Dynamic Difficulty?

[Cavicchi]

Re: Dynamic Difficulty?

On each level you need to ascertain a certain amount of points before you advance to the next level. I'm have no clue how many points that is.

After each half inning, in the SAME place you see your current level, you'll see a blue bar fill up with the amount of points you earned that half inning next to it.

I don't believe Universal Profile levels are attached to Difficulty Levels. If they are capped, that's news to me.

This has nothing to do with points. Beginner mode is based on levels, not points. You can progress or regress, and I assume the same is true of Rookie mode. I am not using DD, and I've said that.

[Cavicchi]

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Maybe this makes it clearer, the level I'm talking about is not on the bottom of screen, the level I'm talking about is top left of screen.

[Ryan97]

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Maybe this makes it clearer, the level I'm talking about is not on the bottom of screen, the level I'm talking about is top left of screen.

That is your user profile level.

[Heroesandvillains]

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I got you now, Cavicchi.

Beginner has 6 levels that do progress/regress.

Rookie does not. And as of last year, once you max out on Beginner (level 6 of 6), that's it. It will never automatically take you to Rookie (unless that changed which I doubt).

[kchuskey]

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There are 6 levels in Beginner Mode, it gets harder as you progress to each level. Once you get to 6/6 it basically means you've "graduated" from Beginner Mode. You can still keep playing on Beginner if you wish or you can move up to Rookie by going into Gameplay Settings and changing your difficulty.

[kchuskey]

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Bingo. That's exactly what I'm saying.



This is strange man. Did you read my last post on how my setup is and the current one + mark loss I've seen? That's nothing like you're describing though. How much progress (or regression) are you losing?

I have only noticed maybe one or two +'s. For instance...If I start a game and my pitching is at Veteran ++, then by 9th inning it is at Veteran ++++, with nothing drastic happening that would indicate a drop, I exit game, save franchise, then turn off PS4. The next day when I turn on to play and load my franchise, go to next game on schedule, I notice that I am now starting at Veteran + or maybe Veteran ++, instead of Veteran ++++, where I was in the 9th inning of previous game. I never lose any levels, just a couple of the +'s. That may be by design...I don't know, because I'm not entirely sure how the progression works.

He just means that DD is having trouble locking in and is instead prone to promote you to HOF, 3 games later after getting whipped like you stole something youre getting demoted again. Then 3-4 games later it sees youre doing better and promotes you to HOF yet again, rinse and repeat. I'm holding off judgement on HOF as Greinke was a stud on HOF, Ryu was a turd but Ryu has been a turd all season and walks 4-5 a game, no idea why hes so all over the place for me as he isnt nearly this much of a walks machine in real life. It is what it is, Ill continue marching forward regardless and do my best when HOF comes back rearing its ugly head again.

Thanks... I thought that may be what he meant.

[Heroesandvillains]

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I just can't help but start laughing now. I bumped CPU Solid Hits one click and now I'm back on regular AS.

Oh well. Maybe that's all the game needed for me; a little boost to the CPU offense.

Either way, this constant AS+ to HOF and back again song and dance was tiring me out. Hopefully this works and I begin locking in.

That's ultimately all I want. Having a blast while losing 6-0 is a very good thing.

[darkknightrises]

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Not sure what you mean by "In 6 games I have scored 27 games and one of those games I scored 10 so that means in the other 5 games I have scored 17 games so that means around 3.5 a game on the other games"...where I have bolded game(s) do you mean runs?

Regardless, I was wondering when I'd actually see a transition to a new difficulty using DD as well. I've not played nearly as many games as many others, so with DD I'm still on Rookie level by pitching has been at +++ for quite some time now and hitting has been at +++, but not for nearly as long as I have been for pitching. I think my hitting would be at the the same progress as pitching, but I've played more online than I have offline and my hitting online is atrocious, there's definitely considerably different timing online vs. off.

Sorry about that darn tyops. I have got to pay more atttion to what I type lol by yeah I meant to say in 6 games 27 runs scored. Yeah that is what I mean I have been at vertian pitching +++ for like 3 games in a row still not giving up many runs as I have a team era of like 2.4 after those 6 games but I haven't got to all star yet.

[irrelevant]

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Well, I must say, I love Dynamic Difficulty. That is, until I was 7 innings into a no-hitter with Wily Peralta in my Brewers 'chise.

