Thoughts on a "Wear It" Feature?

[MrSerendipity]

There have been many times where in late innings, down by a run or two, I've had a player jump out of the way of a ball that would hit him. I was thinking it would be cool (as a smaller immersion feature) to be able to press L1 or something like that at the plate, much like a swing, to force the player to turn his shoulder and wear the pitch. Given this is something that happens IRL all of the time, I think it would be an awesome small feature to push immersion even more. Any thoughts on this?

PS. Before the "bigger issues" posts come flooding in, I'm not suggesting this in place of more serious updates to future iterations of the game.

[BlacknBlue]

Re: Thoughts on a "Wear It" Feature?

I often see my players dodge a ball that might clip them on the elbow guard or foot and I'm like, just take one for the team and get on base!

I wonder if you try and check swing early enough during those instances if you can break the bailout animation and lock into the check swing animation and just wear one that way.

[countryboy]

Re: Thoughts on a "Wear It" Feature?

I often see my players dodge a ball that might clip them on the elbow guard or foot and I'm like, just take one for the team and get on base!

I wonder if you try and check swing early enough during those instances if you can break the bailout animation and lock into the check swing animation and just wear one that way.

You can as I've done that many times.

[BlacknBlue]

Re: Thoughts on a "Wear It" Feature?

It won’t be a feature because it’s against MLB rules. They rarely enforce it, but the rule says you have to attempt to get out of the way.


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The rules say you are not allowed to throw at a batter, but the video game allows that.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

Re: Thoughts on a "Wear It" Feature?

It won’t be a feature because it’s against MLB rules. They rarely enforce it, but the rule says you have to attempt to get out of the way.


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Beaning players in the head is against the rules too but it can be done. Might get your pitcher tossed but you can do it. Lol. But i agree with you i dont think this will ever be a feature. There would also be no incentive to get out of the way like in real life. I think a feature like this would be difficult to get right, although the idea is cool.

Besides, there are bigger issues that need to be addressed. There are more serious updates that need to be made to future iterations of the game....




(That last paragraph is a joke)

[BlacknBlue]

Re: Thoughts on a "Wear It" Feature?

It’s actually harder to hit a guy in the game than it is in real life. I’m sure if they could limit it any more, they would. But throwing a pitch is sort of essential in a baseball game. A button that makes your hitter take a pitch in the back is not.


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How about a bail out button then? If I see an inside pitch I should be able to press a button to protect my player from injury of being hit by a ball. If I don't press that button I deal with the consequences of maybe just getting my base, or taking a temporary ratings hit from the spot of the bruise/injury, to being lost for the game or longer with an injury.

[kaptainkarl76]

Re: Thoughts on a "Wear It" Feature?

Earlier versions of The Show allowed you to aim your cursor right at the batters head..I remember firing a fastball at Derek Jeter's dome and it put him on the DL for a couple of months..

[KBLover]

Re: Thoughts on a "Wear It" Feature?

The rules say you are not allowed to throw at a batter, but the video game allows that.

Actually you can be ejected for it.

I did that once after their pitcher hit my slugger in the back of the neck. So I hit their guy and got ejected.

And I really think there should be a "Biggio rating" (i.e. a HBP tendency) that governs this. Some guys "have a knack" for getting hit by pitches.

[HypoLuxa13]

Re: Thoughts on a "Wear It" Feature?

Actually you can be ejected for it.

I did that once after their pitcher hit my slugger in the back of the neck. So I hit their guy and got ejected.

In older versions of The Show, you had to hit about 7 or 8 guys in a row to get ejected (yes, I tried this to see what would happen. ). Matty V. would be saying something like "This is ridiculous, get this guy outta there".

I believe I saw in a game at some point in MLB 18 that the umpires will actually issue warnings now. So ejections likely come much quicker.

[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

Re: Thoughts on a "Wear It" Feature?

In older versions of The Show, you had to hit about 7 or 8 guys in a row to get ejected (yes, I tried this to see what would happen. ). Matty V. would be saying something like "This is ridiculous, get this guy outta there".

I believe I saw in a game at some point in MLB 18 that the umpires will actually issue warnings now. So ejections likely come much quicker.

Yeah its not just 18. Last year i threw behind a guy and they warned both benches. The benches werent happy. I then clipped him with a pitch and got tossed immediately.