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SDS has a habit of pissing in the faces of thier player base…this patch is just another example of them doing exactly that. A week ago I posted that SDS doesn’t have the talent to fix this game. Today they proved me right.

-challenge failed constantly in online.
-not getting experience.
-RTTS stats not showing correctly.
-game freezes constantly in online play
-servers horribly unstable when new programs start.
-unable to access vaults
-unhandled server exception error
And the list goes on. Really SDS? And this [censored] is still going on 2 months into the game cycle!!

You have broken pitching so badly that people have to bunt all game to get on base. People are contact swinging constantly because they can’t hit with the broken hitting.
It would be laughable if it wasn’t so [censored] pathetic!!

Fix your [censored]!!

Just about half way through the season and you mooks still haven’t got this game to where it should be…without need of major gameplay patches. What a joke!!

@kingakp_xbl said in Thanks for a fun and enjoyable game sds: Dude get over it.. Its a game.. Go learn to make a better one or quit complaining. You are WRONG, Boi. We pay SDS to make the game. If they can’t do it properly then the consumer should be able to get their money back if they are not satisfied. That is how the real world works!!

@joshjays44_psn said in Timing issues:

Nope, Hitting and pitch timing is on point in this year's game. With testing the feedback window, even before it even goes up I can tell if I'm early or just early or good and I'm on Legend at pitch speeds at 10. If you feel the timing is off from looking at the feedback you might have what I call "privileged casual noob syndrome", where your "skills" don't match up with the results you're seeing so you look for some kind of blame...so obviously you blame the game's mechanics and not user skill. Don't worry "privileged casual noob syndrome" is quite common in today's instant gratification world but there is a cure.........practice and get gut! Or maybe stop playing The Show on a TV and get yourself a decent monitor

Yup then he can be a gross stinking sweatie like you?

A couple of years ago there was no perfect/perfect. Just good/good that you would get pop ups and no home runs on. So SDS introduced perfect/perfect as well as good/good. Perfect/perfect was supposed to be at the very least a base hit. But they just pulled the classic bait and switch. Same [censored] they just call it something different. SDS are truly disgusting as far as a gaming company goes. They just lie to cover up thier inability to properly code a baseball game. More poeple need to get up in there [censored] constantly...like to the point of harassment...but not quite.

Just another [censored] patch that makes pinpoint pitching more effected by RNG…based on user input my [censored]. Nerfed exit velocity speeds on all hitting. Big fail!! Trying to nerf contact hitting they nerf hitting over all. The worst show in 10 effing years. SDS =full and total incompetence.

@vagimon_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away: @nash_524_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away: @raesone_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away: @nash_524_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away: @raesone_psn said in This is the patch that will turn people away: @letsgotopr_xbl said in This is the patch that will turn people away: It’s way better. I only threw a handful of “perfects” the entire game. I wasn’t cheesed to death by contact swing, and if you don’t know how to pitch sequence, you’re gonna get touched up. This is the way it should be. I'm referring to the fact that last year the game was horrible due to pitching being so random. Good releases could go down the middle. And now they fixed that issue, and yes pinpoint was very accurate. But if you can hit, you can hit those pitches on the black too. Has nothing to do with sequencing and everything to do with the ability to hit. And now they go I'm reverse to make it more random, because the average hitters cried hard. Again. How is pitching more random? They just tightened up the thresholds to get perfect or good input. It didn’t increase the perfect radius from what I can see so far. That’s not adding randomness but rather adding skill imo Just play man you'll see what I mean. A bit off makes pitches sail and go down the middle, very much like last year and even the year before to a certain extent. Missing a perfect is now punished heavier and having a "good" release doesn't mean anything, it can be a meatball if the game decides to do so. Again, just play a few games and you'll see. I’ve played a few event games but I think I got a perfect release on every pitch so far. Tbh what you’re describing I kind of like. It’s always been so easy to get perfects that I think it should be punishing when you don’t but I’ll wait to play some more outside of the event before forming an opinion I guess. It sounds like a win for ranked games though tbh Did you l happen to use analogue pitching last year? Sometimes pitches would just randomly go down the middle regardless of input. I hope that’s not what’s happening with pin point now. I also think something happened to timing windows on those pitches as well because those “hangers” almost always ended up being a bomb. That is exactly what is happening with pin point now. These morons just don’t have anything else in thier bag of tricks.

The check swing this year is totally broken. This is just one of the many poorly coded parts of the game. Cyberpunk2021 should be the name of this game. Such a long list of bugs can’t even keep up with it but check swings are totally ruining the game.

These mid schooler quality ballparks should not be allowed in ranked seasons. Terrible batters eyes, the designs on the grass is literally sickening, the lag is absolutely insane. I put this poorly thought out [censored] squarely in SDS thin weak shoulders. DO NOT ALLOW CUSTOM BALLPARKS IN RANKED!!

@soaringcoinpurse said in I'm done with showdown.:

Pretty sure this recent update nerfed showdown. I was beating this effortlessly prior to the update. Also, parallels and player updates aren’t reflecting whatsoever when you check the players using the in game menu. Way to go SDS

Yeah get used to that. SDS is famous for making small adjustments to the server side hitting and pitching. Of course they continuously lie and say they don’t. If you believed these guys then they have made no changes to hitting and pitching in the last four patches. Yeah right SDS, tell us another whopper...like you are working hard to fix the game. Roflmao. Good one

Inconsistency is SDS hallmark. The game is scripted to make it “more fun”. This has been the case for at least 5 yrs.

