Directional Hitting

[StatikSelekta]

Why are people allowed to use this as an option in H2H games either in DD or Play Now? It's an absolute joke with the cheap hits and runs I've given up.

It requires absolutely no effort on a players part and is total bush league nonsense. Folks should either have to use Analog or Zone when playing in DD or Play Now.

I haven't played one Zone or Analog user all year. So thank you SDS for giving bonafide scrubs an opportunity to earn absolutely nothing in game.

It should be usable only in RTTS, online and offline franchise, and the game rooms. It has no business in matchmaking competitive play at all.


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[Dangulica]

Re: Directional Hitting

Because you say so?

[StatikSelekta]

Re: Directional Hitting

Because you say so?

It's just a man sharing an opinion, however the reality still is that lets be honest:

Timing masked as directional being allowed in DD and Play Now H2H games is pathetic.

That hitting option should only be allowed in the game rooms, and any of the single player modes plus online/ offline franchise.

[Dangulica]

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So you're basically saying that the average Joe (myself included) should pay full price for the game (because sales are important in keeping MLB the Show going) but if they can't master zone hitting they should be forbidden to enjoy the on-line experience?
I personally don't master zone, I can't hit with zone, I can BARELY hit with timing. But I still buy the game because I enjoy it. Should I be denied on-line head to head and DD because I'm pathetic?

Instead of complaining how about you advance a proposition that may be considered for MLB 17 ? Something along the lines of both users using the same hitting and the host choosing?
If you are hosting, set yours to zone and anyone playing you will use zone. If you join a game with directional, play directional or simply don't join the game.

isn't this something more fair to average Joe?

[riker147]

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I haven't played a lot of on line games this year. Way too many problems for me so far. Anyway, my question to the OP is, how can you tell if someone is using directional? I'm pretty sure I've read that the opponents PCI doesn't show any movement on my (your) screen.

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[trandel]

Re: Directional Hitting

I agree with riker. The PCI location is never shown, so how can you tell what controls they are using?

[ScouserHUN]

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I think Zone-Hitting is far superior to Directional hitting. In fact, players using Directional are in a disadvantage. I'm saying this as someone, who uses Analog or Directional.

[TheWarmWind]

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I'm curious how someone can think directional is more overpowered than analog.

Zone definitely takes the most skill, but it also yields the best results and has a wider timing window.

[elbomberoloco]

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For me directional = foul balls, pop ups and strike outs and a loss
Zone = HR's and more wins than losses...

[sdatkins]

Re: Directional Hitting

Why are people allowed to use this as an option in H2H games either in DD or Play Now? It's an absolute joke with the cheap hits and runs I've given up.

It requires absolutely no effort on a players part and is total bush league nonsense. Folks should either have to use Analog or Zone when playing in DD or Play Now.

I haven't played one Zone or Analog user all year. So thank you SDS for giving bonafide scrubs an opportunity to earn absolutely nothing in game.

It should be usable only in RTTS, online and offline franchise, and the game rooms. It has no business in matchmaking competitive play at all.


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Having used both directional and zone hitting in this years game, zone hitting is actually much easier and rewarding as far as getting hard contact. I played directional for the first two weeks or so and was struggling to get anything going offensively once I got past Rookie + on dynamic difficulty. Switched to zone last night and immediately was getting 10+ hits with multiple extra base hits in the games I played. Directional this year is actually a disadvantage in my opinion.

[Spokker]

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One thing with zone is that I've been hitting solo shots recently but can't really get a rally going. Kind of wierd.

It's all perception and no one is going to sit down and analyze it seriously, but when you're getting good contact and timing and hitting every other ball to the warning track, and your opponent swings at everything and gets home runs on balls out if the zone (even disregarding their PCI) you wonder whats going on.

Nothing worth getting mad over. It's just a video game, but I would prefer zone plays with zone so I feel good about my losses.

[sdatkins]

Re: Directional Hitting

One thing with zone is that I've been hitting solo shots recently but can't really get a rally going. Kind of wierd.

It's all perception and no one is going to sit down and analyze it seriously, but when you're getting good contact and timing and hitting every other ball to the warning track, and your opponent swings at everything and gets home runs on balls out if the zone (even disregarding their PCI) you wonder whats going on.

Nothing worth getting mad over. It's just a video game, but I would prefer zone plays with zone so I feel good about my losses.

Once again, after playing directional I can tell you that hitting a ball out of the zone for a home run is very unlikely. If people are hitting things hard that are out of the zone consistently they are most likely using zone hitting, at least that is the only way I have hit things out of the zone hard. Most things out of the zone, unless barely, with directional hitting result in pop ups/fly outs/weak groundballs/misses, even when getting "Good" timing.

[skrody]

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i havent had more than 4 hits in a head to head game with directional hitting.

even with "good" timing, fastballs down middle the plate, i whiff on - i dont think its as cheese as you think man

[Ghost Of The Year]

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I don't have PSplus so I don't know but, how do you know when someone you are playing is using directional? Do you get a screen prompt or is this more a gut feeling?

[bkrich83]

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I fail to see the advantage directional hitter are at when playing online head to head.