Is absolutely horrible imo. Game is very inconsistent. On center pci, sometimes it’s perfect perfect, sometimes it’s good/squared, and usually it’s good/good or good/okay. The hitting was really solid before the patch. If too many runs were being scored, make hitting more difficult by increasing the pitch speeds or fixing the pitching. Randomizing the hitting is not a good fix for too many runs being scored

Don’t even get me started on the timing window.. something’s off with it too

@joshjays44 said in Zone hitting, PCI jumping:

@DIRTYdp253 said in Zone hitting, PCI jumping:

@domdw99 said in Zone hitting, PCI jumping:

Follow up to that which hiring style is the adult version and why?

I think he just turns off the pci, cause if hes knocking zone, then he needs to rethink.

No, I play Analog Stride cause I'm a man, I'm 41.

Wow 41 and trolling a video game forum. You may be a man, but a pathetic one at best. Or u may be Kieran

Good thing u were able to overcome your huge internet disadvantage and put up a good inning.

I used to frequently post, but haven’t been around here much at all lately. I have played this game a lot the past few years. There have been several times I’ve decided to quit the game, only to come back later because honestly the game can be addicting. Each year , I have been hopeful that the gameplay will improve. However, every year there are glaring issues that ruin gameplay, especially with the hitting.

These issues have stemmed from mlb 17 when ball physics was added. The obvious hitting issues from each year are:

17- late hits
18- extremely slow pitch speeds, early hits rewarded too much, balls in middle of pci resulting in pop ups
19- lineouts, bad exit velos on perfect pci
20- good/okay and good/good on perfect pci

Each year, I lose enthusiasm to play. And I’m at the end of the line here. The game just frustrates me too much, it’s not worth playing imo.

I have met a lot of cool people in this community and on here, which I am thankful for. Ik a lot of people don’t like these posts about people announcing their departure, so I’m sorry if you’re one of those people. Since I’ve been on here a lot in the past, I wanted to let everyone know what’s going on and why I won’t be here anymore. I wish everyone the best.

I might be back some day if SDS manages to fix the issues and improve the game, which I doubt will ever happen, but until then, so long.

Who wants to see me mercy this clown within 4 innings?

sitting at a cool 4.5k stubs

Preach bro. The gameplay has been going downhill since mlb 16!

I hate the hitting now. Maybe I’m in the minority idk

I actually disagree with it always being a hit, but I think really good pci placement should be rewarded very consistently. My biggest issues with the hitting are bad exit velos on perfect pci and grounders on center pci- It should be a line drive if the ball’s in the center of the pci, not a ground ball double play

I think Judge will be a gold

imo Babe Ruth comes at a greater cost than any card in the game. I hate playing the cpu and that looks like a very boring, time consuming grind to me. So I definitely won’t be getting that “free” card

Should a pitch in the center of the pci register as good/good and be a ground ball double play tho? That’s one of my biggest issues. I feel that if it’s squared up perfectly it should be a line drive

@eatyum said in Ranked Difficulty change/Events rant:

Difficulty change sucks, but there isn't a good solution.

You are excluding a lot of people from 400+ up if you make it HoF, and excluding even more people at 700 and up. First of all, it would entirely exclude essentially anyone who doesn't have a monitor, they would have a rough time after 399 and would probably end up quitting the game.

Not to mention it would exclude roughly 85% of the population who isn't good enough to advance far once they hit HOF, the majority of users play in the all-star levels and you've locked them from advancing past 399.

Simply put, a game cannot cater to the top 5%, and that's what this proposition is.

If you'd rather just play on legend and don't care about the rewards, as your thing states, just play casual online on legend if that's all you truly care about.

That would be nice, but in my experience it’s very difficult to find a game on legend in casual online. I’ve tried before and never found one

Top 500? [censored], you’re cool

Somewhere around gold 70. A lot of days I don’t play at all. I’m a noob, ik

My dumb [censored] sold him for 500k like a month ago

They have done this before, so I really wouldn’t be shocked if that last “small update” tweaked something

Well this is encouraging, lol. Not gonna touch ranked this szn

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I never mess around with that because I don't want the ball to be invisible due to the sun.

yea man that sun is brutal. Really makes a disadvantage

Hence why Date Palm Field best field

Batter’s eye is kinda sus there imo. Maybe I’m just not used to it tho

That batters eye is dark af. Only time I ever have issue is during the first inning 7pm vs a left hander, and even then its not egregious.

It’s multicolored. It has streaks of different color. Ok I’m not tripping.. it also has a gap with grass between the wall and the batter’s eye and I don’t like that. I don’t mind if others like it ofc, but personally I don’t get the hype whatsoever

That actually bothers you? Weird, but again you're gonna know better than I would.

Yeah it does bother me lol. I haven’t played there much, maybe I’ll try it out some more when I play the cpu. And I def wouldn’t say id know better than you. Stadiums are personal preference imo, except for the laggy mlb ones. I disagree with those.

@TheHungryHole said in Shippet stadium:

@imnotThatg00d_94 said in Shippet stadium:

What I have learned from playing there, is that literally anything can happen at shippet.

i hate shippet and i hate everyone who uses this awful looking field to play in

Very strong opinion, to say the least lol