Best Hitting Interface

[thesportsartist]

What is the best hitting interface ? I feel like zone is scuffed unless you have the PCI right on the ball. Directional I feel like the contact is always weak with it. Timing I feel there is so much swing and miss regrdelss of the timing. Anyone know which interface is the best? What wouldd be the most effective for hitting with power. I DONT move the PCI

[Syce]

Re: Best Hitting Interface

Zone hitting is the gold standard.

[thesportsartist]

Re: Best Hitting Interface

Zone hitting is the gold standard.

I should have clarfied. I dont move the PCI. However so far this year i feel like there is little to no power hitting. Im using the Yankees and hit almost no home runs. I like the idea of directional cause i can infleucne the ball. Zone i DONT move the PCI and timing i like the idea of just the timing influencing what happens. However, if I dont move the PCI (only to guess the pitch pre pitch) is PCI still the best? Overall I feel like power when using directional or timing is very minimal

[Caulfield]

Re: Best Hitting Interface

for my personal preference it's directional/timing. sometimes I use the influence for left or right or flyball or groundball
if you want more power click the power slider up one tick until you find your happy place

the way I view directional/timing vs. the other type batting, directional/timing is like an automatic transmission and the others are more stick shift. you can get bertter performance out of the lesser players if your stick skills are good enough but, like I said earlier, for my personal preference I'd rather it be automatic transmitted closer to what a players attribute ratings are than it be how good I am

[skeletore2002]

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I’m using the Yankees in my franchise, and use directional hitting. I hold the left stick up and in on hitters counts, but don’t touch it on neutral or pitchers counts. I’m hitting a realistic amount of home runs with this. I’m using dynamic difficulty (currently has me at HOF+ hitting) and armor + sword’s sliders. I love directional hitting and that’s what I would highly recommend

[Funkycorm]

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Personally I would say directional is the best.

If you don't move the PCI, you are using directional/timing anyway so you may as well switch the directional.

[Funkycorm]

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Zone hitting is the gold standard.

I would argue that the gold standard is based on what you want to accomplish. If you want ratings to matter the most, directional is the way to go. If you want user input to matter the most, zone is the way to go. This is also usually based on competitive or simulation for play style as well.

To me directional and simulation style is the gold standard.

[bronxbombers21325]

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I had been using timing, but was getting really frustrated because it seemed almost impossible to get hits and score runs. Even good, close to perfect contact was always a pop up or a grounder right at an infielder. So I switched back to directional, which is what I had used for years but without picking a direction, which was supposedly the same as timing. I’ve got much better results the last few games using that though. Things that should be hits are, and things that shouldn’t be aren’t. I’ll probably be sticking with that.

[DarthRambo]

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I had been using timing, but was getting really frustrated because it seemed almost impossible to get hits and score runs. Even good, close to perfect contact was always a pop up or a grounder right at an infielder. So I switched back to directional, which is what I had used for years but without picking a direction, which was supposedly the same as timing. I’ve got much better results the last few games using that though. Things that should be hits are, and things that shouldn’t be aren’t. I’ll probably be sticking with that.

Directional without choosing a swing influence is the same as using straight timing yes you are correct.


Years ago the game showed where the invisible PCI was on a swing using the timing interface. Now it only shows our timing and pitch location. I really wish they would go back to showing the PCI again on my swings.

It was a good way to see if a player was headed towards a hot or cold streak. When I saw good timing but the PCI was way off the ball that was in a good location to hit. Well I knew he was in or headed into a cold spell. And then the opposite to see a hot streak. It really allowed me to see exactly what was happening with a player's swing.

They took that away years ago but it still works the same way even though you can't see it. If you're popping up on good timing on a middle fastball that means the PCI was underneath the ball naturally. Timing does NOT mean the PCI is always centered. It moves around on swings just like it would if you used zone. You just don't have full control of it.

[BlueSkies77]

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I like zone hitting because it’s more control, players that suck have a smaller pci which makes it harder but you can still over come this and get a hit just like real life, you know you can still try and succeed. If I pop up or it a grounder I know it was my bad pci placement. You get better with practice.

[bronxbombers21325]

Re: Best Hitting Interface

Directional without choosing a swing influence is the same as using straight timing yes you are correct.


Years ago the game showed where the invisible PCI was on a swing using the timing interface. Now it only shows our timing and pitch location. I really wish they would go back to showing the PCI again on my swings.

It was a good way to see if a player was headed towards a hot or cold streak. When I saw good timing but the PCI was way off the ball that was in a good location to hit. Well I knew he was in or headed into a cold spell. And then the opposite to see a hot streak. It really allowed me to see exactly what was happening with a player's swing.

They took that away years ago but it still works the same way even though you can't see it. If you're popping up on good timing on a middle fastball that means the PCI was underneath the ball naturally. Timing does NOT mean the PCI is always centered. It moves around on swings just like it would if you used zone. You just don't have full control of it.

I’m not sure why I’m having better results on directional than timing. Could just be in my head since directional is what I’ve used for years.

[bkrich83]

Re: Best Hitting Interface

I tend to switch up how I play throughout the season. It keeps the game fresh for me. I'll play Zone, then some directional/timing then back to zone.

I do the same with pitching as I rotate through, Classic, Meter and Pulse.

[Syce]

Re: Best Hitting Interface

just to clarify, I believe SDS has made Zone hitting try to be the best hitting interface to get the best results. Every time they make interface adjustments, it seems to be majority for Zone hitting.

[DarthRambo]

Re: Best Hitting Interface

just to clarify, I believe SDS has made Zone hitting try to be the best hitting interface to get the best results. Every time they make interface adjustments, it seems to be majority for Zone hitting.

That's cause it's what is used online.

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[gamingfranchise]

Re: Best Hitting Interface

For a baseball game directional...for a first person shooter go with zone.