Too many HR's?

[WhiteBunny]

Re: Too many HR's?

Here something that maybe can help our analysis. In particular, take a look at the PCI placement with Panda ( 0:57 ). He hits the ball under the bat and still the ball goes up for a HR. It doesn't make sense at all or i'm missing something ? Also, the first one with Brandon Phillips. Shouldn't be a pop up ? It's a swing in the center of the strikezone and the PCI doesn't touch the ball. It's a Battle Royal game.

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[themoneyteam1212]

Re: Too many HR's?

It's puzzling to me that scea hasn't even came out and said this and the pitcher innings are a problem. No comment on nothing. I won't be buying this game at launch anymore which I'm sure they don't care. It's going to take a patch maybe even two before these two major problems are fixed but at least they could say something about the problems

[countryboy]

Re: Too many HR's?

Here something that maybe can help our analysis. In particular, take a look at the PCI placement with Panda ( 0:57 ). He hits the ball under the bat and still the ball goes up for a HR. It doesn't make sense at all or i'm missing something ? Also, the first one with Brandon Phillips. Shouldn't be a pop up ? It's a swing in the center of the strikezone and the PCI doesn't touch the ball. It's a Battle Royal game.

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On the Panda homerun, it looked to me that the PCI moved to the location of the pitch right before contact was made.

On the Brandon Phillips homerun, I honestly couldn't tell where his swing was in relation to the pitch because there was a hesitation in the video as he was swinging.

[countryboy]

Re: Too many HR's?

It's puzzling to me that scea hasn't even came out and said this and the pitcher innings are a problem. No comment on nothing. I won't be buying this game at launch anymore which I'm sure they don't care. It's going to take a patch maybe even two before these two major problems are fixed but at least they could say something about the problems

I'm sure they are looking into both. But even the posters here on OS can't even come to an agreement as to what is causing both issues.

I and a few others are not seeing the HR issue that others are seeing. And the same thing for the pitcher issue, some people aren't seeing what others are seeing.

[LowerWolf]

Re: Too many HR's?

Just looked at the SP thread. Very strange. I'm only six games in, but I haven't had any issue with HRs and, so far, bullpen usage has been the best its ever been for me.

Edit: Just to clarify, I have no doubt these issues are real. It's just strange that some are experiencing them and some aren't.

[dutchy25]

Re: Too many HR's?

I've been doing some testing on which hitting settings I want to use for my franchise: directional vs. zone.

The amount of HR's I'm hitting while using zone is unbelievable. I hit 9 in one game on All-Star. A lot of these are monster shots too 450+

With directional I haven't seen near the amount of HR's. It's been right around that 1 per game combined for both teams.

Definitely going with directional for my franchise unless zone is turned down a little bit.


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[Jr.]

Re: Too many HR's?

My carryover was in the offseason, and after I transferred I clicked advance to next season and started playing Spring Training.

Okay, just curious. I played a game last night that was more like my games last season. Still a very small sample size for me so I'll keep an eye on it.

[Flaxseed Oil]

Re: Too many HR's?

Seems like, while the physics are good, the ball comes off the bat too hard. Hence the 600 foot homers. I have also check-swung and hit a ball off the wall TWICE. Once with Greg Bird at Wrigley, and once with Chris Carter at Yankee Stadium.


I also hit two homers, 486 feet and 494 feet, with Starlin Castro in the same game on All Star difficulty.

[Blzer]

Re: Too many HR's?

Here something that maybe can help our analysis. In particular, take a look at the PCI placement with Panda ( 0:57 ). He hits the ball under the bat and still the ball goes up for a HR. It doesn't make sense at all or i'm missing something ? Also, the first one with Brandon Phillips. Shouldn't be a pop up ? It's a swing in the center of the strikezone and the PCI doesn't touch the ball. It's a Battle Royal game.

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For multiple reasons, online doesn't look fun at all.

[Will I Am]

Re: Too many HR's?

The way the game is playing now they may as well change the name to "Triple Play 17".

[KTBFFH]

Re: Too many HR's?

I was having the home run issue on veteran and all star difficulties. Switched to dynamic difficulty and have only had one home run since. Came from Bogaerts. Opposite field flair to right. Barely cleared the wall.

Not saying this isn't a placebo or anything, but it seems like the CPU pitchers aren't leaving meat over the plate anymore.

As anyone else seeing decreases in home runs on dynamic difficulty?

[GoDucks1224]

Re: Too many HR's?

Just played a game as the Astros vs Mariners. 6 total homeruns hit. 2 for them, 4 for me. Cano hit a 468 foot shot opposite field out of Minute Maid on a pitch that was a couple inches off the outside part of the plate. The answer a lot of you are providing is 'get good at pitching' but a majority of the homeruns hit against me aren't even bad pitches, really. Yeah, sure, I've got lower rated pitchers giving up some meatballs because of bad control. But both the homeruns the Mariners hit off me were, as most of them against me have been, off the plate. As far the ones I'm hitting off the computer, they're hanging too many pitches. Sliders can't seem to fix that. I've upped their control/consistency and lowered strike frequency, they still hang plenty of meatballs. Hall of fame difficulty.


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[tjhamstar]

Re: Too many HR's?

Just played a game as the Astros vs Mariners. 6 total homeruns hit. 2 for them, 4 for me. Cano hit a 468 foot shot opposite field out of Minute Maid on a pitch that was a couple inches off the outside part of the plate. The answer a lot of you are providing is 'get good at pitching' but a majority of the homeruns hit against me aren't even bad pitches, really. Yeah, sure, I've got lower rated pitchers giving up some meatballs because of bad control. But both the homeruns the Mariners hit off me were, as most of them against me have been, off the plate. As far the ones I'm hitting off the computer, they're hanging too many pitches. Sliders can't seem to fix that. I've upped their control/consistency and lowered strike frequency, they still hang plenty of meatballs. Hall of fame difficulty.


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Get good at pitching, I had McCutchen take me deep twice last night on balls that were literally out of the strike zone off of inside corner of the plate, and these were no doubters. Little ridiculous in my opinion.

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[sandmac]

Re: Too many HR's?

I believe the slugging % factor is overpowering early new season HRs. Hence why a mid season franchise file doesn't have the same issue. The slugging % is leveled off.


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[fanofbaseball]

Re: Too many HR's?

Get good at pitching, I had McCutchen take me deep twice last night on balls that were literally out of the strike zone off of inside corner of the plate, and these were no doubters. Little ridiculous in my opinion.

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While I don't doubt the possibility that you received an unjust result, hitting no doubt home runs on pitches outside the strike zone is not all that rare.

I've given up my share of home runs in this years game, but found them all to be justified as a result of timing issues on the release or bad location/pitch choice. As such I question whether you botched the input mechanism or made a mistake in pitch choice/sequence. For example I gave up a bomb to a left handed hitter with a right handed pitcher. I threw a curve ball down and in which missed the strike zone by a few inches and was taken. I followed it up with the same pitch in the same location, outside the zone, and despite nailing the input the pitch was tattooed. I don't fault the game for that result.

Edit: I wanted to add that I have noticed numerous occurrences of multi-home run games for a hitter, be it CPU or human controlled. I wonder if player quirks play a role in this.