Question about pitching interfaces

[OhioCub]

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Analog for me. I just wish that it was easier to miss outside the zone rather than inside the zone. Seems like when my pitcher is struggling the meter won't move much and he throws it right down the middle. I'd rather the meter get looser instead of tighter, if that makes sense.
I'd love to use pulse as I really like the concept but I feel like I'm gonna have a seizure staring at the damn thing.

[Ballgame59]

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Classic here so I don't overly influence performance of the pitcher. I want the ratings to dictate the effectiveness/performance

Does the length of time you hold the button down when pitching determine the power in classic? Or just tap it and it throws how fast it wants to?

[A_Quiet_Pro]

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Does the length of time you hold the button down when pitching determine the power in classic? Or just tap it and it throws how fast it wants to?

That's kind've what I was trying to get at too...

[nemesis04]

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That's kind've what I was trying to get at too...

Holding the button until you get rumble feedback means max effort behind the pitch. Now holding the button and letting go before max effort is reached will give you varying degrees of movement. The best tip I can give is use reference points in the pitcher's delivery to determine your button holds for varying degrees of movement. Using max effort all the time will erode stamina quicker.

[bcruise]

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Does the length of time you hold the button down when pitching determine the power in classic? Or just tap it and it throws how fast it wants to?

Length of the press determines "effort" - that is, adds velocity to a fastball or movement/break to other pitches. If you hold down the button without letting go you'll get a small rumble in the controller, that is the max effort point and holding it down longer than that does nothing else.

The difference is very minor though, you won't get more than 2-3 MPH above a pitcher's average fastball, for example. I like to use full effort (in whichever pitching mode I choose) for 2 strike pitches when I'm going for a strikeout.

Pulse is the only pitching mode where you cannot control the amount of effort behind a pitch. But you can make up for that to some degree by having a more pinpoint location (IF you're good with the pulse interface, that is!)

Edit: I type too slow for Nem!

[jcar0725]

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I just use the buttons, I use that because I feel like it's the most realistic.

[Ballgame59]

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Thanks guys!

[JHedges2]

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Anyone care to offer BRIEF explanation to all the interfaces?

Last year was my first year on The Show (been on XB360), and I used pulse--exclusively. I think most of the streams have been using the meter? That thing seems like it goes REALLY fast? (Maybe it's just me...?)

I think 'user skill' is important, but I don't want to get to where, because I've played so much, I can dominate with 'lower rated' pitchers. I would rather ratings play a better part in the 'ease/effectiveness' of pitching, as opposed to my ability to manipulate the interface.

TIA!

[jcar0725]

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Anyone care to offer BRIEF explanation to all the interfaces?

Last year was my first year on The Show (been on XB360), and I used pulse--exclusively. I think most of the streams have been using the meter? That thing seems like it goes REALLY fast? (Maybe it's just me...?)

I think 'user skill' is important, but I don't want to get to where, because I've played so much, I can dominate with 'lower rated' pitchers. I would rather ratings play a better part in the 'ease/effectiveness' of pitching, as opposed to my ability to manipulate the interface.

TIA!

Make take is using the buttons, and aiming for the catcher's "target" is the most reliant on that pitcher's ratings and not reliant on your user skills.

But pitcher ratings also have an effect on the other interfaces as well, but it also takes in your abilities also.

[Jr.]

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Anyone care to offer BRIEF explanation to all the interfaces?

Last year was my first year on The Show (been on XB360), and I used pulse--exclusively. I think most of the streams have been using the meter? That thing seems like it goes REALLY fast? (Maybe it's just me...?)

I think 'user skill' is important, but I don't want to get to where, because I've played so much, I can dominate with 'lower rated' pitchers. I would rather ratings play a better part in the 'ease/effectiveness' of pitching, as opposed to my ability to manipulate the interface.

TIA!

Meter and analog will give you the most influence over ratings. You determine the effort and the release point, so you can override a pitcher's lack of control.

Pulse and Classic have the ratings dictate more than yourself. Pulse gives more user control than Classic. Classic is fully based on ratings. You just call the pitch and location, the ratings dictate whether the pitch hits the location or how far it misses.

[actionhank]

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I started doing pulse pitching after giving analog a brief try (I loved the analog pitching in the 2K series, but the one in The Show was a bummer. Wish they could steal that from 2K) and found that pulse pitching was nice. But, i felt like pitching was too easy. So, i switched to meter pitching, and I've been with it ever since. I feel like it has the right amount of control, and those "OH NO!" moments where you miss the mark completely and just see that fastball that was supposed to be low and away sailing right into the hitter's wheelhouse.

[cervin29]

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I exclusively use analog pitching for the fact I am in complete control of each pitcher, especially in franchise mode. I am a converted 2K player from 360 as well (The analog pitching in 2k for me as well was one of the most fun features I have used in any sports game). At first I did not like the analog in the show but once I got used to the meter set up I love the risk vs reward I get with it. If you are not walking people or dominating constantly with low overall pitchers you need to adjust your difficulty or sliders.

I can tell a real difference between a higher rated pitcher and a lower rated pitcher. The lower rated pitchers tend to be harder to get a perfect timing hit in the yellow zone and missing the circle at the top causes a more dramatic miss left or right. The other statistics always come into play as well, a higher hits per 9 rated pitcher will get away with more misses in the strikezone than a lower rated pitcher.

Pitching with analog gives me more of an authentic feeling, I can deliberately attack each hitter the way I want based off the batters stats and my pitchers strengths. When I play without quick counts I regularly throw waste pitches out of the zone to keep the CPU guessing. I know I am in trouble if I am off in a game and I can't get the CPU to chase and it starts getting good counts and forcing me into the middle of the zone. With quick counts on you have to adjust your strategy based on where you are at in the count, I can attack in 0-2 or 1-2, but in 2-1 or 3-1 you have to find a way to get a strike without serving up a meatball.

[OhioCub]

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I started doing pulse pitching after giving analog a brief try (I loved the analog pitching in the 2K series, but the one in The Show was a bummer. Wish they could steal that from 2K) and found that pulse pitching was nice. But, i felt like pitching was too easy. So, i switched to meter pitching, and I've been with it ever since. I feel like it has the right amount of control, and those "OH NO!" moments where you miss the mark completely and just see that fastball that was supposed to be low and away sailing right into the hitter's wheelhouse.

If the show goes to the 2k analog pitching system I'll never use it again and lose a great deal of respect for the series.

[A_Quiet_Pro]

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If the show goes to the 2k analog pitching system I'll never use it again and lose a great deal of respect for the series.

IDK if I'll got hat far, BUT, I agree I really dislike 2k's analog pitching system. Never got the hang of it, and never liked it.

[cardinalbird5]

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If the show goes to the 2k analog pitching system I'll never use it again and lose a great deal of respect for the series.

The pitching in 2k was probably the only good thing about the game...gameplay wise anyways.