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@jonblaze2424_PSN said in How do you guys hit on HOF and Legend?:

My lord. I’m getting no hit and 1 hit every event game this is lame as hell

It is simple, but difficult. I am older with slower reflexes so there is that. I found that it takes me about 12-15 innings or so to get my timing up high enough to be somewhat competitive at the plate, at those higher speeds. So I will usually lose the first game or two unless I practice first. Sometimes going to BR, Events, or vs CPU on Legend, helps get the timing up.

1. See the pitch out of the Pitcher's hand. With time, you can hope to pick up most balls and strikes within .25 seconds or so. Focus on the Pitcher's hat during the windup so you will be ready to pick up the ball out of his hand quicker.

2. Do not cover the whole plate. Not even most major leaguers (save for Vlad Sr.) trys to do that. Focus on a part of the zone and stay disciplined and do not chase. When you get 2 strikes, just focus on making contact within the zone.

3. Do not be too concerned with your pci accuracy at this point. In a competitive game, timing is more pressing, unless you are a YouTube star and have bionic reflexes. Just see the pitch quickly and let your instincts do the rest. You do not want to think too much. "Be quick, but don't hurry" John Wooden.

4. Practice. Turn up pitch speeds to max on Legend difficulty and practice timing certain pitches at various parts of the zone. Practice laying off pitches too. For PCI accuracy, practice by going into RTTS as a Catcher and practice receiving pitches within various parts of the zone.

5. Patience and Discipline are your allies. Bring your opponent back to the plate. You do this by laying off junk. Get to 2-3 balls and you will get your pitch within the strike zone. Do not be afraid to take a pitch or two during your at bats. Wait for a mistake, and make contact.

6. Pay attention to your opponent's tendencies and take advantage of that. Do not think too hard though. If you think too much, you will be late on everything. Again, let your instincts take over.

7. Make your opponent work for outs. Just do your part and you will eat. You will get beat, but so what. If you stick to your strategy, and are disciplined and patient, you will have some success and most importantly, will improve.

8. "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face" - Iron Mike. ......You will get blown away by fastballs and look silly on junk. That's ok, just get back up and keep your focus. I lost my share of late inning games because my opponent kept their focus. I lost a few years ago 8-7 after being up 7-0 goung into the 9th. My opponent got back up and stayed poised. I will never forget that game. That needs to be your mind set.

"Madden is the better game." LMAO

Thanks for the update. I can finally get some sleep.

All Captains should be core and any card used with an active Captain, should be eligibe for any season. They have stated that they want us to use Captains more but their imposed restrictions, along with poor Captain card attributes, say otherwise.

The Beta (early access) is about over, and we need this bug (or whatever) patched asap... Walking every AB is useless, because we need the hitting stats for programs. Playing on Veteran, AS, etc. are not much better. While grinding for stats should be somewhat time consuming, it should also be a simple experience. We should not have to spend three minutes drawing a walk to first base every ab.

So, Joc Pederson gets a 98 NLDS card for going 3 for 3, with 2 Home Runs -- as a "Pinch Hitter",
and yet, SDS does not give him the "Pinch Hitter" quirk. Kiki's card got it, even though most of his success came while starting. Weird.
Maybe it's just an oversight?

I agee with OP....such an asinine rule.

However, this is financially beneficial to them, at least in the short term...
Since you cannot use expired cards in RS games, people will be more willing to buy stubs, as another method of replacing those expiring cards.

Regardless, there are a lot of folks that feel the way OP does, and Seasons are trash.

Hopefully they go back to Innings next year.

Glad I watched it....You could not have scripted it better. A BIG win for the best game in the world.

"Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing."
-- Eric "The Red" Davis

@rosborn27_PSN said in Clemente Program:

Kudos to SDS for adding an Extreme moment. Took me probably 8-10 tries but eventually went over the wall.

Yep, my favorite moment of the year, as Rookie-Veteran Moments can be frustrating. It took me about 3-4 games but I finally got the HR in styling fashion:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4YlPZD6G5l4

Having mental toughness is a valuable thing to possess. This game, as well as some other games, can challenge that. Losing by a lot of runs for several games in a row, or getting beat by a pause happy bunt cheeser, does test your emotional fortitude. However, this can be a good thing. Because learning how to deal with that emotionally, and not allowing those things to get to you, will only make you mentally tougher.

Or just come to this forum and vent...that works too.

@UnsaferRainbows
And they even boosted Trout's Vision to 60! lol

@Stiebfan37
I blame whatever leadership took over last year ('23). ...I doubt that person is even a fan of this game, but rather some corporate suit brought in by Sony to "increase revenue" at all costs. I have purchased and played this game for many years, and these last two years have been pretty brutal in regards to user/consumer friendly content. Expiring cards, weaker grinding rewards, the best cards only obtainable through packs, etc.

It's understandable about "most" preferring offline. I wish online was better, but between the expiring cards, toxic users, rage quitters, bunt dancers, cheesy stadiums, P2P latency, etc. Online H2H has been in a horrible state for a while....unfortunately.

While it looked like he checked it, you should not be checking with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th of game 5 of the DS. Either swing away, or take all the way. Never put it in the hands of the officials.

5. Who can catch up to the outlier FB, while still being able to lay off junk.

1. Remove the "outlier".
2. Use HOF pitch speeds in EVERY division.
3. Adjust pci size in each RS division accordingly.

There is no need to revert back to slow pitch MLBTS18.

When I first tried to surf, I bought this smaller, very sleek surf board. I thought it looked cool and would help me do tricks. However, I had no experience surfing on a board and was not that good. Unless you are a very skilled surfer, the bigger surf board will more likely give you better results. So, in relation to this game, the Vision attribute is like a surf board.

@SuntLacrimae50_MLBTS said in Major Misses by SDS in 23: A Show Lover's Take:

I list these complaints simply to get them off my chest. I think other single-player DD grinders probably agree with most of it. I've defended SDS in many threads for making so much content free to NMS players, but this year's game's design decisions have made grinding an unpleasant chore. I'm close to calling it quits.

1. CPU pitchers on rookie this year throw far fewer middle-middle pitches than in past years. It's not even close. This makes grinding much more frustrating. In MS and Conquest, many players play on rookie and have other things on in the background. We don't want to "focus" and "work counts." There's a psychology behind this, and SDS has ignored that. So many at-bats on rookie have 70-rated pitchers throwing balls feet off the plate followed by painting the black. They jam you inside then spam sliders. It's not hard; it's just not fun. This is made worse by #2 and #3...

2. Perfect-perfect nukes with power hitters routinely fail to go out. Routinely. This is a baffling design decision that makes "grind 99" even more frustrating. Add to that...

3. The game is often a line-out simulator. Far too often the ball beams straight to a fielder who barely has to move. Several streamers have observed this.

4. TA2 is absurd. The grind is ridiculous. The number of raw hours you have to put in to complete it means it's meant to dominate your time with the game, especially now that the clock is running on those cards due to seasons.

5. Kaiju and other programs are pure filler. Why do we care about 90 OVR cards when our teams are stacked with 99's already? Answer: because the game is now all about preparing for some collection down the line. BUT we're forced to use the cards to complete the programs. Ugh.

Ultimately, my displeasure comes down to single-player grinding on rookie. I've played hundreds of games this year and lost maybe 3. There have been games where I've put up 30, but many more where I've hit well but won 3-0 because of #2 and #3.

Rookie grind is meant to be candy. Pure fun. Domination.

Mindless.

It's not now, and it's not fun.

Agree 100% OP!
Swing and miss SDS.