Fielding flyballs should not be this hard

[Padgoi]

Re: Fielding flyballs should not be this hard

Absolutely awful. Just do what they told me to do. It's either auto field (which I have no interest in) or shelve it until they fix this mess.

Haven't played in a few days but Man Alive what a mess!!!!!!
I would gladly go back to the crappiness before the last patch. The games in complete shambles now.

All of these happened in the same game. It's hard to tell by the video but in the first 2 videos my player locks on and can't move over to get the ball and then the 3rd video he just lets it hit him in the chest.

I reaaaaallllly don't want to play auto fielding but I can't go on like this.



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[tabarnes19_SDS]

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I'm really struggling with fielding. 2 or 3 errors a game. This just cost me huge.

https://twitter.com/tabarnes19/status/1252049123005599744?s=09

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[nemesis04]

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I'm really struggling with fielding. 2 or 3 errors a game. This just cost me huge.

https://twitter.com/tabarnes19/status/1252049123005599744?s=09

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You are really struggling this year with this.

[tabarnes19_SDS]

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You are really struggling this year with this.

I know....not sure if I'm over thinking now or what. I NEVER had trouble fielding..

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[nemesis04]

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I know....not sure if I'm over thinking now or what. I NEVER had trouble fielding..

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I get them here and there but not to this extent. I have been able to navigate them and the system is heavily dependent on what it feels is the correct path to the ball which currently has an extremely strict tolerance. Anything erratic in approach is a guaranteed miss. It’s needs a lot of work.

[Grnngld]

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A fun compilation of these fielding issues from Reddit with appropriate music.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MLBTheShow/...a_compilation/

[nemesis04]

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A fun compilation of these fielding issues from Reddit with appropriate music.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MLBTheShow/...a_compilation/

The Benny Hill music is always perfect for these. Loved the clip insert from the developer stream.

[Woopdidoo]

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I finally made the switch to auto defense yesterday. Never really thought about it before until I read about it on here about a month ago. Always seemed a bit cheap. But enough was enough. The defensive mistakes had nothing to do with my skill or the players skill. If the ai makes a mistake it’ll be more realistic.

[HollaMV7]

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I finally made the switch to auto defense yesterday. Never really thought about it before until I read about it on here about a month ago. Always seemed a bit cheap. But enough was enough. The defensive mistakes had nothing to do with my skill or the players skill. If the ai makes a mistake it’ll be more realistic.

I switched to Auto about a week ago and it’s great since now my team fields like the CPU and makes all the diving plays and what not. Evens the playing field and don’t have to deal with the broken fielding system.

[HollaMV7]

Re: Fielding flyballs should not be this hard

A fun compilation of these fielding issues from Reddit with appropriate music.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MLBTheShow/...a_compilation/

Hahaha that’s great.

[thekidisback]

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Here are some of my uploads and frustrating moments. Thanks cujomatty for the tip.



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My OF could not pick up the ball and when he finally did, he wouldn't throw and it lead to an inside the park homerun.


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My 1st baseman bolts into the OF for some reason. I play on manual fielding and had no control over him.



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SS doesn't seem to want to make a play on the ball.

[CujoMatty]

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Here are some of my uploads and frustrating moments. How do you embed them here?

https://youtu.be/vM3p0DogU-Q

My OF could not pick up the ball and when he finally did, he wouldn't throw and it lead to an inside the park homerun.

https://youtu.be/8-lC0GNVpcQ

My 1st baseman bolts into the OF for some reason. I play on manual fielding and had no control over him.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miNyQiaGK5w


SS doesn't seem to want to make a play on the ball.

When you go to the share option in YouTube copy the embed code option and just paste it in the text box when you post on here.

[stealyerface]

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I am beginning to suspect that there is something to these issues that are ballpark-based.

I play most of my games at Fenway at the beginning of the year, as I like to learn the angles and get ready for the season. As a result, I hadn't been "dismissive" of a lot of these problems that people are reporting, but as stated in earlier posts, I had not been inundated with flyball/fielding issues.

Uh, yeah.

I played a game at the Trop against the Rays, and I had an instance where Pillar made it to the animation trigger area for making the catch, and he did actually catch the ball in foul territory, but the landing circle for the ball, was in the stands. As in, the catch circle was at least ten feet away contextually, and Pillar was in the animation for the catching the lazy flyball...

Later in the game, an easy fly ball to JD in left field, and he was literally camped under the ball for a good three to four seconds. In the replay, you could see he was "int eh animation" as he teleported sideways a foot or two, which lets you see that the animation zone has been entered. He stared up at the ball, and then just absolutely missed the catch. Mind you, he was under the ball, and set up for the catch for seconds, as the high fly ball was up in the air...

So, I am wondering if the disparity between folks seeing issues, and having these fly-ball problems, but some folks not reporting "as big" an issue, and yet others saying that there is nothing wrong, stem from playing in different parks.

Is it possible that indoor stadiums, roofed stadiums, and open outdoor parks have more or less fielding issues, as a result? This could certainly explain the differences of opinion as to how bad this issue really is.

I can play five games in Fenway, and never have an outfielder problem. No issues, perfect lock-ons, and no errors.

But then I go to Tampa, and I played a game up in Toronto, and had major issues that I had never run into outside in Boston.

I have fixed my analog fielding issue, for the time being, by turning off the Meter, and adjusting the infield error slider up to two. I hit the practice field the other day, and there is ABSOLUTELY no rhyme or reason to the throws to first, and the errors. Fielder positioning, stepping towards the target with the L stick... it is a flip of the coin, yellow throw or green. Until they fix this, or explain how it works, I'll just throw with no Meter.

These fielding issues, plus the "Fielder won't pick up the ball" problem have really started to pile up for me lately, but again, only after I left Fenway.

I am wondering if some of the guys that are really struggling with the outfielder error problems would be willing to play a three game test set in Fenway, and see if the issues are less, more, or the same?

It would be interesting to see what other folks determine, compared to where the bulk of their problems are coming from, based on game locales.

Thoughts?
~syf

[countryboy]

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I don't think its ballpark based.

I played 2 games in the Trop this year without issue and I've played in several stadiums that have been shown in videos without seeing an issue.

I'm not sure what the culprit is, but I don't believe that it is related to ballparks.

[Baseball Purist]

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I switched to Auto about a week ago and it’s great since now my team fields like the CPU and makes all the diving plays and what not. Evens the playing field and don’t have to deal with the broken fielding system.

Made the switch this morning to auto fielding after yet another fielding disaster, and I probably will not look back. Early returns looked promising, and it was pleasant to see my defense look competent in the later innings.