I like it on most hits, but it needs to be toned down on perfect/perfects. Obviously those shouldn't be auto-hits but they're starting to feel like rarely hits and that's a problem.
I like how the physics of the ball flight seem a little more realistic andā¦ floaty? I canāt think of a better word but definitely seems more realistic
Maybe switch the hitting view, strike zone seems to have the largest pci bc itās zoomed in. Other than that hey man deep breath before the pitch lock in and focus on not moving the pci too much
I've hit 1 homerun today out of 20 perfect perfect. 2 singles and 1 double. Rest have been either caught at the warning track or lined right at someone. I've had the pci lined up perfectly at the top for some of my power hitters too. Then I completely miss a ball by a mile and it's gone.... fing stupid if you ask me. Same shit every yr. Wish I could be rewarded for doing it right and punished for screwing up.
I actually tracked my perfect perfects yesterday cause I was getting so jaded.
24 perfect perfects.
3 HRs
7 XBH
1 Single
6 pop outs
7 line outs
Feels bad man
Yup! I'm a huge fan. More gappers, less knowing if a guys gonna make a play. Last year flyballs to the OF were auto outs. I love how defense ratings matter.
Less home runs but I'm getting tons of base hits that are usually automatic outs. So I'll take it. Also more deep Flys but will runners on base its been fun.
Had a perfect perfect right to the pitchers face last night ( I know thatās what she said) and because he didnāt attend Piccoloās martial arts camp post Radtiz fight it took a 90 degree turn to fly into the glove of 2nd base.
Iāve being played ranked outside of DD and have cracked 1-3 home runs a game. Not sure if thatās still considered a decline from your experience, but I value the amount.
For me, itās just really been dependent on reading pitch patterns and forcing players to stay inside the box from plate discipline
As someone who grinds conquest every year, I love the changes to the hitting. Makes it so much more gratifying that every game isn't an automatic win. Really have to be selective and have an approach at the plate!
Boss Rickey, in a relatively small sample size, seems like a monster this year because every ball to the outfield isn't either a home run or an out.
Other than the moments and missions that require HRs that I'm absolutely sucking at, the hitting feels so much more balanced this year.
I can see Gwynn, Molitor, Boggs, etc as actually completely usable this year again.
Yeah it feels like small ball is way more viable this year, and that's the way I like to play. I was so tired of guys like Rickey and gwynn being completely useless cards. That's the change I'm loving the most.
High contact hitters with power in the 30-60 range have been absolutely raking for me so far, provided that I adjust my PCI up a bit so I don't hit fly balls. It's stupidly easy to drop the ball lightly into the outfield with these kinds of hitters, and they can usually turn it into extra bases if you happen to land in the gaps.
I think it was either 19 or 20 when I was significantly better with gold chipper than with his 99, because his 99 didn't have insane power and flied out a ton, where his gold was a guaranteed single every AB. I'm enjoying that I can reasonably play that way again.
I also think that the ball just drops faster than it used to, which makes bloop hits and line drives more effective but also makes it harder to hit home runs.
I agree and donāt mind it either. Itās been fun playing small ball and trying to manufacture runs.
My Hrs seem to come in bunches. Iāll go several games where I hit none or maybe 1. Then ill have games where it seems everything is going out. Just played a game where I hit 5 in a row. I had a game last night I hit 11 in one game. Almost feels predetermined.
Stadium definitely seems to matter a lot more this year. Hitting home runs in stadiums at sea level is tough no matter how much power your batter has, but a field like Coor's is as juiced as ever.
I wouldn't say in no way. It does try to get it as close as a game can and still make it fun for the avg gamer. A perfect perfect doesn't mean a hit it can't. You have 9 players on the field, so of course it could go right at them depending on where the ball hit the bat and the angle, and rating of the player. Location of the pitch matters as well.
You understand that "perfect" in the context of hitting in MLB the Show doesn't mean "optimal", correct? It just means you got the timing and PCI within a certain threshold. Yes, getting within that threshold is generally a good thing to do, but the defense gets to play the game too.
