Re: MLB The Show 24 Patch #12 - Patch Notes
Yeah, when I was still using Pinpoint, I was around 75% Perfect. Competitive might be better; they've definitely made getting perfects on pinpoints more difficult over the last couple years in Diamond Dynasty.
It'd be great if there was a slider for how difficult the interface was.
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To start with, here's another number from that game: 123 pitches. 84 perfect inputs. 68%.
I know we don't have detailed ways of measuring pitcher intent vs where the ball ends up IRL, but by any measure that % seems extraordinarily high considering the reward of a perfect pitch over the course of a full game. And that was a pretty good representation for how many of my games go.
You're definitely on point with the perfect inputs being the underlying problem. Unfortunately there just aren't many ways to fix it that don't involve just introducing more randomness (slider tweaks, especially control since it increases PAR size). Different interface is one option, and honestly the one I've used the least - analog - might be a solution since I've never been particularly good at it when I did try it. Meter is my favorite aside from pinpoint, and unfortunately I'm just too used to it as well. Plus meter does one thing that I wish it didn't - the enlarged accuracy bar at near-full confidence. If I get that, it's usually lights out - I start perfecting at an even higher rate than pinpoint.*
The other option is competitive game style and it's been something I've been toying with since last year. There's no doubt that the thresholds for perfect inputs are smaller, making it more difficult to gain that bonus for a perfect input. But we know a lot less about what goes into competitive. Being the online default, does it have rating thresholds like Madden where certain outcomes are guaranteed? (like fielding). That sort of thing. I've definitely seen errors and injuries on Competitive so it's not a matter of things like that being completely absent. It's definitely something I want to play around with more because my perfect inputs are always lower (except for the aforementioned full-confidence meter - it's still too easy to hit perfect frequently on that).
As for classic, I'll just say I agree with everything you mentioned there. It's the fallback in case I have no other answer. It's essentially what I'd get if I lowered control and consistency sliders to zero on other interfaces - even if I had perfect inputs the whole game the heavy randomness would have a strong effect on the outcomes. In which case, I might as well be playing on......yep. Classic.
Sorry that probably rambled a lot, and I really don't like to talk at length about my perfect input issues because it probably comes across as bragging. It's not meant to be that - I want a realistic game as much as anyone, I just try to take a different approach to it than randomness being an overpowering factor.
I know we don't have detailed ways of measuring pitcher intent vs where the ball ends up IRL, but by any measure that % seems extraordinarily high considering the reward of a perfect pitch over the course of a full game. And that was a pretty good representation for how many of my games go.
You're definitely on point with the perfect inputs being the underlying problem. Unfortunately there just aren't many ways to fix it that don't involve just introducing more randomness (slider tweaks, especially control since it increases PAR size). Different interface is one option, and honestly the one I've used the least - analog - might be a solution since I've never been particularly good at it when I did try it. Meter is my favorite aside from pinpoint, and unfortunately I'm just too used to it as well. Plus meter does one thing that I wish it didn't - the enlarged accuracy bar at near-full confidence. If I get that, it's usually lights out - I start perfecting at an even higher rate than pinpoint.*
The other option is competitive game style and it's been something I've been toying with since last year. There's no doubt that the thresholds for perfect inputs are smaller, making it more difficult to gain that bonus for a perfect input. But we know a lot less about what goes into competitive. Being the online default, does it have rating thresholds like Madden where certain outcomes are guaranteed? (like fielding). That sort of thing. I've definitely seen errors and injuries on Competitive so it's not a matter of things like that being completely absent. It's definitely something I want to play around with more because my perfect inputs are always lower (except for the aforementioned full-confidence meter - it's still too easy to hit perfect frequently on that).
As for classic, I'll just say I agree with everything you mentioned there. It's the fallback in case I have no other answer. It's essentially what I'd get if I lowered control and consistency sliders to zero on other interfaces - even if I had perfect inputs the whole game the heavy randomness would have a strong effect on the outcomes. In which case, I might as well be playing on......yep. Classic.
Sorry that probably rambled a lot, and I really don't like to talk at length about my perfect input issues because it probably comes across as bragging. It's not meant to be that - I want a realistic game as much as anyone, I just try to take a different approach to it than randomness being an overpowering factor.
It'd be great if there was a slider for how difficult the interface was.
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