Did SCEA ruin hitting by accident with latest patch?

[Bat]

Re: Did SCEA ruin hitting by accident with latest patch?

Something seems different. I was having no issue with hitting before and now have played 5-6 games on HOF (no sliders, zone, analog, stride) since the patch and can't get more than 5-6 hits, and those are dinkers. Haven't scored more than 3 runs in any of the games.

I have payed attention to my contact and my timing is fine and lining it up. Just not getting any results.

I understand it is a small sample size, but no other real reason for such a decline in my play. I may be wrong, but it feels different.

[CujoMatty]

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I play HOF pure analog zone hitting with stride and am getting consisyent hitting numbers with appropriate extra base hits. The only thing that changed is im not getting 3 or 4 homers again which is exactly what the patch was supposed to do so im happy.

I definetly think the bat sound is messing with my perception of solid contact and agree that it is probably a little at fault with other people as well.

[TGov]

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I had a really nice hitting game earlier today. I also haven't played much since the patch but I wouldn't say the opposing team is not hitting enough as they are, for me at least.
This year's game I've seen a lot of inconsistency, and I mean that in a good way. Sometimes your on, sometimes your not.

If you take anything from what I'm saying, take this...
ADJUST.

Adjust how you hit especially. You gotta find a way to beat the system, system being your opponent. This isn't the old throw ball, hit ball game of the past. Your opponent has a brain now and are trying to beat you as well.
And sometimes your not going to win, cold streaks happen and happen to the whole team as well as individual players.

End.

[Greencollarbaseball]

Re: Did SCEA ruin hitting by accident with latest patch?

In my two games post patch. Both franchise.
Game 1
Oakland. 7| 11| 0 2B: 2 HR: 5
New York. 1| 4| 0.

Game 2
Oakland 0| 0| 0
Cleveland 3| 9| 1

Two wildly different outcomes with tons of hit varieties, well not for me in that second game, but you get my point.


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And for game 3
Oakland 5| 12| 0. 2B: 1, HR:1
Cleveland 10| 16| 0. 2B: 3, 3B: 2, HR: 2

I've personally seen enough variety to believe it's all still there. I have no doubts some of you guys feel that it's different, so I think I'm checking out of these threads before I start to see it too.

And after playing a game last night with head phones on, I definitely hear the bat sound and I think that plays into the feeling that balls aren't being hit as hard. The sound reminds me of hitting one of those spongy safe-T balls.


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[cardinalbird5]

Did SCEA ruin hitting by accident with latest patch?

The thing is offline guys can tune it to however they want. Online...we are confined to one set of sliders. The hitting needed to be tuned down. Every game was ridiculously high scoring and I was hitting 440 in over 100 games.

I have not tested patch yet online so I do not know what exactly it has done. But pre patch I was not playing baseball. Most of the homeruns were opposite field and alot of those were from pitches middle in.


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[underdog13]

Re: Did SCEA ruin hitting by accident with latest patch?

The thing is offline guys can tune it to however they want. Online...we are confined to one set of sliders. The hitting needed to be tuned down. Every game was ridiculously high scoring and I was hitting 440 in over 100 games.

I have not tested patch yet online so I do not know what exactly it has done. But pre patch I was not playing baseball. Most of the homeruns were opposite field and alot of those were from pitches middle in.


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Yeah this is what many people overlook. Sure the issue could've been fixed with sliders offline, but online we we're stuck with inflated hitting.

[Armor and Sword]

Did SCEA ruin hitting by accident with latest patch?

Hitting is as good or better than it was out of the box. Ball physics are still incredible.

That bat sound is truly warping perception I am telling you.

Games have been fantastic post post patch. Once the sound is fixed you will see.

Sound can do great things to brain receptor perception.

My hit variety is amazing. But you would never know I scorched a liner or a triple into the gap with the current ball off the bat audio bug.

Folks sit tight. A fix is coming and you will notice the difference big time.


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[videobastard]

Re: Did SCEA ruin hitting by accident with latest patch?

The developers did not ruin hitting by accident, just the sound of the bat. As far as online when your facing the great high rated pitchers with an opponent that is skilled, the power button swing has more meaning again. Before the patch i could regular swing home runs with ease at any given time. After the patch i have had two come from behind wins utilizing the power button late in the game learning from how my opponent pitches. Had i just kept regular swinging on every pitch i would of lost both games.

I have seen more double opportunities, and more robbing a home run opportunities after the patch online. But i have also seen the usual hits straight to a fielder type games, high scoring games when a pitchers confidence is low the home runs are easier to come by. The confidence of the pitcher plays a big part with the consecutive home run chances. That is still there if your opponent keeps pitching to the same locations with a low confidence meter.

Knowing that the batting sound will be corrected, more attention to correcting the freezing by finding out what causes them and the slow catcher reactions to speedy base runner ratio should be the focus for online play.

[CardsNation8412]

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Hitting is as good or better than it was out of the box. Ball physics are still incredible.

That bat sound is truly warping perception I am telling you.

Games have been fantastic post post patch. Once the sound is fixed you will see.

Sound can do great things to brain receptor perception.

My hit variety is amazing. But you would never know I scorched a liner or a triple into the gap with the current ball off the bat audio bug.

Folks sit tight. A fix is coming and you will notice the difference big time.


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I agree I think most if not all is perception of hits do to the sound bug. I'm glad it was identified and confirmed a future patch. The sound was not a game killer by any means just a minor annoyance and of course the perception that hits were not very powerful.


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[cas850]

Re: Did SCEA ruin hitting by accident with latest patch?

If anything they greatly improved hitting. Homerun distances have come down an average of 15% in my games and I have a good sample size since the patch.

The changes go for the CPU too b/c now every player can't hit garbage in the dirt like Mike Trout or Vladmir Guerrero.

I hope they don't bow to reactionary crybabies social media telling them they "ruined the game" and all other kinds of nonsense and change it back.

[TripleCrown]

Re: Did SCEA ruin hitting by accident with latest patch?

If anything they greatly improved hitting. Homerun distances have come down an average of 15% in my games and I have a good sample size since the patch.



The changes go for the CPU too b/c now every player can't hit garbage in the dirt like Mike Trout or Vladmir Guerrero.



I hope they don't bow to reactionary crybabies social media telling them they "ruined the game" and all other kinds of nonsense and change it back.

It's encouraging. Curious what sliders you use and what difficulty level?

[raneman85]

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No not at all. I'm a bit of an odd player. I hit better on HOF than All-Star. I believe because the PCI is smaller and I focus better. Hitting is still cool but anything that plays with the mind will effect hitting.

[cas850]

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It's encouraging. Curious what sliders you use and what difficulty level?

Been playing mostly default Legend on Conquest mode lately but my opinion applies across the board. I just feel in general that the batting is more fair now. You're still going to punish mistakes, but now both good pitching and patient hitting is rewarded and encouraged by the new performance.