Is Directional hitting working properly?

[Speedy]

Re: Is Directional hitting working properly?

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I apologize if this was answered beforehand...

So then the direction the user inputs:

Does that influence WHERE the ball will go

or

Does that move the PCI toward that center of zone?

[Skyboxer]

Re: Is Directional hitting working properly?

Spoiler

I apologize if this was answered beforehand...

So then the direction the user inputs:

Does that influence WHERE the ball will go

or

Does that move the PCI toward that center of zone?

Basically is where batter focuses his swing. .so PCI moves to that area.
At least that's what the description says.

[nemesis04]

Re: Is Directional hitting working properly?

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I apologize if this was answered beforehand...

So then the direction the user inputs:

Does that influence WHERE the ball will go

or

Does that move the PCI toward that center of zone?

It is an influence tool up for a fly ball, down for a grounder and left or right to push or pull. Don't think PCI when using this system, just think of the hit result you are trying to accomplish.

[Skyboxer]

Re: Is Directional hitting working properly?

It is an influence tool up for a fly ball, down for a grounder and left or right to push or pull. Don't think PCI when using this system, just think of the hit result you are trying to accomplish.

Are you sure? Assuming you are.. Confused as description says to move stick to focus in that area of zone....unless I Mis read it.

Makes sense though since it's called directional hitting.

[nemesis04]

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Are you sure? Assuming you are.. Confused as description says to move stick to focus in that area of zone....unless I Mis read it.

Makes sense though since it's called directional hitting.

Your moving the stick in the area you want to concentrate in, that is why there is a camera shift. For example if I am a righty and want to pull the ball I will pull the stick to the left and anything remotely close will get ripped, if the pitch is on the outer half I can still make contact but will probably roll over on it. It really is opposite thinking if you are accustomed to zone hitting, you are not trying to match up a PCI.

[Skyboxer]

Re: Is Directional hitting working properly?

Your moving the stick in the area you want to concentrate in, that is why there is a camera shift. For example if I am a righty and want to pull the ball I will pull the stick to the left and anything remotely close will get ripped, if the pitch is on the outer half I can still make contact but will probably roll over on it. It really is opposite thinking if you are accustomed to zone hitting, you are not trying to match up a PCI.

Cool. I switched to analog and have been having good success.
I just like the pci being visual

[El_MaYiMbE]

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Your moving the stick in the area you want to concentrate in, that is why there is a camera shift. For example if I am a righty and want to pull the ball I will pull the stick to the left and anything remotely close will get ripped, if the pitch is on the outer half I can still make contact but will probably roll over on it. It really is opposite thinking if you are accustomed to zone hitting, you are not trying to match up a PCI.

With Directional Hitting, you are actually moving stick where you want the ball to go, not necessarily where you want to focus (that is actually what you're doing with Zone Hitting). One could argue these are the samething, but not really. Yes the camera shifts, but that is because the player is "shifting his weight" to pull the push (or hit other way). As a result he will cover less of the opposite direction.

The camera does not shift when you press up or down (I believe) as the player is not concentrating on top or bottom of the zone, but rather looking to hit ball up or down regardless of where ball is....

So no, pushing a direction does not change "focus" of hitter. I turn off camera shift as I want to remain centered always while still controlling where I want to influence incoming pitch.

[NAFBUC]

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I tried directional hitting for a couple of games and realized it was just like the past few iterations and went back to zone hitting. It just seems to me that from '13 onward, timing hitting has just been off.

Timing hitting has been 'off' since SCEA went directional. I hope they will bring back the basic 'timing' hitting option.

[El_MaYiMbE]

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Timing hitting has been 'off' since SCEA went directional. I hope they will bring back the basic 'timing' hitting option.

I agreed, until 2016.
It seems to have been fixed.

When I sit back on a hanging curve or changeup and time it perfectly, I do damage more times than not. I think what throws our perception off is the swing info. When we see "Good" timing and still pop out, we think "man thats bs".

What I did was turn off swing info...so I do not see PCI or swing feedback.
I simply play and let results speak for themselves.

You will notice if you do this, and simply let the game playout that by the end of 10 games you will feel like you performed as you'd expect. Checking swing info after every pitch skews your perception I believe.

[nemesis04]

Re: Is Directional hitting working properly?

With Directional Hitting, you are actually moving stick where you want the ball to go, not necessarily where you want to focus (that is actually what you're doing with Zone Hitting). One could argue these are the samething, but not really. Yes the camera shifts, but that is because the player is "shifting his weight" to pull the push (or hit other way). As a result he will cover less of the opposite direction.

The camera does not shift when you press up or down (I believe) as the player is not concentrating on top or bottom of the zone, but rather looking to hit ball up or down regardless of where ball is....

So no, pushing a direction does not change "focus" of hitter. I turn off camera shift as I want to remain centered always while still controlling where I want to influence incoming pitch.

In speaking with the people who created the system the thought process behind directional was coming to the plate with an approach and focusing on a portion of the zone, hence the camera shift. The camera shifts in all directions, up, down, left, right, up on an angle in out and down angle as well.

[Zinger]

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Having just read through this whole thread I'd like to thank El Mayimbe in particular for his many contributions explaining clearly how directional/timing hitting works in this year's game. I agree with him that this method best replicates what a hitter actually does at the plate.

[ChGtXgMs]

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I played Directional hitting for the first 2 days and boy was it hard. Balls just wouldn't get hit right and well my DD team was pretty bad anyways, but when I switched back to Zone hitting(which I played on '15), I was back to crushing balls with 60-70 contact hitters on All-Star.

I don't know how Directional hitting works, but it just seems impossible to get hits. I'm pretty sure I had more walks than hits this year using directional, but that is thanks to the Fisheye, what an awesome angle.

[NAFBUC]

Re: Is Directional hitting working properly?

I agreed, until 2016.
It seems to have been fixed.

When I sit back on a hanging curve or changeup and time it perfectly, I do damage more times than not. I think what throws our perception off is the swing info. When we see "Good" timing and still pop out, we think "man thats bs".

What I did was turn off swing info...so I do not see PCI or swing feedback.
I simply play and let results speak for themselves.

You will notice if you do this, and simply let the game playout that by the end of 10 games you will feel like you performed as you'd expect. Checking swing info after every pitch skews your perception I believe.

Thanks for all your feedback in this thread El_MaYiMbE. I learned alot about directional hitting!

[jcmreds]

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I've used zone hitting forever, but I tried Directional this year and I've stuck with it for several games now. I don't now how this year's Directional hitting compares to years past, but I like the results I'm getting with it this year.

[PsychoBulk]

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The camera shifts in all directions, up, down, left, right, up on an angle in out and down angle as well.

Unless you turn the camera shift off in the options, as i do