Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

[tree3five]

Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

So..... I will know which side of the plate the ball will be on even if I right or wrong.

It’s my understanding that if you guess inside, your pci will be bigger when you have it placed inside and smaller if you have it placed outside (and vice versa). You won’t know if it’s coming inside or outside, but if it is pitched inside your pci will already be bigger. Basically just choosing which side of the plate you want to have a bigger/smaller pci.

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

That's even worse. They're repackaging existing features.

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No they are not. This is a totally different system than the legacy guess pitch mechanic.

[CBoller1331]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

No they are not. This is a totally different system than the legacy guess pitch mechanic.

Ummm….guess pitch was never removed from the game.

Its an available option in ‘24


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Stop ruining the narrative with your darn facts!

[CoiaNY]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

Regardless of whether or not some feature was available in a previous title, this new ambush hitting gimmick just ain't it for me.

I guess I'll just have to see what their next feature video has to offer.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

Regardless of whether or not some feature was available in a previous title, this new ambush hitting gimmick just ain't it for me.

I guess I'll just have to see what their next feature video has to offer.

I've always played with guess pitch off, if I have the option for ambush hitting, I'll off it too.

I much prefer.. "Dare I say it.. ambush tac ..tics?"
First pitch swinger. Not every AB, but enough. Ghost of De Rosa lives on.

[LegendKillerOne]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

Geez some people are never happy


Easy solution. If you do not like a feature TURN IT OFF

[bcruise]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

For offline this kinda feels like another thing on the pile of stuff I'll house rule myself out of because the CPU can't/won't use it. If there's enough of a risk/reward element present that it balances out I might give it a look though.

Online is where this is really going to be a big change. And there's a lot of potential for it to be extremely overpowered in that arena.

[Fiddy]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

Ok, so someone correct me if I'm wrong.

But this new Ambush hitting, kind of like what we have been doing with Directional for years right? I can guess (RH Batter) inside and or outside. If I guess inside (Right Stick towards my batter, but swing at a pitch on other side of the zone I get hit with a penalty with my vision/contact ratings etc.

Feels like they just kind of cleaned it up a bit and added it to Zone?

I like the change, but this has basically been here all along just under the Directional side of things.

[Armor and Sword]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

Ok, so someone correct me if I'm wrong.

But this new Ambush hitting, kind of like what we have been doing with Directional for years right? I can guess (RH Batter) inside and or outside. If I guess inside (Right Stick towards my batter, but swing at a pitch on other side of the zone I get hit with a penalty with my vision/contact ratings etc.

Feels like they just kind of cleaned it up a bit and added it to Zone?

I like the change, but this has basically been here all along just under the Directional side of things.

Sounds close.

But with directional we have more zones to push our stick to vs just guessing left side or right side.

But it seems similar. And this new feature is only for zone hitting so your post makes sense.

[djflock]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

Ok, so someone correct me if I'm wrong.

But this new Ambush hitting, kind of like what we have been doing with Directional for years right? I can guess (RH Batter) inside and or outside. If I guess inside (Right Stick towards my batter, but swing at a pitch on other side of the zone I get hit with a penalty with my vision/contact ratings etc.

Feels like they just kind of cleaned it up a bit and added it to Zone?

I like the change, but this has basically been here all along just under the Directional side of things.

And the fact that the cpu doesn't use "pitcher tendencies" anyways

[LastActionHero]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

I like it pretty much after the twitch stream, it helps that I already use zone hitting ánd that you can decide for yourself what pitch you want to do it…like how you often approach it in real life.

[Fiddy]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

I like it pretty much after the twitch stream, it helps that I already use zone hitting ánd that you can decide for yourself what pitch you want to do it…like how you often approach it in real life.

I feel like for me this will help with seeing pitches better with zone when playing online against the better opponents. Seeing my PCI get bigger/smaller will help me lay off pitches more. At least thats how I think it will work for me, who knows though lol.

[Hammerhunker]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

In real life, a hitter may look inside/outside but doesn't know before the pitch is thrown that their intended "ambush" zone is the correct zone; so, is there a way to turn off the notification that the correct zone was guessed? Seems unrealistic to get a such indication.

[bcruise]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

In real life, a hitter may look inside/outside but doesn't know before the pitch is thrown that their intended "ambush" zone is the correct zone; so, is there a way to turn off the notification that the correct zone was guessed? Seems unrealistic to get a such indication.

See, this is a misunderstanding about ambush, and it's partly on SDS for not making this a LOT clearer.

Ambush will not tip you off to the pitch location regardless of guessing the correct side of the plate. It's going to enlarge your PCI (by one difficulty level) on the two-thirds that you guess (including the middle third which will always count for either guess) regardless of where the pitch is going. It will also reduce it by two difficulty levels on the third that you don't guess, regardless of which side the ball goes to.

It's similar to guess pitch with no feedback, but even then there's a slightly different nuance to it as the increase/penalty applies regardless of the pitch location.

[Mercury112491]

Re: Ambush Hitting in MLB The Show 25, Explained

It’s a good mechanic. That adds some extra strategy and gives the pitcher something else to think about. People need to relax.

I hope they take it a step further and try to recreate MVP’s “pitch recognition system” in some form or fashion.


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