RTTS playing difficulty question

[Cito2009]

Ok, so over the past 2 seasons I played veteran level. Each season i hit about .330 had 35 hrs then 47 with 108 and 118 RBI. Started the 3rd season and i switched to All-star. My avg is .322 but my HRs and RBI are way down, 6 and 23 RBI (72 games played). On vet I really only used X to swing and I've been doing the same thing on AS. Do you need to use ■ on AS to hit homeruns? I've got 21 doubles so I do hit for some power, but the dingers are way down.

Any advice?

Also I use zone hitting.

[bcruise]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

What level are you at in your career? AA, AAA, or MLB? Guessing it's probably MLB if you're 3 seasons in, but just want to make sure before I can tell you what's going on.

[Cito2009]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

Yes in MLB

[bcruise]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

Yeah, that's what I figured. So, in RTTS this game moves the difficulty internally each time you move up in the minors, and then to the majors. It actually starts 1 level below the level you have selected in AA, moves to your true level selected on AAA, and moves 1 level above that once you reach MLB. I imagine it's done that way to make it easier for new people and casual gamers to blast through the minors, and then find MLB to be a true challenge. But it's kinda off-putting for those of us who want a steady prgression through our career.

This is developer-confirmed, I could go back and find the quotes and evidence but several other longtime members of this board are also well aware that this is how it works by now.

Basically, if you've been playing on the selected Veteran difficulty you were actually on Rookie for your AA stint, then on Vet for AAA (which may not have been all that challenging due to all the training points you probably got on AA), and then to All-Star when you reached MLB. Now, since you moved the difficulty up to All-Star it went one level higher than that - Hall of Fame. That's what you're on now.

Speaking from experience since it's my level I always hit on....HOF is tough. You don't HAVE to use square to hit HR's, but it does require a lot more analog movement in zone hitting to make solid contact. It is definitely hard to maintain consistent power numbers there. You can still maintain a solid average with good luck on balls in play, but the power #'s aren't going to be there if the difficulty is too much for you.

Personally I'd recommend dropping back to Veteran - which is actually All-Star at the MLB Level - and seeing if that helps, now that you know what's going on behind the scenes. If you're still tearing it up go back to AS, but just be aware of what you're getting yourself into.

[Cito2009]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

No, those are my stats for my first 2 full seasons in mlb. Minors I blew through not talking about those.


Oh, AS is default mlb? Set on veteran? OK that makes more sense.. so I'm actually playing AS on veteran...

[MatrixTN]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

Yes, difficulty is one below in AA, set in AAA, and one above in MLB - has been this way since '13. This does not apply to Dynamic difficulty. Same if you're playing Ex/Fran/Season using Player Lock in '14, don't know if they fixed that in '15.

[Bullit]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

Unless, I believe, you are using Dynamic Difficulty. Then what ever the difficulty is, that is the level that you are playing.

ex. With just setting it to VET: AA = rookie
Dynamic Difficulty VET : AA= VET

[MatrixTN]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

Unless, I believe, you are using Dynamic Difficulty. Then what ever the difficulty is, that is the level that you are playing.

ex. With just setting it to VET: AA = rookie
Dynamic Difficulty VET : AA= VET

Beat you to it...

Yes, difficulty is one below in AA, set in AAA, and one above in MLB - has been this way since '13. This does not apply to Dynamic difficulty. Same if you're playing Ex/Fran/Season using Player Lock in '14, don't know if they fixed that in '15.

[Stolm]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

Anyone know if the difficulty scaling takes into effect the pitch speed difference between difficulties?

I'm using a Hall of Fame Slider set on Hall of Fame with increased Pitch Speed, but wondering if I am actually getting Legend difficulty Pitch Speeds in the MLB.

[nomo17k]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

Anyone know if the difficulty scaling takes into effect the pitch speed difference between difficulties?

I'm using a Hall of Fame Slider set on Hall of Fame with increased Pitch Speed, but wondering if I am actually getting Legend difficulty Pitch Speeds in the MLB.

Not sure if I get fully what you mean, but the difficulty level slightly shifts pitch speed (even if you don't change Pitch Speed slider), but not as drastically as varying Pitch Speed slider to its extreme values.

[Stolm]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

Not sure if I get fully what you mean, but the difficulty level slightly shifts pitch speed (even if you don't change Pitch Speed slider), but not as drastically as varying Pitch Speed slider to its extreme values.

So RTTS difficulty is one below/one above depending on if you are playing in AA or MLB. And remains unchanged at AAA.

So if I am playing on Hall of Fame difficulty in the MLB with a maxed out Pitch Speed slider, and the game is scaling to one above which is Legend, is the Pitch Speed apart of that scaling process?

Meaning if I was to switch to Legend, would the pitch speed remain the same (maxed out) because it has already scaled to Legend on HoF in the MLB?

[nomo17k]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

So RTTS difficulty is one below/one above depending on if you are playing in AA or MLB. And remains unchanged at AAA.

So if I am playing on Hall of Fame difficulty in the MLB with a maxed out Pitch Speed slider, and the game is scaling to one above which is Legend, is the Pitch Speed apart of that scaling process?

Meaning if I was to switch to Legend, would the pitch speed remain the same (maxed out) because it has already scaled to Legend on HoF in the MLB?

It's not that I can give a "dev-confirmed" answer, but I don't think there is any reason to think that the difficulty shift by league in RTTS does anything more than changing difficulty level setting itself (just that it's automatically done by the game and hidden from the gamer).

That means the pitch speed is determined by the slider setting and the difficulty setting, but the league-level adjustment gets applied to the difficulty when you play at AA or MLB.

Suppose your Pitch Speed slider is at default and you face Lincecum throwing 90 MPH (displayed). Then pitch speed you feel hitting against him should be exactly the same for the following cases

(1) facing him down in AAA with difficulty level set to HOF
(2) facing him on MLB with difficulty level set to AS

because in both cases your real setting is Pitch Speed slider at default and difficulty on HOF.

[Dynasty Legend 99]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

I would try Mike Lowes OS sliders, they work really well for RTTS in my opinion. There is some tweaking to be done, especially to the Manager Hook and Pitcher Stamina sections.

[Stolm]

Re: RTTS playing difficulty question

I would try Mike Lowes OS sliders, they work really well for RTTS in my opinion. There is some tweaking to be done, especially to the Manager Hook and Pitcher Stamina sections.

I did take a look at them awhile ago, though I didn't play with them. Kinda just glanced over them and dismissed them as soon as I saw Pitch Speed at 3.