MLB 15: The Show Q & A Thread

[bronxbombers21325]

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Can anyone with the game confirm if regression was toned down a bit from last year? Sucked last year when guys like Beltran would go down almost 18 overall points lower from season beginning to end

Someone said a few posts back that Beltran went from a 79 to 73 in the first season. That's much, much better IMO.

[ShowTyme15]

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For the Cubs fans wondering. I can confirm the Ivy is dynamic and changes month to month as it did before.

[pitfallharry219]

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Does the directional hitting work like it did in MVP Baseball?

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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In '14 it didn't play automatically, but you roll it by going into the replay menu in the postgame. Is it not there anymore?

I had Sims last year where Beltran went from and 89 to 85 and others where he went from a 89 to a 77. It was dynamic. There was no clear linear path. I had posts last year where I compared 3 different Sims 10 years into the future and ratings of players.

Someone said a few posts back that Beltran went from a 79 to 73 in the first season. That's much, much better IMO.

[tcsox11]

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Can someone please check if Mookie Betts has his own stance this year? And also, I have 2 questions about carry over franchises:
1. When carrying over, do face scans/stances/equipment update? For example, I had Betts in my osfm roster who was created with obviously no scan and no custom stance..does it automatically update his scan and licensed equipment?
2. When you carry over to 15 from 14 can you still play the franchise in 14?
Thanks a lot!

[ShowTyme15]

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Can someone please check if Mookie Betts has his own stance this year? And also, I have 2 questions about carry over franchises:
1. When carrying over, do face scans/stances/equipment update? For example, I had Betts in my osfm roster who was created with obviously no scan and no custom stance..does it automatically update his scan and licensed equipment?
2. When you carry over to 15 from 14 can you still play the franchise in 14?
Thanks a lot!

1. Betts will update if the created version of him you used in 14 was the SCEA version that was added through the roster update (Doesn't matter if you edited his face or not it just has to be the SCEA version they added). If he was created using the create player feature or some random minor leaguer then he does not update, He stays a CAP. Otherwise he will update in MLB 15. What I mean by update is the CAP version of him gets replaced with the New SCEA version in 15. this is when using Y2Y saves.

2. I'm assuming you mean the 14 schedule? Then yes.

[ajblithe20]

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Can someone please check if Mookie Betts has his own stance this year? And also, I have 2 questions about carry over franchises:
1. When carrying over, do face scans/stances/equipment update? For example, I had Betts in my osfm roster who was created with obviously no scan and no custom stance..does it automatically update his scan and licensed equipment?
2. When you carry over to 15 from 14 can you still play the franchise in 14?
Thanks a lot!

From watching streams it looks like Betts has his own stance. It's a unique looking one so I'm assuming it's his own.
1. Scans/stances/equipment update for SCEA created players only. So if you used Betts from the OSFM roster you won't get the scan/stance/equipment for him

[MattyIce]

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What are the shoe editing options like? Specifically for Nike, Can we create something similar to this?

[Smallville102001]

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How long dose it take to fully install the game?

[ajblithe20]

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From what I've seen MattyIce, I believe there are 3 different shoe brands this year. For each brand, there are 2 or 3 different Styles. For each Style, there are several parts of the shoe color that you can edit, like when editing Generic shoes in previous years

[MattyIce]

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Right, I was wondering specifically with this shoe, the Nike Air Max MVP Elite, if we were able to edit those specific parts of the shoe. One thing in NBA 2k that I always noticed was that the shoe editing parts didn't always match up and you couldn't always create realistic colorways. Although this year I had the most fun I've ever had editing shoes. Hoping for a similar experience with this game as well

[ajblithe20]

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Ah okay. That I do not know!

[videogameprojr]

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I'm still trying to wrap my head around it all because I only used analog hitting last year. What are the differences exactly between directional and zone hitting? I couldn't find a video from Ramone so I would like a bit more clarity.

[ajblithe20]

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I'm still trying to wrap my head around it all because I only used analog hitting last year. What are the differences exactly between directional and zone hitting? I couldn't find a video from Ramone so I would like a bit more clarity.

Zone: You move the left stick to the location where the ball is. The closer your PCI is to the location of the pitch the better contact you make. Swinging late/early affects whether you push or pull the ball.

Directional: You do not have a PCI. You move the left stick and push towards any part of the strikezone. This is the direction you want to influence the ball. So if you want to hit the ball to RF, you would move your left stick to the right. But say you're a RH batter and you try to pull the ball to LF. You'll make weaker contact if the pitch is on the outside of the plate. If you don't influence in any direction it acts as Timing hitting did last year.

Here are the devs explaining it.
http://www.twitch.tv/sonysandiegostudio/b/620908682 They start talking about it at about the 13 and a half minute mark

[blkprince04]

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Can anyone confirm that the highlight reel is in the game?