MLB The Show 18 Patch 1.10 Available, Patch Notes Here

[KBLover]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Working through a game myself now between down time with work.

So far, no real changes.

Still hit some liners and such, K's not higher on either side. Just gave up a 2-run HR with Price. Tied 3-3 through 3 so far.

I'm playing Directional/Classic on Legend (modified).

Auto Field/Buttons No Meter throwing

Auto Baserunning

[KnightTemplar]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Thanks for actual feedback/impressions.

Very much appreciated.

I know its one game and small sample size but did you experience any drastic differences in hitting after this patch?

Well PLACEBO in the first inning....single, line drive single to center (however the CF had to charge way in and short hopped it and forced my runner at second, double, and all my outs were hard hit line drives, but after that....it was back to normal.

[countryboy]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Working through a game myself now between down time with work.

So far, no real changes.

Still hit some liners and such, K's not higher on either side. Just gave up a 2-run HR with Price. Tied 3-3 through 3 so far.

I'm playing Directional/Classic on Legend (modified).

Auto Field/Buttons No Meter throwing

Auto Baserunning

Well PLACEBO in the first inning....single, line drive single to center (however the CF had to charge way in and short hopped it and forced my runner at second, double, and all my outs were hard hit line drives, but after that....it was back to normal.

Thank you both for the feedback.

[bigmike0077]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Is there still rocket bunts?

[KnightTemplar]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Is there still rocket bunts?

Yep. Just played an exhibition game and bunted with every batter and it didn't matter what I did, and I tried every strategy, rocket bunt to third, rocket bunt to first. They have made it incredibly hard to lay down a bunt that is anything but hard.

It appears that fixing on line cheesers has made bunts an after thought for us off line. IT SHOULD NOT BE THIS HARD TO LAY DOWN A BUNT, but........it's the way it is.

[tessl]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

I do love the detailed patch notes. But even with that, I don't know exactly what to think of this. I dont really think they have franchise players in mind with this, just based on some of the explanation of why they are doing this. It could be great for zone hitters, or not so great for Franchise players...or both... we shall see...

For now im climbing out on the roof with my cable cutters out to ensure my PS4 doesn't download this patch until I get plenty more feedback.

SDS should do what the NHL game does. Bug fixes are universal downloads. Gameplay patches are listed individually for users to choose from.

The don't do a very good job of explaining the impact on various modes. I use manage mode and they always said difficulty doesn't matter in MOM but now they say PCI changes depending of difficulty.

[nomo17k]

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Question: is online DD pitching speed really as bad as people are claiming that it is?

I only hit in my offline RTTS games where my Fastball slider speed is at a 9. I guess I could bump it up to a 10 but I would like to have that extra fraction of a second to decide if the pitch is in the strike zone or should I lay off. Most of my RTTS hitting exposure is with my AAA player (which means he should be hitting at the All Star difficulty level) and my AA player (meaning he should be hitting at Veteran). But I do have two SP RTTS players who have made it to the MLB who also get to hit (meaning I should be hitting at the HoF difficulty with them). Neither one of my SP pitchers is hitting above .200, but they are pitchers. But even with them I can handle the speeds of the MLB pitchers. But I keep reading about people wanting SDS to make pitch speeds faster and to me pitch speeds are fine as they are. So is it really that much slower in online DD play?

PS: I am also using the Directional hitting interface so all this talk of the PCI should have little to no effect on my game play.

Online, pitch speed is slow and PCI is fairly big at default, so players with some hitting skills do not strike out much. (I for one roughly walks twice more than I strike out... and drawing walks in the game, especially online, is pretty difficult with many gamers not throwing enough pitches outside the strike zone).

I don't know how the devs can make it even less sim than it already is.

The Show is really going down hill... it's really sad to me but I cannot help but laugh at this point.

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Played a full game this morning in my Yankees franchise.

Game played as well as ever. I noticed nothing with hitting being altered in any way. I struck out 10 times in this game and walked 4 times. Tillman's change-up had me off balance. Judge came up 0-3 with a hat trick and then I hit an absolute bomb.

Won 6-2 with Hellickson tossing a CG. He K'd 5 and walked 2.

Managed 4 dingers (it's the Yankees). Game was smooth as butter.

[HypoLuxa13]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

Played a couple games this morning in my franchise.

Batting -I did seem to strike out a little more than usual (in a good way, normally I strike out 0-3 times per game). I think I struck out 5 times the first game, and 6 in the next. Most were on quality pitches right on the edge or out of the strikezone, good "pitcher's pitches". Hits and quality of hits seem the same. Maybe placebo since the edge of the PCI changes were mentioned in the patch notes, but so far no changes in any bad way that I can notice.

Pitching - Did not notice increased strikeouts by the CPU batters. Nor did I notice anything different in terms of CPU hits/hit quality.

Zone/All Star+ hitting (dynamic locked), Pulse/Hall of Fame pitching.

[wanzalla13]

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So from what I've seen from posts so far, this latest patch does not seem have a negative effect on offline franchise play. Good to see

[shanice73]

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The game plays as better than ever for me in my franchise. Every patch so far has improved this incredible game and 1.10 is no exception. Simply put the best baseball game I have ever played just got even better. Very happy.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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Well game looks and plays as great as ever for me in my franchise. To me every patch so far has improved this great game and 1.10 is no exception. GThe best baseball game I have ever played just got even better. Very happy.

Good to hear. What have you noticed that made it even better?

[TheWarmWind]

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Yeah I managed to squeeze a game in this morning. The only change I noticed was that fielders didn't seem as snappy to respond as they were in 1.09. That was a sample size of 1 though and there were a lot of solid grounders that game so take it with a grain of salt.

[Scooter3]

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Is there still rocket bunts?

This is what I do to counter the rocket bunt. As the pitch is coming in I let off on the button you have to time it perfectly but the bat is moving in the same direction as the ball which takes away the impact

[DJ]

Re: Patch 1.10 tomorrow

First time playing in nearly a week (work trip) and the game played fine for me. I struck out more than usual, but that was due to the CPU pitcher (Walker - Ariz) having a great night (splitter was nasty) and my timing being a little off due to not playing in a bit. I was rewarded the times I squared the ball up, so nothing felt different in that respect. Fielding looked and performed smoothly (auto field).