Yep, agree with you he others. I used directional for awhile in 18 and made the switch after I felt like my hands were tied by the RNG. My subjective opinion is that the reward for correctly timing a pitch and location with zone was much higher than correct timing with directional.
My guess is that with directional you might time the pitch correctly but the RNG might decide you were looking for a pitch high in the zone and swung at a pitch low in the zone, as an example.
Further to what others have said, I found that I had to turn the pci off when using zone as the pci was distracting me, perhaps because I wasn’t used to it from not having it with directional.
The transition was tough but quick.
