Does SCEA know?

[forme95]

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I play with all sliders at default. I pitch and hit on Hall of Fame, and there will be games where its like a team competition of homerun derby and other games where you are needing to go station to station or play small ball to get a run across. I've also had high scoring games without a homerun hit. I just played at the Royals and lost 7-4 and not one single homerun was hit. There were however 3 triples.

Im thinking HoF default, but changing foul freq down to 2, to keep pitchers around 15-20 pitches a inning (unless they have a bad inning/outing of course) and also lowering Field React and speed to 4, to go along with Base speed 4 (default makes speedsters to fast. Ive always liked 4 for a speed.)

[Don Jon]

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I play as the Toronto Blue Jays in the power friendly AL East. Seriously, I think the least power friendly park is the Trop. Despite that I still get lots of variety of both small ball and home run type games.

I play with zone default sliders if that helps.

Why do you say that? trop ranks right in the middle as far as HR go.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor/_/sort/HRFactor

[tessl]

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I use manage mode. I'm not seeing an inordinately high number of home runs. What concerns me about threads like this is a few people gripe enough about something and the developers change the game - for the worse. It wouldn't be the first time.

[MLB Bob]

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Why do you say that? trop ranks right in the middle as far as HR go.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/parkfactor/_/sort/HRFactor

pretty sure hes talking in game, not real pack factors..

[Don Jon]

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pretty sure hes talking in game, not real pack factors..

Yes, and in game plays pretty true to the mlb charts for me.

[forme95]

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I use manage mode. I'm not seeing an inordinately high number of home runs. What concerns me about threads like this is a few people gripe enough about something and the developers change the game - for the worse. It wouldn't be the first time.

Well I hope they dont, and thats not my intent here. I think they have done a good job improving the game. I think I got slideritis is all. I guess I should have phrased it better. I was a little pissy so to say at the time of writing it. I also have a MoM I love to play. If you dont mind sharing, what sliders are you using? I'd be very interested. I was using Nomo's but I think I slideritis that one too.

[Mike Lowe]

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I have the exact opposite problem in my franchise with my sliders. It's been a fun challenge trying to put through ball in the seats.

We're 45-48 and have hit 55 HRs. Last in MLB.

[countryboy]

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I use manage mode. I'm not seeing an inordinately high number of home runs. What concerns me about threads like this is a few people gripe enough about something and the developers change the game - for the worse. It wouldn't be the first time.

What is he griping about? He was asking for input from other members as to what they are seeing in terms of homeruns. There has been productive discussion and he is going to take some of the information he's gathered from this thread and apply it to his game and see what results he gets.

Just because someone asks a question as to what others are seeing or what they are seeing in terms of the game doesn't mean they are asking for changes. Most are just seeking information/feedback.

We don't need to always be reminded that you're not happy with the changes to the progression system this year.

[countryboy]

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Well I hope they dont, and thats not my intent here. I think they have done a good job improving the game. I think I got slideritis is all. I guess I should have phrased it better. I was a little pissy so to say at the time of writing it. I also have a MoM I love to play. If you dont mind sharing, what sliders are you using? I'd be very interested. I was using Nomo's but I think I slideritis that one too.

We know that you were just seeking feedback from the community as to what they were/are seeing in terms of homeruns. No reason to explain your intent nor fear the devs will just hap-hazardly jump out their seats and change how homeruns function in the game simply because of this thread.

Please share your experiences/results after a few games with the new sliders. And don't forget to post your hitting interface. That may have an effect as well.

[HozAndMoose]

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We know that you were just seeking feedback from the community as to what they were/are seeing in terms of homeruns. No reason to explain your intent nor fear the devs will just hap-hazardly jump out their seats and change how homeruns function in the game simply because of this thread.

Please share your experiences/results after a few games with the new sliders. And don't forget to post your hitting interface. That may have an effect as well.

While i agree that was probably his intention. His OP wasnt very good at making that known.

