Community Preview Answer Discussion Thread.

[jim416]

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Guys, don't turn this into a questions thread or it's going to get bogged down. Let's make it so that guys don't have to wade through pages and pages of questions again to find out answers to things that have already been asked.

We'll have answers posted later to things that we haven't covered.

[bluengold34_OS]

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Because of the new features we cannot comment on some things right now.

Thats cool Nem...no worries.

Guys, don't turn this into a questions thread or it's going to get bogged down. Let's make it so that guys don't have to wade through pages and pages of questions again to find out answers to things that have already been asked.

We'll have answers posted later to things that we haven't covered.

My bad Jim, I will will crawl away ashamed now....Sorry guys, didn't mean to break protocol.

[rudyjuly2]

Re: Community Preview Answer Discussion Thread.

Guys, don't turn this into a questions thread or it's going to get bogged down. Let's make it so that guys don't have to wade through pages and pages of questions again to find out answers to things that have already been asked.

We'll have answers posted later to things that we haven't covered.

I've got all of your answers so far in my blog with everything else eliminated. Just click on my signature and it will be easy for people to read all the really good stuff you guys are providing. Thanks again Jim (and sorry for adding further clutter).

[jim416]

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Today is going to be a real work day. Knight only has an entire book of questions, lol.

So far....glove colors are the same as last year.

Also appears accessories colors cannot be changed.

[baseball88]

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I'm sure they can tweak somethings though before the final build is done.

[poster]

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Thanks to everyone for all of the information, much appreciated! Loving the lighting and "little things" comments.

[Artman22]

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I've been told not to comment on this by the guys. So, I won't.

Thanks Jim

[zippy2212]

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Awesome previews Guys!!! Can't wait to hear more tonight.

March can't get here soon enough!

[Knight165]

Re: Community Preview Answer Discussion Thread.

-Differences in level difficulties......especially legend.
Be prepared. You must simply stay focused. It's punishing. I'll try and get more specific info.



-Sliders...greater degree of variance? Yes ..some. More importantly, they all work.

-Injuries...especially gameplay? Yes...I'll ask Kolbe if I can be more specific though. This slider works

-Do catchers take their mask off? No

-Is there rain or drizzle? No

-Interactive bullpens with players on bench? No...and no CPU pitchers warmin up ...but!...there will be more CPU mound visits to let you know that a RP might be coming in.

-Collision detection? No player to player...and once explained to me...it makes sense. I'll ask how much I can elaborate. But there are more animations in the game to deal with "collision detection".





-Any tweaking to calling pitches? Undetermined. I haven't got enough time to be sure. It feels better...but honestly, I don't think I can get enough full games in to give a definite answer on this.

-Will there be more doubles and triples? GUARANTEED

-Can more balls be hit over the OF head? GUARANTEED

-Balks? No

-Can you cancel a throw to a base and redirect it to another or cutoff? Not in animation...once you hit it...it will go to that base.

-If I hit the ball down the line...can I get more doubles(stretch one out)? Yes.....there is much more going into this....this year. The new routes...the hot shots...You WILL see a difference.

-Have foul tips/check swings been improved? I believe they have...I need a little more time with it.

-Has the 3-6-1 DP been fixed? YES-YES-YES!



-Doubles?(again) YES!

-Will coaches catch foul balls? no...and no ball girls/boys either



-Have wild pitches/passed balls been cut down? Yes. Still there...but they worked on that.

-Is there more of a sense of urgency to get outs? Yes. Especially on legend. The baserunning slider will also pump up the CPU runners considerably.

-Is there any change to the picoff mechanic? Yes....a lot of work on this.....more animations...better logic.

-Does fatigue effect performance? Yes. Right from the man himself....but it's not drastic(thankfully!)...a slight hit to performance attributes...but it's mainly an injury hit. Play a guy too low on durabiltiy and the injury chance increases greatly. YOU CAN PLAY A GUY FATIGUED w/o a big hit in his on field performance.

-Is there an option to set battery mates? No

-Manager tendencies? not yet(not that they said they might...but I'm pushing )


More later....

M.K.
Knight165

[Skyboxer]

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Pared made a chant jeering Jose Reyes and the audio make it sound like the entire crowd was chanting and not just one person, it was hilarious to hear. This addition is going to be ton of fun for people.

This will be a ton of fun! Can't wait!

1. The double play problems are g-o-n-e. The force outs at second, the first to SS to pitcher double plays, smooth as silk. Something new added this year.The computer hit a ground ball to first and the pitcher started running towards first. Well, I was going to throw to the pitcher, but he was going to be late covering. Last year we would have seen that big,high underhanded lob, runner safe. This year the AI is such that if the pitcher isn't going to get there on time, the throw button "0" will cause the first baseman to take it himself to the bag. Works like a charm.

Very nice addition/fix

7. A pinch hitter came up out of the dugout carrying his bat and putting his batting helmet on, nice touch. There are tons of new scenes like this, for example, guys coming in from the bullpen, etc.

*Drool*

14. Knight was playing and was screaming that he had a couple balls hit over his outfielders heads.

*Drool pt2*

16. The Free Agent list has a bunch of legend players (I think 80???) that can be assigned to your team before you start your franchise. I put Al Kaline on my Nats before I started my franchise.

I'm assuming we can choose whether to have them for our franchise or not (So CPU teams don't get them)

19. The roster control is different this year. Instead of having three screens, ML/AAA/AA a teams roster is on ONE screen and you scroll down, then look to the right to see if they are ML/AAA/AA. Here is where you also have it noted if they are on the 40 man roster, or not.
It was a bit cumbersome for me at first because I wasn't used to it, but I can see where it's going to be better because you only have to look at one screen now, not flip the pages to see the AAA/AA. The lineups, pitching rotations are still set up the same.

I really like the one screen method!

Ok, I lied; One last thing.

Catch region indicator was fixed! You can not play with the region on and the actual spinning ball off, just like you could 2 years ago.

WOOT!!

For my fellow Yankee fans: Girardi is in with the proper number, he looks good. He is always yelling at the players,lol. In one of the games where I was getting killed, I swung at a first pitch and popped up and Girardi was giving Damon mouth. Matt and Dave were commenting on how Damon should have taken some pitches being down and Girardi was getting his point across! LOL

NICE!


Anyways thanks guys. The reports are greatly appreciated!

[Knight165]

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Has anyone asked or seen hands on, anything about the on-line leagues this year, and what that entails??

bng...you will get some nice info on this...
Just not yet..

M.K.
Knight165

[AlexBrady]

Re: Community Preview Answer Discussion Thread.

The game sounds solid like usual but I was expecting a bit more. I don't know, I just thought the fellas would come back saying " oh my gosh, you guys have to play this! It is the be all end all of baseball gaming!"

[brunnoce]

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mr.knight, anyword on hr derby?
i guess not this year huh?

[Skyboxer]

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The game sounds solid like usual but I was expecting a bit more. I don't know, I just thought the guys would come back saying " oh my gosh, you guys have to play this! It is the be all end all of baseball gaming!"

Well honestly the game was already a "You must play this" type of game. The foundation is that good. The previews and early info of what what added has already been talked about being great additions. So that's why you aren't seeing a big surpised type of posts, IMO.
We already know it's a must play game.

[Knight165]

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The game sounds solid like usual but I was expecting a bit more. I don't know, I just thought the fellas would come back saying " oh my gosh, you guys have to play this! It is the be all end all of baseball gaming!"

"oh my gosh, you guys have to play this! It is the be all and end all of baseball gaming!"



M.K.
Knight165