-4 or WS banner. Like always. It is clear that my record (17-6) is not near good enough to beat those type of guys. I get it that going 12-0 is not easy and not supposed to be neither but still. After that one game i lose by 5 runs i win again easily 4 or 5 games and end up going 8-2 or something like that. Really annoying at the fifth game even before the opponent shows up that you know u gonna get your [censored] handed to yourself by some sweaty WS player.

@the_dragon1912 said in Unluckiest BR game hitting wise ever?:

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@raesone_psn said in Unluckiest BR game hitting wise ever?:

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@hikes83_psn said in Unluckiest BR game hitting wise ever?:

Contact swinging is “O”. Regular is “X” and power is “square”. It’s widely known that “O” supposedly nerfs exit velo. For example, that hit with Henderson would’ve probably left the yard if you hit “X” instead.

“Square” just isn’t worth it. Stick with “X”

Yea i mean i only press X. I have never pressed anything else than X. I thought O is power swing? If X is regular, O contact, what is power swing? I must say i am confused.

Dude we see the hitting feedback in your video. The circle of contact is so large, there is no way you're not using a contact swing.

What are you talking about? I only press X. Never have pressed O or anything else. I don't know how i can prove you that but i am not pressing O or whatever the contact swing button is. You don't have to believe me of course but i can't say anything other then the truth. What i know BR is all-star difficulty so the PCI is quite large for everyone. Especially if the player has vision of +80. I can't hit anyone with low vision like Gallo or Judge. I just don't get the PCI to the ball when the circle is so small.

@timppa29_mlbts said in Unluckiest BR game hitting wise ever?:

@raesone_psn said in Unluckiest BR game hitting wise ever?:

@timppa29_mlbts said in Unluckiest BR game hitting wise ever?:

@hikes83_psn said in Unluckiest BR game hitting wise ever?:

Contact swinging is “O”. Regular is “X” and power is “square”. It’s widely known that “O” supposedly nerfs exit velo. For example, that hit with Henderson would’ve probably left the yard if you hit “X” instead.

“Square” just isn’t worth it. Stick with “X”

Yea i mean i only press X. I have never pressed anything else than X. I thought O is power swing? If X is regular, O contact, what is power swing? I must say i am confused.

Dude we see the hitting feedback in your video. The circle of contact is so large, there is no way you're not using a contact swing.

What are you talking about? I only press X. Never have pressed O or anything else. I don't know how i can prove you that but i am not pressing O or whatever the contact swing button is. You don't have to believe me of course but i can't say anything other then the truth. What i know BR is all-star difficulty so the PCI is quite large for everyone. Especially if the player has vision of +80. I can't hit anyone with low vision like Gallo or Judge. I just don't get the PCI to the ball when the circle is so small.

When your PCI is larger in the feedback then when you are hitting, which it is, means you are contact swinging

So contact swing is after all X? I am just pressing X nothing else. Or then my controller and game are broken.

@raesone_psn said in Unluckiest BR game hitting wise ever?:

@timppa29_mlbts said in Unluckiest BR game hitting wise ever?:

@hikes83_psn said in Unluckiest BR game hitting wise ever?:

Contact swinging is “O”. Regular is “X” and power is “square”. It’s widely known that “O” supposedly nerfs exit velo. For example, that hit with Henderson would’ve probably left the yard if you hit “X” instead.

“Square” just isn’t worth it. Stick with “X”

Yea i mean i only press X. I have never pressed anything else than X. I thought O is power swing? If X is regular, O contact, what is power swing? I must say i am confused.

Dude we see the hitting feedback in your video. The circle of contact is so large, there is no way you're not using a contact swing.

What are you talking about? I only press X. Never have pressed O or anything else. I don't know how i can prove you that but i am not pressing O or whatever the contact swing button is. You don't have to believe me of course but i can't say anything other then the truth. What i know BR is all-star difficulty so the PCI is quite large for everyone. Especially if the player has vision of +80. I can't hit anyone with low vision like Gallo or Judge. I just don't get the PCI to the ball when the circle is so small.

@hikes83_psn said in Unluckiest BR game hitting wise ever?:

Contact swinging is “O”. Regular is “X” and power is “square”. It’s widely known that “O” supposedly nerfs exit velo. For example, that hit with Henderson would’ve probably left the yard if you hit “X” instead.

“Square” just isn’t worth it. Stick with “X”

Yea i mean i only press X. I have never pressed anything else than X. I thought O is power swing? If X is regular, O contact, what is power swing? I must say i am confused.

Is contact swinging disallowed? I mean i have never ever in my MLB The Show career hit anything else than contact swings. I just can't press O with my thumb (PS4). I mean i still hit homeruns consistently. Never have been power swinging and never will. What's wrong with contact swinging?

I mean... This was just BS. I mean i hit 2 perfect/perfect balls which doesn't left the infield. Almost everything else i was on good timing but nothing left or even dropped. And yes. You are right. Opponent won it in the bottom of the third inning with a weak home run. Just complete BS. What do you guys think?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOo-xEomVvM

SDS how [censored] hard it is to get good servers? Last 4 games me or my opponent has disconnected. I don't want wins or loses to my record that has nothing to do with skill. It is just pure luck who disconnects first. I am really starting to lose motivation to this game. Problems all the time and SDS doensn't give an F.

Hi. Does anyone have tips how to hit against slider? Especially right handed batter facing right handed pitcher with slider is just deadly to me. I am way too early and PCI is nowhere near the ball. I can hit changeups, fastaballs, curveballs but sliders give me so much struggles.

Soriano. Can't save my life to hit with him. 20+ AB's and BA .142. Absolute garbage can.

Which one should i pick? I can't hit with Piazza at all so i think i won't pick him. I just don't know is Lofton better then Valenzuela? Does that screwball work online? Which one you would pick/picked?

Thanks everyone! I have now grinded it 2hrs or something and i have made some decent progress. I have captured Rockies and Mariners strongholds already. I gave all-star a shot and it's way easier then i thought. I think i will grind that conquest when i am bored or i am in a slump hitting wise. I must say tho it is really nice playing against CPU. The game runs so smoothly with it. Idk but online seems just so much more laggy and harder to hit.

Hi.

Is it worth to grind the Nation of baseball conquest? I haven't played that much conquest ever so idk... Should i do it? How long it will take? I can beat pretty much everytime CPU on Veteran. The map seems so huge that it's hard to get started.

That is really annoying. You can't even step off after that anymore i guess? Or atleast i can't. Super annoying.

Simple question. Longest HR of the MLB The Show 21 season so far.

Mine is Diamond 85 Cunha, Veteran CPU, Coors Field, 501yds.

Hi everyone.

I have couple questions which i have been struggling for a while.

1. Is hitting offline easier then online? Like i can pretty much crush everything in offline. Rookie, Veteran etc. Offline most of my guys have something like .450 BA. As soon as i jump into online my batting average immediately drops to .250-.300. Is my internet slow and that makes hitting online more difficult?

2. That leads straight to my next question: Any tips to bat with righties? I am in real life left-handed hitter and i feel so much better left-handed in game too. I just can't make solid contact with righties at all. Especially slider outside corner is just poison to me. Can't do anything.

3. I think i know the answer to this question already but i guess it won't hurt to ask. My PCI placement is ok ish if the ball is at the center of the plate but as soon as it is either inside or outside i struggle. And i struggle a lot i mean. For some weird reason i just cant move the PCI to inside or outside. I have been trying real hard but it just won't move i feel like.

Thanks if anyone could give me some tips and answers. Much appreciated.