This game needs a complete fielding overhaul.

[EWRMETS]

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Does anyone else have trouble playing the outfield more than infield? I have an error every 3 games due to difficulty in lining up somewhat routine outfield catches.

[countryboy]

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Please please please get rid of the animation of corner infielders ducking underneath line drives.

Very frustrating.

[HustlinOwl]

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Does anyone else have trouble playing the outfield more than infield? I have an error every 3 games due to difficulty in lining up somewhat routine outfield catches.

no issues here, but play primarily online h2h rated/online franchise

[Comduklakis]

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Does anyone else have trouble playing the outfield more than infield? I have an error every 3 games due to difficulty in lining up somewhat routine outfield catches.

YES. After 100 games I had 11 errors for JD Martinez, 8 for Maybin, and 3 for Upton, in addition to a couple more for backups. The main problem is gliding into the circle. Being unable to control the running speed, I can't glide into the catching zone like they do on auto field. So I get awkward animations as they try to line up. I finally got sick of it and turned on auto field because I couldn't continue to lose games on OF errors. It's a shame because despite the lack of urgency, I enjoy fielding in the IF.

[HighCmpPct]

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Tagging is something I'd really like to see get some attention. They are slow, inaccurate, and rarely if ever allow the momentum of the throw to carry the tag to the runner.

Far far too often a hook slide will beat a tag it shouldn't in this game. There seems to be a bit of a pause from the catch to the tag attempt.

Another smaller issue I have is on manual fielding while diving for balls in the infield. Far too often when you attempt to dive for a harder hit ball especially at third when it's close to the fielder they will do a slow full regular dive and allow the ball to just roll right under them.

After tons of time spent at third I can attest that it's not that difficult to decipher what kind of attempt you should make on the ball. Now I'm not saying you should get them all obviously. But there's a difference in not being able to get a glove or body on a ball, and diving over the top of one because you dove over it.

[mikestanek1]

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The franchise needs some help. It's the same issues year after year. I'm so tired of line drives hitting the pitchers face at 100 mph and he ends up perfectly fine and makes the play or just 6 hard ground balls every game hitting the pitchers leg and stopping right in front on him so he can make the out. This almost never happens in real life.

My worst issue is balls just going right through outfielders. This should never happen. So many issues in the franchise that never get addressed. These are just two

[JBCizzle]

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I scanned the thread quickly but I couldn't agree more with the linedrives off the pitchers Icomputer) resulting in the pitchers regrouping and making the throw, and the pitchers (human) often moving a few steps after picking up a ball instead of immediately throwing it to the base (which I've had my finger on the button since I threw the pitch) resulting in the batter being safe. I've actually lost no-hitters because of this. Multiple.

I also hate the OF RTTS fielding. I've always had a bone to pick with the "bad throw decision" option as who are they to criticize my decision, but my OF has been in the right spot and then somehow the ball drops beside him and I get an error (without even touching the ball, which is not realistic given current baseballl scoring rules).

I like the SS fielding in 2016 (with the exception that I believe a really small percentage of the time we catch a runner stealing).

The one thing I disagree with is the notion that the fielding is the worst aspect of MLB The Show 2016. To me, that is BY FAR the baserunning.

[Mike Lowe]

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Will using auto fielding prevent the balls going through OFs magicially? I'm beyond frustrated w how many additional runs this has cost me.

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[KBLover]

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Will using auto fielding prevent the balls going through OFs magicially? I'm beyond frustrated w how many additional runs this has cost me.

I use auto fielding and haven't seen that ever.

Not sure if that's the cure, but fwiw it's an observation I can make.

[Greencollarbaseball]

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I use auto fielding and I see plays made by my guys that I know would never be made know matter how good I would be at the controls. Players making leaping catches, especially my third baseman, have made me jump out of my seat and pump my fist.
The one type of play that is infuriating is the barehanded attempts on somewhat hard hit choppers by my middle infielders. Pisses me off even more so when the runner is slow and if my fielder happens to make the play, he throws the runner out by 30 feet. There is no need for that animation at times.


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[Bunselpower32]

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This game needs a total overhaul.

Just had two soft grounders go past carpenter at first and he reacted like a laser beam had fired at him.

I think it stems from the fact that the engine basically has threads running all over. The default sliders aren’t great and have things to correct, but if you change one thing to correct a problem, it changes something else, and so on and so on.

But on actual gameplay, balls off the pitcher, balls past the corner fielders, faster cpu fielders than my own, the pop up epidemic that makes this game almost unplayable by itself. I have never seen a ball fouled back to the screen. I’ve tried to adjust sliders all year, still can’t get any consistency to any sort of good games.

Each year they correct something by tweaking then engine, and we’re past the point where those fixes help. It’s like an old car that’s been fixed with mostly third hand parts. Eventually the engine needs to be rebuilt and replaced, otherwise you won’t have any accurate physics or animations, which is basically where we are right now.

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[mikestanek1]

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I don't know much about the people who make these games but it doesn't seem like they know a whole lot about baseball besides the basics. I've watched their live feeds from time to time and they were embarrassing. I think this franchise needs to hire some people who actually know baseball. There are so many issues and areas where the game is lacking that no true baseball enthusiast would ever overlook.

[Steven78]

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I don't know much about the people who make these games but it doesn't seem like they know a whole lot about baseball besides the basics. I've watched their live feeds from time to time and they were embarrassing. I think this franchise needs to hire some people who actually know baseball. There are so many issues and areas where the game is lacking that no true baseball enthusiast would ever overlook.

The worst was when someone brought up the pitchers hand after releasing the ball was open handed and someone from the team actually said thats how its supposed to be as that is how it is in real life.

It was mind boggling.

Also the whole playoff fatigue "working as intended" was another head scratcher.

[HighCmpPct]

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I have never seen a ball fouled back to the screen.

I'm currently working on a slider set based on 0 timing for both user and CPU. Reason I bring this up is in the first game of my latest test session I had this happen quite a few times.

[Bunselpower32]

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I'm currently working on a slider set based on 0 timing for both user and CPU. Reason I bring this up is in the first game of my latest test session I had this happen quite a few times.

I play with human timing at 0. Doesn't lower the frequency of flares or make me foul anything back, for me anyway.

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