MLB 15 - Manage Only Mode

[My993C2]

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I wish there was a "yell at your team" option! They'd get an earful right now.

But I was always under the impression that baseball managers needed to be masters at controlling their emotions, well at least as far as controlling them towards their players. Umpires ... umpires are fair game, if you don't mind getting tossed from the game.

This year managing the Rockies will definitely test my patience. On opening day my team spanked the Brewers 12-2, followed by a dominant 6-0 win in the 2nd game of the series. However in the 3rd game, the team's bats went silent as the Brewers Matt Garza one hit the club in a 1-0 loss. Sort of a shame because my starter Jordan Lyles actually pitched very well in that game. But I could just tell that I was going to lose that game and I was happy one of my batters got a hit off of Garza to break up the no-hitter (Garza did walk three in the game). Then in my home opener against the Cubs yesterday. The team looked good going into the 5th inning with a 3-2 lead. But then the wheels fell off the bus when my starter Jorge de la Rosa started walking batters followed by giving up a 3-run big fly ultimately losing the game 9-4. I have a good offensive team, but my pitching staff is the worst in the league and if yesterday's game is any indication, I don't think I will have a whole lot of home field advantage at Coors Field this year. But yelling at my players isn't going to help. They don't listen to me anyway.

[tspicchiali]

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Would really love to see suggested improvements in MoM next year. We are out here...trust me.

C

yes we are

[tspicchiali]

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ok dumb question...how do I select manager mode in this game? I don't see the option.

[My993C2]

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ok dumb question...how do I select manager mode in this game? I don't see the option.

First off it is only available in the Season or Franchise modes. But assuming you are in one of these two modes, then you need to launch your games from the Calendar and select "Manage Game" instead of "Play" in the popup menu.

[kingdevin]

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I want to play MOM on version 15. However until they patch up some of the issues I will have to stick with what Ive established in version 14. I don't really see that 15 is a "better" game substantively yet. The MOM improvements don't stand out for me yet.

[jon1960ca]

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Of course, I cannot make any promises, but send me your list. I have noted everything in this thread, but it would be good to have it all in one place.

Guys,

regarding players bunting (for hits) on their own...fast guys with good bunting skills bunt for hits on their own IRL..why are you feeling like that is a problem in the game?

I can see an issue with guys sacrifice bunting on their own..but, are you also saying that a guy like Dee Gordon bunting for a hit without you calling for it is a problem?

MOM only player here, and really hoping SCEA starts giving the MOM community some consideration.

[monteith]

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Guys,

regarding players bunting (for hits) on their own...fast guys with good bunting skills bunt for hits on their own IRL..

I totally agree. It adds to the realism when players like that bunt for hits or even attempt steals on their own. Some guys should have the green light to do so at any time.

[capa]

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Why when I am in MoM in a game do I not see any option for Press cam or Dugout cam? Only the options for cams used during non-MoM games...

C

[My993C2]

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Why when I am in MoM in a game do I not see any option for Press cam or Dugout cam? Only the options for cams used during non-MoM games...

Once you are in the MoM game, press the options button to access the game's main menu. In the main menu, press the "Gameplay Options" button and in that screen you will see three options and it is the "Manager Mode Batting View" option that selects the camera that is used while the pitcher delivers the ball to the batter. It is this camera option where you would select "Dugout" or "Pressbox". If you select "Dugout" you can ignore the next option the "Manager Mode Fielding View" because the "Dugout" view stays active for the entire play even after the batter hits the ball. To my knowledge this is the only camera view in the entire game that does not switch to some other view once the ball is hit. However if you select "Pressbox" or some other camera for the hitting view, then you will want to select your desired fielding view. You'll have to play around with that option to find which one suites you best. I am a big fan of the "Dugout" camera, but I do acknowledge it is not the best view in terms of seeing the location of the pitches. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

[capa]

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Thank you!

[slyfox]

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I've always controlled the action when playing the show, however I'm considering the Mom mode as a possibility. Like many of you I'm finding the mode rather limited. I understand Sony probably won't make any major upgrades to a mode they feel only a small minority will use.

So, my question is this : why don't they just add the option of having the CPU execute the pitching and hitting instructions we input into the general options of the game. In other words, the user chooses the type of swing (contact, normal or power) and then the cpu does the rest. Same for pitching, the user selects pitch type and the cpu does the rest. I would find that much more meaningful and immersive than the current mom options they currently have.

They have similar options for fielding and baserunning so it seems to me that adding the above options to the game might be easier to program into the game than making wholesale changes to an "official" mom mode.

[jct32]

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Does anybody here use Quick Counts when playing MoM and what are your impressions using it?

[My993C2]

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Does anybody here use Quick Counts when playing MoM and what are your impressions using it?

Not a fan of quick counts for any sort of Human vs CPU game (though I have been known to use QCs on CPU vs CPU games). I find when I may be in a rush to get a game in, button mashing between plays works reasonably well. Obviously some people think QCs are the only way to play, but it just does not work for me as it takes away a lot of strategy when you are at the plate (yes even in MoM we have some control as to what our batters will do). Some pitchers don't always throw in the strike zone on their first pitch while others do. QC completely takes the opportunity to try and work the count out of the game. Plus on top of that you do know that when you call for a bunt your batter will attempt to lay it down no matter how poorly the ball is thrown in a MoM game. If you are using QCs and you want a player to bunt, they may only get one chance and if they go after a ball outside of the strike zone (which they do 100% of the time in a MoM game), you are SOL.

[tessl]

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The game plays great this year in manage mode. Major improvement from mlbts 14. There are a couple minor issues but even if they don't patch anything it is still a major improvement and very playable.

The developers should be commended for their diligent work. I've been playing manage mode games for longer than I care to admit and this is as close to perfect as I've ever seen a baseball game.

[My993C2]

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The game plays great this year in manage mode. Major improvement from mlbts 14. There are a couple minor issues but even if they don't patch anything it is still a major improvement and very playable.

Really?

1) You have not noticed that they have completely removed pickoffs at 1st base out of the game? Pickoffs worked fine in MLB 13 where you could be picked off, but you could also pick the opposition off. In MLB 14 they changed the game where the CPU would never try and pick you off because they removed the extra step the base runners would take when you called for a steal or a hit and run out of the game. But in some rare instances we could still pick off base runners in MLB 14. Now in MLB 15 picking off base runners has been completely removed from the game. How is that an improvement?

2) You have not noticed the high number of suicide squeeze plays at home plate. Of course this condition effects all game modes, not just MoM games. But the suicide squeezes are a huge flaw in this build.

Don't let the awesome graphics, new player animations and new ball physics fool you into thinking they changed the MoM code base this year. Nothing new concerning the actual game play was added.