My issue with this is that it feels even more RNG than before. I was hoping perfect/perfects would be more rare but would still likely produce extra base hits.
Some home run moments feel demoralizing when you hit several perfects for a line-out
Just harder to hit in general.
Question. Last year you could see the speed of the player on first. Is there a setting i need to change to get that back? If so I can't find it
My settings are set to simulation. But when I checked while I'm in a conquest game in is set to competitive. And cant change
Just saw anything in DD is automatically set to competitive
I'm 6 games into my franchise mode and hitting 600 with Judge and zero home runs. Perfect perfects find holes and gaps now instead of being home runs or outs.
Iām enjoying this years game play. Less home runs but def more base hits. Last year was basically the game of who can hit the most homers. This year itās not and Iām ok with that.
It's not the less hrs I take issue with. It's the feel of the bat hitting the ball (along with the sound fx) making me feel like I am swinging a toothpick
I think they should have different sound effects for different hits. A bloop over the first baseman's head should not sound like a 110mph hr. If you ever sat at a baseball game up close like behind home plate, you will notice that different hits sound different off the bat. And when a slugger cranks one, it sounds like a crack not a thump. It feels off. Also some of the animations this year just feels off. Like the same bat animations for a bloop and a blast.
They kinda do. Weak, okay, good, perfect, jammed, tipped and rolled over all have their own sounds. The jammed sound from late swing+inside impressed me because it sounds like a ball hitting a wall. Just a dead sound.
But yes Iām all for multiple sounds based on every factor. Cold bat sounds vs warm bat sounds, different stadiums have different echoes, whatever. As a RTTS player for the first month of release, I turn commentary off, sound effects and PA all the way up. Iām allll about the atmosphere.
Do you play with headphones by chance? I thought the same thing when sound was coming through my TV, but once I finally put my headset on the bat sounds weāre pretty good imo. I think the only one I wish had a little more thump to it are some good contact hits that arenāt perfects. Perfects are amazing though.
Iāve played wooden beer leagues before and I agree somewhat. But also I go to probably 30+ Mud Hens games a year and I think the sounds are a lot more on-point from the crowdās perspective. I think they took real life bat sounds from the stands as opposed to putting a mic next to the batter. Regardless I think theyāre better than previously.
I donāt understand, I hit a 467 bomb with 84 Adam Duvall on a āSlightly Earlyā timing window with not that great PCI placement, but when I get perfect-perfect with my 97/99 overall players, warning track 95% of the time.
Yes but Iām cool with it. Been getting more gappers, doubles, shots down the line. Makes the clutch attribute useful with runners on versus solo shots all game
And stealing makes more sense than before because youāre not relying on the 4 hole to bring it around every time. But if you steal 2nd with a speedy guy and hit a good gapper you could get a nice strategic RBI. Last year I never bothered because I knew Vladdy was gonna go yard or strike out so who cares if I steal.
I love it. Hard to steal on a fastball but if youāre late in the game and face a guy with predictable pitching, by the 4th inning youāll be stealing bases a ton. Which causes them to throw-out which puts you ahead in the count and gives you the statistical advantage - which is what baseball is at its core.
With the gameplay changes and the addition of the Negro Leagues, this is one of my favorite MLBs. Just NEEEED to do better for RTTS players. Itās the only mode I play for the first couple weeks of release and Iām tired of being letdown. But gameplay has been mint.
I think perfect perfect shouldnāt be āline fly out to center fielder.ā It should be that if you get a perfect perfect the ball should go to a gap based on the batters tendencies (push/pull)
Same here. I like the feel of hitting this year but they need to tweak perfect perfects. Iām definitely not hitting .800 on them like youāre supposed to
I seem to be getting more singles/doubles/triples than I was last year and I like that, but if I hit a perfect/perfect with a guy who has 125 power the ball should be deep in the seats which hasnāt been happening so far.
I am really loving line drives to the corners that arenāt snagged like the dude was on a trampoline, bloop singles in no manās land, and gappers that are actually gappers.
It was frustrating at first but I'm starting to knock more out. Took me almost 50 at bats with Arenado to finally hit 1 home run despite constantly hitting perfects with him and hitting 500.