Here I am, going strong, until Matt Vasgersgian, Eric Karros, and Steve Lyons start babbling in dumbfounded amazement that Peralta is pitching a no-hitter. I mean, every batter requires a comment. And then... and then... I'm upgraded to All-Star pitching mid-inning! What?!? No pitching assists? No-hitter? I'm lost! And the unthinkable happens: double, error, run, face palm.

In all honesty, I'm amazed that I'm actually hitting and pitching on All-Star now, seeing as I would always play previous versions of the show on Veteran. I'm nearing HOF difficulty on hitting and I'm terrified that I will fall into an 0-for-30 slump with every batter in my lineup.

Dynamic Difficulty? Awesome!

[Cavicchi]

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I got you now, Cavicchi.

Beginner has 6 levels that do progress/regress.

Rookie does not. And as of last year, once you max out on Beginner (level 6 of 6), that's it. It will never automatically take you to Rookie (unless that changed which I doubt).

I changed it to Rookie. What I'm saying is even on Rookie there must be same thing as with Rookie in that you can progress, for example, I started with Level 6 or 7 on Rookie and now I'm Level 12. Check the explanation for Rookie in the game and I believe it states something about the game adjusting to you. I think that means it will compete more as you move up, just not progressing you into other levels. There must be a difference between level 7 and level 12 in Rookie. I think level 12 means you are now ready for the next step, be it Veteran or whatever follows Rookie.

There are 6 levels in Beginner Mode, it gets harder as you progress to each level. Once you get to 6/6 it basically means you've "graduated" from Beginner Mode. You can still keep playing on Beginner if you wish or you can move up to Rookie by going into Gameplay Settings and changing your difficulty.

I did move up to Rookie and that's where I am now at Level 12. I assume Beginner is 1-6 and Rookie is 6 or 7 to 12. I could move up to whatever follows Rookie, but at my age, well, I'll stay right where I am. I would like to be around for MLB The Show 15

[steelerfan]

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I'm getting a little concerned about DD.

I played 30 or 40 games before I started my Franchise so I definitely feel like I had a good base.

I'm playing as Houston and through 23 games I was 9-14. Not bad, right? That's where things went awry. I've rolled off 8 wins in a row and I'm now 17-14 and just 3 games behind the division-leading Rangers. I may have to abandon DD if this keeps up.

[Heroesandvillains]

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I'm getting a little concerned about DD.

I played 30 or 40 games before I started my Franchise so I definitely feel like I had a good base.

I'm playing as Houston and through 23 games I was 9-14. Not bad, right? That's where things went awry. I've rolled off 8 wins in a row and I'm now 17-14 and just 3 games behind the division-leading Rangers. I may have to abandon DD if this keeps up.

Are you progressing or regressing?

I'd guess most people would level up (making for user weighted stats) then begin to level off. The game would technically get harder the further you went until things stabilized. What specifically is happening to you DD-wise?

[Heroesandvillains]

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Now for me, in the world of DD, I'm finding myself becoming even a DD in-betweener.

AS? Too many K's and not enough hits allowed.
AS+? Perfect, but the game disagrees.
HOF? Too hard for old H&V.
AS+ with Solid Hits raised? Too hard apparently according to the game though I disagree.
AS with Solid Hits raised? Too many K's not enough hits. Maybe. I don't know. I'll be back to AS+ before I can figure this out! LOL!

Thus I've come to a conclusion: SCEA please make the + levels selectable. The difference between levels is too noticable and is making me want to have 3 seperate slider sets!

[steelerfan]

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Are you progressing or regressing?

I'd guess most people would level up (making for user weighted stats) then begin to level off. The game would technically get harder the further you went until things stabilized. What specifically is happening to you DD-wise?

I'm moving up and down and back up and back down. Since that post, I won 5-2 in Detroit for 9 in a row. I haven't quite gotten to All-Star pitching (if I did, it was briefly) but my ERA is like 4.15. I'm almost always in some level of Rookie batting (only occasionally moving to Veteran). Last I checked, I am hitting .255 and my opponents are hitting .255 (I track my stats on paper).

I was down like 4-1 going in the bottom of the ninth in the seventh game of these nine and beat Seattle.

There isn't anything I could have turned OFF to make it quit saving my progress, is there? I mean, I don't think that is happening but I can't explain the results either.

[darkknightrises]

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I am now 6-1 and just won 4-0 and almost had a no hitter but gave up a hit to being the 9th. I just got to allstar pitching in like the 7th ining last game and just got to vertian hitting+ has I had been on vertian-- or so for a few games.