RTTS Recommended Difficulty

[awill25]

Trying to settle on a difficulty and am having trouble. Was using TNK's, but my player was struggling mightily! I changed it to dynamic difficulty with those same settings and an now worried it's too easy. What is everyone else using for RTTS? Want to get something and stick with it!

[The_Balm]

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If dynamic difficulty is too easy it will get harder. I use it, I would highly recommend it, especially if you're just wanting to set something and forget about it.

[2kguy]

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I was doing well in the minors on Veteran hitting difficulty. Then when I got to the majors I was doing quite poorly like batting .150. It was so frustrating that it started to ruin the game. I change to Rookie and now I am crushing it. So I'm probably some where in the middle. Ultimately I'm playing to have fun so I'd rather be too good then too sucky.

I tried Dynamic for a little bit but I'm not sure how it works beyond it "adjusting". How exactly does it adjust? Does it just go from Rookie to Veteran as you get good and if you get back goes back to Rookie? Or does it have progressive steps in between? I wonder... It did say Rookie+ when I first enabled it, so I'm not sure if that meant "in between Rookie and Veteran" or if it meant "Rookie but will move up if needed".

Anyone know?

[mr9inchesbpel]

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Legend mode.

[The_Balm]

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I was doing well in the minors on Veteran hitting difficulty. Then when I got to the majors I was doing quite poorly like batting .150. It was so frustrating that it started to ruin the game. I change to Rookie and now I am crushing it. So I'm probably some where in the middle. Ultimately I'm playing to have fun so I'd rather be too good then too sucky.

I tried Dynamic for a little bit but I'm not sure how it works beyond it "adjusting". How exactly does it adjust? Does it just go from Rookie to Veteran as you get good and if you get back goes back to Rookie? Or does it have progressive steps in between? I wonder... It did say Rookie+ when I first enabled it, so I'm not sure if that meant "in between Rookie and Veteran" or if it meant "Rookie but will move up if needed".

Anyone know?

A plus at the end of the name like "rookie+" means you're at a in-between difficulty level. Pluses or minuses after the difficulty name are your progress between difficulty levels, so "rookie+ ++++" means you're at rookie+ and very close to moving up to veteran. "veteran ----" would mean you're very close to moving down to "rookie+".

[bcruise]

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I was doing well in the minors on Veteran hitting difficulty. Then when I got to the majors I was doing quite poorly like batting .150. It was so frustrating that it started to ruin the game. I change to Rookie and now I am crushing it. So I'm probably some where in the middle. Ultimately I'm playing to have fun so I'd rather be too good then too sucky.

I tried Dynamic for a little bit but I'm not sure how it works beyond it "adjusting". How exactly does it adjust? Does it just go from Rookie to Veteran as you get good and if you get back goes back to Rookie? Or does it have progressive steps in between? I wonder... It did say Rookie+ when I first enabled it, so I'm not sure if that meant "in between Rookie and Veteran" or if it meant "Rookie but will move up if needed".

Anyone know?

The bolded above is probably happening because the game adjusts the difficulty internally as you move up through AA, AAA, and MLB. It moves up a difficulty level when you move up from AA to AAA, and again from AAA to MLB. THAT much is confirmed by the developers in the in-game strategy guide.

What I believe is happening more specifically (this part isn't confirmed, it's only my theory), is that the game starts you one level lower than your selected difficulty on AA, moves up to your selected difficulty at AAA, and moves above your selected on MLB. So, by that logic, when you moved up to MLB on your selected Veteran difficulty, you were actually playing All-Star. That's probably why you struggled.

As for Dynamic, it looks at one thing and decides whether to promote/demote you - your OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging %). When it rises you'll make progress toward the next difficulty level, when it falls you'll head towards demotion. Basically, get a lot of hits (especially extra base hits, which count more in the equation) to promote to the next difficulty.

Oh, and one other thing about dynamic - the whole RTTS internal difficulty change thing doesn't apply there. Your stated Dynamic difficulty level is always the true one no matter what level of the minors or MLB you're playing in. If it says you're on Veteran you're on Veteran, no matter if it's AA or MLB.

Hope that helps!

[2kguy]

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Thanks guys those are really great explanations and yes it helps a ton!

[Inhocmark]

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Another explanation might ultimately be that RTTS is always going to be a bit FUBAR. Perform at a level expected of you age and the team you're on, you're likely going to earn enough points to push you to be called up in pretty short order. Ultimately when you get to the Majors for the first time there's a good chance your ratings will still be a bit undercooked for the level.

In my current game my Third Baseman was drafted by the Padres, traded to the Marlins and while I was producing better and better at AA was promoted to the Majors directly from AA at the end of August and have been just destroyed by the better pitching in the Majors.

[Dolenz]

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I use Dynamic Difficulty in my RTTS and just had it set Hall of Fame difficulty last night, basically at the triple A all-star break.

[patchm00]

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I was doing well in the minors on Veteran hitting difficulty. Then when I got to the majors I was doing quite poorly like batting .150. It was so frustrating that it started to ruin the game. I change to Rookie and now I am crushing it. So I'm probably some where in the middle. Ultimately I'm playing to have fun so I'd rather be too good then too sucky.

^Same! I just got called up to the majors after batting about 345 in AAA. After 5 games my batting avg is 140 or something. I only remember getting two hits and when it seems like the ball is down the middle and i swing well it's a foul tip or roller to the 3rd baseman. Not fun. Gonna try a little longer at Dynamic (I'm Veteran on Dynamic) but if it keeps going like this I'll go down to Rookie as well and feel ashamed as I tear up the Major league.

[aukevin]

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I'm playing on All-Star and I when I got called up from AA to MLB I was batting .393. The first couple weeks in the pros I struggled, batting in the low .200s, then I got it figured out and got around .340. Now I've leveled off and float between .295 and .305 in late August 2014. So I'm happy with my difficulty level.

[forme95]

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Im using DD with TNK's sliders (slight tweek) and I have a 1B (currently A potential with 59 ovr) who was AA for 36 games. Was hitting sub .200 then started gradually getting better. I was hitting .347 w/ 5 HR when I got called to AAA. 1st at bat was a 3 run HR. 11 games in, Im hitting .091.

Im actually liking how hard it is to stay consistent. RTTS would be SO BORING and pointless if you were an instant star hitting over .400 every game, and was in the majors by a half a season. Yes, Im frustrated at my hitting avg right now. But I know it will get better...... well, I hope lol.

[canucksss]

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Is there a way you can restart again? I am now in All-Star..... I'd like to start anew with a new player because I am so new with the game that i messed up how I apply the points gained toward the games, training and All-Star. I would like to start being in a lower difficulty, like rookie, and using Dynamic.

[The_Balm]

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Is there a way you can restart again? I am now in All-Star..... I'd like to start anew with a new player because I am so new with the game that i messed up how I apply the points gained toward the games, training and All-Star. I would like to start being in a lower difficulty, like rookie, and using Dynamic.

I believe you'd need to make a new profile.

[canucksss]

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I believe you'd need to make a new profile.

like to create another profile in my PS4 and to play MLBTS? will i still get updates/patches/rosters if i do this? sorry...first timer in MLB and ps