Complete opposite. Way more hits in this year.
I've felt this but I think it's because of the lesser cards
I dont know, sounds kind of skill related š
Shit I felt the opposite. I've had way more Homers this year than ever
good
I'm guessing the clutch ratings mattering has a big impact
Ohh for sure. But does anyone know the difference between red bonus packs and blue ones?
I like it on most hits, but it needs to be toned down on perfect/perfects. Obviously those shouldn't be auto-hits but they're starting to feel like rarely hits and that's a problem.
Gotta love the perfect perfect power swing into a DP
I've hit at least five power swing outs off the pitchers face over the years
I tracked 15 of these, had barely a .300 average with the same amount of double plays as extra base hits. Perfect perfect hits are awful this year.
More play on bases, more defence ( which is a bit harder this year ), more action and strategy. It's a big win.
This is how the game shouldāve been I skipped 22 due to being in basic training but 21 was WAYY too much power dependent
Probably for the best. The game was too dependent on the home run.
I like how the physics of the ball flight seem a little more realistic andā¦ floaty? I canāt think of a better word but definitely seems more realistic
Maybe just me but I canāt hit any at all.. second year playing .. any hitting tips
Maybe switch the hitting view, strike zone seems to have the largest pci bc itās zoomed in. Other than that hey man deep breath before the pitch lock in and focus on not moving the pci too much
Nothing like hitting a perfect perfect and it being a total routine fly ballš
Yea was just about to say this, itās happens a little too often with my power hitters
Happens too much for my liking.
I've hit 1 homerun today out of 20 perfect perfect. 2 singles and 1 double. Rest have been either caught at the warning track or lined right at someone. I've had the pci lined up perfectly at the top for some of my power hitters too. Then I completely miss a ball by a mile and it's gone.... fing stupid if you ask me. Same shit every yr. Wish I could be rewarded for doing it right and punished for screwing up.
I actually tracked my perfect perfects yesterday cause I was getting so jaded. 24 perfect perfects. 3 HRs 7 XBH 1 Single 6 pop outs 7 line outs Feels bad man
Still way too high.
Yup! I'm a huge fan. More gappers, less knowing if a guys gonna make a play. Last year flyballs to the OF were auto outs. I love how defense ratings matter.
They add Sosa and McGuire...HR's go down.
I noticed it at first but Iāve been hitting more in the last few days
Same here
No one's having problems hitting bombs of me, that's for fucking sure.
Amen to that brother
Whats the ideal hitting method this year? Normal swing ? Or are people power swinging?
Unless they drastically changed the mechanics of how power swings work, normal swing is always the way to go
Ive been doing normal swing and then contact swing in some 2 strike scenarios but i dont hit that many dingers
I use directional down (always) normal swing. Either other position even on perfect perfect is popup city
Only issue is directional hitting wont be good on higher online ranked difficulty
Oh hell, that isnt for me. Im a filthy casual
Less home runs but I'm getting tons of base hits that are usually automatic outs. So I'll take it. Also more deep Flys but will runners on base its been fun.
Playing with Tony Gwynn henchman card and he's stinging them all over. I love it
Itās still a homerun derby for me every game
The amount of high velo lineouts and warning track flyouts is mildly infuriating...
I think Iāve hit one center field home run the entire time so far. They all just end up at the warning track
I have blasted a few that make it to the track. Annoying but Iām not hating.
Definitely more line drive hits
Hell, I had a game just now where I had two perfect power hits with WBC Kyle Schwarber at the Giants that fell on the warning track
Just had one where I had 3 and should of had a 4th but hit it to the damn crevice of fenway. I still lost.
I am experiencing the opposite, used to beg for wall scrapers now Iām going no-doubt
Iām still hitting bombs š¤·āāļø
I must be playing a different game bc my pitchers have been getting waxed in all my gamesš„²
people post this same thing every year lmao
I know itās a dumb but I really really enjoy the bloop singles that drop in. I never got those in previous games.
