Re: MLB '17 v1.08 Patch Released

[kric9132]

Re: MLB '17 v1.08 Patch Released

It has gotten better for me but it is still an issue. Esp during crucial times

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[wanzalla13]

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I'm just now experiencing the "quick manager hook"

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[redsfan4life]

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This is the worst MLB in years. Hitting just does not make much sense. They reward just late contact more than any other type and that makes no sense. It's just a game of RNG right now. Which person will have more or their good timing hits go foul. Great game. Never thought I'd say this but Madden is a superior game to MLB right now. What planet is this again?

[Mercury112491]

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Right on. Just tested it and answered my own question by hitting two HRs in the first few innings, as well as a couple other hard hit singles.

Anyone who wants more offense or thinks the patch ruined the hitting, just simply increase the Solid Hits slider one notch. Makes a big difference.

Unless of course you play online. Then you're SOL


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[rspencer86]

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In my opinion, ratings should be put into action based on the SIZE of the PCI. So if you're hitting with Mike Trout, the PCI should be larger whereas if you're hitting with Darvish, the PCI should be microscopic. This in itself should (in theory) regulate batting averages and power. Say someone like Didi Gregorious is up (who hits for good average but has below average power), maybe his PCI would be LONGER and THINNER so it's easier to punch singles and extra base hits, but not so much homers. And for someone like Joey Gallo who hits for nothing but power, his PCI could be MUCH shorter (like a circle), so if you square up a pitch, it could go a long way, however if you aren't right on it, odds are you're not doing much with it. Likewise, if you're hitting with someone like Trout, it could be Long and Thick so he can punch singles but also has a higher likelihood of hitting homers.

That's how I feel PCI should be implemented instead of the CPU literally controlling where the ball goes based on ratings. Just seems that would put more control into the users hands and out of the CPU's control, thus making us feel like we earned wins rather than . . . not?

This is absolutely how it should work. Then they could get rid of the frustration of squaring up a ball and it going nowhere, or missing completely and getting a solid hit. That just doesn't make any sense to me.

This idea makes ratings matter, but also gives the user control over the outcome. Best of both worlds.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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I'm using quick counts and notice that I can no longer sit relievers down after I start the warm up or schedule to bring them in the game after the last patch.

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[rjackson]

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This PCI issue has been in the game for YEARS. And every year, someone points it out, to which the developers say that the PCI is NOT a bat, it is an AREA (or, as they like to call it, a ZONE - hence ZONE HITTING). So if you square up a pitch with the PCI, it only increases the likelihood of actually hitting the barrel of the bat. However if you're batting with someone like Yu Darvish who isn't a good hitter, even if you square up a pitch, the likelihood he's going to hit it hard is low because . . . THAT'S WHERE RATINGS COME INTO PLAY! Ratings have to have some kind of effect and SCEA thought it would be better to have ratings come into play by controlling the result of contact regardless of whether it was solid or not. And this is where I (and clearly many others) disagree.

In my opinion, ratings should be put into action based on the SIZE of the PCI. So if you're hitting with Mike Trout, the PCI should be larger whereas if you're hitting with Darvish, the PCI should be microscopic. This in itself should (in theory) regulate batting averages and power. Say someone like Didi Gregorious is up (who hits for good average but has below average power), maybe his PCI would be LONGER and THINNER so it's easier to punch singles and extra base hits, but not so much homers. And for someone like Joey Gallo who hits for nothing but power, his PCI could be MUCH shorter (like a circle), so if you square up a pitch, it could go a long way, however if you aren't right on it, odds are you're not doing much with it. Likewise, if you're hitting with someone like Trout, it could be Long and Thick so he can punch singles but also has a higher likelihood of hitting homers.

That's how I feel PCI should be implemented instead of the CPU literally controlling where the ball goes based on ratings. Just seems that would put more control into the users hands and out of the CPU's control, thus making us feel like we earned wins rather than . . . not?

Good post Padgoi. You poignantly describe what is going on. I could definitely see what you described being an option.


Ratings already affect the size of the PCI although, like you said, it is just a visual representation of the ratings. So, making it more actual and in players' hands...I just feel that it would cause different kinds of issues. It would become more arcade-like and I feel that most of the PCI's would have to be shrunken a lot to still get grounders/fly-outs and maybe lots of strike-outs would result. Hitting is already hard in this game. I'm not so sure this is a good solution.

[bcruise]

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Geez. If this hit chart is any indication clearly not everyone is having trouble hitting in this patch:



Team I was playing was stacked diamonds, but that's still a lot of (hard) hits on the strikezone edges. There's a homer hidden behind that top edge 2B, btw.

Not even mad that I lost, seeing as my team was completely overmatched. Just surprised at some of those hits (and the number of them). I don't really want hitting to be easier than this.

[bravesfan1984]

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New patch coming in the morning

[manny2012]

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New patch coming in the morning

How do you know this?

[countryboy]

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How do you know this?

On 6/22 SDS stated there would be a new patch coming. and then v1.09 was released on 6/23.

http://forums.operationsports.com/forums/mlb-show/910745-mlb-show-17-patch-1-09-available-now-patch-notes-included.html

[Culture Rot]

Re: MLB '17 v1.08 Patch Released

SCEA: Please please remove the nerfing that was done to hitting. this could be the last chance to save the hitting gameplay via patch this year