MLB The Show 16: Help with analog pitching

[docdaddy]

I am playing a pitcher in RTTS (my normal mode of play in MLB The Show) and I decided to try analog instead of the meter. In general, I like the feel of it better (plus my X button is getting worn out, LOL!) but man, it is HARD to control the cursor to end up on the target circle on the stick-up move! It requires such precision, and for me it is hard to be that exact with such a small range of movement of the stick.

Any tips on this? Would some kind of joystick extender help? I feel like I have to hold the controller EXACTLY the same every pitch, every game to have any muscle memory to help me move the stick exactly right.

Maybe I'm just getting too old for this === stuff.

[90Bamagrad]

Re: MLB The Show 16: Help with analog pitching

I am playing a pitcher in RTTS (my normal mode of play in MLB The Show) and I decided to try analog instead of the meter. In general, I like the feel of it better (plus my X button is getting worn out, LOL!) but man, it is HARD to control the cursor to end up on the target circle on the stick-up move! It requires such precision, and for me it is hard to be that exact with such a small range of movement of the stick.

Any tips on this? Would some kind of joystick extender help? I feel like I have to hold the controller EXACTLY the same every pitch, every game to have any muscle memory to help me move the stick exactly right.

Maybe I'm just getting too old for this === stuff.

Its tied to your control and your control on each pitch. As your control increases the little squiggly lines you see on the up swing go away. Also be smooth and steady with your upswing. You don't have to slam the stick back up. The speed increase from slow and steady to quick and fast with the right stick is very minimum. Using Rondon as my closer I steadily hit 100 to 101 using a slow steady upswing.

[R9NALD9]

Re: MLB The Show 16: Help with analog pitching

Its tied to your control and your control on each pitch. As your control increases the little squiggly lines you see on the up swing go away. Also be smooth and steady with your upswing. You don't have to slam the stick back up. The speed increase from slow and steady to quick and fast with the right stick is very minimum. Using Rondon as my closer I steadily hit 100 to 101 using a slow steady upswing.

Wow great tips! Didn't know upswing had an impact on velocity etc.

I love analogue pitching and the only tip I can give is to really concentrate on the middle point all the way moving the analogue down and then up. If I personally don't my pitches end up all over the place and if you leave a pitch down the middle in this years game you are going to get punished.

[90Bamagrad]

Re: MLB The Show 16: Help with analog pitching

Wow great tips! Didn't know upswing had an impact on velocity etc.

I love analogue pitching and the only tip I can give is to really concentrate on the middle point all the way moving the analogue down and then up. If I personally don't my pitches end up all over the place and if you leave a pitch down the middle in this years game you are going to get punished.

Yea upswing effects velocity and break. For fastballs your not looking at huge increases so I stay steady with those. On breaking pitches if you want one to really bite hard speed up your upswing. If you get the reddish color in the analog pop your looking at your at maximum (speed and/or break). But be careful when you speed up you lose accuracy thats why I only go fast on breaking pitches. If you miss here its usually outside or in the dirt but with fastballs you end up throwing meatballs.

[R9NALD9]

Re: MLB The Show 16: Help with analog pitching

Yea upswing effects velocity and break. For fastballs your not looking at huge increases so I stay steady with those. On breaking pitches if you want one to really bite hard speed up your upswing. If you get the reddish color in the analog pop your looking at your at maximum (speed and/or break). But be careful when you speed up you lose accuracy thats why I only go fast on breaking pitches. If you miss here its usually outside or in the dirt but with fastballs you end up throwing meatballs.

Great thanks man! Definitely helpful tips before I play the Wildcard game Giants vs Cardinals tonight. Massive Bumgarner fan here and the amount of pressure I'm feeling to keep his postseason stats and performances in tact is insane...stressed like crazy and don't even feel like playing it hahahaha.

[90Bamagrad]

Re: MLB The Show 16: Help with analog pitching

Great thanks man! Definitely helpful tips before I play the Wildcard game Giants vs Cardinals tonight. Massive Bumgarner fan here and the amount of pressure I'm feeling to keep his postseason stats and performances in tact is insane...stressed like crazy and don't even feel like playing it hahahaha.

Good luck hope it helped

[R9NALD9]

Re: MLB The Show 16: Help with analog pitching

Good luck hope it helped

Thanks man, well it helped last night. Managed to shut out the Rockies at AT&T. Thanks for all the great tips

[90Bamagrad]

Re: MLB The Show 16: Help with analog pitching

Very nice, congrats on the win

[CBoller1331]

Re: MLB The Show 16: Help with analog pitching

Some times I find it helpful to pull the joystick back in the opposite direction of the side of the plate. So if I want to throw a pitch outside to a righty I'd pull the joystick back slightly to the right. I always try to think of a clock and making sure the joystick goes all the way across. So right down the middle would be 6-->12, outside strike 5-->11, outside edge 4-->10....

Good luck! Although it's hard to get the hang of, analog pitching definitely gives you the most control of your pitches.

[docdaddy]

Re: MLB The Show 16: Help with analog pitching

All good tips. I went back the meter for a couple of games, and it just didn't have the same feel of control analog did. One example: Leadoff batter squares around to bunt after I've started the pitch, and with analog it was pretty easy to adjust the pitch mid-motion.

After just playing with it for a number of games, it is starting to feel a lot better. I actually like the fact that I can't "master" it - i.e. I can't execute a perfect pitch every pitch. With analog, when I leave a ball in the middle of the zone and a good batter hits it out, I usually know exactly what I did, the same way a real life pitcher knows when he releases a hanging curve that he just screwed up. I don't want a system that lets me throw a perfect pitch every pitch, just one that rewards practice and "feels" right. Analog does that for me.

[90Bamagrad]

Re: MLB The Show 16: Help with analog pitching

Some times I find it helpful to pull the joystick back in the opposite direction of the side of the plate. So if I want to throw a pitch outside to a righty I'd pull the joystick back slightly to the right. I always try to think of a clock and making sure the joystick goes all the way across. So right down the middle would be 6-->12, outside strike 5-->11, outside edge 4-->10....

Good luck! Although it's hard to get the hang of, analog pitching definitely gives you the most control of your pitches.

Hmmmm I like that idea. I will have to tinker with that some. I pull straight down but I do rotate my thumb (or try lol) opposite the way I wanna go so I am pushing in that directions.