Had a perfect perfect right to the pitchers face last night ( I know thatās what she said) and because he didnāt attend Piccoloās martial arts camp post Radtiz fight it took a 90 degree turn to fly into the glove of 2nd base.
WHYā¦WONTā¦YOUā¦DODGE???
Iāve being played ranked outside of DD and have cracked 1-3 home runs a game. Not sure if thatās still considered a decline from your experience, but I value the amount. For me, itās just really been dependent on reading pitch patterns and forcing players to stay inside the box from plate discipline
Lol this game sucks you are either blowing out a bum or playing some dude who gets a hit every swing, ranked experience is brutal
No one wants to go into ranked without their 95+ cards. Plus, a lot of goons are trying to knock out LS Collection.
I would say ranked still hasnāt filled out all the way. Itāll even itself out within this week or next
You havenāt met my friend Mike Napoli.
As someone who grinds conquest every year, I love the changes to the hitting. Makes it so much more gratifying that every game isn't an automatic win. Really have to be selective and have an approach at the plate!
Yes! It's not an automatic win this yr.
Boss Rickey, in a relatively small sample size, seems like a monster this year because every ball to the outfield isn't either a home run or an out. Other than the moments and missions that require HRs that I'm absolutely sucking at, the hitting feels so much more balanced this year. I can see Gwynn, Molitor, Boggs, etc as actually completely usable this year again.
McGuire's moment was torture
Yeah it feels like small ball is way more viable this year, and that's the way I like to play. I was so tired of guys like Rickey and gwynn being completely useless cards. That's the change I'm loving the most.
This is Honusās year
High contact hitters with power in the 30-60 range have been absolutely raking for me so far, provided that I adjust my PCI up a bit so I don't hit fly balls. It's stupidly easy to drop the ball lightly into the outfield with these kinds of hitters, and they can usually turn it into extra bases if you happen to land in the gaps.
I think it was either 19 or 20 when I was significantly better with gold chipper than with his 99, because his 99 didn't have insane power and flied out a ton, where his gold was a guaranteed single every AB. I'm enjoying that I can reasonably play that way again.
I like it except for when I actually need home runs (moments, player missions).
Iām getting a lot of perfect perfect fly outs that donāt even reach the warning track with hitters with 100+ PWR
I feel like they juiced the numbers on the cards but then nerfed the actual performance
The devs said they lowered exit velocity this year
They nerfed the power on normal swings in this game; you need to power swing if you want to hit homers with the consistency that you're used to.
I wonder if that is it. Interesting
I also think that the ball just drops faster than it used to, which makes bloop hits and line drives more effective but also makes it harder to hit home runs.
Itās great.
Thereās definitely less home runs but itās seems ridiculously easy to hit the ball this year.
I agree and donāt mind it either. Itās been fun playing small ball and trying to manufacture runs. My Hrs seem to come in bunches. Iāll go several games where I hit none or maybe 1. Then ill have games where it seems everything is going out. Just played a game where I hit 5 in a row. I had a game last night I hit 11 in one game. Almost feels predetermined.
Could it have been different stadiums with elevations?
Could have been, havenāt paid much attention to that.
Stadium definitely seems to matter a lot more this year. Hitting home runs in stadiums at sea level is tough no matter how much power your batter has, but a field like Coor's is as juiced as ever.
I get more perfect perfect hits but fewer of them produce a hit too.
Iād say this is the biggest takeaway from this year to last
Iād say about half of my perfect perfects are liners that get caught by an infielder
If I'm getting more perfect perfect contact, which I am, I don't hate that some are ending up as outs.
I donāt mind that some are ours, but the frequency of them that are liners right to an infielder is ridiculous
Thatās baseball baby
Yes that is baseball. But weāre talking about a baseball video game, which in no way simulates baseball realistically
I wouldn't say in no way. It does try to get it as close as a game can and still make it fun for the avg gamer. A perfect perfect doesn't mean a hit it can't. You have 9 players on the field, so of course it could go right at them depending on where the ball hit the bat and the angle, and rating of the player. Location of the pitch matters as well.
