How many use "Auto Fielding" vs. going it on their own?

[JTommy67]

Re: How many use "Auto Fielding" vs. going it on their own?

I have always been a manual fielding/throwing guy. I may now have to switch.

I don't mind too much that I can't get to some grounders up the middle. What bothers me is the discrepancy between the difficulty of infield play versus outfield play.

My players simply don't boot any balls in the infield. After one month, I have four errors in the infield. And yet, I have a total of nine outfield errors. This is a problem. Despite slider adjustments, I can't seem to achieve an appropriate balance. If I increase the infield error slider, then the cpu will turn into the Bad News Bears, and I don't want this.

There are too many outfield fly balls where I react properly and the "doh!" animation kicks in. As a result, in the outfield I'm finding myself trying to maneuver so as to trigger the proper animation rather than getting to the ball. I'm not saying it's impossible but the only time you can practice this is in a game. We need a fielding practice mode, especially for the outfield.

But for the infield, I definitely feel my stick ability is overriding player ratings way too much. Additionally, I've seen three or four infield plays that should obviously be errors but are called hits instead. Makes me think something is wrong. I'd expect to see this once in a while, but not as often as I have.

If it was equally difficult across the board, I might stay manual, but I don't see how I can. It's unfortunate because the fielding feels so much more fluid than in years past; it just seems unbalanced to me.

[fghvg]

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I have no desire to take it off auto fielding. The game is so smooth with it on auto and I don't want to take things into my hands.

[iam31yearsold]

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No auto on anything for me. I put it all on when my GF plays with me, but I like to be able to do it all myself.

Fielding makes it exciting every play. Base running is a must. Aggression on the bases is a HUGE part of managing, and Im not leaving that up to the CPU.

[Smallville102001]

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Im not surprised with the outcome. Im coming from MLB2k series and I gotta say the fielding , especially the outfield fielding on the Vita is horrendous. Popups should not be this difficult. People said a lot of bad things about the 2k series but their fielding mechanics was spot on. I hate to say it but the fielding on the Show is just bad!

I don't see how the fielding is bad?

[muleyman]

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I never use Auto-Fielding, but really really wish we could have a real Manual Fielding option. Too many times have I missed a grounder out of reach or had a foul pop fly I could reach but couldn't due to the auto first step or not giving me full control.

[jkbfgrf]

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I have no desire to take it off auto fielding. The game is so smooth with it on auto and I don't want to take things into my hands .

[iLLWiLL]

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Tried going manual for a few days, but the players move way too twitchy & jerky, way too many error and misplaying flyballs ...

[Speedy]

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I am willing to bet these poll results are a huge eye opener to the development team. I am blown away myself. I would have guessed 10% of people did this.

Its probably too late in the game, but this thread could very well be the start of MLB 16 The Show's primary and featured improvement.

Not to say that the defense is bad. It's just the weakest part of the game. I bet if you combined this year's defense with the pitcher/batter interface from 5 years ago, nobody would complain about defense whatsoever.

I don't believe this is a microcosm to the entire fan base...OS is a hardcore sim style, much more than the "average" user. While this poll shows a 50/50 split, I'd bet from an entire user perspective it's likely around 10-15% that use auto.

To the other poster's point surrounding 2016 and concentrating heavily on defense, I'd agree. I personally find that my input is far worse compared to what the auto version can do (I miss way too many flyballs because my player won't get under the sphere once he "settles"). Defense can be fun but they will have to tune it -- make the movement and fielder agility more fluid, maybe make the game slower so the user's reaction time can be in sync?

[eF 5ive]

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I played D-2 Baseball in late-90s'. played short and second, had an excellent glove and high fielding %.

i use auto field and throw only and classic pitch.

take a chill pill, dobie gillis.

Meh, I played aggressive little league in the early to mid 90s and was scouted as a top prospect in our christian league. I played Catcher, LF, and SS with an occasional 6th rotation pitcher spot (had a good fb). Through 3 years I never had an error. For me , manual fielding is better because it reflects my attributes as a player

[TheWarmWind]

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Manual all the way for me. I love fielding and throwing the ball, and when there is a throwing error I only have myself to blame. I do wish there was a mechanic to gain control over catching errors, but I honestly can't think of a way to implement it.

[gnvjfrg]

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I'm an auto-fielder. They're just way better than me. I played the KC/SF game while the game was installing with manual fielding and I misplayed 4 balls in the first 4 innings, haha. That was enough to keep me on auto