@worldrevolver said in Does user input matter?:

I just hit a homer with Acuna in conquest and my PCI was so far away from the ball I laughed.

But later I was sitting middle with Piazza and the pci moved low and away each time on two swing and misses on pitches barely up and middled and I wasn't moving the stick at all.

W T F is happening?

Remember the feedback can’t be trusted...neither can your eyes. SDS doesn’t use scripting in the game/s. All of this pci feedback not working makes the game funner and more like real baseball/s. Sounds like you are having a good time

I’m sure we will be getting a patch soon that totally nerfs hitting...they do it every year.

@timshady10_psn said in The DDA in this game is appalling online: @d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in The DDA in this game is appalling online: @the_dragon1912 said in The DDA in this game is appalling online: @d_e_m_i_s_e_psn said in The DDA in this game is appalling online: @the_dragon1912 said in The DDA in this game is appalling online: @bearsfan217_xbl said in The DDA in this game is appalling online: @soreal35_psn said in The DDA in this game is appalling online: Why? I thought skill mattered lol Uh oh. You gonna make the sds apologists mad that you even suggest DDA. Ive noted a few times on here that DDA is a actual thing, and makes for Modes like DD, muT, and Fut thrive. They release these new cards all the time, and that makes Johnny thinks if spend such and such real money the latest and greatest card will prevent him from losing which we know it won't. I'll believe in DDA when mercy rules in this game cease to exist. If DDA was truly a think mercy rules would simply not happen ever. 90% of the "this game has DDA" posts are made by a player that left his pitcher in to long or brought in a scrub reliever and lost in the late innings. There just isn't enough proof that it exists. Anyway doesn't EA have a patent on the entire concept of DDA? Do you know how there are mercy rules? Because people leave their pitchers in too long and that trumps any DDA. Do mound visits and switch pitchers and the chances of you being mercied are extremely rare. The game will help you out if you are losing and give you chances. Ironically leaving pitchers in too long is what prompts most of these DDA posts in the first place. You really think SDS has the ability to program defensive animations to favor/go against people based on situation? You are giving them too much credit if that's the case. They haven't gotten catcher fielding right in the entire history of this game being online. You thinking they have the capability of programming DDA is laughable So Madden doesn't program in fumbles when you are about to go ahead 21-0? I'll give you more examples. Ball to the gap. Your 99 speed outfielder physically slows down when you are in the lead and the ball drops. However, if you are behind he speeds up and makes the catch. Are you saying you have never seen players speed up or slow down. If so you are not only naive but blind. You may want to get your eyes checked. It happens all the time. Idk what DDA is but this thread nails exactly what I’ve been saying. Just posted this on another thread- Where are you playing most of your games? There are plenty of pitcher’s parks to choose from. It makes a huge difference. The real issue in the game is inconsistent gameplay such as the game overcompensating in order to keep games close as well as huge momentum boosts. I understand there are momentum swings in real life as well but it’s not like a player swinging a hot bat has any actual advantage. In the game we get constantly changing PCI which leads to very inconsistent results as it relates to user input. It makes no sense to me why one inning PCI input results in an IF pop up but the next the exact same input results in a home run simply bc I might be down a few runs or the pitcher is beginning to tire. Fielding is just as bad as guys will start making errors on routine grounders or they’ll look like they’re suddenly moving in slow motion and not able to track down a routine fly ball (this is something I noticed a lot more last year). Infielders suddenly taking forever to get rid of the ball and guys beating out grounders is another common example. These types of dramatic swings in gameplay just make the game feel rigged, I can’t be the only one who feels this way. I believe there are MANY others that feel this way. All of what you have said supports the idea of scripting. This is the easiest type of coding for low talent help. This game is basically a license to rob kids. I have played every iteration since 15. It’s always the same nonsense but different excuses; this is why the game always plays the same from beginning of the season until the end. Baseball is unpredictable, thus, if you make a game that plays very inconsistently all year long you can say it plays just like real baseball. Good job SDS you have yet again created an inconsistent mess.

This years offering is basically trash on all fronts. Hitting has all the same problems these guys have every year. I firmly believe this is thier formula for this game.
Come out with poorly tested game that requires patches until halfway through the life of the game. Keep messing with pitching, hitting and fielding sliders to give the illusion of a game that is “dynamic” and skill based. Hire a few shills to brag(post) about how easy hitting is and too many home runs are being hit. Have a few beers and talk about doing it all over the next year. Best gig going you don’t even have to put out quality code.

I’m up 4-1 in a BR run and ahead in the game 4-1. Servers close my game session and I get a loss? And lose the run I’m on. I had a very good team. Just wanted to thank SDS fools for wasting my [censored] time and 1500 stubs. Fix your game good grief. Absolute b u l l s h I t!!

Take a big [censored] in a bag and mail it priority post to SDS. They love that kind of feedback

Why even play RS or BR when the servers will randomly end your run? How about one of you SDS employees make a comment about this. Please tell me why I should play BR when SDS servers are just going to [censored] me with no recourse or payback from SDS?

Just lazy lazy kindergarten level game programming. Pathetic