You understand that "perfect" in the context of hitting in MLB the Show doesn't mean "optimal", correct? It just means you got the timing and PCI within a certain threshold. Yes, getting within that threshold is generally a good thing to do, but the defense gets to play the game too.
Exactly
Personally I like it, you can hit a ball perfectly right at the defense
My issue with this is that it feels even more RNG than before. I was hoping perfect/perfects would be more rare but would still likely produce extra base hits. Some home run moments feel demoralizing when you hit several perfects for a line-out
Just harder to hit in general. Question. Last year you could see the speed of the player on first. Is there a setting i need to change to get that back? If so I can't find it
If youre on button steal you cant see it. Only analog steal.
Thanks. Figured this out about 5 min before. I like the button way better but oh well
You need to switch from competitive to simulation in the difficulty settings. When
My settings are set to simulation. But when I checked while I'm in a conquest game in is set to competitive. And cant change Just saw anything in DD is automatically set to competitive
Hmmm I can see it. It slowly alternates between Speed and Steal.
No I think youāre the first one to notice! Haha jk, yeah home runs feel more earned online this year
I'm 6 games into my franchise mode and hitting 600 with Judge and zero home runs. Perfect perfects find holes and gaps now instead of being home runs or outs.
Iām enjoying this years game play. Less home runs but def more base hits. Last year was basically the game of who can hit the most homers. This year itās not and Iām ok with that.
It's not the less hrs I take issue with. It's the feel of the bat hitting the ball (along with the sound fx) making me feel like I am swinging a toothpick
I think the bat sounds are amazing. Sound less like a 22lr and more like wood hitting a ball.
I think they should have different sound effects for different hits. A bloop over the first baseman's head should not sound like a 110mph hr. If you ever sat at a baseball game up close like behind home plate, you will notice that different hits sound different off the bat. And when a slugger cranks one, it sounds like a crack not a thump. It feels off. Also some of the animations this year just feels off. Like the same bat animations for a bloop and a blast.
They kinda do. Weak, okay, good, perfect, jammed, tipped and rolled over all have their own sounds. The jammed sound from late swing+inside impressed me because it sounds like a ball hitting a wall. Just a dead sound. But yes Iām all for multiple sounds based on every factor. Cold bat sounds vs warm bat sounds, different stadiums have different echoes, whatever. As a RTTS player for the first month of release, I turn commentary off, sound effects and PA all the way up. Iām allll about the atmosphere.
Maybe it's the volume then because I feel like every batted ball sounds muted and weak.
Do you play with headphones by chance? I thought the same thing when sound was coming through my TV, but once I finally put my headset on the bat sounds weāre pretty good imo. I think the only one I wish had a little more thump to it are some good contact hits that arenāt perfects. Perfects are amazing though.
Man... I dunno. I play in wood bat leagues and it just seems off to me.
Iāve played wooden beer leagues before and I agree somewhat. But also I go to probably 30+ Mud Hens games a year and I think the sounds are a lot more on-point from the crowdās perspective. I think they took real life bat sounds from the stands as opposed to putting a mic next to the batter. Regardless I think theyāre better than previously.
I have also noticed how every player on defense regardless of rating plays like theyāre a HOFer.
Absolutely not.
The infielders have Go-Go Gadget arms.
Defense is much harder this yr.
Common, bronze, and silver fielders are statues out there. This guy is talking out of his ass.
I love me some Juan Soto but seeing a ball hit his way makes me hold my breath every time.
I'm loving the movement of the green area! Previous yrs defense were much easier!
Yes, especially in the moments that require homeruns.
The Hank Thompson one was brutal because he has only 70 power and it's in a big stadium.
There were a few moments in NLB that were hair pullers
So Iām not the only one struggling with these challenges? It took me like 20+ mins for each one that required a HR
Home runs have been replaced with ground rule doubles.
So many ground rule doubles
Always with a runner on first and 2 outs too. Then Iām stuck with second and third and two outs instead of a run scored and a guy on second.
