First of all, I'll start by saying I love this game and it plays better (with the right difficulty level and sliders per user preference) than any other The Show iteration. One thing that needs some work is quick counts though. I've loved QC since its inception, but I'm a bit surprised that it hasn't been updated since last year's game in a lot of way. Here's what needs to be done (can a patch do this?):
1) Since we can't choose a new relief pitcher to come in in the middle of an inning before the pitch count is already in place, I think it would make sense that once the new pitcher is brought in, the count refreshes itself to whatever generated count makes sense, instead of staying the same. I know this isn't ideal and would cause people to swap pitchers if the current count is 3-0 or a hitter's count, but it still makes more sense than having a pitcher come in in the middle of an at-bat.
Better yet, it would be great to have rules to choose from during an at-bat. For example, "Replace pitcher after next baserunner allowed" or "Replace pitcher after next batter", etc., which would then allow you to swap in a pitcher before the pitch count gets generated.
2) When the user is batting and the CPU brings in a relief pitcher, it is very hard to suddenly adjust to the pitcher's new delivery and release point without first seeing a pitch or two. Thus, it would be great if every time the CPU brings in a relief pitcher, the QC starts at 0-0 so we can get into the at-bat before being forced to swing with two strikes. I'd even be ok with a 1-1 count. But when the pitcher comes in and it's a high stakes situation and the count is immediately 3-2 or 0-2 without having ever seen the pitcher's delivery, it often leads to a quick out.
Thoughts?
1) Since we can't choose a new relief pitcher to come in in the middle of an inning before the pitch count is already in place, I think it would make sense that once the new pitcher is brought in, the count refreshes itself to whatever generated count makes sense, instead of staying the same. I know this isn't ideal and would cause people to swap pitchers if the current count is 3-0 or a hitter's count, but it still makes more sense than having a pitcher come in in the middle of an at-bat.
Better yet, it would be great to have rules to choose from during an at-bat. For example, "Replace pitcher after next baserunner allowed" or "Replace pitcher after next batter", etc., which would then allow you to swap in a pitcher before the pitch count gets generated.
2) When the user is batting and the CPU brings in a relief pitcher, it is very hard to suddenly adjust to the pitcher's new delivery and release point without first seeing a pitch or two. Thus, it would be great if every time the CPU brings in a relief pitcher, the QC starts at 0-0 so we can get into the at-bat before being forced to swing with two strikes. I'd even be ok with a 1-1 count. But when the pitcher comes in and it's a high stakes situation and the count is immediately 3-2 or 0-2 without having ever seen the pitcher's delivery, it often leads to a quick out.
Thoughts?
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