MLB The Show 18: What Is and Isn't Working With Gameplay

[Minookacubfan73]

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What's not working for me is RTTS. I made myself a left handed 2nd baseman. After maybe three weeks of time I was bumped to DH in lieu of another player. I was hitting over 400 at the time and had a few errors, but nothing extreme. Went with the Wizard archetype so decent fielder but my player would inexplicably drop easier plays. Now I am being tried out in left field. So what was the point of picking my position only to be moved a month into my career.

[Blzer]

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forme95

Are you saying that when I bunt and it shoots all the way to the 1st basemen or 3rd basemen. It's stuck that way for those of us who play offline?

The real question is: why don't they look at the inherent problem that something else must be broken then? Wouldn't the MLB just cheese real life if it were that simple to win a division and championship?

[VinceJulien14]

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In about 25 games so far (all against computer). They haven’t once done a suicide squeeze against me, and there’s been plenty of opportunities. I’ve had very few errors/computer has had virtually none. And this “comeback code” I’ve been reading about hasn’t been in my games, I just finished a 1 hitter shutout. I’m baffled by the different experiences going on, and like CujoMatty said above, I hope they don’t change anything.


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[jeffy777]

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Man, the writer of this article and I are having a very different experience. My errors are in no way too many, and fielders are not slow to react to them. I, in fact, have errors turned up a notch, and I am loving it so far. I mean finally! The CPU actually makes errors more then twice a season!

And balls hitting the pitcher? I've had it happen 3 times. Twice of the cleats/insole, on of them hard. On the hard one the trainer popped out of the dugout, but the pitcher immediately waved him off and appeared fine.

The third time my pitcher got drilled in the calf. He had to leave the game with a bruise, and was listed as inured for 3 days. I did have the option to leave him in, and I also got to play him while he was injured (he pitched on day 2 of the injury for an inning).

Still have that legacy issue with relievers coming in with energy missing even when they were full (and no, I'm not warming them up too long), and I've still seen the unnecessary crow hop, though far less then last year (thank goodness). Overall though, easily the best on the field game the Show has made. I wish I could say the same for off the field...

Same here. I'm seeing a good balance as it is now, so I really hope they don't change much of anything.

[mdiggitydawg]

Wondering if the problem remains when a pitcher is injured and you bring in a reliever, they only get the 8 pitches to warm up thus being cold on the mound?

[Blzer]

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Wondering if the problem remains when a pitcher is injured and you bring in a reliever, they only get the 8 pitches to warm up thus being cold on the mound?

I asked this a couple of years ago. Posters said that even if the screen says that upon warming up, he will enter the game fully ready to go.

[dubplate]

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Fielding has some expanded issues upon what was already mentioned.

Turning the double play with the second baseman, sometimes the power on the throw is non existent. Even when the runner isn't near you to break up the play, the 2nd baseman will not get enough power on the throw to get the second out.

Shortstop doesn't have that issue, it's really just the second baseman lobbing the ball to first.


Also, pitchers covering first on a grounder. I can understand Billy Hamilton flying down the line and beating a pitcher. But I had Yadier Molina beat Jacob DeGrom down the line because the pitcher never made a move to first.

They're too slow off the mound to cover the bag, and you need to hope your 1st baseman can make it back. Considering this is the most basic thing they teach pitchers with fielding, it's annoying to see in the game.

I’ve also seen an issue pop up twice now with a man on 1st the SS fields a ball going toward second and instead of throwing or stepping on 2b he holds onto the ball until both runners have reached base, then he throws or runs toward 2b.

[dubplate]

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games vs CPU are pretty scripted , even more so than last year. If you are in the lead by 1-3 runs, the CPU will always make a comeback in late innings no matter how weak they were the whole game, no matter how many pitches you give them NOT to hit. Goes the other way too. If I am down by a couple , there will always be a convenient error or two by the cpu to help me comeback. I'd rather lose than have that nonsense

I’m seeing an issue where in the majority of my games my pitcher falls apart in the 6th inning no matter how well he’s done in prior innings.

[Shadymamba]

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oh yeah! pitchers being hit! - i've lost so many singles due to that like geeze.

however once i got used to the PCI wow what a difference in regards to directional.

[King Gro23]

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I'm not a fan of removing the errors , its baseball and happens. Don't want to make it too solid to where its a scripted out.

- the hits that strike pitchers are far too often. I have like 2-3 a game. Off arms, heads, backs

Its bad

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[kac]

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I've noticed quite a few times the cpu gets a hit and for example my cf will pick it up off a normal bounce and the runner stretches it into a double while my fielder takes his time throwing it back in.

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[Jimmydm90]

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I think some kind of pitcher self preservation AI is needed, especially on line drives. More often then not in real life a pitcher's first instinct is going to be to olay or gallop out of the way of a 90 mile an hour baseball.

Obviously SDS agrees that the frequency with which pitchers are hit by balls is too high because they've decided to treat the symptom (Pitchers not being taken out of the game when hit) rather than the problem.

This needs to be one of their top animation/AI focuses for MLB the Show 19 as it's been a problem for too long.

[Swede_1954]

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Errors were nonexistent in the past. I don't want them dumbed down too much. I have them turned up because fielders in the 60s should suck.

Except for Brooks Robinson...and overall adjustments could harm the best glove EVER at 3B.

[casperthegm]

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I'm new to the game, playing Franchise mode. I've had many instances where an opposing hitter swings at a strike 3 pitch in the dirt and my catcher grabs it but just stands there, holding the ball, rather than throw down to first.

I normally let the AI handle the defense for me, so if I should be doing something in that situation, I'm not sure what. I button mashed each time but nothing made the catcher throw to first. Anyone else run into this? Or is it me, being a newbie and missing something obvious?

[Blzer]

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I don't mind more errors at all. I welcome it, in fact. Makes for a more exciting game.

The only two problems are: 1) they are on the most routine of plays (and I know that happens, but I'm just not convinced the game has anything in there that determines the play's difficulty as a part of the reason for the error is all); 2) not all of them are scored as errors, and a lot of them are undeserved hits... I'd much rather take the error as it should be.