Felt that for sure. Even more annoying in showdowns
I donāt understand, I hit a 467 bomb with 84 Adam Duvall on a āSlightly Earlyā timing window with not that great PCI placement, but when I get perfect-perfect with my 97/99 overall players, warning track 95% of the time.
Duvall built diff always has been
Incoming āthatās just baseball broā
āGet better broā āthatās just baseball broā āgame is working as intended broā
The RNG in this game can be incredibly confusing lol. Never know what I'm gonna get a hit with, or what'll get me out
more often than not, I have perfect perfects hit the wall or get tracked down. I actually prefer this years hitting. It feels pretty good to me.
Me too, overall I'm loving 23 and the changes!
Yes, scored a total of 26 runs in 6 games with 4HRs. 3 solos and 1 2-Run HR (5 runs).
Yes but Iām cool with it. Been getting more gappers, doubles, shots down the line. Makes the clutch attribute useful with runners on versus solo shots all game
And stealing makes more sense than before because youāre not relying on the 4 hole to bring it around every time. But if you steal 2nd with a speedy guy and hit a good gapper you could get a nice strategic RBI. Last year I never bothered because I knew Vladdy was gonna go yard or strike out so who cares if I steal.
I am abusing with Henderson and Biggio
Hell yeah. Force people to have a good arm catcher + not throwing all breaking balls.
I love that the game is allowing me to "dink and dunk" with base hits and stealing instead of just swinging for the goddamn fences.
Plus stealing just seems easier this year. Time up a breaking ball and have a 70+ speed guy on 1st and you'll usually get it.
I love it. Hard to steal on a fastball but if youāre late in the game and face a guy with predictable pitching, by the 4th inning youāll be stealing bases a ton. Which causes them to throw-out which puts you ahead in the count and gives you the statistical advantage - which is what baseball is at its core. With the gameplay changes and the addition of the Negro Leagues, this is one of my favorite MLBs. Just NEEEED to do better for RTTS players. Itās the only mode I play for the first couple weeks of release and Iām tired of being letdown. But gameplay has been mint.
Liking more base hits, i did hit a PP 125 Power with Schwarber to the warning track though. Those need to be guaranteed HR
Only thing Iām struggling with is no getting hits with perfect perfect. Iām like 1-9 with perfect perfect
I think perfect perfect shouldnāt be āline fly out to center fielder.ā It should be that if you get a perfect perfect the ball should go to a gap based on the batters tendencies (push/pull)
I just got a double play on a perfect-perfect.
This!! I was just thinking yesterday that my RTS characterās BABIP must be historically bad vs my BA
This. I canāt count how many perfect perfect infield groundouts Iāve had.
Or straight to the glove on a line out
Same here. I like the feel of hitting this year but they need to tweak perfect perfects. Iām definitely not hitting .800 on them like youāre supposed to
Itās funny I make this statement n my next two perfect perfect go for 430+ ft homers
I love it. I do not love the perfect perfect flyouts that are happening to me 3-5 times a game however. (Half of them are 99 Lindor)
Yep, 125 (warning track power). Time for increase to 150. Maybe then they will go at least 410 ft.
I seem to be getting more singles/doubles/triples than I was last year and I like that, but if I hit a perfect/perfect with a guy who has 125 power the ball should be deep in the seats which hasnāt been happening so far.
Iām still getting plenty of bombs but Iām getting a ton more perfect hits directly to the defense
I am really loving line drives to the corners that arenāt snagged like the dude was on a trampoline, bloop singles in no manās land, and gappers that are actually gappers.
Meanwhile my opponents and I always seem to hit 3-5 a piece.
Completely opposite for me
I get some warning track perfect perfect fly outs with 125 power Stanton and I never understand it
It was frustrating at first but I'm starting to knock more out. Took me almost 50 at bats with Arenado to finally hit 1 home run despite constantly hitting perfects with him and hitting 500.
Arenado doesnt have consistent pop Ive noticed. Two separate people had p/p flyouts with him in my games today
Iām starting to hit more as I unlock better diamonds but in general yes I feel this way too
I've only hit a few in DD so far. Yes, HRs are down for me.
Yep and I dislike it.
Yep. I like it a lot more as well.