[forme95]

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Just to clear up the post. All I am saying, or was trying to say, is every game I have played (Franchise or RTTS) or manage (MoM) have had at least 1 HR (whether I have hit it, or the team I am playing) in it. Ive seen very few games that havent had a HR. Again, it may just be I got slideritis. It may be just a streak. It may be me, or, it may just be a product of the game. To all the comments above, the feedback has been great, and I know that its capable to have games without HR's in it. Im sure it will all equal out. Im going to try a few different things, and one of them being staying closer to default. As for my play style, Ive mostly played on All-Star difficulty. I have toyed with HoF and a combo of HoF hitting and All-Star Pitching and vice versa. I use directional hitting (dont really direct the hit much though) and have gone between meter and classic pitching. Again, it isnt about me personally or just my team hitting HR's. Its HR's in the game in general. I hope this clears things up some. Again, everyones input has been great and very much appreciated.

[cusefan74]

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Just to clear up the post. All I am saying, or was trying to say, is every game I have played (Franchise or RTTS) or manage (MoM) have had at least 1 HR (whether I have hit it, or the team I am playing) in it. Ive seen very few games that havent had a HR. Again, it may just be I got slideritis. It may be just a streak. It may be me, or, it may just be a product of the game. To all the comments above, the feedback has been great, and I know that its capable to have games without HR's in it. Im sure it will all equal out. Im going to try a few different things, and one of them being staying closer to default. As for my play style, Ive mostly played on All-Star difficulty. I have toyed with HoF and a combo of HoF hitting and All-Star Pitching and vice versa. I use directional hitting (dont really direct the hit much though) and have gone between meter and classic pitching. Again, it isnt about me personally or just my team hitting HR's. Its HR's in the game in general. I hope this clears things up some. Again, everyones input has been great and very much appreciated.

Which is it? Every game you have seen a homerun or you have had very few with out a homerun?

For starters how many games have you played? 5, 10, 100, what? If you have only played 10 games then that is not much of a sample size to get to worried about. What team do you use? If it's the Yankees for example, they have s short right porch, you're gonna hit homeruns there. Maybe it's another team with a hitter friendly park.

Also just pick a set of sliders and leave them alone. Messing with the sliders all the time won't help things at all.

[countryboy]

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While i agree that was probably his intention. His OP wasnt very good at making that known.

True, his OP showed frustration, but sometimes, and I'm learning to do better at this myself, you have to step back and read what the member is trying to convey. I don't think he meant his post to be a direct attack on the game or the devs, just a vent of frustration over issues he was having.

[countryboy]

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Just to clear up the post. All I am saying, or was trying to say, is every game I have played (Franchise or RTTS) or manage (MoM) have had at least 1 HR (whether I have hit it, or the team I am playing) in it. Ive seen very few games that havent had a HR. Again, it may just be I got slideritis. It may be just a streak. It may be me, or, it may just be a product of the game. To all the comments above, the feedback has been great, and I know that its capable to have games without HR's in it. Im sure it will all equal out. Im going to try a few different things, and one of them being staying closer to default. As for my play style, Ive mostly played on All-Star difficulty. I have toyed with HoF and a combo of HoF hitting and All-Star Pitching and vice versa. I use directional hitting (dont really direct the hit much though) and have gone between meter and classic pitching. Again, it isnt about me personally or just my team hitting HR's. Its HR's in the game in general. I hope this clears things up some. Again, everyones input has been great and very much appreciated.

If you're starting over in ST again, I would suggest picking a set of sliders, difficulty level, and hitting/pitching interface and using it the entire ST and see how things go. Constantly changing difficulty or sliders will never allow you to fully get a grasp on what may or may not be the cause of your issue.

[redsox4evur]

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Ok after doing some checking last night I have seen that I am having the same thing playing as the Red Sox through like 14 or so games. And I have played home games, a series at the Yankees and I am at the White Sox right now. And I know it's not that much of a sample size and I am playing in parks where it is easy to hit HR's. Also I noticed my sliders were way too high. I think contact and power were at like 8 or 9. So I turned that down to between 5 (default) or 7.